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======Stars of Nehwon======
{{randomart float='right'}}**As astronomy was one of Fritz Leiber’s passions**, many stars decorate the heavens of Nehwon in his fiction, and even play important roles in some of the stories. In the [[BazaarOfTheBizarre Bazaar of the Bizarre]], [[Fafhrd]] and the [[GrayMouser Gray Mouser]] are supposed to meet their mentors at the Plaza of Dark Delights when the Spire of Rhan stabs Akul’s heart. In [[TheCurseOfTheSmallsAndTheStars The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars]], Fafhrd is cursed to constantly gaze at the heavens and memorize their multitudes. The following stars are mentioned in the stories:
- Akul shines green and is visible from [[Lankhmar]].
- Ashsha, which is pale blue and the brightest.
- Astorian, which is Nehwon’s greatest star.
- The dim stars of the Ghosts.
- The Star of the Ice Fields is the northernmost star.
- The skinny long triangle of the Knife has blood red star for the tip.
- The star pairs of the Lovers.
- The star Shadah twinkles blue. It also sets just before dawn in Cold Corner during winter.
- The seven spiralled stars of the Targe is Nehwon’s northernmost constellation. We can probably assume that the Star of the Ice Fields is one of the seven of the Targe.
{{randomart float='right'}}**As astronomy was one of Fritz Leiber’s passions**, many stars decorate the heavens of Nehwon in his fiction, and even play important roles in some of the stories. In the [[BazaarOfTheBizarre Bazaar of the Bizarre]], [[Fafhrd]] and the [[GrayMouser Gray Mouser]] are supposed to meet their mentors at the Plaza of Dark Delights when the Spire of Rhan stabs Akul’s heart. In [[TheCurseOfTheSmallsAndTheStars The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars]], Fafhrd is cursed to constantly gaze at the heavens and memorize their multitudes. The following stars are mentioned in the stories:
- Akul shines green and is visible from [[Lankhmar]].
- Ashsha, which is pale blue and the brightest.
- Astorian, which is Nehwon’s greatest star.
- The dim stars of the Ghosts.
- The Star of the Ice Fields is the northernmost star.
- The skinny long triangle of the Knife has blood red star for the tip.
- The star pairs of the Lovers.
- The star Shadah twinkles blue. It also sets just before dawn in Cold Corner during winter.
- The seven spiralled stars of the Targe is Nehwon’s northernmost constellation. We can probably assume that the Star of the Ice Fields is one of the seven of the Targe.
