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==History==
 
==History==
Stygai is said to be a haunted corpse city. Twisted creatures, such as demons and [[dragon]]s, are said to live in its vicinity, and even [[shadowbinder]]s fear the city.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow}} Little is known of Stygai, bar that its byname comes from the fact it only sees the light of the sun for a brief period of time each day, around noon.{{ref|awoiaf| Stygai}}
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Stygai is said to be a haunted corpse city. Twisted creatures, such as demons and [[dragon]]s, are said to live in its vicinity, and even [[shadowbinder]]s fear the city.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow}} Little is known of Stygai, bar that its byname comes from the fact it only sees the light of the sun for a brief period of time each day, around noon.{{ref|awoiaf| Stygai}}
  
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==

Revision as of 15:19, 23 January 2016

Stygai, also known as the City of the Night, is a ruined city in the mountainous Shadow Lands of eastern Essos.

Geography

The city lies on the Ash[1] in the Vale of Shadows, a river valley northeast of Asshai.[2]

History

Stygai is said to be a haunted corpse city. Twisted creatures, such as demons and dragons, are said to live in its vicinity, and even shadowbinders fear the city.[3] Little is known of Stygai, bar that its byname comes from the fact it only sees the light of the sun for a brief period of time each day, around noon.[4]

Behind the scenes

The name "Stygai" may be a nod to "Stygia" from the story “Shadows in the Moonlight” by Robert E. Howard. In an essay in his Dreamsongs anthology Martin cites reading Howard's story as a formative experience in his (Martin's) development as a reader of fantasy. Martin quotes to a passage referring to Stygia "with its shadow-guarded tombs."

References and Sources

  1. The World of Ice & Fire, The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow.
  2. The Lands of Ice and Fire, The East.
  3. The World of Ice & Fire, The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow.
  4. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Stygai.