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'''Stygai''', also known as the '''City of the Night''', is a ruined city in the mountainous [[Shadow Lands]] of eastern [[Essos]]. It lies in the Vale of Shadows, a river valley northeast of [[Asshai]].<ref>''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'', The East</ref> The city is said to be haunted, and little is known of it, 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>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>
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[[File: Stygai Dziga Kaiser.jpg|thumb|300px|Stygai, artwork by Dziga Kaiser]]
  
==References and Sources==
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'''Stygai''', also known as the '''City of the Night''', is a ruined city in the mountainous [[Shadow Lands]] of eastern [[Essos]].
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==Geography==
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The city lies on the [[Ash (river)|Ash]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow}} in the [[Vale of Shadows]], a river valley northeast of [[Asshai]].{{Ref|TLOIAF|The East}}
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==History==
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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 it.{{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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==Behind the scenes==
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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."
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Revision as of 18:36, 9 October 2021

Stygai, artwork by Dziga Kaiser

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 it.[1] 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.[3]

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow.
  2. The Lands of Ice and Fire, The East.
  3. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Stygai.