“Night had deepened. A cool wind blew from the west, and far away the dark clouds had finally dried up and broken over the downs. Their tattered remains snaked away eastward, revealing the moon at last. It was almost half waxed, filling the sky with a vivid purple-blue glow.”
-The House of Regimen, “The Flight from the Inn”
Tamar, the Moon (as the Children refer to it), is a celestial object ever-present in the skies of Nīmlad. It is a gas giant of purplish-blue hue. Nīmlad, which is tidally locked to Tamar, is Tamar’s only satellite.