It is an edged cliché that the world is most pleasant in the years of a Waning Sun. It is true that the weather is not so driven, that everywhere there is a sense of slowing down, and most places experience a few years when the summers do not burn, and the winters are not yet overly fierce. Furthermore, it is the classic time of romance. Furthermore, it's a time that seductively beckons higher creatures to relax, postpone. Furthermore, it's the last chance to prepare for the end of the world.

A Deepness in the Sky