“Sirius B dreamed aloud last cycle — old fusion-memories from when it was a giant. Sirius stayed up all night listening and won't say what it heard.”
The white dwarf remembers
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Sirius
“The brightest star in Earth's sky at magnitude −1.46, a blue-white show-off with a white-dwarf companion — she has never once been humble about it.”
A Fire world of Court of Fire
4 known connections · an open question
The living story
The story so far
Sirius has been the brightest star in Earth's sky for all of recorded history, and she has the ego to match the title. Her white-dwarf companion orbits every 50 years — the only one who ever tells her no.
Happening now
Vega has started calling herself the 'true' brightest, and Sirius has responded by sparkling ten percent harder. The court has taken bets.
What may come
They say the Primordial Suns are converging toward something unknown. Sirius has already picked out the viewing angle with the best light.
Connected
Whispers about Sirius
Court of Fire
Stars, brilliant and short-tempered, ranked by mass. The giants look down on the dwarfs; the dwarfs will outlive them all and know it.
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At a glance — details & stats
- Element
- Fire
- Court
- Court of Fire — the burning aristocracy
- Rarity
- Rare
- Edition
- One of 150
- Stats
- charm 90 · power 80 · speed 60