“…[T]he massive-walled and mazy-alleyed metropolis of Lankhmar, thick with thieves and shaven priests, lean-framed magicians and fat-bellied merchants—Lankhmar the Imperishable, the City of the Black Toga.” —Fritz Leiber, Induction, collected in Swords and Deviltry
Lankhmar, the City of Sevenscore Thousand Smokes! Lankhmar, where lies (at least temporarily) the Bazaar of the Bizarre, the Thieves’ Guild, and the Street of the Gods, filled with many petty deities, each desiring to be the chief God in Lankhmar! Lankhmar, ruled in appearance by coin and the Overlord Karstak Ovartamortes, but in fact by the ineffable Gods of Lankhmar! Lankhmar, home to many but most importantly to the heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser!
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