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Nine Stars Around a Silver Moon was a ballad penned by a famed adventuring bard Mintiper Moonsilver, also known as The Lonely Harpist, in the early 14th century DR.[2]

By night dark dreams bring me much pain – but always comes, after, bright morning again.
— Excerpt from Nine Stars Around a Silver Moon[2]

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Mind you do your dying right. Most of us get only one chance at it.
— Excerpt from Nine Stars Around a Silver Moon[3]


Nine Stars Around a Silver Moon was published in the Year of the Highmantle, 1336 DR[2] and a written copy of the ballad was kept in the great fortress-library of Candlekeep as of the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR.[1] By the late 15th century, a book compiled by Silke RosenaSword Coast Songbook, contained lyrics and sheet music for Nine Stars Around a Silver Moon and made available in the city of Baldur's Gate.[4]

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Baldur's Gate III

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Steven E. Schend (2000-11-29). The Candlekeep Collection. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved on 2017-09-25.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ed Greenwood (February 2005). Spellfire. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 20, p. 353. ISBN 0-7869-3599-5.
  3. Ed Greenwood (February 2005). Spellfire. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 21, p. 375. ISBN 0-7869-3599-5.
  4. Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
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