A planet with three moons in the Honoghr system (near Fwillsving and Kessel), and the homeworld of the Noghri. Honoghr is a devastated world; almost all of its plant and animal life has been destroyed. From space it appears to be uniformly brown, broken only by the occasional blue lake and the green area known as the Clean Lands. The main city of Nystao is located in the center of the Clean Lands-- it is home to the Common Room of Honoghr within the Grand Dukha and is the only city with adequate spacecraft repair facilities. The Noghri people are divided into clans (including the clans Kihm'bar, Bakh'tor, Eikh'mir, and Hakh'khar) that have had a long history of bloody rivalry. Each clan is ruled by a dynast, and female maitrakhs lead family or subclan units. In the center of each village is a cylindrical building called a dukha, constructed of polished wood encircled by a metal band and containing the clan High Seat and a genealogical chart carved into one wall. The ancient Noghri laws of discovery and judgement involve a period of public shaming in the main city by order of the clan dynasts. The village of clan Kihm'bar is at the edge of the Clean Lands and is ruled by Dynast Ir'khaim. Animal life on Honoghr includes the carnivorous stava.
