Earth Body The Spectre is also called the Wink, because it seems to twinkle and disappear from the sky in a regular fashion. In reality, the Spectre is a flat , circular disk that spins along the line of its orbit, so that the faces turn toward [[Oerth]] in a regular fashion. The "winking" is the illusion created by observers from outside seeing the planet edge on, then full face, then edge on again. The Spectre has an atmosphere but no life . It is the closest planetary body to the shell, and this makes it an ideal way station for the various star voyagers that visit Greyspace. The lands of the Spectre include seas, mountain , and prairies. The mountains are highest toward the center of the disk, and are icecapped on both sides. At the feet of these mountains are the large , shallow seas of the planet, and finally the plains themse lves form a rim around the disk, forcing water back into the center. The disk itself is about 200 miles thick at the edge. The various spelljamming races have outposts on the Spectre. Hu-man trading groups , the elven armada, a dwarven nation, and even a gnomish outpost are found on one side; a mind flayer station, three competing beholder lairs, and a neogi settlement lie on the other. All such settlements are widely spaced, as the various races do not trust each other. Raiding and sabotage is common among the natives of the Spectre.