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:INTRO

   This is intended as a GamEmaster tool and guidebook to a variant
GreyHawk Campaign, based on the original Gazetteer by Allen Hammack and
intended primarily to be used with the maps included with that. It is
NOT a standalone system, simply a convient tool and all would-be users
are advised that they will need the original World Of Greyhawk material
(C) 1980 by TSR HObbies Inc., POB 756 Lake Geneva, WI 53147.

   It is also not intended in any way to infringe on their copyright.


:Badwall

:Calendar_Notes

  The Seven Days of the Week are commonly known as:

            StarDay
            SunDay
            MoonDay
            FlameDay
            WaterDay
            EarthDay
            FreeDay

  The Four Festivals (each 6 days long) are :

            Lightfest   (Winter Solstice, New Year begins)
            LoveFest    (Spring Equinox)
            RichFest    (Summer Solstice,Midsummer)
            BrewFest    (Fall Equinox)

  [There are other holidays and festivals, dependent on race, tribe
   and country as well as religion particular dates]

:Currency

   The monetary units used throughout the continent vary drastically.
In order to make a coherent system for the Equipment lists etc,
everything has been converted over to the coinage used in the older
Human realms over the past hundred years, those of the Mark. The Mark
comes in Three forms, Bronze, Silver and Gold (In order of value).
These are used in the Kingdom of Aerdy, Kingdom of Furyondy, and many of
the Free City States like Dyvers and Greyhawk.
   Under the Mark system 10 Bronzes equal a Silver, and ten Silvers
equal a gold.
   In normal statements these coins are abbreviated as BM, SM and GMs.

:Dyvers

   Dyvers is a ~Free And Independent City~ positioned at the mouth of
the Velverdyva River on the coast of the Lake of Unknown Depths (Nyr
Dyv), an important trading center and busy port with lake and river
traffic from as far away as Perrenland*, Bissel*, Nyrond*, Umst*, The
Pale*, Tenh*, and even occasional missions from Uz*. The city was
originally a part of the Viceroyalty of Ferrond and contributed heavily
in money, goods and men to the war which saw the institution of the
Kingdom of Furyondy. Because of the alliance and close ties with Veluna,
whoose policies the Gentry of Dyvers see as restrictive, the city
declared its independence in 526 CY, King Thrommell II allowing this act
to pass unchallenged. Dyvers claims some 2,000 square miles of land at
the mouth of the Velverdyva, as its sovereign territory - although the
Magisters have been careful not to claim any of the land on the North
Band of the river. The free City boasts a marine force of 1,000 men and
an army twice as numerous. These troops are well armed and equipped.

     Population : 36,000 (City)  8,000 (in surrounding area)

     Resources/exports : Shipbuilding supplies

     Nonhuman population : aprox 1000 half humans, and minority races.

     SPECIAL NOTES : City possesses Guild Houses for training of
                     Mages in arts of Red, Orange and Silver
                     that are well renowned.
     Temples       :

     RULER : His Excellency, the Magister of Dyvers (Merchant)

:Elredd

:Fax

    One of the shore towns of the Wild Coast, Fax is primarily a guild
ruled town, where the craftsmen and merchants control the reins of
power and business is the name of the game. Its houses of pleasure are
well known along the Wild Coast, as is its small but efficient city
guard composed of entirely mages.

    Fax is considered the safest of the Wild coast towns, since most
crimes are bad for business.

                   Population : 7,000+
                   Resources  : exports handcrafts
                   Specials   : Purple Mages Guildhouse
                   Temples    :

:Furyondy_Kingdom_Of

   The Viceroyalty of Ferrond was founded upon several small states
during the height of Aerdian power (C. 100 CY). It was aimed at giving
the Great Kingdom a strong satrapy on the western frontier from which
further conquest could be launched. The Viceroy ruled from the CLatspur
Mountains to the Nyr Dyv, from Lortmils in the south to the far shores
of Whyestil Lake, and beyond, in the north. As the power of the
Malachite Throne in Rauxes  waned (C. 200 CY), the viceroys of Ferrond
ruled more by their own writ and less by the leave of the Aerdi
overlords. In 898 O.R. the heir to Viceroy Stinvri (The viceroyalty had
become hereditary some years previously) was crowned in Dyvers as
Thrommel I, King of Furyondy, Prince of Veluna, Provost of the Northern
Reaches, Warden General of the Vesve Forest, Marshall of the Shield
Lands, Lord of Dyvers, etc. The Adjunctive states were soon lost, but
the central core of the kingdom was sound and viable and has persisted.
Belvor IV is a most noble and just king, and his realm is closely allied
with that of Veluna, constantly warring upon the evil Horned Society and
Iuz, as well as lending contingents to expeditions mounted by the Earl
of the SHield Lands against the Bandit Kingdoms. Furyondian heavy
cavalry is famous throughout the Flanaees, as are their light infantry
units drawn from the Vesve Forest. The standing army of the kingdom
numbers only a few thousand, but noble and militia contingents swell its
numbers to 20,000 or more in time of need. The Furyondian fleet upon the
Whyestil absolutely commands that body of water, and there is also a
Furyondian squadron upon the Nyr Dyv, sailing from its base at Willip.

           Capital    : Chebdl (pop 15,600)
           Population : 350,000+
           Demi-Humans: some
           Humanoids  : doubtful
           Resources  : foodstuffs, cloth, gold

           Ruler      : His Pious Majesty, The King of Furyondy
                        (Paladin???)

:Gnarley_Forest

   Parts of the Gnarley Forest are claimed by Celene*, Dyvers*,
Verbobonc*, and Greyhawk*. Most is generally considered as part of the
Wild Coast region, however, and the inhabitants of these woodlands  are
free-spirited folk, so no formal government is ever likely to hold sway
as long as there are deep woods to shelter resisters. The Viscount of
Verbobonc is well liked by the folk dwelling in the northeastern
portions of Gnarley, while the Queen of Celene is favored by those in
the South. The forest is home to many fierce creatures as well, and many
humanoid bands rove about seeking to murder and loot. These invaders
work their way up form the Pomarj*, through the Suss* and Welkwood*.
Some come via the mountains to the south.

   POPULATION : 12,000 (humans)  7,000 (Elves) 3,000 Gnomes
                   500 (centaurs)

:Map_Scale

   The maps used in the game are to the scale of 1 Hex equals about 10
leagues (30 miles) in distance. Population settlements smaller than a
thousand folk are NOT shown (Village, Hamlets and thorps/dorfs).

      Terrain     afoot       Horsed       Cart/Wagon
      ------      -----       ------       ----------
      road         15 miles     60 miles    30 miles
      track        15           45          15
      plain        15           45          15
      hills        10           45          10
      forest       10           30           0
      rough         5           20           0
      mountains     5           20           0
      desert       10           45           5
      dust          5            5           0
      swamp         5            5           0
      jungle        5            0           0

:Narwell

   Inland most of the Wild Coast Towns, Narwell handles much in the
way of trade with the Elves and Gnomes of Welkwood and Gnarley Forest.
It is a haven for numerous half-human and non-humans and is only
loosely possessing any form of government or law.

   Legend has it that Mordenkainen was a resident of Narwell for
a year or two in the past but then moved on to other adventures.

              Population : 3,000+ (various)
              Resources  : None Notable
              Specials   : Guildhouse of Yellow Mages
              Temples    :

:Oerik

   Oerik is the primary continent of Oerth*, an Earth-Compatible world
found in the Fourth Zone of the Dimensional Zones between Amber and
Chaos, being of a Nature High in the realms of Magick and Low in the
Realms of Technology.

   The Eastern Portion of Oerik is known as the Flanaess which is the
center of 'enlightened Humanity'. Western Oerik (not shown on the maps)
is primarily inhabited by distant tribes of Humans and Orcs that are so
few in number as to not matter at all. These are harsh lands of
primarily uninhabitable lands unsuitable for settlement or farming and
plagued by numerous dragons and other horrors.

   Although history is an expanding subject it is believed that the
recorded histories of Humanity date back about a thousand years and
that humans are NOT native to the world but were brought here by forces
unknown some additional thousand years before. It is said that the orcs
too are not natives, but were once slaves of humanity who rebelled in
the unknown past and thus the aversion between the two ever since.

:Oerth

    Oerth is the name for the world, an earth-Compatible world found in
the Fourth Zone of the Dimensional Zones between Amber and Chaos, being
of a Nature High in the Realms of Magick and Low in the Realms of
Technology. It is intersected by the Astral, Ethereal and Dream Planes.
It is just shy of being withing the Zones known as the Fringes Of Chaos,
but despite its locale is not directly controlled or shadowed by the
Forces and Courts of Chaos because of a fluke of probability. It is a
partial reflection of the Oerth in Zone 2, at least in geography, but
the topology is the main similarity.

    Oerth has had almost no extra-dimensional involvement from the time
of the founding of the Overking of Aerdy until about a hundred years ago
(a period of about 500 years) when it suddenly became an important
position in the eternal struggle between Law and Chaos. Involvement has
often been thru the involvement of the local gods and goddesses in the
conflict, the staging of small conflicts and the influx of artifacts and
new ideas on populations.

   Oerth circles its sun in 360 days, in a zodiac of 12 'lairs' that
appears not to fluctuate. The moon (luna) waxes and wanes in a fixed
cycle of 28 days each, on which the months are based. Her 'handmaiden' a
small aquamarine satellite a quarter of the moons size or less, follows
a path that makes it visible from Oerth but 4 times a year, and each of
these marks one of the great Festivals. There are 2 other visible bodies
regularly seen, Castros, the inner planet, which is too hot to support
known life, and Panthagerous, an outer planet, just visible to the naked
eye from Oerth, whoose nature is unknown due to distance.

:Safeton

   One of the shore towns of the Wild Coast, Safeton has a reputation
as a place of sanctuary, abliet a dangerous one, filled with adventure
and opportunity for the swift and the smart. Among its legendary
personages of the past was its infamous Tenser the mage.

          Population : 5,000+ (various races)
          Resources  : none outstanding
          Specials   : Guildhouses for Blue and Ebony Mages
          Temples    :

:Wild_Coast