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The '''Cairn Hills''' are a range of hills that form the boundary between the [[Domain of Greyhawk]] and the [[Duchy of Urnst]], though Greyhawk controls most of the hills. They are named for the many burial sites within them. Some of these cairns precede the arrival of the demihumans and [[Flan]], while others are of more recent creation. Many are filled with traps to discourage grave-robbers. Most were looted long ago, but some still remain to be exploited by new generations of adventurers.
 
In addition to old corpse-loot, platinum, gold, and electrum are mined in the Cairn Hills.
 
== History ==
In [[584 CY]] the [[Cairn Hills Treaty]] ceded the eastern Cairn Hills to the [[Domain of Greyhawk]] to defend the region in safekeeping for the [[Duchy of Urnst]].  The treaty was ended in [[597 CY]], returning the area back to the Duchy.<ref name=griffonsnest />  The military forces freed up by this action were redeployed to the [[Wild Coast]] area, "to engage Greyhawk's vital interests on the Wild Coast and Woolly Bay",<ref name=griffonsnest>{{cite web |author=Broadhurst, Creighton |authorlink=Creighton Broadhurst |title=The Griffon's Nest |url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20070522a  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306112239/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20070522a |archivedate=March 6, 2008 |format= |work=Wizards.com |publisher=[[WotC]] |date=May 22, 22007 |accessdate=17 November 2024 |page= |pages= |language= |quote= |postscript= }}</ref> especially the [[Jebli Free State]] in [[Coldeven]] ([[spring]]) of [[598 CY]] and later.{{csb|Grumbler3|2}}
 
==Ecology==
The local flora is mainly tough grasses, alpine plants, [[galda]] trees, and evergreens, as well as the rare psychotropic [[kalamanthis]] plant. Local animals include mice and other rodents, wild pigs, and grass-eating deer.
 
==Inhabitants==
The hills are populated by some 6,000 [[gnome]]s, 4,800 [[halfling]]s (especially around [[Elmshire]]), 1,200 [[dwarf|dwarves]] and 2,500 "hillsman" humans. There are also about twenty bands of human bandits and brigands.
 
==Features and settlements==
[[File:GreyhawkMap01.jpg|thumb|700px|The Cairn Hills region, depicted in ''[[The Adventure Begins]]'' (1998).]]
*[[Stonefort]]
*[[Stonebridge]]
*[[Diamond Lake]]
*[[Blackwall Keep]]
*[[Marsh Keep]]
*[[Fort Leman]]
*[[Fort Gellner]]
*[[Ryell Pass]]
*[[Berenad]]
*[[Storaven]]
*[[Elmshire]]
*[[Greysmere]]
*[[Grossettgrottell]]
*[[Harrgrek Kukulend]]
*[[Janaquil Valley]]
*[[Karakast]]
*[[Blackstone]]
*[[Steaming Springs]]
*[[Sourlode]]
*[[Wavenair]]
*The [[Doomgrinder]]
*[[Echo Crypt]]
*[[Maure Castle]]
*[[Screaming Valley]]
*[[Tenser]]'s Tower
*[[Twilight Monastery]]
*[[Stankaster Tower]]
*[[Caves of Milk]]
*The [[Walking Stone of Eyes]]
 
===Known Cairns===
*[[Great Barrows]]
*The [[Choking City]]
*The [[Sarcophagus of the Red Mummy]]
*The [[Silver Metal Cairn]]
*The [[Star Cairns]]
*The [[Stirgenest Cairn]] (''[[Dungeon]]'' #124)
*[[Tomb of Blood Everflowing]] (''Dungeon'' #114)
*[[Tomb of the Green Lady]]
*The [[Whispering Cairn]]
 
== In ''Living Greyhawk'' ==
{{LGsection}}
=== Settlements ===
*[[Castle Blarco]]
*[[Blarco|Blarco (town)]]
*[[Kruknik]]
*[[Kurgin’s Crossing]]
*[[Lunis]]
*[[Veriste]]
 
== References ==
=== Notes ===
<references group="note" />
=== Citations ===
<references />
=== Bibliography ===
*[[Wolfgang Baur|Baur, Wolfgang]]. "A Gathering of Winds." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #129. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
*[[Jason Bulmahn|Bulmahn, Jason]]. "Mad God's Key." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #114. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.
*Gygax, Gary. ''The World of Greyhawk''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
:———. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
*[[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
*[[Erik Mona|Mona, Erik]]. "[[Backdrop: Diamond Lake]]." ''Dungeon'' #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
:———. "The Whispering Cairn." ''Dungeon'' #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
*[[Douglas Niles|Niles, Douglas]], and [[Carl Sargent]]. ''[[The City of Greyhawk]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
*[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
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The Cairn Hills are a range of hills that form the boundary between the Domain of Greyhawk and the Duchy of Urnst, though Greyhawk controls most of the hills. They are named for the many burial sites within them. Some of these cairns precede the arrival of the demihumans and Flan, while others are of more recent creation. Many are filled with traps to discourage grave-robbers. Most were looted long ago, but some still remain to be exploited by new generations of adventurers.

In addition to old corpse-loot, platinum, gold, and electrum are mined in the Cairn Hills.

History

In 584 CY the Cairn Hills Treaty ceded the eastern Cairn Hills to the Domain of Greyhawk to defend the region in safekeeping for the Duchy of Urnst. The treaty was ended in 597 CY, returning the area back to the Duchy.[1] The military forces freed up by this action were redeployed to the Wild Coast area, "to engage Greyhawk's vital interests on the Wild Coast and Woolly Bay",[1] especially the Jebli Free State in Coldeven (spring) of 598 CY and later.[2]

Ecology

The local flora is mainly tough grasses, alpine plants, galda trees, and evergreens, as well as the rare psychotropic kalamanthis plant. Local animals include mice and other rodents, wild pigs, and grass-eating deer.

Inhabitants

The hills are populated by some 6,000 gnomes, 4,800 halflings (especially around Elmshire), 1,200 dwarves and 2,500 "hillsman" humans. There are also about twenty bands of human bandits and brigands.

Features and settlements

The Cairn Hills region, depicted in The Adventure Begins (1998).

Known Cairns

In Living Greyhawk

Settlements

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ↑ a b Broadhurst, Creighton. The Griffon's Nest. Wizards.com. WotC, May 22, 22007. Archived from the original on March 6, 2008. Retrieved on 17 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Greyhawk Grumbler #3, Goodmonth 598 (2008), p.2.

Bibliography

  • Baur, Wolfgang. "A Gathering of Winds." Dungeon #129. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
  • Bulmahn, Jason. "Mad God's Key." Dungeon #114. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.
  • Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
———. "The Whispering Cairn." Dungeon #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

Amulet of the Cairn Hills Item Encyclopedia Magica - Volume I 28
Amulet of the Cairn Hills Item Greyhawk Adventures 76
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #195 94, 95
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #206 38
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #225 53
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #233 92
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #262 37, 38, 40, 41, 43
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #268 71
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #271 77
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #294 90, 91
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #299 97
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #351 26
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #AN3 99
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dungeon magazine #114 20, 33
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 42, 57
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, From the Ashes: Campaign Book 1, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17-25, 27, 30-33, 36, 40, 66, 78, 83, 84, 87, 88, 90
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, From the Ashes: Honest Bandits All
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, From the Ashes: References Card #14
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, From the Ashes: The Beckoner in the Dark
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Greyhawk Adventures 76, 82
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 13, 51, 52, 124, 143, 144, 149, 153
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Living Greyhawk Journal #0 2, 5
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Living Greyhawk Journal #1 3
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Living Greyhawk Journal #2 4, 5, 10, 11
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Living Greyhawk Journal #5 29, 31
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Player's Guide to Greyhawk 3, 4, 28, 50, 62
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Slavers, AD&D 2e 7, 18, 24, 31, 37, 43, 61
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Saga of Old City 6, 287-289, 291
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, The Adventure Begins 6, 8, 47, 48, 50, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 64, 66, 68, 69, 74, 76, 79, 90, 92, 101, 115, 128
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps 1, 5, 12, 20, 21, 23
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, LT3 The Doomgrinder IBC, 2-4, 6-9, 15, 17, 19, 20
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, The Scarlet Brotherhood 23
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, LT1 The Star Cairns IC
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WG11 Puppets IC
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure 3
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WG8 Fate of Istus 21, 61, 62, 122
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WGA2 Falconmaster 17, 19
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WGA4 Vecna Lives! 24, 49
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) 11, 18, 21, 22
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WGM1 Borderwatch IBC
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WGR1 Greyhawk Ruins 42, 69
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk 18
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WGR3 Rary the Traitor 23
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WGR4 The Marklands 23
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, WGR5 Iuz the Evil 34, 37
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) 23, 25, 40, 48
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) 14
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Night Watch (1990) 13,
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Artifact of Evil 7, 210
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Against The Giants: The Liberation of Geoff 70
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Come Endless Darkness 365
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, The City of Greyhawk: Adventure Cards 3, 23
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 4, 9, 33, 62, 71, 89
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess 2-4, 6, 10, 14, 16-18, 21-24, 26-28, 30, 40, 45, 64, 95, 96
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, LT2 Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad 46, 47
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #056 21
Cairn Hills Geographical feature Hills, Dragon magazine #191 65
Cairn Hills Mines Settlement Mine, The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 4, 33
Cairn Hills Mines Settlement Mine, From the Ashes: Campaign Book 7
Cairn Hills Mines Settlement Mine, Player's Guide to Greyhawk 32
Cairn Hills Mines Settlement Mine, The Adventure Begins 6, 83, 86
Cairn Hills, Amulet of the Item Artifact, WGR3 Rary the Traitor 23
Cairn Hills, Great Barrows Adventure The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps 4, 12
Cairn Hills, West Geographical feature Mountainous, Player's Guide to Greyhawk 33
Vecna, Shrine of (Cairn Hills) Building Shrine, Dungeon magazine #114 20, 35
Wee Jas, Shrine of (Cairn Hills) Building Shrine, Dungeon magazine #114 35
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