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The Solnor ("birthplace of the sun" in Old Oeridian) is believed to be the mightiest of Oerth's four oceans. It has long been estimated to stretch over a thousand leagues to the east. A huge clockwise current sweeps up the coast of the eastern Flanaess, carrying ships from the Thillonrian Peninsula out to sea, and bringing curious debris (doubtless from whatever land is on the Solnor's far side) to the shores of Hepmonaland and the Lordship of the Isles. The wind direction is primarily from east to west, but a mild counterclockwise trade wind seems to exist in the northern Solnor, against the current. The vast Solnor beckons adventurous souls across the Flanaess. Fantastic islands, undersea kingdoms, terrifying aquatic and aerial monsters, and a "jungle of lost ships" fill most fables told by old sailors of this sea. Bronze dragons are known to fly east over the Solnor and not return, so an unseen "dragons' graveyard" figures in many stories.
[[Image:Solnor01.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The western Solnor Ocean, as depicted on the [[Paizo map]] (2005).]]
Thought to be the largest of the four oceans of [[Oerth]], the '''Solnor''' (which means "Birthplace of the Sun" in [[Greyhawk languages|Old Oeridian]]) stretches from the [[Flanaess]] to [[Western Oerik]] (where it is called the Oceanum Titanicum). The ocean has been estimated to be more than a thousand leagues, or about 3,000 miles, across. Its largest current is clockwise, sweeping north across the Flanaess' Solnor coast and moving from the [[Thillonrian Peninsula]] to [[Fireland]]. The wind moves primarily east to west, but a mild counterclockwise tradewind in the northern Solnor moves against the current.  
 
==Notable sites==
*The [[Jungle of Lost Ships]]
 
==Bibliography==
*[[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.
 
*[[Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
 
*[[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
 
*[[Skip Williams|Williams, Skip]]. "Beyond the [[Flanaess]]." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' Annual #1. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.
 
 
[[Category:Greyhawk bodies of water]]

Revision as of 17:58, 6 December 2018

The western Solnor Ocean, as depicted on the Paizo map (2005).

Thought to be the largest of the four oceans of Oerth, the Solnor (which means "Birthplace of the Sun" in Old Oeridian) stretches from the Flanaess to Western Oerik (where it is called the Oceanum Titanicum). The ocean has been estimated to be more than a thousand leagues, or about 3,000 miles, across. Its largest current is clockwise, sweeping north across the Flanaess' Solnor coast and moving from the Thillonrian Peninsula to Fireland. The wind moves primarily east to west, but a mild counterclockwise tradewind in the northern Solnor moves against the current.

Notable sites

Bibliography

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