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*[[Mines of Father Eye]] | |||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
*[[Creighton Broadhurst|Broadhurst, Creighton]] and [[Paul Looby]]. "Mysterious Places: Mines of Father Eye." Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20050628b] | |||
*Gygax, Gary. ''The World of Greyhawk''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980. | *Gygax, Gary. ''The World of Greyhawk''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980. | ||
*-----. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983. | *-----. ''[[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. | *[[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. | ||
*[[Anthony Pryor|Pryor, Anthony]]. ''[[Rary the Traitor]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992. | |||
*[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992. | *[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992. | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 13 July 2008
The Abbor-Alz hills ring the Bright Desert. They are rough and rugged, composed primarily of granite. In the west, they become a small mountain range reaching the Cairn Hills, its northern spur.
Ecology
The flora here are similar to those in the Cairn Hills, although cacti and other desert plants become more prevalent near the Bright Desert, alpine plants more common in the mountains, and there are hardly any trees or bushes in some places. Fauna include llama-like animals and hardy mountain goats. Manticores, leucrottas, wyverns, a few dragons, and many other monsters infest the area.
Inhabitants
Dwarves and gnomes have several settlements in the west. The gnomes have only a handful of gem mines, while the dwarven presence is more prevalent. Orcs and goblins compete with the dwarves for living space. Bordering the Bright Desert, tribes of nomads quarrel with tribes of giants, ogres, bandits, trolls, and other threats.
The Mountaineer Militia of Greyhawk patrols this area, or at least spies on it.
Features & settlements
- Carashast's Caves of Sleep
- Crypt of Lyzandred (in a coexistent plane)
- Dumadan
- Echo Crypt
- The Eternal Storm of the Wind Dukes
- Felnarix
- Ghost Tower of Inverness
- Greysmere
- The Honeycombed Halls of the Diirinken
- Karakast
- Karistyne's Castle
- The Lake of Ebon
- Marstefel
- Mines of Father Eye
- Ogremeet
- The Spinning Helix of the Archmages
- The Star Cairns
- Tarth Moorda
- Vale of the Lamia
Bibliography
- Broadhurst, Creighton and Paul Looby. "Mysterious Places: Mines of Father Eye." Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online: [1]
- Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
- -----. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Pryor, Anthony. Rary the Traitor. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
- Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.