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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 them. 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.
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| In addition to old corpse-loot, platinum, gold, and electrum are mined in the Cairn Hills.
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| ==Ecology==
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| 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.
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| ==Inhabitants==
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| 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.
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| ==Features and settlements==
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| [[Image:GreyhawkMap01.jpg]]
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| *[[Stonefort]]
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| *[[Stonebridge]]
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| *[[Diamond Lake]]
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| *[[Blackwall Keep]]
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| *[[Marsh Keep]]
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| *[[Fort Leman]]
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| *[[Fort Gellner]]
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| *[[Ryell Pass]]
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| *[[Berenad]]
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| *[[Storaven]]
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| *[[Elmshire]]
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| *[[Greysmere]]
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| *[[Grossettgrottell]]
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| *[[Harrgrek Kukulend]]
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| *[[Janaquil Valley]]
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| *[[Karakast]]
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| *[[Blackstone]]
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| *[[Steaming Springs]]
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| *[[Sourlode]]
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| *[[Wavenair]]
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| *The [[Doomgrinder]]
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| *[[Echo Crypt]]
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| *[[Maure Castle]]
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| *[[Screaming Valley]]
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| *[[Tenser]]'s Tower
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| *[[Twilight Monastery]]
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| *[[Stankaster Tower]]
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| *[[Caves of Milk]]
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| *The [[Walking Stone of Eyes]]
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| ===Known Cairns===
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| *[[Great Barrows]]
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| *The [[Choking City]]
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| *The [[Sarcophagus of the Red Mummy]]
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| *The [[Silver Metal Cairn]]
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| *The [[Star Cairns]]
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| *The [[Stirgenest Cairn]] (''[[Dungeon]]'' #124)
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| *[[Tomb of Blood Everflowing]] (''Dungeon'' #114)
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| *[[Tomb of the Green Lady]]
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| *The [[Whispering Cairn]]
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| ==Bibliography==
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| *[[Wolfgang Baur|Baur, Wolfgang]]. "A Gathering of Winds." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #129. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
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| *[[Jason Bulmahn|Bulmahn, Jason]]. "Mad God's Key." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #114. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.
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| *Gygax, Gary. ''The World of Greyhawk''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
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| *-----. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
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| *[[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
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| *[[Erik Mona|Mona, Erik]]. "Backdrop: Diamond Lake." ''Dungeon'' #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
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| *-----. "The Whispering Cairn." ''Dungeon'' #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
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| *[[Douglas Niles|Niles, Douglas]], and [[Carl Sargent]]. ''[[The City of Greyhawk]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
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| *[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
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| [[Category:Greyhawk hills]]
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