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| The '''Fellreev Forest''' is one of the largest woodlands in the [[Flanaess]]. Only the [[Vesve Forest|Vesve]] and [[Burneal Forest]]s are larger, and only the [[Adri Forest]] is of comparable size. The Fellreev borders the lands of the [[Rovers of the Barrens]], the [[Bandit Kingdoms]], and the former lands of the [[Horned Society]] (now claimed by the [[Empire of Iuz]]).
| | This entire expanse of birch and scrub oak is claimed by Iuz, though the Old One enjoys little power here. Most of the forest is ruled by clans of sylvan elves allied with Reyhu refugees since the Greyhawk Wars. A significant force of undead is also here, rumored to be led by an escaped Horned Society Hierarch. Iuz gains little by sending traditional soldiers here, so he uses the Fellreev as a hunting ground for trained monsters. |
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| ==Ecology==
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| ===Flora===
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| The trees of the Fellreev are a mix of alder, birch, oak, and scrub oak, with some [[sablewood]], and pine. Carnivorous plants, especially [[hangman tree]]s, are not uncommon. There are a few fruiting trees, tubers, and [[yarpick]], but not many.
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| ===Fauna===
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| Animal life includes squirrels, rabbits, foxes, small deer, and a few timber wolves to the north. There are also some thick-furred baboons called ''boreamandrills'', said to be possessed of a vicious nature and sly cunning. Along the [[Artonsamay River]] and [[Cold Run]] are wild dogs, otters, and water rats. The shores of [[Lake Aqal]] team with wildlife as well as large monsters.
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| ==Inhabitants==
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| The Fellreev includes 6,000 wood [[elf|elves]] divided into two major clans. In the northwest the wood elves live with some 200 [[voadkyn]]. To the east is the larger of the two clans, the '''Fanlareshen''', who have allied themselves with refugees from the Bandit Kingdoms.
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| The [[human]]s of the forest include some 2,000 woodsmen of primarily [[Flan]] blood with some [[Oeridian]] admixture. There are another thousand refugees from the Rovers of the Barrens, though many have been suffering from scurvy and tuberculosis. There are 2,000 unaligned ("free") bandits from the Bandit Kingdoms, around 2,000 refugees from the Horned Society loyal to the Hierarch [[Nezmajen]] in [[Darkpool]], and the 3,000 [[Reyhu]] bandits allied with the Fanlareshen.
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| The two major [[orc]] tribes in the region are the '''Uroz''' and the '''Dazark'''. The Dazark, numbering some 2,500, are the larger and more important of the two. They are born survivors; they will attack the Uroz if they can, but will always retreat before powerful adversaries. They have many priests of [[Luthic]] among them offering healing and progression, and they are allied with 1,000 [[losel]]s, who they treat well.
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| The Fellreev is also home to some 1,000 [[gnoll]]s and [[flind]]s and around 1,600 [[kobold]]s. In the eastern forest, there are some 600 [[bugbear]]s serving [[Iuz]].
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| There are no more than 20 druids in the forest, all pure-blood [[Flan]] serving [[Obad-Hai]].
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| The [[ingundi]] may be partly responsible for the Fellreev's reputation as a hostile place.
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| ==Locations and settlements==
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| *[[Darkpool]]
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| *[[Dora Kaa]]
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| *[[Fort Hendricks]]
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| *[[Fort Skagund]]
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| *[[Lake Aqal]]
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| *[[Nerull's Bane]]
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| *[[Sable Watch]]
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| ==Bibliography==
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| *[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[Artifact of Evil]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1986.
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| *-----. ''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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| *[[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
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| *-----. ''[[Iuz the Evil]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.
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| *[[James M. Ward|Ward, James M.]] ''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
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| [[Category:Greyhawk woodlands]]
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This entire expanse of birch and scrub oak is claimed by Iuz, though the Old One enjoys little power here. Most of the forest is ruled by clans of sylvan elves allied with Reyhu refugees since the Greyhawk Wars. A significant force of undead is also here, rumored to be led by an escaped Horned Society Hierarch. Iuz gains little by sending traditional soldiers here, so he uses the Fellreev as a hunting ground for trained monsters.