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| [[Image:Jotens01.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The Jotens and environs, as depicted on the [[Paizo Map]].]]
| | '''The Jotens''' are actually an arm of the Crystalmist Mountains; as the Jotens go southward, they shorten somewhat into the sarcastically-named Little Hills. |
| The '''Joten''' range is a spur of the [[Crystalmist Mountains]] separating the land of the [[Sterich|March of Sterich]] from the [[Yeomanry|The Yeomanry League]]. Their name derives from an old word for [[giant]]s.
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| ==Ecology and inhabitants==
| | They are named for two reasons: one, they are very high and imposing; second, that they are the dwelling place of many giants. |
| All but the highest of the Joten Mountains are below the timber line. Pine forests are most common, with maple, [[usk]], and other northern broadleaf trees in the valleys.
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| Inhabitants include cave bears, [[bugbear]]s, primitive cave-dwelling and tribal [[human]]s, wild dogs, mountain [[dwarf|dwarves]], mountain lions, [[manticore]]s, [[orc]]s, and [[troll]]s.
| | Hidden deep among the Jotens lie at least one citadel held by the Dwarves, but few know where precisely to find it. Still, from somewhere come dwarven traders, with precious metals and gems, to trade with men at Cryllor. |
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| As the name of the mountain range imples, giants are prevalent in the Jotens, including [[ogre]]s and the cloud, hill, mountain, and stone breeds.
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| Pikemen from the Yeomanry patrol the southern slopes along with allied dwarves. In the north, fighting between the giants and the humans of Sterich continued as of 591 [[Common Year|CY]].
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| ==Features and settlements==
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| Somewhere in the Jotens is a mountain dwarf stronghold led by [[Kordan Badaxe]]. The town of [[Datmil]] is also nearby.
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| ==Bibliography==
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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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| *[[Gygax, Gary]] and [[David C. Sutherland III]]. Additional material by [[David Cook]] and Jeff Grubb. ''[[Queen of the Spiders]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1986.
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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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| *[[Sean K. Reynolds|Reynolds, Sean K.]] ''[[Against the Giants: The Liberation of Geoff]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.
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| *[[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
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| *Seguin, Steve. "Lords & Legends." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #131. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
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The Jotens are actually an arm of the Crystalmist Mountains; as the Jotens go southward, they shorten somewhat into the sarcastically-named Little Hills.
They are named for two reasons: one, they are very high and imposing; second, that they are the dwelling place of many giants.
Hidden deep among the Jotens lie at least one citadel held by the Dwarves, but few know where precisely to find it. Still, from somewhere come dwarven traders, with precious metals and gems, to trade with men at Cryllor.