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| {{Greyhawk Realm
| | '''Stonehold''' |
| |image = [[Image:Stonehold01.JPG]]
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| |caption = The arms of Stonehold, as depicted in the ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'' (2000).
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| |name = Stonehold
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| |region =
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| |ruler = Rhelt [[Sevvord]] I
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| |government = Independent feudal monarchy with hereditary rulership
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| |established =
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| |capital =
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| |major towns = [[Kelten]], [[Purmill]], [[Bastro]], [[Vlekstaad]]
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| |provinces =
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| |resources =
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| |coinage =
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| |population = 55,000
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| |races =
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| |languages =
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| |alignments =
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| |religions = [[Erythnul]]*, [[Syrul]], [[Beltar]], [[Beory]], [[Obad-Hai]]
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| |allies =
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| |enemies = [[Iuz]], [[Empire of Iuz]], [[Tenh]]
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| }}
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| '''Stonehold''' is a political state of the [[Flanaess]]. The nation was formerly known as the '''Hold of Stonefist'''.
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| ==History==
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| ==Geography==
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| Modern Stonehold is generally located in the northeastern portion of the Flanaess. It is situated at the base of the [[Thillonrian Peninsula]], bounded by the Griff Mountains to the east and south, and the [[Icy Sea]] to the north and west. The [[Hraak Forest]] at the base of the Griffs is claimed by the people of Stonehold as well.
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| As of 591 CY, the most populous towns are [[Kelten]] (pop. 2,800), [[Purmill]] (pop. 1,900), and [[Bastro]] (pop. 1,700). [[Vlekstaad]] once had a relatively large population for the region (pop. 2,200), but was attacked and burned to the ground by a contingent of warriors from the [[Rovers of the Barrens]] in 588 [[CY]]; it now supports a population of barely 700 inhabitants.
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| ==People==
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| ===Population===
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| As of 591 CY, the population of Stonehold totaled 55,000 persons, with an overwhelming percentage (96%) being humans of a [[Flan]]/[[Suloise|Suel]] hybrids. The remainder of the population consists of [[orc]]s, [[Dwarf|dwarves]], and other humanoid races.
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| ===Religion===
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| The most popular deities among Stonehold's citizens are [[Erythnul]] (promoted by Stonehold's leadership), [[Syrul]], [[Beltar]], [[Beory]], and [[Obad-Hai]].
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| ===Languages===
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| The most widely-spoken languages in Stonehold include various Flan dialects, Common, and the Cold Tongue.
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| ==Government==
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| Stonehold is an independent feudal monarchy with hereditary rulership, currently ruled by His Most Grim and Terrible Might, Rhelt [[Sevvord]] I, Master of Stonehold. The rhelt ("king") commands Stonehold's standing army, and maintains his near-dictatorial powers via his governance of four ataman nobles (controlling the towns) and four nomadic tribal chieftains.
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| The national capital is Vlekstaad.
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| ===Heraldry===
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| Stonehold's coat of arms is blazoned thus: ''Gules, a sinister hand of stone couped above the wrist, clenched, proper''.
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| ==Economy==
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| ===Resources===
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| Stonehold is noted for producing furs, walrus ivory, silver, and low-quality gems.
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| ===Currency===
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| Stonehold's standard coinage consists of the gold giftring (gp), silver halefist (sp), and copper grimfist (cp). Coinage looted during invasions of the [[Tenh|Duchy of Tenh]] is also in common usage.
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| ==Transportation==
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| ==Military==
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| ==Maps==
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| [[File:Stonehold02.jpg]]
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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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| *[[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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| *[[Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
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| *[[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
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| [[Category:Greyhawk realms]]
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