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The Hornwood, once the favored hunting place of Geoff's nobility, now teems with savage monsters. When the giants and nonhumans invaded during the Greyhawk Wars, refugees sought sanctuary within the depths of the forest. Those willing to abide by the strict code of a circle of druids known as the Ashmeet were taken in. Others joined forces with sylvan-elf foresters, but most were slaughtered by ferocious predators and evil invaders. The woodland is named for the highly valued hornwood trees here.
[[Image:Hornwood01.jpg|450px|thumb|right|The Hornwood and environs, as depicted on the [[Paizo map]] (2005).]]
The '''Hornwood''' is a woodland in the Grand Duchy of [[Geoff]].
 
==Ecology==
The Hornwood is named for the '''hornwood tree''', a beautiful hardwood that, when treated, is particularly resilient. Hornwood bows are particularly prized, though other weapons are made from the material as well. First-rate hornwood is hard to come by, and quality hornwood bows are hard to prepare. Nonetheless, they make the finest of elven bows.  
 
Hornwood trees are about the size and shape of small elms, with unusually straight trunks and branches and black bark. Their leaves are as long and pointed as spear-tips.  
 
==Inhabitants==
Several groups of sylvan [[elf|elves]] dwell in the Hornwood, as do many ferocious monsters. The [[ingundi]] may be partly responsible for the forest's dire reputation.
 
==Features and settlements==
 
==Bibliography==
*[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[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.
 
*[[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
 
*[[James M. Ward|Ward, James M.]] ''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
 
[[Category:Greyhawk plants]]
[[Category:Greyhawk woodlands]]

Revision as of 17:54, 6 December 2018

The Hornwood and environs, as depicted on the Paizo map (2005).

The Hornwood is a woodland in the Grand Duchy of Geoff.

Ecology

The Hornwood is named for the hornwood tree, a beautiful hardwood that, when treated, is particularly resilient. Hornwood bows are particularly prized, though other weapons are made from the material as well. First-rate hornwood is hard to come by, and quality hornwood bows are hard to prepare. Nonetheless, they make the finest of elven bows.

Hornwood trees are about the size and shape of small elms, with unusually straight trunks and branches and black bark. Their leaves are as long and pointed as spear-tips.

Inhabitants

Several groups of sylvan elves dwell in the Hornwood, as do many ferocious monsters. The ingundi may be partly responsible for the forest's dire reputation.

Features and settlements

Bibliography