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The Plains of the Paynims, also known as | The '''Plains of the Paynims''', also known simply as the '''Paynims''', is a political state of the [[Flanaess]]. The name also applies to the tribes of nomadic horsemen who dwell within these lands. | ||
==History== | |||
==Geography== | |||
The Plains of the Paynims are situated in the [[Baklunish Basin]] region of the [[Flanaess]], west of [[Ket]] and south of [[Zeif]]. | |||
==People== | |||
The native folk of the Plains of the Paynims are [[Baklunish]] with mixed racial characteristics absorbed from subjugated travelers or settled merchants. | |||
==Government== | |||
The Plains of the Paynims has no central authority; the government consists mainly of various petty tribal khans and amirs ruled by progressively more powerful nobles (orakhans, ilkhans, or shahs) and royalty (padishahs, tarkhans, or kha-khans). There is great variation in particulars of government between nomadic tribes. | |||
===Heraldry=== | |||
The Plains of the Paynims' coat of arms is blazoned thus: ''Gules, a scimitar per bend sinister or, in dexter chief a cross moline in saltire of the last''. | |||
==Bibliography== | |||
*[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''The World of Greyhawk''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980. | |||
*-----. ''[[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. | |||
*[[Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998. | |||
*[[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992. | |||
[[Category:Greyhawk realms|Paynims, Plains of the]] | |||
Revision as of 17:57, 6 December 2018
The Plains of the Paynims, also known simply as the Paynims, is a political state of the Flanaess. The name also applies to the tribes of nomadic horsemen who dwell within these lands.
History
Geography
The Plains of the Paynims are situated in the Baklunish Basin region of the Flanaess, west of Ket and south of Zeif.
People
The native folk of the Plains of the Paynims are Baklunish with mixed racial characteristics absorbed from subjugated travelers or settled merchants.
Government
The Plains of the Paynims has no central authority; the government consists mainly of various petty tribal khans and amirs ruled by progressively more powerful nobles (orakhans, ilkhans, or shahs) and royalty (padishahs, tarkhans, or kha-khans). There is great variation in particulars of government between nomadic tribes.
Heraldry
The Plains of the Paynims' coat of arms is blazoned thus: Gules, a scimitar per bend sinister or, in dexter chief a cross moline in saltire of the last.
Bibliography
- Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
- -----. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Moore, Roger E. Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.