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Ket
The arms of Ket, as depicted in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000).
General information
Region:Baklunish West
Government
Ruler:Nadaid, Beygraf of Ket and Shield of the True Faith
Government:Feudal monarchy with semihereditary rulership; beygraf must have proven fighting skill and leadership (magical ability also preferred)
Alignments:LN (dominant), N, LE, CN
Demographics
Capital:Lopolla
Major towns:Lopolla (pop. 27,300), Molvar (pop. 16,000), Polvar (pop. 12,600), Falwur (13,500)
Provinces:Four districts centered around major trade towns, two forest districts (in the Bramblewood)
Population:275,000
Races:Human 93% (primarily Baklunish with some Oeridian and Suloise admixture), Dwarf 2% (hill 70%, mountain 30%), Halfling 1%, Other 1%
Languages:Common, Ancient Baklunish
Groups
Religions:Al'Akbar, Mouqol, Fharlanghn, Geshtai, Istus, Xan Yae, other Baklunish gods
Allies:Paynims (sometimes, Tusmit (sometimes)
Enemies:Bissel, Veluna, Gran March, Furyondy, Knights of the Watch, Iuz (sometimes), Zeif (sometimes), Ekbir (minor)
Miscellaneous
Resources:Silver, copper, gems
Coinage:Bastion (pp), greatshield (gp), wagon (ep), lance (sp), helm (cp)

Ket is situated in the Baklunish Basin region of the Flanaess, near the Fals Gap along the trade route to the Sheldomar Valley and beyond.

History

Ket was originally a province of Zeif, but was conquered by the Brazen Horde in the early 300s CY, who permitted the bey of Ket to continue to rule as a figurehead, though the Horde bowed only to their padishah. The warriors of the Brazen Horde ruled (and plundered) Ket until the middle of that century, when Keoland invaded the state in response to the Horde's provocations.

The Keoish Knights of the Watch, allied with mercenaries from what would become Perrenland, drove out both the Horde and their puppet ally, Bey Arpad of Ket. The bey began a long campaign of resistance to the Keoish occupation from the Banner Hills. Stiffened by the discipline of Al'Akbar's True Faith, they eventually drove the "infidel" soldiers from the land and established an independent state.

No longer forced to bow to Western barbarians or infidel Easterners, Arpad declared himself Ket's first beygraf, a title derived from both Western and Eastern traditions. The mullahs of the True Faith were given power over the judiciary and most other aspects of government, though they bowed to the beygraf, the Shield of the True Faith, as their secular leader. In religious matters they deferred to the Grand Mufti of the Yatils, though the mullahs of Ket had their own separate hierarchy.

During the reign of Iggwilv over Perrenland, the Ketites allied with the local mountain dwarves to resist her demonic influence. During the Greyhawk Wars, Beygraf Zoltan allied himself with Iggwilv's son Iuz. The forces of Ket conquered Bissel, and Zoltan was assassinated four years later; the mullahs, who had not been consulted before the invasion, decided not to attempt to resurrect the beygraf. After numerous internal struggles, the moderate Nadaid emerged as the new beygraf of the land, bringing together a coalition of military, mercantile, and a minority of clerical powers.

People

The native folk of Ket resemble the mix of cultures that crowd the nation's marketplaces. The people are of Baklunish stock interbred with Suel and Oeridian, resulting in pale yellow, golden-brown, or tan complexions and virtually any hair color possible save the lightest yellows and reds. Racially speaking, Kettites are the least typical of the Baklunish folk.

Government

The ruler of Ket, His Glory and Shield of the True Faith, the Beygraf, is an absolute monarch. The previous Beygraf, Zoltan, was assassinated during the Greyhawk Wars, probably due to political or religious opposition to his unexpected alliance with Iuz. In the power struggle that followed, Nadaid, a respected general, pulled together an alliance of priests, nobles, merchants and military to support his elevation to the throne and thus avert a civil war. At the end of the Greyhawk Wars, Beygraf Nadaid's decision to immediately pull the Ket army out of Bissel, which Zoltan had conquered, was not a widely popular move.

Heraldry

Ket's coat of arms is blazoned thus: Gules, a scimitar in pale argent, the point to the base.

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Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

Arkalan Sammal of Ket {Arklan} Non-player character The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 25
Arkalan Sammal of Ket {Arklan} Non-player character Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 156, 157
Arkalan Sammal of Ket {Arklan} Non-player character The Adventure Begins 97
Arkalan Sammal of Ket {Arklan} Non-player character WGR3 Rary the Traitor 4
Cave Cricket, Giant Monster Monster Manual 2, AD&D 1e 23
Cave Cricket, Giant Monster S1-4 Realms of Horror, Adventure Booklet 71
Cave Cricket, Giant Monster S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book One 15
Cave Cricket, Giant Monster S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book Two 2, 3, 30
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Artifact of Evil 6, 229
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 3, 25
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dungeon Masters Guide 1st Edition 158
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #052 18, 19, 20
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #055 18
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #057 13
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #067 11
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #195 95
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #249 90, 93
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #263 46
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #264 49
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #265 60
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #269 65
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #271 75, 76
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #306 95
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Dragon magazine #315 51, 54
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 7, 9-11, 20, 23, 29, 30, 33, 34, 40, 44, 55, 56, 59, 60, 64, 73, 77
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), From the Ashes: Campaign Book 60, 62, 69, 74, 82
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), From the Ashes: References Card #2
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), From the Ashes: References Card #9
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Greyhawk Adventures 98
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Ghosts of Saltmarsh, D&D 5e 14
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Greyhawk Wars: Adventurer's Book 1, 11, 15, 16, 20, 30
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Living Greyhawk Gazetteer IC, 16, 32, 33, 38, 42, 47, 49, 50, 58, 65, 66, 67, 68, 83, 84, 85, 86, 125, 127, 129, 136, 137, 139, 142, 143, 144, 151, 153, 154, 160, 161
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Living Greyhawk Journal #0 3, 7, 9, 10, 13
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Living Greyhawk Journal #1 4, 28, 29, 32
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Living Greyhawk Journal #2 29
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Living Greyhawk Journal #3 15, 26, 28
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Living Greyhawk Journal #4 29
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Living Greyhawk Journal #5 20, 21, 28, 29
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Night Arrant 242, 307, 308
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Player's Guide to Greyhawk 5, 6, 10-12, 27, 31, 36, 43, 46, 47, 51, 55, 56
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Polyhedron magazine #163 107
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Return of the Eight 62
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), S1-4 Realms of Horror, Adventure Booklet 55, 56
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book One 2, 7
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book Two 12
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Sword and Fist 47
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Sea of Death 7, 30, 33, 38, 46, 49, 52, 57, 72, 73, 79, 93
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), Saga of Old City 149
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), The Adventure Begins 16, 18, 19, 36, 55, 86, 101
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), LT1 The Star Cairns 33
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), WG12 Vale of the Mage 2, 33, 48
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun 6, 20
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), WGA4 Vecna Lives! 56, 74, 94
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) IC, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 23, 24
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), WGR3 Rary the Traitor 6-8, 28, 48, 54, 55
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), WGR4 The Marklands 3, 9, 11, 28
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), WGR5 Iuz the Evil 6, 25, 96
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), WGR6 City of Skulls 30
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), WGS2 Howl From the North 46
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) 13, 19, 27, 28, 30, 31, 51, 52, 55, 58, IBC
Ket, kingdom of Kingdom (576 pop: 50000), (585 pop: 85000), (591 pop: 275000), World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) 10, 17, 30, 31
Ket, Little (City of Greyhawk) Place Living Greyhawk Journal #2 5
Ket, Little (City of Greyhawk) Place Living Greyhawk Journal #5 4
Ket, Little (City of Greyhawk) Place Player's Guide to Greyhawk 33
Ket, Little (City of Greyhawk) Place The Adventure Begins 105
Ket, Severing of Calendar Living Greyhawk Journal #5 21
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 25, 27
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Dragon magazine #082 58
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Dragon magazine #194 53, 54, 55
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Dragon magazine #230 12
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Dragon magazine #233 92
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Dragon magazine #249 90-96
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Dragon magazine #268 70
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Dragon magazine #269 65
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Dragon magazine #299 99
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Dragon magazine #354 31
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 9, 10
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], From the Ashes: Campaign Book 8, 11, 85
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], From the Ashes: References Card #13
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Greyhawk Adventures 3, 67, 68, 128
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Greyhawk Wars: Adventurer's Book 24
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 16, 37, 38, 68, 126, 128, 143, 144, 154, 156
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Living Greyhawk Journal #0 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Living Greyhawk Journal #1 27
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Living Greyhawk Journal #3 15, 26
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Player's Guide to Greyhawk 11, 21, 23, 26, 51
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Return of the Eight 3, 5, 10, 20, 53, 54, 57-60
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], Slavers, AD&D 2e 127
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], The Adventure Begins 2, 4, 37, 38, 62, 71, 76, 97, 98, 110, 122, 123
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps 2
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], 1992 TSR Trading Cards - Gold Set 171
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], LT3 The Doomgrinder 7
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], LT1 The Star Cairns 5, 38, 46
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], WGA4 Vecna Lives! 10, 14, 17, 20, 87, 88, 94
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], WGR3 Rary the Traitor All
Rary (of Ket) (the Traitor) Non-player character Male, Human, [M23], WGR5 Iuz the Evil 5, 37
Sandor the Headstrong (Lord of Polvar Province - Ket) Non-player character Dungeon magazine #131 31
Sandor the Headstrong (Lord of Polvar Province - Ket) Non-player character Greyhawk Adventures 98
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