Hellfurnaces
| Hellfurnaces | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type: | Mountains |
| Geopolitical | |
| Region: | Southwestern Flanaess, Amedio Jungle, Sea of Dust, Hold of the Sea Princes, Yeomanry |
The Hellfurnaces are the southern portion of the Crystalmist Mountains, defining the eastern border of the Sea of Dust.
Ecology
The Hellfurnaces are mostly barren of ice, although the occasional snow-capped peak can be seen. Travelers are never out of sight of some smoke plume, hot spring, or other sign of volcanic activity.
The equatorial Hellfurnaces seem even more violently volcanic than the portions that border the Flanaess, with six major volcanoes and a dozen minor ones identified.
Features and settlements
Some of the most infamous Underdark regions in the World of Greyhawk exist beneath the Hellfurnaces, including the Vault of the Drow, the Sunless Sea, the realm of the Lerara, the White Kingdom, and Dra-Mur-Shou. Aboleths, kuo-toans, svirfneblin, illithids, drow, cloakers, and duergar all war beneath the depths.
The legendary Passage of Slerotin connects the Sea of Dust to the Yeomanry through the Underdark.
Inhabitants
On the surface, volcanoes and heat-loving monsters dominate, including fire giants with their hell hound pets, and red dragons with their firenewt servants. Manticores are common in the lower altitudes. Other races found in the Hellfurnaces include bugbears, cave-dwelling humans, firedrakes, fire toads, storm giants, goblins, orcs, ogres, pyrolisks, and trolls. The storm giants have little to do with their fire giant cousins, though they occasionally meet with them.
History
The Hellfurnaces were known simply as the Southern Crystalmists before the Rain of Colorless Fire, when it is said that the cataclysm ignited many previously dormant volcanoes. Prior to this, an ancient war is said to have been fought between giants and dragons, both sides recruiting orc mercenaries and the Suel Imperium even becoming involved.
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
- Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
- ———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Gygax, Gary, and David C. Sutherland III. Queen of the Spiders. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1986.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Moore, Roger E. "Legacies of the Suel Imperium." Dragon #241. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1997.
- Reynolds, Sean K. The Scarlet Brotherhood. Renton, WA: TSR, 1999.
- Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
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
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloak of the Hellfurnaces | Item | Encyclopedia Magica - Volume I | 303 | |
| Cloak of the Hellfurnaces | Item | Greyhawk Adventures | 78 | |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #11 | 5,6,7,8,40,50,58 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #13 | 4,17 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #14 | 5,7 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #15 | 15 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #18 | 29,30,36,41 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #20 | 7 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #21 | 8 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #24 | 6,7,9 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #25 | 48 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #26 | 3,17,19,20 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #27 | 32 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #32 | 31,34 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 3, 5, 7, 8, 24, 36, 39, 40 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Polyhedron magazine #058 | 15 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Return of the Eight | 60 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | The Adventure Begins | 14, 16 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | The Scarlet Brotherhood | 3, 62, 63, 67, 68, 81, Map |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) | 5, 23, 24 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | WGR3 Rary the Traitor | 33 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 8, 51-53, 61 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 14, 15, 27, 30, IBC |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Against The Giants: The Liberation of Geoff | 4 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions | 54 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #209 | 13, 14 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #225 | 49 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #230 | 9, 12, 15 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #233 | 92 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #241 | 41, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 79 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #243 | 91 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #268 | 70 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #290 | 106 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #298 | 73, 84 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #350 | 65 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dragon magazine #AN1 | 72 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Dungeon magazine #070 | 48, 49 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 3, 56, 62, 72 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | From the Ashes: References Card | #12 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Greyhawk Adventures | 73, 78, 87, 90 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | GDQ1-7 Queen of the Spiders | 3, 4, 18, 125, 126 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 8, 18, 54, 100-102, 134, 135, 143, 149, 155 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 11 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Living Greyhawk Journal #1 | 18 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #01 | 6,13 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #02 | 14,15 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #04 | 9,13,16 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #06 | 24 |
| Hellfurnaces | Geographical feature | Mountains, | Oerth Journal #07 | 6,27 |
| Red Armor of the Hellfurnaces +4 | Item | Encyclopedia Magica - Volume I | 81 | |
| Red Armor of the Hellfurnaces +4 | Item | Greyhawk Adventures | 87 |