Cairn Hills

The Cairn Hills are a range of hills that form the boundary between the Domain of Greyhawk and the Duchy of Urnst, though Greyhawk controls most of them. They are named for the many burial sites within them. Some of these cairns precede the arrival of the demihumans and Flan, while others are of more recent creation. Many are filled with traps to discourage grave-robbers. Most were looted long ago, but some still remain to be exploited by new generations of adventurers.

In addition to old corpse-loot, platinum, gold, and electrum are mined in the Cairn Hills.

Ecology

The local flora is mainly tough grasses, alpine plants, galda trees, and evergreens, as well as the rare psychotropic kalamanthis plant. Local animals include mice and other rodents, wild pigs, and grass-eating deer.

Inhabitants

The hills are populated by some 6,000 gnomes, 4,800 halflings (especially around Elmshire), 1,200 dwarves and 2,500 "hillsman" humans. There are also about twenty bands of human bandits and brigands.

Features and settlements

• Stonefort
• Stonebridge
• Diamond Lake
• Blackwall Keep
• Marsh Keep
• Fort Leman
• Fort Gellner
• Ryell Pass
• Berenad
• Storaven
• Elmshire
• Greysmere
• Grossettgrottell
• Harrgrek Kukulend
• Janaquil Valley
• Karakast
• Blackstone
• Steaming Springs
• Sourlode
• Wavenair
• The Doomgrinder
• Echo Crypt
• Maure Castle
• Screaming Valley
• Tenser's Tower
• Twilight Monastery
• Stankaster Tower
• Caves of Milk
• The Walking Stone of Eyes

Known Cairns

• Great Barrows
• The Choking City
• The Sarcophagus of the Red Mummy
• The Silver Metal Cairn
• The Star Cairns
• The Stirgenest Cairn (Dungeon #124)
• Tomb of Blood Everflowing (Dungeon #114)
• Tomb of the Green Lady
• The Whispering Cairn

Bibliography

• Baur, Wolfgang. "A Gathering of Winds." Dungeon #129. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.

• Bulmahn, Jason. "Mad God's Key." Dungeon #114. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.

• 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.

• Mona, Erik. "Backdrop: Diamond Lake." Dungeon #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.

———. "The Whispering Cairn." Dungeon #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.

• Niles, Douglas, and Carl Sargent. The City of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.

• Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.

  Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Index is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, and his work as continued and updated by Eric Johnson, Richard DiIoia, Jason "PupickDad" Jacobson, a French fan group, and numerous other fans over the years. The wiki page for the EGI has a list of sources, full product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Amulet of the Cairn Hills	Item		Encyclopedia Magica - Volume I	28
Amulet of the Cairn Hills	Item		Greyhawk Adventures	76
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #195	94, 95
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #206	38
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #225	53
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #233	92
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #262	37, 38, 40, 41, 43
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #268	71
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #271	77
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #294	90, 91
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #299	97
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #351	26
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #AN3	99
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dungeon magazine #114	20, 33
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess	42, 57
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	From the Ashes: Campaign Book	1, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17-25, 27, 30-33, 36, 40, 66, 78, 83, 84, 87, 88, 90
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	From the Ashes: Honest Bandits	All
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	From the Ashes: References Card	#14
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	From the Ashes: The Beckoner in the Dark
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Greyhawk Adventures	76, 82
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Living Greyhawk Gazetteer	13, 51, 52, 124, 143, 144, 149, 153
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Living Greyhawk Journal #0	2, 5
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Living Greyhawk Journal #1	3
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Living Greyhawk Journal #2	4, 5, 10, 11
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Living Greyhawk Journal #5	29, 31
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Player's Guide to Greyhawk	3, 4, 28, 50, 62
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Slavers, AD&D 2e	7, 18, 24, 31, 37, 43, 61
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Saga of Old City	6, 287-289, 291
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	The Adventure Begins	6, 8, 47, 48, 50, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 64, 66, 68, 69, 74, 76, 79, 90, 92, 101, 115, 128
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps	1, 5, 12, 20, 21, 23
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	LT3 The Doomgrinder	IBC, 2-4, 6-9, 15, 17, 19, 20
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	The Scarlet Brotherhood	23
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	LT1 The Star Cairns	IC
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WG11 Puppets	IC
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure	3
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WG8 Fate of Istus	21, 61, 62, 122
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WGA2 Falconmaster	17, 19
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WGA4 Vecna Lives!	24, 49
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio)	11, 18, 21, 22
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WGM1 Borderwatch	IBC
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WGR1 Greyhawk Ruins	42, 69
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk	18
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WGR3 Rary the Traitor	23
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WGR4 The Marklands	23
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	WGR5 Iuz the Evil	34, 37
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983)	23, 25, 40, 48
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983)	14
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Night Watch (1990)	13,
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Artifact of Evil	7, 210
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Against The Giants: The Liberation of Geoff	70
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Come Endless Darkness	365
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	The City of Greyhawk: Adventure Cards	3, 23
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions	4, 9, 33, 62, 71, 89
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess	2-4, 6, 10, 14, 16-18, 21-24, 26-28, 30, 40, 45, 64, 95, 96
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	LT2 Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad	46, 47
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #056	21
Cairn Hills	Geographical feature	Hills,	Dragon magazine #191	65
Cairn Hills Mines	Settlement	Mine,	The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions	4, 33
Cairn Hills Mines	Settlement	Mine,	From the Ashes: Campaign Book	7
Cairn Hills Mines	Settlement	Mine,	Player's Guide to Greyhawk	32
Cairn Hills Mines	Settlement	Mine,	The Adventure Begins	6, 83, 86
Cairn Hills, Amulet of the	Item	Artifact,	WGR3 Rary the Traitor	23
Cairn Hills, Great Barrows	Adventure		The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps	4, 12
Cairn Hills, West	Geographical feature	Mountainous,	Player's Guide to Greyhawk	33
Vecna, Shrine of (Cairn Hills)	Building	Shrine,	Dungeon magazine #114	20, 35
Wee Jas, Shrine of (Cairn Hills)	Building	Shrine,	Dungeon magazine #114	35