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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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
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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 |