Duchy of Urnst
| Duchy of Urnst | |
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| The arms of the Duchy of Urnst, as depicted in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000). | |
| Region: | Old Aerdy West |
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| Ruler: | Duke Karll Lorinar |
| Government: | Independent feudal monarchy |
| Capital: | Leukish |
| Major towns: | Leukish, Nellix, Seltaren, Nyrstran, Pontyrel, Goldplain |
| Resources: | Foodstuffs, silver, electrum, gold, platinum, gemstones |
| Coinage: | [Modified Aerdy] sterling duke (pp), gold duke (gp), bright (ep), shield (sp), common (cp) |
| Population: | 751,850 |
| Languages: | Common, Halfling, Elvish |
| Religions: | Saint Cuthbert, Pelor, the halfling pantheon, Lydia |
| Allies: | County of Urnst |
The Duchy of Urnst, properly known as the Duchy Palatine of Urnst, is a political state of the Flanaess.
History[edit | edit source]
The Duchy of Urnst was a vassal state of the Great Kingdom when Nyrond declared independence in 356 CY. Shortly thereafter, the newly minted Kingdom of Nyrond began a period of territorial expansion, during which they took over both the Theocracy of the Pale and the County of Urnst. The Duchy of Urnst, however, managed to resist annexation efforts, stopping the Nyrondian forces at the Nesser River, which still marks the border between the two countries. The two countries reconciled in 450 CY at the Great Council of Rel Mord and forged an alliance.
According the the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, roughly 50 years after the Great Council of Rel Mord, the Duchy of Urnst took the County of Urnst under its wing as a palatine state.[1]
In 570 CY, Justinian became Duke of Urnst and increased the the tax on temples by 300%, sparking civil unrest. In 571, he burned down the church of Zilchus over there refusal to pay higher taxes. Many churches left the Duchy after that and when Justinian died in battle later in 571, there was nobody who would heal him. His brother Karll took over as Duke after his passing. (LGG pg. 125, 126)
Geography[edit | edit source]
The most populous towns in 591 CY are Leukish (pop. 22,300), Nellix (pop. 13,400), Seltaren (pop. 9,800), Nyrstran (pop. 8,600), Pontyrel (pop. 7,550), and Goldplain (pop. 6,700).
The Duchy included at its southern end the Spurned Vale, located in a loop of the Nesser River adjacent to the Celadon Forest. That region included hill-folk and wood-folk.[2]
People[edit | edit source]
Population[edit | edit source]
The population of the Duchy of Urnst totaled 751,850 persons in 591 CY, the vast majority (almost 80%) being humans of mainly Suel descent. Elves, gnomes, halflings, dwarves, half-elves, and half-orcs make up the remainder of the population.
Religion[edit | edit source]
The most popular deities among the Duchy's citizens are Saint Cuthbert (mainly among residents of rural regions), Pelor, the halfling pantheon, and Lydia.
Languages[edit | edit source]
The most widely-spoken languages in the Duchy of Urnst include Common, Halfling, and Elven.
Government[edit | edit source]
The Duchy of Urnst is an independent feudal monarchy (theoretically owing fealty to the old Great Kingdom) with hereditary rulership currently held by His Most Lordly Grace Karll Lorinar, the Duke of Urnst, Warden of the Abbor-Alz. The Honorable Chamber is a contingent of noble and high-born Suel that serves as the Duke's advisors.
The national capital is Leukish.
Heraldry[edit | edit source]
The Duchy of Urnst's coat of arms is blazoned thus: Vert, a brown bear rampant proper.
Economy[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
The Duchy of Urnst is noted for producing a variety of foodstuffs, and mining operations produce silver, electrum, gold, platinum, and gemstones of all qualities.
Currency[edit | edit source]
The Duchy's standard coinage is based on Aerdy's system and consists of the platinum sterling duke (pp), gold gold duke (gp), electrum bright (ep), silver shield (sp), and copper common (cp).
Transportation[edit | edit source]
Military[edit | edit source]
External link[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
Citations[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.123.
- ↑ WGR4 The Marklands (1993), p.71.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Brown, Anne. Player's Guide. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
- ———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Hammack, Allen. The Ghost Tower of Inverness. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
- 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.
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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Pathwardens (Duchy of Urnst) | People Group | Dungeon magazine #085 | 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92 | |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Artifact of Evil | 163, 213 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | C2 the Ghost Tower of Inverness | 2, 5 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Come Endless Darkness | 38 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | The City of Greyhawk: Adventure Cards | 6, 11 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions | 3, 4, 7, 9, 22, 27, 36, 71, 74 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess | 4, 16, 19, 45, 58, 78, 89 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | City of Hawks | 142 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #052 | 18, 19, 20 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #055 | 18 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #056 | 21 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #057 | 13 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #065 | 12 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #191 | 65 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #195 | 94, 96 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #241 | 78 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #256 | 50 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #263 | 47, 48 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #265 | 60 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #268 | 71 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #292 | 95 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #294 | 95 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #306 | 95, 100 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #315 | 54 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #AN3 | 19, 23 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dragon magazine #AN4 | 18, 21 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dungeon magazine #030 | 23, 28 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Dungeon magazine #085 | 73, 75, 92 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | The Fright At Tristor | 3 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 4, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33, 37, 40, 42, 45, 49, 52, 63, 75, 77, 78 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | From the Ashes: Campaign Book | 4, 6-8, 10, 20-25, 27, 30, 32, 35, 60, 63, 64, 78, 82, 84, 85, 87 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | From the Ashes: Honest Bandits | All |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | From the Ashes: References Card | #1 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | From the Ashes: References Card | #10 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | From the Ashes: References Card | #2 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Greyhawk Adventures | 9, 46, 47, 79, 88, 91 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Greyhawk Wars: Adventures | 17, 39 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Ivid the Undying | 3, 20, 21, 57, 122, 153 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | 26, 47, 52 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 8, 10, 26, 27, 29, 30, 37, 51, 52, 75, 77, 78, 79, 87, 88, 96, 102, 118, 123, 124, 125, 126, 139, 143, 144, 149, 152, 156, 159, IBC |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Living Greyhawk Journal #1 | 4, 31, 32 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 3, 6, 31 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Living Greyhawk Journal #3 | 15 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Living Greyhawk Journal #4 | 8, 31 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Living Greyhawk Journal #5 | 31 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Night Arrant | 94 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 4, 6, 7, 23, 32, 33, 36, 45, 48, 55, 62, 63 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Polyhedron magazine #129 | 38 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Return of the Eight | 18, 58, 59 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Slavers, AD&D 2e | 14, 19, 43 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | Saga of Old City | 6, 106, 107, 113, 145, 152, 224, 236, 254, 287, 294, 301 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil | 122 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | The Adventure Begins | 3, 5, 17, 23, 30, 31, 37, 38, 41, 45, 46, 48, 50, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 64, 69, 70, 71, 79, 86, 92, 94, 100, 101, 102, 115, 125 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps | 2-5, 9 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | LT3 The Doomgrinder | 15, 23, 24, 26 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | The Scarlet Brotherhood | 23, 24 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | LT1 The Star Cairns | IC |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | WG12 Vale of the Mage | 48 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | WG6 Isle of the Ape | 27 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | WG8 Fate of Istus | 57, 58, 62, 122 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | WGA4 Vecna Lives! | 6, 18 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) | IBC, 2, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 18, 20, 21, 25 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk | 85 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | WGR3 Rary the Traitor | 18 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | WGR4 The Marklands | 6, 8, 10, 11, 32, 34, 35, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 76, 81, 91, 92, 94 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | WGR5 Iuz the Evil | 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 53, 54, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 76, 88 |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 9, 12, 21, 29, 34, 40, 48, 55, 56, 66, IBC |
| Urnst, Duchy of {Ernst} | Kingdom | (576 pop: 200000), (591 pop: 751850), | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 8, 17, 31, 32 |
| Urnst, Duchy of, Embassy (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Embassy, | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 5 |
| Urnst, Duchy of, Embassy (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Embassy, | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 32 |
| Urnst, Duchy of, Embassy (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Embassy, | The Adventure Begins | 83 |
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.