Nyr Dyv
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| The Nyr Dyv, illustrated by Anna Meyer, 2019. | |
| Alternate name: | The Lake of Unknown Depths |
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| Type: | Lake |
| Depth: | Unknown |
| Tributaries: | Velverdyva River, Artonsamay, Veng River]] |
| Settlements: | Alhaster, Dyvers, Elmshire, High Mardreth, Leukish, Nyrstran, Magepoint, Willip, |
| Items: | Hasty Barge of the Nyr Dyv, Eye of the Nyr Dyv, |
The Nyr Dyv, also known as the "Lake of Unknown Depths," is a freshwater lake in the Flanaess in the World of Greyhawk™.
Description[edit | edit source]
Centrally located in the Flanaess, the Nyr Dyv is the largest known body of fresh water known to the people of that region of Oerik.
Geography[edit | edit source]
Tthe Nyr Dyv is located north of the Free City of Greyhawk, which can easily be reached from the lake via the Selintan River. As such, Rhennee barges may be found navigating the lake, along with commercial or naval traffic bound to or from the Free City.
Ecology[edit | edit source]
As its nickname suggests, the true depth of the lake is unknown, but certainly significant. Its waters support a variety of aquatic life, some of it quite dangerous (including the Nyrrian boatcrusher). Piracy is also a concern, though the waters are patrolled by ships from Dyvers, Furyondy, Greyhawk, and the Urnst states.
The city of Dyvers, the Cairn Hills, and the Duchy of Urnst also border the southern shores of the Nyr Dyv. To the west lies the Kingdom of Furyondy, to the east the County of Urnst, and to the north the Shield Lands and the Empire of Iuz.
Features and settlements[edit | edit source]
The Nyr Dyv has three major navigable inlets: the Velverdyva to the west, and the Veng and Artonsamay to the north. Its two major navigable outlets include the Selintan to the south and Nesser River to the southeast. Major ports on or near the Nyr Dyv include Dyvers, Greyhawk, Nyrstran, Leukish, High Mardreth, Radigast City, Alhaster, Admundfort, Critwall, and Willip.
The Nyr Dyv is rumored to hold the remains of an ancient civilization known as the Isles of Woe, which sank beneath the waves prior to the Great Migrations. Many explorers have fruitlessly searched the lake for evidence of this civilization. Though unusual pieces of jewelry, strange silver coins, and alien carvings of obsidian reputed to be remnants of the Isles of Woe are sometimes found in the markets of surrounding cities, most are regarded as forgeries.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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The Nyr Dyv, as illustrated on the Lazzaretti map, by Rob Lazeretti, 2005.
External link[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
Citations[edit | edit source]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Gygax, Gary. Dungeon Master's Guide. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
- ———. 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.
- Moore, Roger E. Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- 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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| Hasty Barge of the Nyr Dyv (Ship) | Item | Ship, | Encyclopedia Magica - Volume I | 179 |
| Hasty Barge of the Nyr Dyv (Ship) | Item | Ship, | Greyhawk Adventures | 80 |
| Hasty Barge of the Nyr Dyv (Ship) | Item | Ship, | Polyhedron magazine #092 | 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 |
| Midbay of the Nyr Dyv | Geographical feature | Reference | SEE Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Artifact of Evil | 7, 138, 163, 210, 211, 215, 222 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Bastion of Faith | 8, 44 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Come Endless Darkness | 38 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook | 9 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | The City of Greyhawk: Adventure Cards | 18 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions | 3, 4, 6-9, 22, 25, 43, 46, 54, 57, 70, 71, 79-81 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess | 2, 3, 16, 18, 21, 32, 33, 42, 45, 55, 76 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | City of Hawks | 13, 150, 214, 239 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dungeon Masters Guide 1st Edition | 156 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #037 | 11 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #056 | 20 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #057 | 13 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #195 | 96 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #206 | 44 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #233 | 93 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #241 | 78 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #262 | 37, 38, 40, 41, 43 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #268 | 71 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #293 | 90 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #294 | 90, 91 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #299 | 96 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #301 | 86 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #306 | 95, 97 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #344 | 48 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #348 | 20 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #354 | 23 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Dragon magazine #AN3 | 22, 23 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Eldritch Wizardry | 43 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 3, 25, 37, 42, 45, 49, 50, 63, 64, 77, 79 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | From the Ashes: Campaign Book | 4, 9, 10, 20-23, 31, 49, 76 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | From the Ashes: References Card | #1 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | From the Ashes: References Card | #14 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Greyhawk Adventures | 80 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Greyhawk Wars: Adventures | 10, 20 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Ivid the Undying | 3, 7, 17, 137, 143 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 3, 4, 7, 14, 23, 27, 31, 40, 41, 45, 46, 51, 59, 75, 77, 103, 123, 124, 125, 127, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 159 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 5, 10 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Living Greyhawk Journal #1 | 27, 28 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 1, 4, 8, 12, 14, 17, 19 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Living Greyhawk Journal #4 | 1, 25 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Night Arrant | 65, 235 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Official AD&D Coloring Album | 2 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 3-5, 23, 28, 32, 35, 51, 52 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Polyhedron magazine #092 | 12, 13 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Return of the Eight | 2, 3, 6, 18-23, 25, 26, 29, 32, 45, 46, 47 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | S1 Tomb of Horrors | 2 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | S1-4 Realms of Horror, Adventure Booklet | 6, 24 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | S2 White Plume Mountain (1st-3rd printing), AD&D 1e | 11 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | S2 White Plume Mountain {Expanded} (4th+ printing), AD&D 1e | 15 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Slavers, AD&D 2e | 1, 2, 4, 6-10, 14-19, 21, 24, 26, 31, 34, 37-39, 48, 63, 67, 109, 118 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Sea of Death | 310 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Saga of Old City | 6, 55, 91, 92, 93, 97, 106, 114, 119, 142 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil | 6, 27, 38 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | The Adventure Begins | 3-7, 11, 16, 21, 33, 48, 50, 54-58, 60, 62, 64, 76, 77, 83, 84, 86, 101, 116 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps | 2, 5 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | LT3 The Doomgrinder | IBC, 29, 41, 44, 46 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | The Scarlet Brotherhood | 7, 23 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | LT1 The Star Cairns | IC, 3 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | War Captain's Companion Boxed Set: Book 1 | 36 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | WG6 Isle of the Ape | 6, 8, 22 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | WG8 Fate of Istus | 21, 58, 59, 60, 68 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | WGA2 Falconmaster | 24 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | WGA4 Vecna Lives! | 6, 14, 22, 24, 27, 28, 31, 49 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) | 5, 9, 10, 11, 15, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | WGM1 Borderwatch | IBC, 8 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | WGR1 Greyhawk Ruins | 16 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk | 18, 19, 82, 84 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | WGR4 The Marklands | 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 30, 35, 71 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | WGR5 Iuz the Evil | 4, 42, 43, 64, 76, 88, 90, 96 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 8, 21, 22, 25, 34, 40, 46, 48, 49, 54, 55, 60 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 15 |
| Nyr Dyv {Lake of Unknown Depths} | Geographical feature | Lake, | Night Watch (1990) | 11, |
| Nyr Dyv, Eye of the | Item | Artifact, | WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk | 82, 84 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | Artifact of Evil | 213 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions | 78 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess | 18, 21, 33 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | Dragon magazine #262 | 37, 38, 40 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | From the Ashes: Campaign Book | 21, 22, 25, 30 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | From the Ashes: References Card | #14 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | From the Ashes: References Card | #14 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | From the Ashes: Slavers By Midnight | All |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 51, 149, 152 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | Living Greyhawk Journal #1 | 28 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 28 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | Return of the Eight | 20 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | Saga of Old City | 6, 97 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | The Adventure Begins | 48 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps | 2, 7 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | LT3 The Doomgrinder | IBC |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | War Captain's Companion Boxed Set: Book 1 | 36 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | WGA4 Vecna Lives! | 24, 49 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) | 21 |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | WGM1 Borderwatch | IBC |
| Nyr Dyv, Midbay of the | Geographical feature | Bay, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 48 |
| True Relation of the Nyr Dyv and the Lands Surrounding by Norfil van Defflitter | Item | Book, | WGA4 Vecna Lives! | 21, 24 |