Suloise
Suloise is generally used in reference to the Suloise people, (sometimes called the "Suel"), a race of humans living in the Flanaess, though the term may also refer to the language and culture of said people.
The Suel began migrating to the Flanaess in large numbers circa -447 CY, from the Suel Imperium. The numbers of the Suloise Migration increased dramatically after the Invoked Devastation and the Rain of Colorless Fire in -422 CY. The Suel settled in many regions of the Flanaess, often competing with the native Flan and migrant Oeridians, as well as non-human inhabitants such as the elves and dwarves.
Though people of Suel descent can be found nearly anywhere in the Flanaess, notable lands that contain a significant number of Suel include the Thillonrian Peninsula, the Scarlet Brotherhood, the Lordship of the Isles, the Sea Barons, the Sheldomar Valley, and the Urnst States. The Lendore Isles were once home to a large contingent of Suel, but most humans have been expelled from that land since the cult of Sehanine Moonbow gained control after the Greyhawk Wars.
The traditional calendar of the Suel people is known as the Suloise Dating.
Description[edit | edit source]
Purebred Suel typically have pale skin, with albinism being far more common than among other races. Violet and pale blue eyes are common, with gray and deep blue less common. Hair color is fair, from several shades of blond to light red, and is often kinky in texture.
Suloise fashion favors solid colors, with parti-colored garments marking higher social station. Emblems, tokens, or similar affectations (typically in hues contrasting their clothes), often mark status or affiliation with ancient Suel houses and traditions. The ancient Suel often wore loose-fitting pantaloons covered by a baggy blouse, but their fashion has adapted to various climes in the centuries following the Great Migrations.
Religion[edit | edit source]
The following deities make up the Suel pantheon:
- Beltar
- Dalt
- Fortubo
- Jascar
- Kord
- Lendor
- Llerg
- Lydia
- Norebo
- Osprem
- Phaulkon
- Phyton
- Pyremius
- Ranet
- Syrul
- Vatun
- Wee Jas
- Xerbo
Publication history[edit | edit source]
The 1980 folio edition of The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting contained no information about human racial diversity. Kenneth Burke's review in Dragon #46 was critical of the description of "cannibal savages" in the jungle lands of the Amedio Jungle and Hepmonaland as unfortunate evidence of racist assumptions. Lawrence Schick, Vice President of Product Development at TSR wrote a response stating that "nowhere in the text of the Gazetteer is there any indication of anybody’s skin color. Nobody here ever gave it any thought, because it doesn’t matter."
In Dragon #52 (August 1981) Len Lakofka gave information on the fictional languages of the Flanaess to which Gary Gygax appended a brief description of the racial types of the setting, describing the Suloise as having "many" reprentatives who are so fair they are "nearly albino." Gygax stated that "the inner mixture of Oeridians with Suloise tends toward a typical European-mix looking population."
In Dragon #55, (November 1981) Gygax gave more definition to the Suloise, stating again that they were fair skinned but that "some" were almost albino. The Suel were also determined to be the majority racial inhabitants of the lands of the Frost, Snow, and Ice Barbarians (northern lands topographically unique for possessing fjords), as well the Amedio Jungle and Hepmonaland. Their fictional history described bands of Suel taking up residence in the jungles after the Great Migrations. Their common dress was also detailed.
The 1983 boxed set edition reprinted these details of the Suel ethnicity and their pale skin and blonde hair. The boxed set also detailed their history involving a genocidal war against the Baklunish, and connections to the Scarlet Brotherhood, a faction of evil monks with a doctrine of Suel racial superiority. The set also listed many of their deities, but gave background and game statistic information on only a very few.
Lakofka detailed the gods not given complete details in a series of articles in Dragon #86-90 and 92.
Sean K. Reynolds's The Scarlet Brotherhood provided the most detailed background information about the Suel culture. The work included two pages listing specific terms in Ancient Suloise and their English translations.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Gygax, Gary. 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: TSR, 1998.
- Reynolds, Sean K. The Scarlet Brotherhood. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.
- Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
External link[edit | edit source]
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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | Dragon magazine #350 | 65 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 3 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | From the Ashes: References Card | #1 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | Greyhawk Adventures | 102 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 32, 110, 154 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | Living Greyhawk Journal #5 | 20 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 9 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | The Adventure Begins | 14 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | WG8 Fate of Istus | 25, 105 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) | 5 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | WGR4 The Marklands | 3 | |
| Baklunish-Suloise War | Adventure | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 8, 9 | |
| Colloquium Suloise By Agnel Grammatol | Item | Book, | Dragon magazine #253 | 46 |
| Fire Wand of Suloise | Item | Greyhawk Adventures | 75, 76 | |
| Lost Passage of the Suloise | Infrastructure | Street or road, | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 11 |
| Lost Passage of the Suloise | Infrastructure | Street or road, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 27 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Artifact of Evil | 51, 57, 58, 83, 96 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Against The Giants: The Liberation of Geoff | 68, 73, 79 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Come Endless Darkness | 77, 378 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions | 19, 25, 34 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | LT2 Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad | 2, 11 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dance of Demons | 19 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #052 | 20, 22, 24 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #055 | 17, 18, 19 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #086 | 30, 31, 32 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #087 | 23, 24, 26 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #088 | 8 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #089 | 20, 24 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #092 | 22, 24 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #164 | 19 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #191 | 66, 67 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #200 | 39 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #206 | 38, 40, 41 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #225 | 49, 50 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #230 | 9, 12-16 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #241 | 38-42, 44-49, 52, 75, 79, 80 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #243 | 91 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #245 | 72, 73 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #253 | 46 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #256 | 45, 46, 48 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #262 | 37 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #263 | 44, 48, 51 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #264 | 47 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #265 | 59 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #293 | 88, 90, 92 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #294 | 93, 94 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #295 | 92 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #299 | 101, 103 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #300 | 53 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #306 | 95 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #315 | 50, 51, 54 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #348 | 70 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #350 | 19 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #351 | 26 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #AN1 | 72, 73 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dragon magazine #AN3 | 19, 20 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dungeon magazine #030 | 22-24, 27, 28 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dungeon magazine #032 | 60 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dungeon magazine #041 | 49, 50 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dungeon magazine #042 | 32, 33, 34 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dungeon magazine #073 | 62 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dungeon magazine #077 | 33, 49, 52, 55 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 35 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 3, 6, 11-14, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 44, 51, 54, 56, 62, 63, 67, 82, 89, 93 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | From the Ashes: Campaign Book | 31, 36-38, 49, 58, 74, 79, 84 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | From the Ashes: References Card | #1 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | From the Ashes: References Card | #2 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Greyhawk Adventures | 46, 75, 90, 92, 95, 96, 98, 99 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Ghosts of Saltmarsh, D&D 5e | 10 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Greyhawk Wars: Adventures | 5, 6 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Ivid the Undying | 6, 7, 9, 10, 84, 92, 93, 94, 97, 102, 121, 134, 147 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | L2 The Assassins Knot | 5, 17, 26 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | Dis, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 24, 25, 26, 29, 34, 35, 39, 41-44, 46, 50, 51, 54-59, 62, 66-69, 72-76, 79, 81-85, 102, 105, 107, 112 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 4-10, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 32, 33, 34, 36-40, 44, 48, 54, 55, 56, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 77, 79, 85, 87, 88, 89, 91, 93-96, 98, 99, 100, 102, 105, 106, 109, 110, 112, 117, 118, 121, 123, 124, 125, 134, 135, 139, 141, 145, 146, 148, 152, 154, 155, 162, 163, 166, 168, 169, 171, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 181, 185, 187 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 9, 11 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Living Greyhawk Journal #1 | 8-12, 14, 17-19, 22 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Living Greyhawk Journal #3 | 11, 14, 16, 20, 30 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Living Greyhawk Journal #4 | 8, 11-13, 16, 17, 19 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Night Arrant | 93, 285 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | ONW1-01 Escape From Scant | 2, 3, 4, 6, 11 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | ONW1-03 The Glaive's Gambit | 5, 14 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | ONW1-06 Remember the Farmers | 8 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | ONW1-08 Rashtai's Brother | 4, 9, 12 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 1, 2, 4-10, 13, 15, 16, 18-21, 25, 31, 34, 36, 37, 41-43 , 45-47, 52 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Polyhedron magazine #101 | 31 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Polyhedron magazine #128 | 28 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Return of the Eight | 5, 58, 60 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Shattered Circle | 2 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Slavers, AD&D 2e | 8, 13, 32, 34, 43, 44, 53, 57, 91, 92, 117, 120, 123 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Sea of Death | 62, 129, 130, 134, 153, 176, 214, 221, 234, 239, 249, 269, 270, 272, 300 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | Saga of Old City | 71, 106, 125, 288 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil | 120 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | The Adventure Begins | 7, 14-19, 25, 32, 33, 38, 39, 46, 54-57, 68, 70, 73, 74, 103, 104, 105, 114, 120, 124, 127, 128 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | The Adventure Begins: Adventure Maps | 1, 2, 4, 5 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | LT3 The Doomgrinder | 9 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | The Scarlet Brotherhood | 1-10, 12-20, 22, 23, 25-28, 30, 35-38, 43-48, 50-52, 55, 57, 61-65, 67, 68, 71-73, 77-84, 87, Map |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | LT1 The Star Cairns | 2, 4, 5, 9-11, 13, 19-23, 30, 33-36, 43, 44 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | WG8 Fate of Istus | 16, 27, 66, 105, 107, 109-112, 114, 116-119, 124 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | WGA4 Vecna Lives! | 6, 22, 24, 47, 60, 91, 92 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) | 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15-17, 19-21 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk | 18 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | WGR3 Rary the Traitor | 15, 16 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | WGR4 The Marklands | 3, 22, 91 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | WGR5 Iuz the Evil | 20, 45, 85 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | WGS1 Five Shall Be One | 3, 4, 12, 23, 30 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | WGS2 Howl From the North | 5, 7, 53 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 8, 9, 13-16, 21, 22, 26-28, 30, 33, 36, 37, 42, 55, 58, 60-62 |
| Suel {Suloise, Suelites, Suelii} | People Group | People, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 27, 31 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | College of Wizardry | 9 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Dragon magazine #272 | 55 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Dragon magazine #290 | 106 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Dungeon magazine #114 | 35 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 3, 6, 11-14, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 35-37, 39, 40, 44, 51, 54, 56, 62, 63, 67, 82, 89, 93 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | From the Ashes: References Card | #01 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | From the Ashes: References Card | #02 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Greyhawk Adventures | 46, 75, 90, 92, 95, 96, 98, 99 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Castles: Hart | 37 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Living Greyhawk Journal #3 | 11, 14, 16, 20, 30 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Living Greyhawk Journal #5 | 31 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | ONW1-01 Escape From Scant | 2, 3, 4, 6, 11 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | ONW1-03 The Glaive's Gambit | 5, 14 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | ONW1-06 Remember the Farmers | 8 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | ONW1-08 Rashtai's Brother | 4, 9, 12 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Polyhedron magazine #101 | 31 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Polyhedron magazine #128 | 28 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Reference | SEE Suel {Suloise} |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Return of the Eight | 5, 58, 60 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Shattered Circle | 2 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Slavers, AD&D 2e | 8, 13, 32, 34, 43, 44, 53, 57, 91, 92, 117, 120, 123 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Sea of Death | 62, 129, 130, 134, 153, 176, 214, 221, 234, 239, 249, 269, 270, 272, 300 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | Saga of Old City | 71, 106, 125, 288 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil | 120 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | LT3 The Doomgrinder | 9 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | The Scarlet Brotherhood | 1-10, 12-20, 22, 23, 25-28, 30, 35-38, 43-48, 50-52, 55, 57, 61-65, 67, 68, 71-73, 77-84, 87, Map |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | LT1 The Star Cairns | 2, 4, 5, 9-11, 13, 19-23, 30, 33-36, 43, 44 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | WG8 Fate of Istus | 16, 27, 66, 105, 107, 109-112, 114, 116-119, 124 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | WGA4 Vecna Lives! | 6, 22, 24, 47, 60, 91, 92 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk | 18 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | WGR3 Rary the Traitor | 15, 16 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | WGR4 The Marklands | 3, 22, 91 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | WGR5 Iuz the Evil | 20, 45, 85 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | WGS1 Five Shall Be One | 3, 4, 12, 23, 30 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | WGS2 Howl From the North | 5, 7, 53 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 8, 9, 13-16, 21, 22, 26-28, 30, 33, 36, 37, 42, 55, 58, 60-62 |
| Suel {Suloise} language | Verbal communication | Language, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 27, 31 |
| Suloise (Ancient) language | Verbal communication | Language, | Dragon magazine #359 | 76 |
| Suloise Throne | People Group | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 110 |