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GH LOG 14 - Bounds of OerikCombined edition with comments from others.Compilled by Theocrt !ssk for Cnon"ire#.com nd GreyhwkOnline.com

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fter lon2 while of promisin2 the informtion3 !m finlly stisfied withwht ! h5e enou2h to post it here. 6oull find tht !5e tkes certinliberties with some of the mteril3 nd tht !5e done little to spicethin2s up. Before ! lunch into the prttlin2s of the wi7ened old s2e of8elli9 Town3 ! thou2ht it mi2ht be useful to e9plin where most of this comesfrom3 nd the m%or flw inherent to the entire piece :if indeed we cn tret bunch of ssumptions on 2rounds of ;m%or; or ;minor; flws. . .<.

!n n effort to locte the relms of Oerth other thn the "lness3 !5e hd

to cst my net rther widely3 ttemptin2 to look into s mny plces s !could. rimry mon2 these is the Glosso2rphy3 wherein we first lern thtthe plnet Oerth hs four continents. The foremost of these :t lest to thescholrs there<3 of course3 is Oerik. =e know most of estern Oerik3 the lndclled the "lness3 becuse tht is the settin2 in which lmost ll officilT$> Greyhwk products tke plce. There re few e9ceptions to this3 such sportions of ?ecn Li5es# tkin2 plce %ust west of the mp of the "lness3nd (wellers of the "orbidden City tkin2 plce %ust south of it.

The further one 2oes from ob5iously defined ;cnon3; howe5er3 the more onelerns bout the lnds of Oerth outside the commonly e9plored "lness. !nthis wy3 "rnk /ent7ers >G modules re in5luble :s re his comments inerly editions of this folder<3 s re Gry Gy29s 8ew !nfinities no5els ndhis $2rd the Brbrin ;Heros Chllen2e; series3 co-uthored with "lint(ille.

The most enli2htenin2 clue to the rest of Oerth cme in the 5ery first folioddition of the =orld of Greyhwk3 nd ppers on p2e 1@ of the Glosso2rphy.! refer3 of course3 to the smll mp tht ppers to show nerly the entirecontinent of Oerik. This mp is in5luble in our serch for forei2n lnds.

The first 0uestion we need to sk is ;wht re the four continents of OerthA;Oerik is ob5iously the first. >o2er /oore e9plined why he thinks Hepmonlnd:of which we cn see the northern portion in the two color mps done by(rlene nd included in both the ori2inl bo9ed set nd "rom the shes< is thesecond :Oerth ournl D<3 nd his e5idence is 0uite likely to be the cse.The third continent is likely the so-clled 0uri3 or 0u-erdy-- se5erl

thousnd miles est of the $olnor cost of the Gret Ein2dom settled by erdie9plorers se5erl centuries 2o. This is the relm of "rnk /ent7ers currentonline cmpi2n3 nd the settin2 of his >G modules. !n some wy3 then0uri is officil3 t lest in li2ht of the fct tht the >G modules werepublished by T$>3 nd they include notes on the history of 0uri in li2ht ofthe history of Oerth. !t lso holds the sel of ppro5l of Gry Gy293 who3of course3 creted most of Greyhwk s we know it.



t this point3 ! would like to point out tht ll of this informtion probbly5ioltes wht Gry ctully plnned in his own cmpi2n3 but s the mnsFownF T$> work did s much3 !ll simply stte it s fct nd mo5e on.

$o3 we5e 2ot Oerik3 Hepmonlnd nd 0uri. There hs to be one more3 butit isnt mentioned in ny officil T$> source. Or is itA !n the conclusionof (nce of (emons3 Gy29s finl Gord the >o2ue no5el3 Thri7dun returns toOerth nd r52es the entire plnet. Gord nd his friends Led nd Gellorttempt to outrun the wkened 2od of ll e5il. =itness the pss2e below&

;The three hd been chi55ied nd chsed cross the whole of the world. "romthe distnt $outh3 throu2h the /o5in2 !slnds3 cross Gonduris 5stcontinent3 nd thence cross the 2itoric Ocen to western Oeriks shore.;:4,<

=e cn surmise few thin2s here. /y 2uess is tht the ;distnt $outh; is infct the southern re2ions of Hepmonlnd3 s this would mke the threestr5els truly n d5enture ;cross the whole of the world.; ! h5ent cluebout the /o5in2 !slnds3 but ! would ssume tht they re northest of theerdi $e3 perhps %ust south of 0uri.

=ht is ;Gonduris 5st continentA; Thts n e9cellent 0uestion3 s itsthe only time its mentioned in e5en the e9tended cnon. Oddly3 Gy29s$2rd book3 ;The !ce (r2on3; includes detils on the ;Gondorins3; hi2hlytechnolo2icl liens lle2edly responsible for the cretion of humns onOerth. The lst book3 ;The "ire (emon3; mentions distnt people clled theGundnese3 who ! ssume by the conte9t to li5e on the opposite side of theplnet from Oerik. erhps ll of these thin2s re tied3 or perhps not.

>e2rdless3 it seems likely tht ;Gonduris 5st continent; is the sme plces 0uri. !ts likely tht the residents on the estern cost of the hu2econtinent cll it tht3 %ust s the erdi settled the western cost ndbrou2ht their own nmes with them.

ll of this le5es n entire continent for de5elopment3 so there should beroom for %ust bout nythin2 you feel like puttin2 on the plnet tht is nototherwise there. (esi2n your herts out.

There is3 howe5er3 fir mount of informtion bout western Oerik. "orstrters3 lets look t the ;Orientl; cultures first. "or strters3 we knowtht there re sin-type residents of Oerth3 in prt becuse their dr2onsh5e ppered in officil d5entures. dmittedly3 this is rther wek link2i5en the nture of Greyhwks erly desi2n3 in which whte5er the desi2nerwnted to insert into the world ws 2enerlly ccepted3 but its lwys niceto tie up loose ends. The e9istence of n sin culture on Oerik :or t leston Oerth< would e9plin the ori2ins of these dr2ons. ! recently noticed thtthe herldic de5ice of the 8orth ro5ince of erdy contins wht looks to be

n estern :western< dr2on3 nd !m open to ny theories on tht one.

The most promisin2 e5idence of n sin culture on Oerth comes in the shortstory ;The "i5e (r2on Bowl3; included in Gry Gy29s ;8i2ht rrnt; Gord the>o2ue collection. This is our first :nd only< introduction to the $uhfn2Ein2dom3 nd !5e included some informtion contined in tht story below.

Other new countries nd plces come from $e of (eth :Chomur3 $hn3 Behow3hind nd /ulwr<3 while others :the ill-nmed Hit9i3 "e93 the ?ninConfedertion3 (5nn nd more< re tken from the $2rd books. !t should be



noted tht only few of these re nythin2 other thn nmes3 but ! h5echosen to elborte only when necessry. ! h5e not refrined3 howe5er3 frommkin2 ob5ious or likely connections3 nd ! h5e not lwys e9plined myselfin doin2 so. Those curious will %ust h5e to do the reserch themsel5es.

H5in2 sid tht3 there is firly m%or prt of reserch tht ! h5ene2lected. ! h5e only been ble to locte the first3 third nd fourth :offour< Heros Chllen2e books. =hile this mi2ht seem like minor problem3tht book describes $2rds %ourney from >tik :where the entire first bookis told< to some southern relm. !5e decided where F!F wnt to put theselnds in my own cmpi2n3 nd relly the only plce they FcouldF 2o3 in li2htof certin mps included in the 2mebooks3 but the second $2rd book3 if !e5er find it3 my pro5e me wron2.

ust to lly some fers3 it seems pretty ob5ious tht the $2rd no5els rement to be set on Oerth. !f this is not the cse3 nd they tke plce on6rth3 s mentioned by Gy29 himself in olyhedron3 tht world hs t lest do7en countries tht re lmost e9ct mtches3 nd clls itself Oerth3 swell. ! h5e no doubts tht Gy29 FmentF to set his books there. He lsoFmentF to publish the City of Greyhwk3 Cstle Greyhwk3 $hdowrelm3 nd

bout hundred other pro%ects. Oh well.

!m sure tht some of the stuff !5e disco5ered :or mde up3 for tht mtter<is bound to bend some peoples noses out of whck. "or tht reson3 !5epresented the informtion in wy tht certin sections3 or the whole3 fortht mtter3 cn be esily i2nored. The more 5isully minded mon2 you mywish to know tht !m m currently ttemptin2 to drw up mps of the $2rdres3 linkin2 them to Oerik. =hen nd if ! e5er finish these3 you will bethe first to know.

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The Bounds of Oerik=estern nd $outhern >e2ions Obser5edby $5nt !0under$ociety of $2es nd $cholrs3 8elli9

s you well know3 my humble bode in 8elli9 is fr from the slty bounds ofOerths ocens. Lndlocked s ! m3 its rre tht ! 2et the opportunity to

tret with those who rely upon the se s home3 nd so the ori2in of thepresent tretise is curious one3 indeed.

8erly yer before the Gret =r3 the month of =elsun found me 5isitin2 dyin2 scholr in the noble city of $cnt3 north of the 7ure $e :which thoseof Onnwll insist on cllin2 the $e of 6r<. =hile the lessons lerned tthe bedside of tht worthy pednt will be relted t nother time3 it is tle ! cme upon 0uite by ccident tht forms the bsis of this currentende5or.



!t be2n simply enou2h3 with hlf-empty 2lss of Celenese Green nd humblet5ern clled the "or2otten nchor :sources confirm3 ls3 tht thisestblishment ws r7ed to the 2round when the $crlet Brothers in5ded lstyer<. 8estled betwi9t the 0urter of $cnt known s the nnls nd thecitys respectble hrbor3 the t5ern fetured n odd mi9 of well-mnneredsefrers3 s well s more cultured3 lerned clientele3 of which ! ws member.

=ell fter dusk3 the 0uiet of the plce ws upset by drk skinned silor3who burst into the plce bbblin2 in n unintelli2ible ln2u2e t once both2utturl nd romntic. He ppered mi9 of Bklunish3 perhps3 nd drkercst3 not unlike some of the nti5es of southern Hepmonlnd. ssumin2 thtthis strn2e fellow ws3 in fct3 descended from such s52es3 the silorstunted the mn while the scholrs looked embrrssin2ly wy. !3 howe5er3understood the ur2ency of the forei2ner3 nd ! followed him to his ship.

nbeknownst to my erudite tblemtes3 smll trinket ! picked up in theBri2ht (esert durin2 my tenure s (uke ustinin Lorinrs personl historinllowed me to trnscend the ln2u2e brrier3 nd ! understood the strn2emns ton2ue. His ple ws ur2ent3 for his crew hd finlly lnded off

$cnts hrbor tht ni2ht fter o5er three months t se. Hlf of them hddied3 food ws 2one3 nd they hd become horribly lost. By his ples lone3! knew the mn s no Hepmon t ll3 nd 5owed to disco5er the secrets his shipmi2ht hold.

!n retrospect3 it would h5e been wise h5e re0uested n escort s !ccompnied the strn2er3 but ny confidence scm or mu22in2 with myself sthe tr2et would end with little s5e disppointed nd still-poor criminls3so ! decided to follow the mn3 despite the risk.

!t turned out to be most fortuitous decision.

The silor ws member of the crew of the $hkni >e5er3 sleek :thou2hbdly dm2ed< 5essel cptined by the pri5teer (mree2 the >ke. ! wsbrou2ht bord nd introduced to this worthy3 who seemed unlike ny mn ! hdmet before. He ws tll nd well muscled3 nd hd oli5e-toned skin nd 5erysli2htly slnted eyes. t first 2lnce3 ! took him to be Bklunish :lbeit 5ery lr2e member of the rce<3 but con5erstion soon pro5ed differently.

!n return for promise of much needed supplies :which ! e5entully obtinedfrom the 8yrondl embssy in $cnt<3 (mree2 nd his crew 2reed to tell mee5erythin2 they knew of their homelnds nd3 in some cses3 the lnds beyond.nfortuntely3 most of the >kes crewmen were uneducted simpletons3 nddetils often eluded me3 despite the simplicity of my in0uiries. ! h5eincluded wht informtion ! ws ble to obtin below3 thou2h certin holeswill become pprent to the creful reder.

/y primry concern is tht ! h5e 5irtully no wy to 5erify the tles ofthese men. !ndeed3 few :such s the !sle of Btmos< seem so outlndish sto be solely the product of n im2intion str5ed by months nd e5en yers tse in sin2le outin2. By this ! men to sy tht ! encountered se5erlstrn2e men from cultures 5ery different from those well cknowled2ed on the"lness3 but ! h5e no wy3 short of cceptin2 the tles in their entirety3to know if wht they told me is true.



! h5e chosen to include ll of my findin2s below3 nd ! le5e it to stutereders or the unfoldin2 of time nd e9plortion to pro5e me incorrect.

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!t is firly well-known fct tht the $uel Impire3 prior to its destructionin the >in of Colorless "ire3 stretched to the borders pro5ided it by nture.On ll sides3 the $uel found themsel5es surrounded by mountins--the $outhernCrystlmists :lter dubbed the Hellfurnces fter the m2icl chos of the wrset off se5erl do7en 5olcnoes simultneously< to the est3 the Grndsuels:or $ulhut< to the north3 nd rn2es to the south nd west s well3 whosenmes we of the "lness h5e lost to time. These borders3 howe5er3 did notstop the e9pnsion of the $uel in ll directions. To do tht took mnpowernd strte2y. Of ll directions3 the $uel hd the 2retest luck e9ploitin2their southern nei2hbors.

!t is belie5ed tht the $uel controlled nerly the entire southern cost ofcentrl Oerik3 nd the lnds tht stnd there now undoubtedly hold ruinsconstructed by tht fell empires eldritch m2ic. By ll ccounts3 the peopleof the southern cost re s different from the $uel s could be im2ined.They re drk-skinned folk who stnd3 on 5er2e3 between fi5e nd se5enfeet3 the ltter of whom re seen s more importnt within their society.

$ocil sttion in this lnd is3 nd lwys hs been3 of utmost culturlimportnce to the nti5es. Technolo2iclly3 they re kin to the Bklunish3nd it is sid tht spellcstin2 is rre tlent in this re3 which perhpse9plins how they were so esily sub%u2ted by the $uel. rchitecture of thislnd rn2es from stone towers nd s0ured buildin2s to ornte minrets3 oftenwithin blocks of ech other. The cities of the $outhern Cost re sid tori5l Ikbir nd Jeif in sheer beuty3 nd s rchitecturl rtifcts3 they putthe "lness to shme.

The nmes nd nture of these lnds hs chn2ed si2nificntly o5er themillennium since the fll of the $uel3 nd four lr2e ntions re known toe9ist there tody. nderstnd tht few tr5elers from the "lness h5e5isited this re3 s to do so re0uires either n e9tended nd trecherous se0uest or n o5erlnd trek cross the $e of (ust. 8ot surprisin2ly3 then3wht informtion we do h5e comes from drin2 nd lucky mriners.

Be2innin2 due west of the medio eninsul3 we find the smll ntion ofChn2r tht stretches from the esternmost mountins tht rech the se tosome 4,, miles to the west. This is the most he5ily $uel-influenced of thesouthern ntions3 nd e5idence of this cn be found in both the rcil

dmi9ture of the lnd nd the rchitecture of the Chn2s ncient seport3Htn2r.

hind3 Chn2rs sworn lly3 e9tends from the former ntions border to thene9t set of mountins tht rech nerly to the se3 some 4', miles in ll.The kin2doms re 5ery similr :s5e tht the hindi hd more success inrepellin2 the $uel nd re thus ;untinted; by ple skin nd li2ht hir<3 ndhind is sid to en%oy the benefit of successful n5y.



/ulwr3 the ne9t ntion to the west3 is dn2erous lnd buttressed bymountins to the north3 est nd west. !t is sid tht the lnd is ruled by cruel nd cunnin2 leder who3 mny whisper3 is in fct n e5il spirit3 ble tochn2e his own form nd bend the simple people of /ulwr to his terrible will.

8orthwest of /ulwr3 the immense Chomur spreds nerly the width of ll erdybetween three distinct mountin rn2es. Chomur is more wild re2ion thn nctul stte3 nd mny $uel refu2ees fled here durin2 nd fter the horriblewrs tht shttered the $uloise Impire. !n fct3 the northern inhbitnts ofthis lnd re nerly pureblooded $uel3 e5en fter ll of these yers. Thesepeople often wr with their southern nei2hbors3 nd re despised by nerlye5ery nti5e resident of the lnd. !t is lso sid tht Oeridins mi9 openlywith the drker nti5es of Chomur. Little else is known bout this mysteriousplce3 s5e tht it is inhbited in prts by se5erl or2ni7ed tribes ofhob2oblins.

=est of Chomur3 in smll 5lley3 the $uhfn2 outpost of Behow stnds s 2te to the wonders of the "r =est. Thou2h lr2ely independent from the$uhfn2 Ein2dom3 the Behoise conform strictly to imperil lws nd reli2ion3

fct tht 2ins them few 5isitors from the est.

(ue north of Behow3 the le2endry lnd of $hn clims the title ofesternmost holdin2 of the $uhfn2 Ein2dom. Like the empire proper3 m2ic issid to operte on different principles here3 nd the rt of the =u en isprcticed widely3 s is complicted from of mrtil rts tht is belie5ed toh5e been the ori2in of the forms currently employed by the $crletBrotherhood.

Both =estern >elms h5e been dmnt in their htred for the $uel3 nd whilemny3 mny refu2ees h5e mn2ed to work their wys into western society3 theydo so primrily s low-cste workers or sl5es. The wrs between thesepeoples re le2endry3 nd nimosity flows3 still.

side from these relms3 $uhfn2 domintes much of the rest of the continent.!t is likely tht n ctul bse of power3 in fct clled $uhfn23 e9ists3 butthe nme is lso pplied to the 2reter relm s whole3 nd it is ll rtherconfusin2. !ndeed3 it is :0uite embrrssin2ly< unknown whether or not the$uhfn2 Ein2dom itself is e5en FonF Oerik t ll3 s mple e5idence su22eststht it is in fct on the estern shore of Gonduris 5st continent3 crossthe 2itoric Ocen. ddin2 to the difficulty of mtters is the fct tht the$uhfen2 Imperor declres the entire western hlf of Oerik under his cre3despite the less bsolute relity of the mtter.

The culture of the empire is 0uite forei2n to our own3 nd plces 2retimportnce upon mysticism nd the elements. This ltter fct hs cused themost r2uments between the se5ere $uhfen2 nd the people of the est. side

from the Bkluni3 whose entire system of belief nd much of their culturehin2es upon the importnce nd 5enertion of the elements3 the "lness 5iewsthe elements :ir3 oerth3 fire nd wter3 of course< simply s 2i5en prt ofour e5erydy e9perience. There re3 certinly3 estern wi7rds who focuse9clusi5ely upon one of the four elements3 nd the followers of Telchur3rtro3 $otillion nd =ent re often :incorrectly3 ! mi2ht dd< 5iewed selementl cults3 but the elementl forces re not often considered by the5er2e mn of the "lness.



8ot so with the $uhfen23 with whom the elements ply3 if possible3 moreimportnt role thn they do in the 8er =est. !n fct3 mny of the m2es ofthese western relms re tied intimtely to their lnd3 nd the inbility oftheir most powerful m2i to 5enture fr from the site of their personlelementl connection is often cited s the primry reson this otherwisetechnolo2iclly d5nced rce hs not been ble to mke itself seriouspresence est of the mountin rn2es tht bisect the continent.

8ot only do the scholrs of the west plce 2reter importnce upon theelements3 they lso dis2ree s to the nture of elementl power itself.=esterners hold tht3 insted of the four elements 2enerlly cknowled2ed inthe est3 the multi5erse is composed of Ffi5eF elements. s proof3 they offerthe e9istence of the so-clled ;!mperil (r2ons of $uhfn23; pprentlyouter-plnr dr2ons of lr2est si7e nd power tht come in 5riety of fi5ecolors3 ech of which supposedly corresponds to one of the elements of thenturl world :this reltionship is further elucidted in $cholr Thu EinBohs e9tended tretise3 "o Lin2-Eu :Ilementl $tructures<3 currently onreser5e in the ni5ersity Librry t >el /ord<.

pprently3 these !mperil (r2ons ech correspond to one of the westernelements nd re sid to li5e FwithinF the elements themsel5es :whte5er thtmens<. Becuse these cretures reside outside of the rime /teril plne3they 5isit worlds such s Oerth nd her four sisters only when they sochoose--or re summoned. Golden is the color of the "ire (r2on3 2reen thtof =ter3 while blue is sid to represent ir*=ind. The !mperil (r2on ofsil5ery hue is /etl3 nd tht with shde of 5iolet is ssocited with=ood*8ture.

Istern scholrs :myself included< scoff t the conception of the world sdefined by fi5e elements :s e5eryone clerly knows tht ;metl; is clerly product of Oerth3 nd tht ;nture3; s force of life3 simply does not enterthe e0ution<. !ndeed3 e9tr-plnr tr5el seems to h5e ssured tht we ofthe est re correct3 since bein2s h5e thusfr filed to locte fifthelementl plne. This brin2s up the intri2uin2 possibility tht the !mperil(r2ons nd spirits of the western elements do not llow $uhfen2 sorcerers thebility to tr5el off-plne3 thus pro5in2 the fult inherent to their entiresystem of belief. $till3 howe5er3 the =u en :s most western m2es reknown< re terribly powerful lot3 nd tht power FmustF come from somewhere.

!t ppers tht this cult of elementl dr2ons e9tends to the boundries ofthe $uhfn2 Ein2doms 5st empire :lthou2h3 disturbin2ly3 8erull seems tohold some de2ree of influence3 s well<3 %ust s do their strict nd oftendrconin lws sid to h5e been drfted o5er se5en thousnd yers 2o.

!n fct3 mny of the $uhfn2 colonies south of the 2ret by tht intersectssouthwest Oerik re lmost wholly independent from this rule3 despite the

wishes of the 2reter 2o5ernment. /ost prominent of these is the lr2etheocrcy known s Tsin2-Chu.

There3 de5oted cste of priests dili2ently follow the techin2s of the 2odEhu7kn : complicted fi2ure who my or not be elor under different2uise<3 who implores them to scour the world3 rewrdin2 the ctions of kindmen nd the disptchin2 of e5il. Of course3 Ehu7r conceptions of e5il often5ry si2nificntly from the morlity of the rest of western Oerik :especillyin the relms south of the ?nin Confedertion<3 nd this lone hs been thecuse of se5erl prolon2ed disputes. The %ustice of Ehu7r priests is swift



nd unflinchin23 nd few understnd wht is hppenin2 to them before theirsentence hs been crried out.

nother spur in the side of Tsin2-Chus nei2hbors re the Tson2s3 lr2e 2roupsof mli2n humns e9iled from their homelnds. These men nd women prey uponthe shippin2 lnes of the southwest3 nd re n nnoynce to the people of thesouth3 who 5iew them both s subtle diplomtic wepon employed by the rulersof Tsin2-Chu nd s proof tht the ;sentencin2; of the Ehu7r priests is oftenless strict within the ntions own borders thn it is without.

One ntion tht hs hd prticulr problems with the Tsin2-Chuns is the?ul7r Ein2dom3 hi2hly m2icl relm populted :if silors tles re to bebelie5ed< by ple white humns with white hir nd pink-to-crimson eyes. lldescriptions of the inhbitnts of the kin2dom mtch e9ctly with descriptionsof lbinos of the est3 nd we cn only ssume tht the entire popultion ofthe ntion :or t lest the m%ority of them< re likewise fflicted.

By ll ccounts3 ?ul7r is the most resplendent nd decorted of ll thentions of Oerik. !t is situted in the western 5lleys of the $lte

/ountins :the rn2e tht reches southmost in ll Centrl Oerik< ndstretches to the wrm e0utoril wters of the 2itoric Ocen. The beuty ofthe ?ul7r Ein2dom is perhps most e5ident in the rchitecture nd locl flirof =ii $hn2773 literlly ;Home of the Gods3; the cpitol nd min port ofthe kin2dom. !t is sid tht e5ery 2od in the multi5erse holds cthedrl inthis plce3 nd while the truth of tht sttement is 0uestionble3 the city issid to h5e s mny temples s residences.

=hile this echoes of !nnsp3 here on the "lness3 =ii $hn277 is supposedlydifferent in tht ech temple is thou2ht to be the lr2est nd most ornte ofech 2od in the "lness. ?ul7r le2ends clim tht the 2ods themsel5esrested on their fir shores in the months followin2 cretion3 nd tht thepure-white cst of their skin nd strn2e eyes come from the blood of the 2odsthemsel5es. Certinly3 the lnd of the lbinos is f5ored by some hi2herbein23 s they h5e resisted bsorption by no fewer thn three empires ofnti0uity.

To the est of the cpitol3 in the hei2hts of the $lte /ountins3 thebrbrin people of (5nn eke out li5in2 by tmin2 the wild mountin 2ots3bers nd :supposedly< smilodons. ccordin2 to le2end3 mny cretures lon2-ded to the est flourish in the lowlnds of the $ltes3 nd one 5lley inprticulr is sid to ply home to se5erl hundred dinosurs3 most of whichh5e been trined by the (5nins3 who h5e n ffinity with bests of llkinds.

The most common of their trined nimls is the (5nin Bt3 which they riseby the hundreds nd sell to the hi2hest bidder. These bts3 lr2e reptiles

with win2spn of o5er ten feet3 pro5ide e9cellent nd :relti5ely<ine9pensi5e short-rn2e ir tr5el for the rulers of the ?ul7r Ein2dom ndthe lnds to the south. ust s Greyhwk hs its 2riffins nd Instd br2sof Hippo2riffs3 so too does =ii $hn277 bost compny of (5nin Bt-mounted kni2hts.

The reltionship of the (5nn to the ?ul7rs hs rn2ed3 throu2hout history3from totl nd complete pece to open wrfre. Currently3 reltions seem tobe stron23 thou2h the unflinchin2 support of the (5nn to their leder3



whome5er he or she my be3 mens tht 5eritble rmy chn2es philosophiesech time ruler psses wy.

!t is certin tht the lnd est of (5nn3 between the $lte /ountins ndthe southwestern border of Chomur3 supports t lest hndful of smllntions3 thou2h nothin2 is currently know of the re2ion.

t -' de2rees ltitude3 the lnd est of the $lte /ountins cuts drmticllywestwrd3 formin2 the Gr2in By. =ithin the southest ;border; of this by3e9plorers will find the Hydrinin !slnd chin. The esternmost islnd3clled the !sle of $lith3 is inhbited by foul humnoid rce with mny ofthe serpentine trits of the 6un-Ti pre5lent on Hepmonlnd. !f this is thecse3 the $lith represent humnity much closer to the bse stock thn the6un-Ti of the south3 s snkelike fetures seldom e9ist here more prominentthn forked ton2ue or serpentine eyes.

The rest of the chin consists of e9plored but unsettled islnds not lr2erthn the Olmn or $e rinces outposts of "lotsom3 etsom or "irwind.

(ue south of the Hydrnins3 se5erl miles off the cost of the minlnd3 the$kull !slnd chin breks the hostile wters or the Crimson $e :so nmed forthe blood-red kelp nd l2e tht infest the wters of the entire re2ion<.This collection of some 4 islnds re home to pirtes nd bri2nds of ll5riety. !n fct3 one of the most prominent islnds3 $t. Eol3 is the sub%ectof myth nd le2end s fr north s the Lordship of the !sles3 thou2h it iscertin tht none of those buccneers h5e e5er 5entured to see it. ssefrin2 tles h5e it3 when skillful pirte dies t se3 his spirittr5els to li5e mon2 the le2ends who dwell t $t. Eol. !n comprison3 thechotic streets of pre-wr "irwind re stoic nd well-mnnered3 indeed.

To the west of these chins3 the minlnd of Oerik thins to peninsul some13,, miles cross. This continues southwrd for nerly D', miles :where restthe lnds of the ?nin Confedertion<3 where the lnd thins to width ofppro9imtely )' miles. The lnd continues southwrd for some , miles beforewidenin2 drsticlly to nerly +,, miles nd continues for ', miles to thesouth :the lnd within bein2 Hit9i< where it widens to thin strip of lndno more thn ' miles from est to west. The lnds south of this e9pnd2retly nd re co5ered below. ! will3 howe5er3 ttempt to describe the lndssouth of the $lte /ountins before continuin2 too fr3 so s not to confusethe reder.

(irectly southest of the ?ul7r Ein2dom3 former empire now wstes slowlywy under the 27e of ineffectul rulership. Lon2 2o3 fter the m2iclchos of the wrs to the north cesed much of their cti5ity3 powerful rulerfrom the city-stte of ?ne con0uered the $kull nd Hydrnin !slnds3 thusrulin2 o5er n empire tht e9tended to Hit9i in the south to the border of

the ?ul7r Ein2dom to the north. This ruler3 Gr2us >e93 ruled lon2er thnmost men li5e3 but deth e5entully climed him3 nd the wrs of successionbetween his se5en eli2ible sons re le2endry. The outcome of these wrs wsthe ?nin Confedertion3 union of se5en city-sttes llied in times of wrnd bitter ri5ls in times of pece. s the yers tht followed the wrs ofsuccession h5e3 with few e9ceptions3 been relti5ely peceful3 most of thecity-sttes h5e diminished considerbly in power3 nd much of the lndclimed by one or more of the kin2lets is3 in fct3 wild re2ion. The timeof the ?nins seems to h5e pssed on Oerth3 nd it cn now be sid tht the



confedertion hs left more ruins of itself scttered bout the re2ion thn itmintins s li5ble dwellin2s.

s whole3 the re is he5ily dominted by Hit9i3 which is truly therisin2 power of the southern relms of Oerik. Hit9in sl5ers nd pri5teersdiscour2e ?nin 5essels bound for Htn2r nd the ports of the north. "orthe most prt3 they meet little resistnce3 s5e for smll but dedictedfleet of pri5teers employed by the ruler of $hk Kof which cptin (mree2ws3 nd perhps still is3 proud member.

/ost of the cities of the Confedertion re situted on the cost of thention3 thou2h 6te3 the culturl center of the empire durin2 the time ofGr2us >e93 hs centrl loction within the ntion. Here especilly3 theciti7ens downply the decdence of their relm3 i2norin2 their militryimpotence nd domintion by the more powerful Hit9ins.

>eli2ion mon2 the Confedertion is strn2e mi9 of the nti5e reli2ion3southern tribl spiritulism nd the 5enertion of bein2 known s Gk3 whoseems to h5e been the officil ptron of the ?nin Impire. erhps these

once-proud people clin2 to his worship s stubborn bd2e of the time ofbounty tht will ne5er come 2in.

Other sttes in the re2ion include Tle3 Icomi nd (rkosi.

!mmeditely to the south of the ?nin Confedertion is Hit9i3 the dominntforce in the southern relms3 nd the only ntion of the lot tht is noteither newly formed3 wholly unci5ili7ed3 or in some form of decy. The 2reedof Hit9i is prcticlly mesurble constnt to the people of the south3nd it is this 2reed tht hs chn2ed the wys of much of southern Oerik.

ust o5er ',, yers 2o3 the $ultoon >hmn con0uered the entire Hit9inplin3 nd bulwrked his lnd rmies 2inst the mssin2 forces of thedisprte ?nin Confedertion to the north. He mrched on the southernmostcity-stte of the ?nin Confedertion nd scked it in less thn week3tkin2 much of the hrd-erned spoils of Gr2us >e9s rei2n south to Tbu-Bel-bu3 Hit9is seport cpitol. 8erly ll of this money ws spent to buildup the defenses of the city nd impro5e the stndrd of li5in2 of hiscountrymen. The Hit9ins found this welth to their likin23 nd soondisco5ered method by which they mi2ht 5stly increse the re5enues brou2htin from trde with the south.

!n n opertion tht lsted the better prt of century3 >hmn erected 2ret wll of stone runnin2 est to west lon2 the '-mile-wide strip of2rsslnd tht cted s Hit9is southern border. This he plted with thefinest mrble 0urried in 8u9es3 to the south. The structure ws mr5el tobehold3 but southerners knew the relity of the sitution ll too well. To

strt3 the Hit9ins slted the fields for miles to the south of the GretGte3 nd initited ri2orous triffs both by lnd nd t se. The Hit9inn5y3 which hd lwys been stron23 complimented >hmns pln3 nd merchntswho wished to trde between the southern relms nd those of the north soonsw much of their profits 2oin2 to the coffers of Tbu-Bel-bu. =hilesufferin2 from the disese tht would tke his life3 $ultoon >hmn orderedthe construction of 2ret plce nd tresury in the cpitol city3 both ofwhich still stnd tody. The ntion thri5ed3 nd >hmn3 fter his deth3 wsclled ;the /2nificent;.



!n the yers tht h5e followed3 succeedin2 $ultoons h5e been t once morend less influentil thn tht seminl ruler3 nd the ntion is still them%or plyer in the ffirs of the southern relms3 if not =estern Oerikitself. >ecently3 the Hit9ins h5e tken to sl5in2 rids on the =u2%un2le nd northern islnd chins. The trde in mnpower hs been e9tremelylucrti5e for Hit9i3 nd they h5e found willin2 customers in Chomur3 Gypticnd elsewhere.

The Eodokii3 who li5e in the Eush E5i nd re in fct e9iles from "e93 h5erecently dominted much of the western %un2le. They re 5icious people whore sid to hunt humns for sport3 nd their etin2 hbits re scrcely themteril for n enli2htened tretise such s this. Curiously3 the Eodokii3who re in ll other wys unremrkble in terms of technolo2icl chie5ement3seem to h5e mstered the rt of short-term personl fli2ht. !t is not knownhow they mn2e to do this3 since the wooden win2s they ttch to their rmsFshould notF work. They do work3 howe5er3 nd it is perhps the Eodokiismstery of this crft tht hs llowed them to dominte such lr2e re inso short time.

Certinly3 %un2le so 5st s this supports se5erl tribes of humns :ndprobbly few humnoids3 s well<3 but s the =u23 Gin2 nd Eodokii re themost often encountered by ci5ili7ed e9plorers3 they re the only 2roupsmentioned here.

$trn2ely3 %un2le tles tell of secluded rce of intelli2ent monkeyssomewhere in the hert of the estern =u2 lnd. These cretures re sid tohold the lone /t. (olo2 s holy site of e9treme importnce3 nd the ruler ofthis tribe is3 by ll ccounts3 hu2ely powerful white-pe.

side from /t. (olo23 bout which little is known3 the =u2 un2le holds2eo2rphic beuty unprlleled in the est3 recent disco5eries in the mediond Hepmonlnd notwithstndin2. mysterious lke %ust lr2er thn the $erinces $pendlowe cn be found %ust north of (olo23 nd two towerin2 messknown s the Gtes of (eth ct s becon towrd the re2ions uni0ue sltflts.

The most mysterious structures in the =u2 un2le3 howe5er3 re thosefshioned from humn:A< hnds. To the south3 where the mssi5e utum >i5ermrks the unofficil border between =u2 Country nd Jymbi3 wide rod ofstone interrupts the wild of the %un2le. Crfted from blocks some ten-feets0ure3 the rod hs sur5i5ed the centuries since its construction relti5elywell3 considerin2 no other trce of its mkers sur5i5es. $ome clim tht thisis prt of the colossl cusewy constructed by the ncestors of the ncient/omboddo Impire3 fr to the south. :$imilr rods t one time bisected muchof Jymbi nd Tn7ul3 s well3 until the more 22ressi5e nti5es thereuprooted them from the oerth nd used the mssi5e fl2stones in the

construction of erly cities.<

!f the rod hd destintion3 per se3 it must h5e been the le2endry $nd-ul3 the City of !5ory. 8o one knows who built the city3 but tles of itstresures3 nd dn2ers3 h5e hunted southern culture for more thn millenni. The few mdmen who h5e climed to h5e found the city :itsloction seems to h5e lwys been secret< clim tht hu2e pyrmids form thebsis of the plce3 nd tht 2i2ntic i5ory sttury depict the rise :but notfll3 oddly< of 2ret ci5ili7tion. >emnnts of tht ci5ili7tion lle2edlystill wlk the tll bttlements of $nd-ul. Thou2h few nti5es nd



e9plorers clim to h5e blundered upon the plce3 no or2ni7ed e9pedition hsbeen ble to find it. erhps3 in the stemin2 %un2les of the south3 somethin2s re better left hidden fore5er.

To the west3 cross the Eush-E5i3 the deserts of "e9 blow their chos to thewestern ses. Ori2inlly lnd of drk-skinned desert men3 "e9 becmeHit9is dumpin2 2rounds fter the construction of the Gret Gte some ',,yers 2o. =ht ws once hrsh but thri5in2 crossrods between theci5ili7ed lnds of the north nd south is now pthetic wstelnd. !n fct3in the yers followin2 >hmn the /2nificent3 the desert hs become e5en moretrecherous thn it ws before3 nd mny "e9ins clim tht the Hit9ins rekillin2 their lnd.

!f these people h5e ny le5er2e o5er their northern nei2hbors3 howe5er3 itis by the sheer luck of 2eo2rphy. (eep within "e9in lnds3 the Ibon >i5erspills into Lke Ibon3 where the !sle of 8i2ht stnds s the finl restin2plce of Hit9in spirits. "or their prt3 the "e9ins disdin northernreli2ion3 nd seem to worship smll pntheon unto itself. =hether these2ods re uni0ue to the re2ion or merely spects of the fmilir 2ods of the

est is currently unknown. The "e9ins use the loction of the !sle of 8i2ht to 2ret d5nt2e inne2otitions with the Hit9ins. >ecently3 in fct3 they thretened to dm upthe Ibon >i5er3 thus brrin2 Hit9in spirits from 2inin2 the Gte of"hderium3 unless series of concessions were 2rnted to the southerners.=hile the 2reedy merchnts of the north understood tht for "e9 to do so mentdestroyin2 the ecolo2y of its northern re2ions3 the Hit9ins e5entullyrelented nd 2reed to let only "e9in trders throu2h the Gret Gte from thesouth. !n ctulity3 howe5er3 the merchnts h5e lost little3 nd they h5eknowin2ly employed bndits to rid wht few "e9in cr5ns there re3 thusencour2in2 the folk of Tn7ul3 8u9es nd beyond to conduct trde by se.

Bein2 mde up of the outcst criminls of Hit9i nd h5in2 been stron2-rmedinto po5erty3 the "e9ins re sour lot3 content to rid ech other intoobli5ion. Their despir hs led them to se5erl recent conflicts with thedrk-skinned Tn7uli3 the most recent of which cused the Eodokii to flee intothe Eush-E5i /ountins nd beyond.

The folk of the 2rsslnds of Tn7ul re less desperte thn their northernnei2hbors in "e93 nd they rected to the 22ression of >hmn by selin2their own borders nd becomin2 lmost entirely self-sufficient. s the lndof this portion of Oerik is much less populted thn the "lness3 there refew settlements of import in Tn7ul. !n fct3 sttin2 tht they h5e nysort of 2o5ernment t ll mi2ht be n e922ertion. s whole3 thou2h3 theTn7uli protect their borders to the deth3 nd they rect to outside22ression s unified order of s52e fi2hters. They re fr from primiti5e3

despite their tribl or2ni7tion. !f there is leder who presides o5er llof the tribes of Tn7ul3 tht indi5idul is not known to the m%ority ofsoutherners.

!t is belie5ed by mny tht the Tn7uli re descendnts of the drk-skinnedinhbitnts of the %un2les of Jymbi who fled to this lnd centuries 2o.$ince then3 Jymbi hs been lush wild re2ion3 sid to be teemin2 with lifebut with deth hidden behind e5ery tree. !f e5er there were plce with morele2ends of e5il3 it is not know to scholrship. Gi5en the hrsh relity of



life in the %un2le3 its likely tht most of these stories re wilde922ertions3 but there is certinly somethin2 within the hert of the plcetht mkes e5en the most br5e think twice before 5enturin2 within its bounds.

Currently3 much of the %un2le is sid to be dominted by the shd-!3 npprently humn mster of foul southern m2ics. !f tles cn be belie5ed3this mn3 in order to st5e off deth3 hs pieced to2ether body for himselffrom the forms of cpti5es brou2ht from ll reches of the southern re2ions.The len2ths to which the sd-! will 2o in this re stoundin23 for it is sidtht he hs chn2ed entire heds se5erl times in his lon2 life. erhps morefri2htenin23 the shd-! hs entered into pct with the "ire (emon3 /rduk3nd now holds the southern tribes :with few e9ceptions< under his control.

ust off Jymbis estern cost lies >r7uul3 lr2e islnd tht ws once home to powerful m2e sid to h5e tr5eled to our own lnds. (etils onthe mtter3 despite repeted in0uiries3 were not forthcomin2.

The Jimbin un2le ends in rou2h foothills known s $l-8us. $outh of thesehills3 the once-2ret /omboddo Impire is still site to behold. !ts

structures re different from ny known on Oerth. $ome represent perfectblendin2 of li5in2 or2nic mtter nd strn2ely-cut wood3 while others h5ebeen constructed from n lmost impossible mount of metl. (omes re sid tobe inte2rl to /omboddo rchitecture3 nd there is little lnd not utili7edfor some sort of frmin2. The people of the empire h5e mn2ed e5en to tmethe tropicl mountins tht ct s the empires western border3 nd theirocen 5essels tht ply the estern nd southern wters re sid to be secondto none.

$trn2est of ll :t lest to our own pretensions< is the fct tht /omboddois complete mtrirchy. $omewht like our own free-city of Hrdby3 but on tremendous scle3 women control lmost e5ery spect of /omboddo society. !tis to the oldest femle child tht ll property is pssed3 nd it is women whore deferred to in ll mtters of politics.

This is not to sy tht the /omboddo do not 5lue men3 only tht their societyis inherently slnted 2inst them. !t hs not lwys been so3 howe5er3 sstories tell of time in which the mle of the empire were nothin2 more thnsl5es used for the sole purpose of cretion. !n lmost e5ery wy3 theirculture ws3 nd still is3 to de2ree3 lien to our own. nd3 s fr s !cn tell3 there is 2ood reson for this.

The /omboddo re3 in fct3 liens themsel5es. nlike the drk-skinned folknti5e to the south3 they re oli5e-skinned3 h5e shrply chiseled fetures3nd smolderin23 red eyes. There re mny tles told in the north bout how thepeople of the empire cme to e9ist on our world. These stories recomplicted by the fct tht by the time the Hit9ins ncestors be2n

recordin2 their history3 the /omboddo were lredy in decline. !n fct3 it issid tht ?nin e9plorers durin2 the rei2n of Gr2us >e9 disco5ered ncientruins of /omboddo desi2n s fr north s the !sle of 8i2ht.

The most commonly belie5ed tle of the ori2in of the empire holds tht the/omboddo simply ppered from 2ret 2tes locted on the !sles of (rems3 %ustsouth of >r7uul off /omboddos estern secost. Those ncient tr5elers :oroutcsts3 ccordin2 to /omboddos enemies< knew they could not return3 nde5entully spred to the minlnd3 where they be2n constructin2 wht would bethe hub of 2ret empire.



The /omboddo brou2ht with them the secrets of metllur2y lon2 before itsdisco5ery to the north. Thou2h the women wrriors encountered littleor2ni7ed resistnce from the inhbitnts of the northern %un2les3 they soondominted most of the lnd. Their rule ws strn2e3 for they merely ssertedtheir control o5er the tribes nd mo5ed on3 seldom buildin2 structures oftheir own3 le5in2 the dense 2rowth to itself in ll s5e 2o5ernment.

The more or less brren plins tht would once become "e9 nd Tn7ul re different cse3 nd e5en tody se5erl structures stnd in 2ood repir inthose lnds. $outh of Tn7ul3 the /omboddo encountered the people of Gypticnd 8u9es3 nd tu2ht these men nd women their culture nd technolo2y.

Then3 suddenly3 the /omboddo Impire withdrew into itself3 bndonin2 theempire t lr2e nd returnin2 to the nturl borders tht cted s the hub ofthe empire. =ithout the 2uidnce of the /omboddo3 Gyptic nd 8u9es bndonedmtrirchy3 but e9ploited the technolo2y nd rtifice tu2ht to them by theirlien nei2hbors to the est.

sin2 the n5l desi2ns of the empire3 the two ntions be2n courtin2 northerntrde routes nd e5entully cme into conflict with ech other. ftercenturies of wrfre3 Gyptic ly in ruins3 nd sold its entire n5y to itsnei2hbor for pittnce :mny su22est tht this ws not their own ide<. 8ow3it is poor ntion3 thou2h return to the reli2ion nd trditions of thetime before the comin2 of the /omboddo hs 2i5en it rich culturl herit2e.

The only thin2 rich bout 8u9es is its merchnts. O5er the yers3 the renownof 8u9es crft work hs spred s fr s the $uhfen23 nd their merchntse5entully dominted the 2o5ernment of this lnd. "or their prt3 the/omboddo seem unconcerned bout the bstrdi7tion of their lessons3 feelin2tht is much pprecited by the men nd women of 8u9es. The ntions cpitol3G55rd3 rests on the south-westernmost outcroppin2 of lnd in the Oerikcontinent3 nd hs splendid 5iew of Tukotn3 some thirty miles cross theG55rdin Chnnel :which connects the $e of >2e to the western3 2itoricOcen--lso known s the $e of Iternity<.

!t is cler tht the 2itoric Ocen is not eternl3 howe5er3 s there is fir mount of tr5el between the fr continent :clled Gonduri< nd south-centrl Oerik. Between the continents lies the ner-mythicl !sle of Btmos.There3 men trin hu2e fish s mounts3 nd Btmosin fishin2 procession issid to be one of the most beutiful si2hts in the relm. They re sid to bethe most peceful of men nywhere. One of the wys they h5e chie5ed thispece is by e9ilin2 ll children who pper to h5e n e5il strek in them.These indi5iduls often terrori7e the shippin2 lnes of the ses est of the2itoric3 mounted s they re on hu2e3 sddled fish.

Beyond Btmos is Gonduri3 continent fully twice s hu2e s Oerik. Therecn be found the ncient cultures of Chdn nd Gundn3 sid to be the oldesthumns on Oerth. nd who knowsA cross tht fr continent3 on the westernshores of wht we cll the $olnor Ocen3 perhps the distnt relti5es of ohnspermn3 erdis 2retest n5l hero3 li5e out the Oeridin le2cy fullycross the 2ret 2lobe tht is the Oerth. 8othin2 is impossible in the relmsbeyond the Crystlmists.

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!5e 2ot couple of 0uestions on your mr5elous:simply mr5elous< pro%ect.

1. =ht is the nme of the $outh=estern by*se %uttin2 into the minlndA

. =hich side of this by:est or west< re the countries of Tson2 nd Tsin2Chu onAD. bout wht de2rees of ltitude is the ?ul7r Ein2dom locted tA4. How fr west does /ulwr e9tendA !s it %ust in tht mountin 5lleyA'. =ht is the continent north of the $uhfn2 plinsA). =ht is the nme of the /ountin rn2e west of the $uhfn2 plinsA. !s the spellin2 officilly $uhfn2 or $uhfIn2A@. =hen you spek of Oerids mi9in2 Chomurins3 where in the heck did theycome fromA They would h5e hd to cross two mountin rn2es to 2et to thtisolted 5lley. !f they shre the 5lley with the $uel3 they probbly h5etheir own territories inside of itM unless they were sl5es of the $uel.+. =ht is the nme of the old suel empire :now the se of dust<A1,. =ht ws the nme of the old bkluni empireA11. =hen you spek of $hn nd the $crlet Brotherhood3 re you implyin2tht the suel escped to the est with this knowled2e3 or tht possibly somebein2s from $hn were the ones 2ted onto the Til5not eninsul for the;"te of !stus; e9plntion.1. !s there nythin2 else youd cre to e9plinA

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NNN1. =ht is the nme of the $outh=estern by*se %uttin2 into the minlndANNN

The nme of this by :or e5en its e9istence< is not mentioned nywhere in the$2rd or Gord books. ! wouldnt e5en 5enture to 2uess :thou2h !m sure !could come up with somethin2 in pinch<.

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. =hich side of this by:est or west< re the countries of Tson2 nd Tsin2Chu onANNNN

"irst off3 the Tson2s re outcsts of Tsin2-Chu3 not ntion of their own.$orry if tht wsnt cler. /y 2uess is tht Tsin2-Chu tkes up much of thelnd surroundin2 the est nd south costs3 FwestF of the $outhern By.

NNND. bout wht de2rees of ltitude is the ?ul7r Ein2dom locted tANNN

$omewhere between ' nd ,3 s ! sid in the file tht the southern borderstretches ner the e0utor. Tht would men tht the mountin ntion of(55n is locted mostly in the sltes3 but lso in tht little niche between4 nd 1 on the western slopes of the $lte /ts.

NNN4. How fr west does /ulwr e9tendA !s it %ust in tht mountin 5lleyANNN

retty much. Eeep in mind3 thou2h3 tht tht ;little 5lley; is bout thesi7e of the (uchy of rnst. lso3 /ulwr e9tends to the se3 which mkes ite5en bi22er. ! dont im2ine tht the borders of ny of the $outhern Costntions re 5ery stble3thou2h.

NNN'. =ht is the continent north of the $uhfn2 plinsANNN

!m not sure ! understnd the 0uestion. !f youre skin2 whts there3 your2uess is s 2ood s mine. !d put ton of $uhfen2 types up to bout D'de2rees north3 then mi9 in some semetic types. ll of the former ntionswould h5e 5ryin2 de2rees of loylty to the Impire3 nd the ltter would be thin2 unto themsel5es.

NNN). =ht is the nme of the /ountin rn2e west of the $uhfn2 plinsANNN

2in3 your 2uess is s 2ood s mine. ! dont think theres FtooF much roomto ply with off the left side of the p2e 1@ mp3 but ! do think tht Oeriknd Gonduris est cost re much closer thn Oerik*0uri.

NNN. !s the spellin2 officilly $uhfn2 or $uhfIn2ANNN

Officilly3 s fr s the word cn be used in this conte9t3 the Ein2dom ndImpire re clled ;$uhfn2.; ! h5e trnsformed this into ;$ufhen2; when !mtlkin2 bout the FpeopleF of $uhfn2.

NNN@. =hen you spek of Oerids mi9in2 Chomurins3 where in the heck did theycome fromA They would h5e hd to cross two mountin rn2es to 2et to thtisolted 5lley. !f they shre the 5lley with the $uel3 they probbly h5etheir own territories inside of itM unless they were sl5es of the $uel.



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=ell3 !5e lwys sort of ssumed the Oeridins re ;people without home3;in tht they re spred ll o5er Oerik :the continent is3 fter ll3 nmedfter them<. By tht lo2ic3 they would e9ist ll o5er the plce3 includin2 innd south of the ncient $uel empire. erhps they once hd 2ret homelnd3but3 t lest until the Gret =r3 they were not unified.

NNN+. =ht is the nme of the old suel empire :now the se of dust<ANNN

>eli7e tht not ll of these 0uestions re ddressed nywhere. !5e lwysclled the $uel empire the $uel Impire3 or Impire of the $uloise3 much likethe >omn Impire is clled the >omn Impire.

NNN1,. =ht ws the nme of the old bkluni empireANNN

Likewise3 ! cll this the Bkluun Impire3 or Impire of the Bkluun3 but youreon your own.

NNN11. =hen you spek of $hn nd the $crlet Brotherhood3 re you implyin2tht the suel escped to the est with this knowled2e3 or tht possibly somebein2s from $hn were the ones 2ted onto the Til5not eninsul for the;"te of !stus; e9plntion.NNN

! ws ttemptin2 to imply tht the $uel modified the forms of mrtil rtsprctised in $hn into their own forms3 which were prcticed*re5i5ed by the$crlet Brotherhood.

! re%ect in ll wys3 shpes nd forms the ide tht the Brotherhood ws notlwys mrtil rts bsed or2ni7tion3 nd tht Er-Turns were 2tedctross the multi5erse to tech them how to fi2ht. Tht %ust sounds dumb tome.

Of course3 ! would be hppier with n Oerth-bsed 2te theory3 but then !prefer to do wy with the entire scenrio.

NNN1. !s there nythin2 else youd cre to e9plinANNN

!m hppy to nswer ny 0uestions3 but itll be tou2h for me to nticipte

wht people wil wnt to know for while. !5e tried to co5er ll the bsesin my write-up3 but ! know for fct tht m%or 2ps h5e been left--notbecuse ! left them3 but becuse Gy29 simply ne5er in5ented them. ! suspect!ll h5e lots more to sy once !5e red the Green Hydr :$2rd3 Book <3but for now3 !m %ust hppy to field ny 0uestions.

Like this one&

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=ht is the reltionship between the $uhfn2 empire nd theBklunish*Oeridins to the estANNN

2in3 this is ne5er mentioned. /2us 6eo seems to h5e contempt for llthin2s of Oerik3 so my 2uess is tht the reltionship hs been tenuous. Thereseems to be 5st difference inherent to the elementl theolo2y of theBkluni nd the $uhfen23 so my 2uess is tht this hs cused lots of problems.Then 2in3 pro9imity sys tht there re probbly 0uite few $uhfen2 inBklun3 while in the "lness3 they re relti5ely rre.

! think Oeridins re tolerted %ust bout e5erywhere3 but they re notllowed into the upper rnks of $uhfen2 society.

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"rom& !0underosted on& meric Online

NNN=ht do you suppose lies south of the G55rdin Chnnel by 8u9es. Could itbe the lst continentANNN

Thts 2ood 0uestion. =ere 2ettin2 pretty close to the $outh ole :if mymesurements re correct<3 so whte5er it is3 its 2oin2 to be pretty cold.The te9t of one of the $2rd books lists ntion clled Tukotn s bein2from the ;distnt $outh; :this from the point of 5iew of Hit9in3 so itslikely tht tht ntion is on some sort of outcroppin2 of Oerths southern iceco5erin2.

The descriptions of 8u9es3 /omboddo3 etc. certinly dont seem to hint t coldclimes3 thou2h3 so !d sy tht the Oerths tilt relti5e to the rottion ofthe sun round it :or the other wy round< is such tht the ctul pole isnot lwys fro7en.

! h5e bsolutley no ide bout the scientific rmifictions of this3 howe5er.&:

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