Friday, October 13, 2023

The Grey Realms: Mystaran Realms

 The following Realms have been placed (after modification) within the Grey Realms:





1. Glantri - Glantri is a remnant realm of ancient Netheril that has absorbed over the many centuries various other magical individuals who wanted a place apart from the rest of the world. It is a very closed off realm, and there IS a Glantri City; but it is not the same as in Mystara. It is instead a walled fortress that lets few if any within its walls. The Convocation of Magi rules Glantri, and among them they elect a Arch-Magi who leads the nation.


2. The Orcs of Thar - Only the "Underdark" of the Orcs of Thar is used in my own Grey Realms. While the above ground area is simply called Thar and dominated by Ogres and Orcs, the realm below is a divided and warring realm of humanoids kept in check by their constant fighting.


3. Alfheim - in the lands of the Vesve Forest of Greyhawk rests the cloistered realm of Alfheim. It doesn't dominate the entire Vesve, but instead controls the lands closest to the Sepia Uplands and south. Iuz still controls a considerable part of the northeastern Vesve and Furyondy controls a large swath of the southern Vesve; but Alfheim replaces Highfolk in my campaign (though the town of Highfolk is still there) as a political power...and so the Knights of the Hart Highfolk branch belongs instead to Alfheim.


4. Rockhome - a only slightly modified Rockhome (and an underdark for it I created) has replaced Perrenland in my campaign. The 8 Clans of Perrenland have been replaced by 8 Dwarf Clans of Hill and Mountain Dwarves (the Hill Dwarves are now the Lowland Clans). The Dwarven Voormann rules here instead of a Dwarf King. I just thought the "germanic" feel of the Cantons would make a good place for a Dwarf Kingdom like Rockhome.


5. The Five Shires - Called Shaerdon in the Forgotten Realms, the halflings of this nation are much like those in the Five Shires of Mystara. The map has been changed around quite a bit (like all the others above!), but the feel is decidedly more like the original Five Shires than any of the other realms above.




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