Greyhawk Guide - Flanaess Calendar, History, Politics, Geography & Deities

Oct 7, 2026

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Comprehensive setting guide for the Flanaess, covering its calendar, major events, and a brief historical timeline including disasters, migrations, and key turning points. Explains player ancestries and cultural/racial breakdowns, then summarizes regional overviews such as climate, cultural distribution, languages, dress, coinage, and products. Details political divisions and rulers, provides settlement and travel rates, and describes major geography, water bodies, forests, wastelands, and mountains. Includes a broad survey of Greyhawk deities, along with sample adventure hooks and encounters.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages108

Reading Time2 h 46 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Calendar of the Flanaess

A Brief History of the Flanaess

Timeline of Events

Player Ancestries of the Flanaess

Human

Demihumans

Overview of the Flanaess

Climate

Cultural Distribution

Languages

Regional Products

An Overview of Political Divisions

Selected regions

Geography of the Flanaess

Bodies of Water

Hills and Highlands

Marshes and Swamps

Mountains Ranges

Deities of Greyhawk

Gods of the Flanaess

Demihuman Gods

Adventures in Greyhawk

Quest and encounter content

Introduction 1 Calendar of the Flanaess 1 • Festivals and Holidays 1 A Brief History of the Flanaess 3 Timeline of Events 3 • Disaster and Migration 4 • Keoland and Aerdy 5 • Ivid and Iuz 6 • Fall of the Temple of Elemental Evil 6 • Storm Clouds 6 Player Ancestries of the Flanaess 7 Human 7 • Human Cultural Groups 7 Demihumans 8 • Dwarves 8 • Elves 8 • Gnomes 9 • Half-Elves 10 • Halflings 10 • Half-Orcs 11 • Character Homelands 11 Overview of the Flanaess 14 • Climate 14 • Cultural Distribution 14 • Languages 15 • Racial and National Dress 16 • Coinage 16 • Regional Products 17 • Regional Alignments 18 Trees Common to the Flanaess 19 An Overview of Political Divisions 20 • Ahlissa, The Southern Province 20 • Almor, Prelacy of 20 • Bandit Kingdoms 20 • Bissel, March of 20 • Blackmoor 21 • Bone March 21 • Celene, Kingdom of 21 • Dyvers, City of 21 • Ekbir, Caliphate of 21 • Frost Barbarians, Kingdom of 22 • Furyondy, Kingdom of 22 • Geoff, Grand Duchy of 22 • Gran March 22 • Great Kingdom 22 • Greyhawk, Free City of 23 • Highfolk 23 • Horned Society 23 • Ice Barbarians, Kingdom of 23 • Idee, County of 24 • Irongate, Free City of 24 • Iuz, Land of 24 • Keoland, Kingdom of 24 • Ket 24 • Lordship of the Isles 25 • Medegia, See of 25 • North Province 25 • Nyrond, Kingdom of 25 • Onnwal, Free State of 25 • Pale, Theocracy of the 25 • Perrenland, Cantons of 26 • Plains of the Paynims 26 • Ratik, Archbarony of 26 • Rel Astra, City of 27 • Rovers of the Barrens 27 • Scarlet Brotherhood 27 • Sea Barons 27 • Sea Princes, Hold of 27 • Shield Lands 28 • Snow Barbarians, Kingdom of 28 • South Province 28 • Spindrift Isles 29 • Sterich, Earldom of 29 • Stonefist, Hold of 29 • Sunndi, County of 29 • Tenh, Duchy of 29 • Tiger Nomads 30 • Tusmit 30 • Ulek 30 • Ull 30 • Urnst 31 • Valley of the Mage 31 • Veluna, Archclericy of 31 • Verbobonc 31 • Wild Coast 31 • Wolf Nomads 32 • Yeomanry 32 • Zeif, Sultanate of 32 Rulers of Greyhawk 33 • Royal & Noble Precedence... 33 • Peers of the Realm... 33 • Orders of Knighthood 34 • Social Rank & Hierarchal Status 34 Political Map of the Flanaess 35 Lands of the Flanaess, at a Glance 36 Settlement Population 48 • Village 48 • Town 48 • City 48 Rates of Travel 49 • Land 49 • Rivers 49 • Lakes 49 • Oceans and Seas 49 Geography of the Flanaess 50 Bodies of Water 50 • Azure Sea 50 • Nyr Dyv 50 • Lesser Bodies of Water 50 Hills and Highlands 51 • Abbor-Alz 51 • Cairn Hills 51 • Hestmark Highlands 51 • Kron Hills 51 • Lesser Hills and Highlands 51 Marshes and Swamps 53 • Cold Marshes 53 • Vast Swamp 53 • Lesser Marshes and Swamps 53 Mountains Ranges 53 • Corusk Mountains 53 • Crystalmist Mountains 53 • Griff Mountains 53 • Hellfurnaces 53 • Yatil Mountains 53 • Lesser Mountain Ranges 54 Rivers 54 Timberlands 56 • Adri Forest 56 • Amedio Jungle 56 • Burneal Forest 56 • Celadon Forest 56 • Dreadwood 56 • Gamboge Forest 56 • Gnarley Forest 56 • Grandwood Forest 56 • Suss Forest 57 • Vesve Forest 57 • Welkwood 57 • Lesser Timberlands 57 Wastelands 59 • Bright Desert 59 • Dry Steppes 59 • Land of Black Ice 59 • Rift Canyon 59 • Sea of Dust 59 Deities of Greyhawk 60 Gods of the Flanaess 60 • Greater Gods 60 • Intermediate Gods 61 • Lesser Gods 62 • Demigods & Quasi-Deities 63 Demihuman Gods 64 • Dwarven Gods 64 • Elven Gods 64 • Gnomish Gods 65 • Halfling Gods 65 • Orcish Gods 65 Gods of the Flanaess 66 Gods of the Dwarves 77 Gods of the Elves 79 Gods of the Gnomes 82 Gods of the Halflings 83 Gods of the Orcs 85 Adventures in Greyhawk 89 • Quest of the Mist Golem 89 • Werewolves of the Menowood 89 • The Lost Passage of the Suloise 90 • The Jungle of the Lost Ship 91 • The Copper Raider 9

FAQs

What does the document include about the Flanaess calendar?

It describes the Greyhawk year of 364 days, divided into twelve 28-day months and four seven-day festivals spaced at three-month intervals. It also explains that days are reckoned in seven-day weeks and notes differing cultural names for months and festivals.

How are political regions and rulers presented?

The guide lists an overview of political divisions across the Flanaess and includes sections on rulers of Greyhawk, such as royal and noble precedence, peers of the realm, orders of knighthood, and social rank.

What kinds of worldbuilding topics are covered beyond history and politics?

It covers player ancestries, regional cultural and linguistic distribution, coinage and products, geography (water bodies, forests, wastelands, mountains), travel and settlement population categories, and a survey of Greyhawk deities.

Oct 7, 2026

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