Map of the Diamond Lake Mines
The smallest and most remote mining colony of Greyhawk, Diamond Lake is a lakeshore village of wooden buildings and a single, large blockhouse-vault made of stone. The waters of Diamond Lake are murky with dirt, clay, and other materials stirred up by mining or left over from the ore-refining process. The worst external problem facing the town is occasional banditry against wagon trains of ore leaving the village for Greyhawk.
Some off-duty miners, amateur mountaineers, and novice adventurers have found that the hills offer a different kind of danger. Across Diamond Lake are two ancient cairns, one at the northeast end and one at the southwest end. Both cairns were looted long ago but are still extensive in size and impressive to the casual viewer. Most miners believe there are other cairns nearby, but cairn hunters have turned up only a few minor monster lairs (notably, a cockatrice den in 587 cy). Several miners and explorers vanished without a trace in 590 Cy while looking for cairns south of the lake.
References: City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess, pages 22—23; From the Ashes Campaign Book, pages 24, 27.
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