Wragby

Wragby is a large city located on the coast of Relmor Bay. Wragby's 7,000 people have the good fortune to be ruled by Viscount Jarrold, whose grandfather bought the town and the local lands for some eight miles around from the king of the time, with the proviso that the naval dockyards remain crown property. For this reason, this town has not suffered as so much of Nyrond has because taxes have not increased appreciably.

Wragby's main problem now is that many outsiders seek to flee here. Jarrold has tried several measures to prevent this, including having local people issued passes and even trying tattooing them. These plans have failed. Now the town is being walled and nonresidents are only allowed in the Foreign Quarter.

Wragby is famous for its old Temple of Istus, a unique 600-year old temple to the Bakluni goddess, who has hardly ever had a following among Oeridians. Its architecture is unusual, with strangely slanted roofs and gutters, so that from many angles the viewer might wonder whether architect and builders suffered hallucinations when the place was planned and erected. The crouching stone gargoyles are of sinister design, and on the very day the Pact of Greyhawk was signed they were said to spit forth pools of blood. Very recently, two gargoyles were found with their heads sundered. Within each was found a mummified toad with a bizarrely-shaped gem in its mouth. No one knows what this all means, but most interpret such events as being dire omens for Nyrond's future. The old high priestess, Alishendra, is nearing 90 years of age and mumbles in riddles, so she has not been able to clarify matters much.

The navy is a problem in Wragby, underpaid and drunk as usual. Jarrold has threatened Fleet Admiral Hugarnd with denying access to the naval dockyards unless they are disciplined. Local people have also beaten up navy men on occasion, so that now the dockyards are walled off and naval men are not allowed into the main quarters of the town. This has caused much anger in the navy, and reprisals may be forthcoming, threatening violent street fighting.