Cairn Hills

The border between the Domain of Greyhawk and Duchy Palatine of Urnst lies in the Cairn Hills, rugged uplands dotted with hundreds of tombs and burial grounds, the remnants of a bygone era. Most crypts were explored long ago, the wealth excavated from them accounting for the first “treasure boom” that thrust a trading post named Greyhawk into urban greatness. The hills are home to thousands of gnomes, halflings, dwarves, and humans, some of the latter group as bandits and troublemakers.
The region’s major products are wool and fine gems, especially rubies, emeralds, and diamonds. Treasure hunters continue to explore the hills in search of any number of lost tombs and cairns, particularly the legendary fifth Star Cairn, so named because sages expect its alignment with four known tombs traces a star pattern, and the bizarre Silver Metal Cairn, where metal tools of unknown origin and use are said to have been found.

Notable locations

• Caracast's Caves of Sleep
• Delagos Caverns
• Doomgrinder
• Echo Crypt
• Flannae-Tel Monastery
• Fort Gellner
• Fort Leman
• Griffon Riders Outpost
• Harrgrek
• Kukulend
• Maure Castle
• Ryell Pass
• Stankaster's Tower
• The Choking City

Type

Mountain Range