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| ^^^^^^^^^ Jorvyl Mountain Region ^^^^ * Dwplat | | ^^^^^^^^^ Jorvyl Mountain Region ^^^^ * Dwplat | ||
River Ocean ; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ` | River Ocean ; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ` | ||
| − | <- (Gulf & Seas / ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | + | <- (Gulf & Seas / ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' |
| − | empty into) ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | + | empty into) ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ; |
| − | ____ / ^'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sarfelogian Mountains ^^ | + | ____ / ^'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sarfelogian Mountains ^^ ; |
| − | /' ``, _/' ; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | + | /' ``, _/' ; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : |
| − | '''`"\ `.._ _,' : ^^^^^^^^^^ Po Mountain ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | + | '''`"\ `.._ _,' : ^^^^^^^^^^ Po Mountain ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ; |
| − | `.. ' : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_.------- Baleman ---^^^^^^^^^^^ | + | `.. ' : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_.------- Baleman ---^^^^^^^^^^^ ,' |
| − | Primus \ -+-----''\^^^^^^,--'' `^^^^^^^ | + | Primus \ -+-----''\^^^^^^,--'' `^^^^^^^ ; |
___ \ .--': :--+-' |^^^^ ,'; | ___ \ .--': :--+-' |^^^^ ,'; | ||
,' '''''' | ; | Seven Lakes of Midevesque ,|^^^ ; | ,' '''''' | ; | Seven Lakes of Midevesque ,|^^^ ; | ||
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Shallow Gulf / |_.....:' Iganefta`. / `. : ,' \. | Shallow Gulf / |_.....:' Iganefta`. / `. : ,' \. | ||
|,,.-* *. on-the-Sea., : `-. : | `. | |,,.-* *. on-the-Sea., : `-. : | `. | ||
| − | "' * | : | `..' | + | "' * | : | `..' `. : | \ |
| − | Kebro- | ': | | + | Kebro- | ': | Qestarius `.: | | |
| − | Shepenor | : | | + | Shepenor | : | River Wentzel : ' | |
| − | | : ; ; | + | | : ; ; Fen Umbo .-':* Cranee | _/ |
| − | Marty / : ,' ;\ | + | Marty / : ,' ;\ * Moor' :. \.--' |
....,-' : | ; : _,-" : `-. | ....,-' : | ; : _,-" : `-. | ||
---. ___----. ,' : | ; : .-' Sejfeld * `--. | ---. ___----. ,' : | ; : .-' Sejfeld * `--. | ||
`-------''''| `'-..o-' : | | :.-' :`: `-.* Egron | `-------''''| `'-..o-' : | | :.-' :`: `-.* Egron | ||
| − | | : | | + | | : | | : Marsh *' : |
| − | | :| | + | | :| Odlucia ; Gibbon : |
| − | '; : ,*-_ : | + | '; : ,*-_ : Odlucian : |
| − | \ |: ,' | ;* | + | \ |: ,' | ;* Library ;: |
| Plain of Brahang | :-----' : / ; : | | Plain of Brahang | :-----' : / ; : | ||
| .| ; ` ._ Vale of : * Folktown | | .| ; ` ._ Vale of : * Folktown | ||
Revision as of 21:48, 1 February 2005
Contents
The Ghyll's Where Is Where is an attempt at establishing geographical facts about our world; it does not record other supplementary facts. For example, it records that the Evesque Valley is well-irrigated (and therefore must have plenty of streams), but it does not record that it used to play host to Aelfants. The latest, most authoritative, map is included inline below.
Latest Authoritative Ghyll Map
Scale: 1 square = 1 lele
http://www.gamegrene.com/wiki/uploads/ghyll_ascii_map.png
No Longer Authoritative Ghyll Maps
There have been multiple attempts at making a map of known Ghyll, some unfinished, some stylized, some totally and laughably inaccurate. We've included them all below for historical reference, but be sure to base your facts on the authoritative version above.
- The first computer-drawn map (Sean B. Palmer).
- A stylized, and more fleshed out attempt (Doctor Phineas Crank).
Geographical Facts
- Alezan (land) (on map: yes)
- Is heavily forested (Alezan)
- Uninhabited, thus no other towns (Alezan)
- Situated to the west of the Evesque Valley (Alezan)
- Most prominent feature: ruins with a twin-spire structure (Alezan)
- @@ Situated close to the Vale of Serdoch (Bordingbras his hatt!)
- Andelphracian River Valley (valley) (on map: yes)
- Is not in the Evesque Valley or Sarfelogian Mountains (Carsokian)
- Arbuckle Hill (hill) (on map: no, too small)
- Situated in Folktown (Cadaver, The)
- Host to the Cadaver public house (Cadaver, The)
- Avazian Ruins (building) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Possibly in a wasteland (Avazian Box)
- Avaz Minor (city) (on map: yes)
- Suspected to be located at the center of the Shallow Gulf (Dagger Seas)
- Ancient city; detonation point of Justice Device during the Third Avazian War (Dagger Seas)
- Azura Mines (mines) (on map: yes)
- Situated by the city of Iganefta (Altoxian Bulb)
- Baleman (building) (on map: yes)
- Ruined in an earthquake (Baleman)
- Situated on the northern edge of the Evesque Valley (Baleman)
- Bute (university/town) (on map: yes)
- The Timperton Clocktower is on campus (Bute University)
- Contains three lakes, a forest, and blasted moorland (Bute University)
- Cactus Forests (on map: yes)
- A rarely travelled land (Cactus forests)
- Located in the deserts of the southern end of Ghyll (Cactus forests)
- Cake (building) (on map: no, too small)
- Situated on the side of a valley by the hamlet of Odlucia (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
- Cataract Road (road) (on map: yes)
- Has waterfalls alongside it (Burnflies)
- Starts in the north of the Evesque Valley (Cataract Road)
- Runs through Cranee and Folktown (Cataract Road)
- Ends in the southern town of Iganefta (Cataract Road)
- In the foothills of Mount Yurch it is built on the Yérplat Ridge. (Plain of Brahang)
- At the Plain of Brahang it follows an old road that has been there as early as -400 EC (Plain of Brahang)
- Charterhouse Estate (estate) (on map: no, too small)
- On the outskirts of Folktown (Charterhouse Collection)
- Cranee (hamlet) (on map: yes)
- Situated to the north of the Vale of Serdoch (Battle of Barnum Stones)
- The Battle of Barnum Stones probably took place 25 lele south (Battle of Barnum Stones)
- Directly between the Evesque Valley and Folktown (Cranee Historical Society)
- 25 sugro-nanits from the Evesque Valley (Cranee Historical Society)
- 18 sugro-nanits from Folktown (Cranee Historical Society)
- Has a village green (Cranee Historical Society)
- Dagger Peninsulas (peninsulas) (on map: yes)
- Creates the dagger-like freshwater points of the Dagger Seas (Dagger Seas)
- Dagger Seas (seas) (on map: yes)
- A haunt of the well-known Captain Riquiras (Captain Riquiras)
- Four massive estuaries: Primus, Segundus, Tertius, and Marty (Dagger Seas)
- Broad mouths at the gulf tapering to dagger-like freshwater points (Dagger Seas)
- The freshwater points are where the Dagger Peninsulas join the mainland (Dagger Seas)
- The seas are calm, though they are affected by the tides (Dagger Seas)
- The Marty Sea contains Kebro-shepenor, a small island (Kebro-shepenor)
- Dŵplat (stream) (on map: yes)
- Eastern Province of the Dulalian Empire (region) (no, not yet)
- Home to the Brothers of the Lantern (Brothers of the Lantern)
- Elminster Mire (mire) (on map: yes)
- Known to exist at the time of Quezlar 6 (Andelphracian Lights)
- Ghyll-wide environmental crisis: ongoing stillicide in the Mire (Doc Rockett)
- Located east of the Evesque Valley and northwest of the Andelphracian River Valley (Elminster Mire)
- Egron (town) (on map: yes)
- Situated close to Folktown (Bindlet Ball)
- Located northeast of Folktown, east of the town of Sejfeld (Egron)
- Evesque Valley (valley) (on map: yes)
- Is picturesque (Bavarian Creame)
- Is well-irrigated (Adlorst Vinifera)
- Contains quayres (Andelphracian Lights)
- Is situated in the north of Ghyll (Cataract Road)
- Situated to the east of the land of Alezan (Alezan)
- A fault-line runs under the northern edge (Baleman)
- The northen edge has a relatively unpopulated area (Baleman)
- Fluyr may be the name of something in the north (Baleman)
- Divided into three sections, upper, mid, and lower ((Evesque Valley)
- 25 sugro-nanits from the hamlet of Cranee (Cranee Historical Society)
- Contains plantations (Adlorst Vinifera), e.g. of Sphoxolis Trees (Besq Boats)
- Contains the Seven Lakes of Midevesque (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge & Evesque Valley)
- Folktown (city) (on map: yes)
- Is a city (Amphitheatre aristocracy)
- Contains Arbuckle Hill (Cadaver, The)
- Contains the Laureat House (Calends Gala)
- Situated close to the town of Egron (Bindlet Ball)
- Has a town square (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
- Contains an amphitheatre (Amphitheatre aristocracy)
- Ten sugro-nanits south-east of Marsh Gibbon (Bavarian Creame)
- 18 sugro-nanits from the hamlet of Cranee (Cranee Historical Society)
- Contains the Folktown Hyperbolic Bindlet Ball Arena (Day of Champions)
- The outskirts are home to the Charterhouse Estate (Charterhouse Collection)
- Has a Grand Mall 'twixt the Folktown Council Hall and Folktown Amphitheatre (Bavarian Creame)
- Fundzherit Peninsula (peninsula) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Had some theoalchemical incident (inferred) (Doc Rockett)
- Fylesgate (town) (on map: no, not yet)
- Possibly in the Evesque Valley (Andelphracian Lights)
- Glossfordshire (town) (on map: yes)
- Involved heavily in Bindlet Ball (Bindlet Ball)
- Iganefta (city) (on map: yes)
- Situated by the Azura Mines (Altoxian Bulb)
- Is situated in the south of Ghyll (Cataract Road)
- A city comprised of many smaller settlements (Altoxian Bulb)
- Is divided into upper and lower class sections (Altoxian Bulb)
- Two leles away from the Azura Mines (Iganefta)
- 120 leles away from Mount Yurch (Iganefta)
- Iganefta-on-the-Sea is 30 leles away (Iganefta)
- Contains Memorial Garden and Brothers monastery (NeoAlezanians)
- Iganefta-on-the-Sea (city) (on map: yes)
- 30 leles away from Iganefta (Iganefta)
- Was once the fishing village of Thunderbarg (Lord Glosfordshier)
- Jorvyll (region) (on map: yes)
- Moutainous region north of the Evesque Valley (Keglacians)
- Kebro-shepenor (island) (on map: yes)
- Located in Marty, one of the four Dagger Seas (Kebro-shepenor)
- At low tide, connected to Shepenor by a sandbar (Kebro-shepenor)
- Marsh Gibbon (town) (on map: yes)
- Situated near the town of Sejfeld (Bavarian Creame)
- Ten sugro-nanits north-west of Folktown (Bavarian Creame)
- Mount Rotyg (mountain) (on map: no, not yet)
- About 4,000 nanits smaller than Mount Yurch (Mount Yurch)
- Is the second tallest mountain in Ghyll (Mount Yurch)
- Mount Yurch (mountain) (on map: yes)
- About 120 lele west of Iganefta (Grommies)
- Is 18,764 nanits tall (Mount Yurch)
- Is the tallest mountain in Ghyll (Mount Yurch)
- Odlucia (hamlet) (on map: yes)
- Situated in a valley (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
- Is surrounded by many farmsteads (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
- Contains the Odlucian Library and the Bureau's Cake (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
- Odlucian Library (building) (on map: yes)
- Is an active library (Anaximancer)
- Situated on the side of a valley by Odlucia (Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge)
- Palace of Lost Souls (building) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Building of a location not yet recorded (Alarius)
- Pinky and Perky (astrological) (above map: yes)
- The moons of Ghyll (Cranee Historical Society)
- Plain of Brahang (plain) (on map: yes)
- Location of the Brahang Turnpike Inn (Plain of Brahang)
- Formerly the location of a turnpike.
- 1250 square sugro-nanits in size (Plain of Brahang)
- 800 lele northwest of Iganefta (Plain of Brahang)
- Bordered to the north by the Qestarius River (Plain of Brahang)
- Bordered to the south by the Yérplat Ridge which is now the Cataract Road (Plain of Brahang)
- The battle of the Aelfant coprolith took place here (Conflict That Is Not Happening)
- Principality of Jurra (town; maybe more) (on map: yes)
- The Harrabloon Bank mints coins for them (Harrabloon Bank)
- Presumably nearby Folktown, as its press affects them (Harrabloon Bank)
- River Ocean (ocean) (on map: yes)
- The Dagger Seas and Shallow Gulf empty into it (Opoudelian Starker)
- Qestarius River (river) (on map: yes)
- Borders the north edge of the Plain of Brahang (Plain of Brahang)
- The major tributary to the Dagger Sea (Plain of Brahang)
- Sarfelogian Mountains (mountains) (on map: yes)
- Its foothills have plantations (Adlorst Vinifera)
- Ghyll-wide environmental crisis: destruction of the mountain meadows (Doc Rockett)
- Po Mountain is located within this range (Heh-blammo balance)
- Sayaziha or City of Spheres (city) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Said to have been seen by Ibaan Malmiz (Grimporke Grimoire)
- Sejfeld (town) (on map: yes)
- Situated near the town of Marsh Gibbon (Bavarian Creame)
- Shallow Gulf (gulf) (on map: yes)
- The four Dagger Seas empty into it (Dagger Seas)
- Dominates the western edge of our continent (Dagger Seas)
- The Gulf is calm, though is affected by the tides (Dagger Seas)
- Center of the Gulf is likely to have been site of ancient city of Avaz Minor (Dagger Seas)
- Shepenor (fishing village) (on map: yes)
- Near, or on, the coast of Marty, one of the Dagger Seas (Kebro-shepenor)
- Kebro-shepenor is within sight of Shepenor, but too far to swim (Kebro-shepenor)
- At low tide, connected to Kebro-shepenor by a sandbar (Kebro-shepenor)
- Spacial Clocktower, The (clocktower) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Unfindable (Cartographer's Nerves)
- Stindersgrough (town) (on map: yes)
- Home of the Barnum Stones (Battle of Barnum Stones)
- Threel (town?) (on map: no, unknown location)
- Location unknown, circa -249 EC (Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution)
- Probably near the Palace of Lost Souls, also location unknown (Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution)
- Thungerbarg (village) (on map: yes)
- Former name of Iganefta-on-the-Sea; still in use among some residents.
- Umbo Moor (moor) (on map: yes)
- @@ In-between or nearby (?) Egron and Marsh Gibbon (Edvard von Craghelm)
- Undivaggen (building) (on map: no, too small)
- Situated in the town of Marsh Gibbon (Bavarian Creame)
- Vale of Serdoch (vale) (on map: yes)
- Situated just to the south of Cranee (Battle of Barnum Stones)
- @@ Situated close to the ruins of Alezan (Bordingbras his hatt!)
- Wentzel Fen (fen) (on map: yes)
- @@ In-between or nearby (?) Egron and Marsh Gibbon (Edvard von Craghelm)
- Yérplat Ridge (ridge) (on map: yes)
- Better known as the Cataract Road these days (Plain of Brahang)
Ghyll Map (Raw ASCII)
/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | |
; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : ;
| ^^^^^^^^^ Jorvyl Mountain Region ^^^^ * Dwplat
River Ocean ; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ `
<- (Gulf & Seas / ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ '
empty into) ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ;
____ / ^'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sarfelogian Mountains ^^ ;
/' ``, _/' ; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :
'''`"\ `.._ _,' : ^^^^^^^^^^ Po Mountain ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ;
`.. ' : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_.------- Baleman ---^^^^^^^^^^^ ,'
Primus \ -+-----''\^^^^^^,--'' `^^^^^^^ ;
___ \ .--': :--+-' |^^^^ ,';
,' '''''' | ; | Seven Lakes of Midevesque ,|^^^ ;
`.._ | : Alezan & ; Evesque Valley -/ * ;'
`---...... | Twin Spires / ,--------' | ';,
Segundus _,-' `--;-. : / ' | .
* Avaz .--' ; `----------+----------:-------' : Elminster :
Minor? ,-' :`. : : Mire ;
-:._ ___ Qestarius : ; ;:
`'-' `-._ : River. .':, `. :,
Dagger Seas ,' ; `-. .' : : ;
& Peninsulas / : `. / : ; |
,' ; `+ .-' : :' Andelphracian
Tertius | : : .' Cataract Roads River & Valley
| Shepenor .,..;..,.. ; * Bute : ,:.
Shallow Gulf / |_.....:' Iganefta`. / `. : ,' \.
|,,.-* *. on-the-Sea., : `-. : | `.
"' * | : | `..' `. : | \
Kebro- | ': | Qestarius `.: | |
Shepenor | : | River Wentzel : ' |
| : ; ; Fen Umbo .-':* Cranee | _/
Marty / : ,' ;\ * Moor' :. \.--'
....,-' : | ; : _,-" : `-.
---. ___----. ,' : | ; : .-' Sejfeld * `--.
`-------''''| `'-..o-' : | | :.-' :`: `-.* Egron
| : | | : Marsh *' :
| :| Odlucia ; Gibbon :
'; : ,*-_ : Odlucian :
\ |: ,' | ;* Library ;:
| Plain of Brahang | :-----' : / ; :
| .| ; ` ._ Vale of : * Folktown
_.-. | | '.. `. Serdoch/ ; :;--.
---'' `-. \ | `-. `-. Oddbag : ; `----. Principality
\ ,'`-- ,' `-._ ` ; ; '* of Jurra
`..-' `''''`--......,-"'-:' `-. ; : /
To Mount Yurch Yerplat Ridge ""`-. * Battle of : ; --. .-'
(40 leles west) (now Cataract Road) "`--. Barnum Stones ;,-'' `+`* Glossfordshire
"`-.. :. ,-' |
"`-. : ,-' ;
"``-. .* Iganefta -. /
"`-* Azura Mines `-'* Stindersgrough
_.-------------------.
_.------------'' `------.
..--'' `--------.
,--' Cactus Forests `---
/ (largely unexplored)
,'
We also have the old map, which is not being maintained.
