Ahlissa
| Ahlissa | |
|---|---|
 The arms of Ahlissa, as depicted in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000). | |
| General information | |
| Demonym: | Ahlissan |
| Region: | Old Aerdy East |
| Government | |
| Ruler: | Overking Xavener I |
| Government: | Monarchy |
| Established: | 587 CY |
| Demographics | |
| Capital: | Kalstrand |
| Provinces: | Eight principalities, one grand principality, various marchlands, and numerous very small noble fiefs (counties, duchies, and baronies) |
| Population: | 3,836,100 (591 CY) |
| Groups | |
| Religions: | Zilchus*, Hextor, the Oeridian agricultural gods, Xerbo, Fharlanghn, Olidammara, Kord, Norebo, Ralishaz, Procan, Kurell, orc pantheon, halfling pantheon, Boccob, Wee Jas, Delleb, Syrul, various goblinoid gods, Rudd, and the elven pantheon |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Coinage: | [Modified Aerdy] nightingale (pp), crown (gp), noble (ep), penny (sp), common (cp). |
Ahlissa, properly known as the Fief of Ahlissa,[1] and later as the United Kingdom of Ahlissa,[2] is a political state of the Flanaess.
History
[edit | edit source]The ancient Flan kingdom of Ahlissa was founded over 1,700 years ago by the legendary Queen Ehlissa the Enchanter. This state lasted some 700 years (several hundred years watched over by Queen Ehlissa herself), but was crumbling by the time the Aerdi reached it in approximately -400 CY.
The next wave of settlers was the Zelrad house of Suloise, who founded the city of Zelradton.
The Aerdi first settled the Solnor coast, the various royal houses forming petty principalities there. The kingdoms of Thalland and the Medegian Bladelands were founded shortly afterwards. Other petty empires formed, including those of Tuerny and Lum. The quarrels between these various states exhausted one another, and in -217 CY the Kingdom of Aerdy was founded by Mikar of Garasteth, who made Rel Astra his capital.
The Battle of a Fortnight's Length in -109 CY established the Great Kingdom, the greatest empire the modern Flanaess has ever known (though the Keoish have cause to disagree).
The Fall of Rauxes in 586 CY brings an end to the Great Kingdom. In 587, the United Kingdom of Ahlissa is created by Xavener of House Darmen.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Modern Ahlissa is generally located in the southeastern portion of the Flanaess, and is one of the largest countries on the subcontinent. Its western boundary with Nyrond runs generally north from Relmor Bar to the town of Innspa at the southernmost reaches of the Flinty Hills, then down through the Ardri forest, southeast to the confluence of the Nallid and Imeda Rivers—Orred is considered to be within Ahlissan territory, while the ruins of Rauxes are not). The Grandwood Forest is claimed as a marchland of the realm, but that claim is disputed by Rel Astra and the powers of the Solnor Compact. All the lands from Relmor and Dunhead Bay in the west to the Aerdi sea in the east (except for Onnwal, and the free city of Irongate) as far south as Naerie are claimed, though the Hollow Highlands, the Grayflood River, and the Hestmark Highlands form an effective physical southern boundary.
In 591 CY, the most populous towns are Rel Deven (pop. 29,400), Torrich (pop. 27,500), Kalstrand (pop. 24,000), Jalpa (pop. 22,900), Prymp (pop. 17,400), Nulbish (pop. 17,100), Zelradton (pop. 12,900), Hexpools (pop. 12,700), Innspa (pop. 12,200), Naerie (pop. 6,300), Orred (pop. 5,800), Carnifand (pop. 4,800), Pardue (pop. 4,100), Ralsand (pop. 2,500), and Sarndt (pop. 2,300).
People
[edit | edit source]Population
[edit | edit source]In 591 CY, the population of Ahlissa totals 3,836,100 persons, almost 80% of whom are humans of Oeridian and Suel descent (with some Flan stock as well). Halflings make up almost another 10% of the population, while elves (predominantly of the Sylvan variety), dwarves, gnomes, half-elves, half-orcs and orcs appear in increasingly smaller numbers.
Religion
[edit | edit source]The religious leanings of Ahlissa's population are quite diverse. Though Zilchus is most favored by the state, other popular deities among the citizenry are Hextor, the Oeridian agricultural gods, Xerbo, Fharlanghn, Olidammara, Kord, Norebo, Ralishaz, Procan, Kurell, orc pantheon, halfling pantheon, Boccob, Wee Jas, Delleb, Syrul, various goblinoid gods, Rudd, and the elven pantheon.
Languages
[edit | edit source]The most widely-spoken languages in Ahlissa include Common, Old Oeridian, Orcish, Halfling, and Elvish.
Government
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The Fief of Ahlissa is a province of the Great Kingdom. In 576 CY, Ahlissa is ruled by His Grace Prince Chelor, Herzog of the South Province, Faastal of Ahlissa.[3]
By 591 CY, Ahlissa is a feudal empire with hereditary rulership, and Xavener becomes His Transcendent Imperial Majesty, Overking Xavener I, Grand Prince of Kalstrand, Crowned Head of House Darmen]].
The overking's powers over the provinces are limited by written agreements with the various nobles.
The national capital is Kalstrand.
Administrative Divisions
[edit | edit source]In 591 CY, the lands of Ahlissa are divided into eight principalities, one grand principality, various marchlands, and numerous very small noble fiefs (counties, duchies, and baronies).
Heraldry
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There are at least two distinct versions of the coat of arms of Ahlissa.
The first is in 576 CY, when Ahlissa is the South Province of the Great Kingdom, or the Fief of Ahlissa. This was first depicted on the front cover of the World of Greyhawk edition (1980).[4] The use of "grenades" in the heraldry is unexplained, considering gunpowder does not traditionally work on Oerth. In 576, Ahlissa's coat of arms is blazoned thus: Vert, on a fess Or, three grenades sable.
Later, after the Greyhawk Wars, when Ahlissa becomes the United Kingdom of Ahlissa, the heraldry changes somewhat,[5] though it retains the same tinctures and ordinaries. However, the charges are different between 576 CY and 591 CY. The colors are still green with a golden [or yellow] band across the middle, but with two birds facing each other (instead of three grenades) and an Aerdy sun added at the top. In 591 CY, Ahlissa's coat of arms is blazoned thus: Vert, on a fess Or, two birds close respectant sable, in chief a sun in splendour proper [of the second].
Economy
[edit | edit source]Resources
[edit | edit source]Ahlissa is noted for producing numerous foodstuffs, livestock, cloth, silver, copper, gold, iron products, timber, herbs, fine ale and beer, and research into historical and magical knowledge.
In 591 CY Overking Xavener orders the creation of a new route for the Windmarch, an incredibly old trade line which stops being used a few years earlier because the Great Kingdom has fallen and wars make international travel unsafe.
Currency
[edit | edit source]Ahlissa's coinage is based on a modified version of the Aerdy standard, and consists of the platinum nightingale (pp), gold crown (gp), electrum noble (ep), silver penny (sp), and copper common (cp).
References
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]- ↑ The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (1980), p.16.
- ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.21.
- ↑ World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.35, Guide.
- ↑ The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (1980), front cover.
- ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), inside front cover.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
- ———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahlissa | Non-player character | Female, Human, [Clr?], | El Raja Key Archive (Standard Edition) | 16 |
| Ahlissa (Principality of) (Fief of) | Province | Reference | SEE South Province | |
| Ahlissa, Navy of | People Group | Navy, | Ivid the Undying | 131, 132 |
| Ahlissa, Navy of | People Group | Navy, | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | 95 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Dragon magazine #057 | 16 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Dragon magazine #292 | 100 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Dragon magazine #293 | 90 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Dragon magazine #302 | 99 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Dragon magazine #306 | 95 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Dragon magazine #315 | 51, 52, 54 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 5, 7, 22, 27, 46 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Greyhawk Adventures | 91 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Ghosts of Saltmarsh, D&D 5e | 165 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Greyhawk Wars: Adventurer's Book | 4, 14, 26 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Ivid the Undying | 5, 9, 10, 11, 15, 19, 121, 126, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 138, 145, 146, 153, 160, 161, 163 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | 9, 10, 27, 33, 35, 51-53, 84, 94, 95, 99, 106, 108, 110, 111 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 22, 23, 37 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | IC, 13, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 51, 55-58, 70, 72-75, 77, 79, 80, 91-94, 96, 101, 106, 110, 111, 139, 141, 142, 145, 148, 149, 152, 158 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 3, 13 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Living Greyhawk Journal #1 | 4, 19, 28, 32 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 28 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Living Greyhawk Journal #3 | 26 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Living Greyhawk Journal #4 | 28 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Living Greyhawk Journal #5 | 28 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #03 | 10 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #06 | 5,27 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #07 | 3,35,36,37,38,39,40 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #09 | 39 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #11 | 82 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #15 | 19 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #16 | 1,10,11,12,17,18,20,24,25 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #17 | 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,14,16,17,18,19,20,22,33 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #18 | 4,5,7,9,18 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #21 | 4,16,19,20,21,22,23 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #22 | 4,6,7,9,10,13,14 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #24 | 12,14,15,16,25 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #25 | 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,40 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #27 | 17,20,24,25,27 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #29 | 8,14 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #32 | 5,10,29,37,38 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Oerth Journal #33 | 32,34 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 7, 12, 24, 26, 34 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Return of the Eight | 56 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Sword and Fist | 46 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | Slavers, AD&D 2e | 34, 37, 47 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | The Adventure Begins | 26 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | The Adventure Begins | 17, 18, 23-29, 31-34, 45, 62, 63, 85, 86, 92, 102, 115 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | The Tomb of Horrors—Greyhawk Classics Book 7 | IC |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | The Scarlet Brotherhood | 6, 7, 24, 31 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) | IBC, 2, 8, 10, 15, 16, 20, 23 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | WGR4 The Marklands | 58, 64, 72, 93 |
| Ahlissa, United Kingdom of | Kingdom | (591 pop: 3836100), | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 18, 23, 35, 47, 50, IBC |
| Ahlissan Merchants guild (City of Greyhawk) | People Group | Guild, | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 4 |
| Ahlissan Merchants guild (City of Greyhawk) | People Group | Guild, | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 32 |
| Ahlissan Merchants guild (City of Greyhawk) | People Group | Guild, | The Adventure Begins | 102 |
| Ahlissan Merchants Headquarters (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Hall, | Reference | SEE Ahlissan Merchants guild (City of Greyhawk) |
| Ahlissan Merchants Headquarters (City of Greyhawk) | Building | Hall, | The Adventure Begins | 102 |
| Ahlissan Road | Infrastructure | Street or road, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 56 |
| Ahlissan {Alhissan} | People Group | People, | Ivid the Undying | 16, 121, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 138, 145, 146, 153, 160, 161 |
| Ahlissan {Alhissan} | People Group | People, | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | 27, 34, 36, 52, 53, 55, 80, 92, 94, 99 |
| Ahlissan {Alhissan} | People Group | People, | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 8 |
| Ahlissan {Alhissan} | People Group | People, | The Adventure Begins | 25, 28 |
| Ahlissan {Alhissan} | People Group | People, | WGR4 The Marklands | 64 |
| Common coin - Copper piece (UKoAhlissa) | Item | Coin, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 21 |
| Crown coin - Gold pieces (UKoAhlissa) | Item | Coin, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 21 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess | 19 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Dance of Demons | 41 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Dragon magazine #055 | 18 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Dragon magazine #057 | 13, 15, 16 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Dragon magazine #063 | 15 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Dragon magazine #191 | 66 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Dragon magazine #291 | 98 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Dragon magazine #293 | 93, 94 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Dragon magazine #299 | 100 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Dragon magazine #302 | 98, 99 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 5, 22, 27, 32, 38, 39, 46, 49, 55, 58, 59 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | From the Ashes: References Card | #1 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | From the Ashes: References Card | #2 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Greyhawk Adventures | 75, 91 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Greyhawk Wars: Adventurer's Book | 5, 11, 13, 17, 22 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Ivid the Undying | 1, 3, 4, 10, 14, 19, 24, 25, 26, 32, 96, 119, 128-136 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | Dis, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20, 28, 33, 39, 45, 51, 59, 60, 65, 84, 92, 93, 95, 102, 109, 111 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 15, 23, 24, 56, 57, 58, 64, 71, 78, 80, 98, 106, 110, 111, 141 , 148, 149 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | Living Greyhawk Journal #4 | 17 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | The Glaive's Gambit, RPGA | 5 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | The Tomb of Horrors—Greyhawk Classics Book 7 | IC |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | WG6 Isle of the Ape | 27 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | WG8 Fate of Istus | 69 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) | IBC, 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 22 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | WGR4 The Marklands | 58 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | IC, 10, 14, 18, 23, 26, 30, 32, 35, 37, 47, 49 |
| Fief of Ahlissa (South Province) | Province | Great Kingdom, (576 pop: 400000), | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 10, 11, 17 |
| Imperial Council, United Kingdom of Ahlissa | People Group | Council, | The Adventure Begins | 26 |
| Lantern Road (United Kingdom of Ahlissa) | Infrastructure | Street or road, | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | 34 |
| Medegia, Marchland of Ahlissa | Province | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 22 | |
| Medegia, Marchland of Ahlissa | Province | The Adventure Begins | 27, 28 | |
| Merchants and Traders, Royal Guild of (Ahlissa) | People Group | Guild, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 22 |
| Merchants and Traders, Royal Guild of (Ahlissa) | People Group | Guild, | The Adventure Begins | 62, 102, 115 |
| Nightingale coin - Platinum pieces (UKoAhlissa) | Item | Coin, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 21 |
| Noble coin - Electrum pieces (UKoAhlissa, Bone March, Greyhawk, North Kingdom, Sea Barons, Sunndi) | Item | Coin, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 21, 35, 51, 72, 99, 110 |
| Penny coin - Silver pieces (UKoAhlissa, Bone march, North kingdom, Ratik, Rel Astra, Sea Barons) | Item | Coin, | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 21, 35, 72, 89, 91, 99 |
| Taste of Ahlissa (Exotic Confections and Brothel) | Building | Shop, | Dungeon magazine #147 | 92 |