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#1 yellowdingo Aug 29, 2007 5:47:07	Muare Castle: Gnomes in the hills to the north, Dwarves in the mountains to the South...Does it sit in a pass? It must be well traveled, Is there a Town of Gnomes and Dwarves above the Dungeon?
#2 rob_douglas Aug 31, 2007 8:38:53	Actually, it is Maure, not Muare. It sits in the Duchy of Urnst, on the Western border, near the Abbor-Alz. It is not in a pass or mountains, more like brambles, in a slightly hilled region. There is no town, the dungeons are below Maure Castle, which is a circular walled keep. There are several watch towers on nearby hills, and ruined cottages nearby, and a bandit encampment. But mostly it is deserted area. ROB
#3 grodog Sep 08, 2007 23:21:24	There are several watch towers on nearby hills, and ruined cottages nearby, and a bandit encampment. But mostly it is deserted area. It won't be deserted for long---I'm rounding the area out for use in my upcoming MC campaign. More details will be available after I start to work on the maps....
#4 yellowdingo Sep 17, 2007 7:27:38	Actually, it is Maure, not Muare. It sits in the Duchy of Urnst, on the Western border, near the Abbor-Alz. It is not in a pass or mountains, more like brambles, in a slightly hilled region. There is no town, the dungeons are below Maure Castle, which is a circular walled keep. There are several watch towers on nearby hills, and ruined cottages nearby, and a bandit encampment. But mostly it is deserted area. ROB Thats not what it show on the original Greyhawk Maps...Its south of Hills occupied by Gnomes and North of the Mountains occupied by Dwarves and its right on the Border of the Duchy of Urnst...effectivly in a pass. Was there anything further about it in later Greyhawk Products?
#5 samwise Sep 17, 2007 12:06:49	It is not effectively in a pass. The mountains are a small area of higher peaks that essentially "divide" the Cairn Hills from the Abbor Alz. Maure Castle sits cleanly on the Duchy of Urnst side of the hills. The other side of the hills is the Mistmarsh. There would be very little reason for a trade route through the very dangerous and extremely unpleasant Mistmarsh.
#6 ripvanwormer Sep 23, 2007 14:58:31	The Darlene map showed Maure Castle in a "hills" hex. Here's a finer-resolution map of the hex that Maure Castle is in from Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure.