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MYSTARAN ALMANAC

& BOOK of FACTS

Volume VIII, AC 1017

Version 1.0

Published by Joshuan Gallidox

Hin Adventurer and Entrepreneur

within the City of Mirros

in the Kingdom of Karameikos

in the Year After Crowning 1017

A Word or Two About this Material

First, and most important, are the copyright laws regarding this project. This material is NOT endorsed or approved by TSR, Inc. Although the setting (places, characters, features, calendar...), as well as the rules of D&D and AD&D are the creation and property of TSR, the events, attitudes, beliefs, descriptions, and all the rest in this material are those of the writers and are in no way supported by TSR.

TSR, Inc. is a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast. Should TSR or Wizards of the Coast demand that we remove this material from the web, we will be happy to comply with their decision.

The intent behind the Mystaran Almanac is to continue to keep alive the wonderful world of Mystara. It is therefore the compilation of ideas and suggestions from all members of the Mystara Mailing List, and not those of the staff and/or management of TSR.

This manual has very little in terms of game stats, as it does not want to infringe on TSR's copyright (meaning: you want the stats of NPCs and such, buy the appropriate book/references by TSR). We hope that TSR sees this merely as the work put in by those who love Mystara and wish to see it grow rather than any attempt at stealing their setting and infringing on their copyrights.

Our second topic regards permission to place this almanac up on your own personal web page. GO RIGHT AHEAD! We, the authors, give complete and free access to this material to everyone. You are free to do what you will with it, with one ABSOLUTE restriction: should TSR/Wizards of the Coast demand that you remove this from your web page, you must comply! As mentioned above, Mystara and all that is related to it belongs to TSR, so TSR has the final say on everything concerning Mystara and this non-endorsed material. If they want it removed, then it is gone.

Also, you are free to modify the contents of this almanac as you see fit as well (after all, everyone has their own future for Mystara). We simply ask that, if you do so, please:

1. Change the title: we would like to keep the title Mystaran Almanac so people can find the rest of the series and know which material is the continuation of this particular group of authors' project. In other words, we are simply asking for the rights to the name Mystaran Almanac.

2. Mention that you have modified it from the Mystaran Almanac: in this case, say where it came from, and keep the original authors' names. Feel free to add a "modified by:" section at the top of that list. The writers have put a few hundreds hours each on this project, so please, give credit where credit is due.

For example, call it Bob's Almanac of Mystara with the subtitle "Modified by Bob from the Mystaran Almanac."

Of course, we won't police you or harass anyone who doesn't comply with this. We just ask that you do, please.

Now comes the debate on "canon" or "net-canon" material. We do not in any way claim that the Mystaran Almanac is the "online official future of Mystara!" We, the authors, write this product because we enjoy writing it. It is not our attempt to make our own personal home campaign the official version! It doesn't even always match OUR own campaigns as we are several authors who each put in their own ideas (often conflicting until a consensus is agreed upon). We also steal/accept ideas left and right from posts made by the members of the Mystara Mailing List or other sites. So the names on the author list is by no means the only people who have shaped this "future" Mystara; many people on the Mystara Mailing List have participated, whether they know it or not (unfortunately, we often forget who the source of a given idea was, so the Special Thanks list is far from complete. If we missed you, sorry!).

This product is nothing more than a possible future for Mystara which we call the "Mystaran Almanac future" (hence the above expressed desire to keep the title should you change a part of this product). Use its contents or disregard them as you see fit. You are each the DM of YOUR own campaign, so decide what YOU like, keep what interests YOU, or throw out what YOU don't like-and that's the end of it. Do not take these events in your own campaign simply because we say so! There is no such thing as an "official" or "canon" Mystara. Use them because YOU want to.

And, more importantly, should TSR ever return to making Mystara products, odds are everything we've done here (as well as whatever has been happening in your own campaign) will probably disagree with what they say and become obsolete (as far as "canon" is concerned, that is). All this to say: DON'T WORRY ABOUT CANON OR NON-CANON; JUST HAVE FUN!

Next is the big decision between D&D and AD&D. This subject is always a strong debate on the mailing list. The Mystaran Almanac supports both games as it is very stats free. It deals mostly with the world of Mystara, NOT gaming systems.

The few times that stats are present, describing NPCs, the AD&D 2nd Edition game stats were used, except in the Famous Folk section where we used 3rd Edition rules. The main reason for this is the fact that potential new players will be used to the AD&D system, and the more of them that join Mystara, the better! Also, Mystara was completely converted to AD&D with their final projects, including Joshuan's Almanac as well as the Karameikos, Glantri, and Savage Coast box sets (all copyright property of TSR). Should TSR revive Mystara, it will probably be in AD&D format as well.

Lastly, by now, all old D&D players should know how to convert back and forth between systems blindfolded. This is something the new AD&D players don't know how to do.

All in all, this book is about Mystara, not the game system, so please don't discard it because of that, but instead read it because it's about Mystara!

Finally, the list of authors and contributors to this project:

Product Manager & Editor

Hervé Musseau

hmusseau@yahoo.com

Geoff Gander

GANDERG@tc.gc.ca

Contributors

Aleksei Andrievski

solmyr@kolumbus.fi

Alex Benson

Alex295@aol.com

John Calvin

chimpman.geo@yahoo.com

Giulio N. Caroletti

Scarole@tin.it

Marco Dalmonte

mdalmonte@hotmail.com

Daniel Eustace

deustace@mediaone.net

Rob Fry

rmunch@EASYNET.CO.UK

Michael M. M. Grootenboer

M.M.M.Grootenboer@student.tudelft.nl

Jennifer Favia Guerra

valerya1@yahoo.com

Jamuga Khan

JamugaKhan@gmx.net

Harri Mäki

hihama@sunpoint.net

Adrian Mattias

ashaktur@hotmail.com

Markus Olavi Montola

mmontola@CC.HUT.FI

Francisco V. Navarro

fvnmd@info.com.ph

Aaron Nowack

anowack@juno.com

James Ruhland

jruhlconob@sprynet.com

Jens Schnabel

alphatian@angelfire.com

Ohad Shaham

ohadshm@inter.net.il

Andrew Theisen

jsmill@wans.net

Special Tanks to

Paul George Dooley

dooley@cableinet.co.uk

Jenni A. M. Merrifield

strawberry@jamm.com

Fabrizio Paoli

brizio@gdr.net

Giovanni Porpora

gporpo@tin.it

Michael Roy

kallatari@home.com

Thibault Sarlat

tsarlat@etu.montaigne.u-bordeaux.fr

Shawn Stanley

stanles@alphalink.com.au

Thorfinn Tait

Curufin@velvia.demon.co.uk

also all contributors to the previous almanacs

and anyone whose ideas we shamelessly pillaged but forgot to thank

So, if you have any ideas or comments concerning this almanac or events for AC 1018, please, feel free to contact me. For AC 1018, expect more regions to be covered in the almanac, as well as whole new sections.

Read on, and enjoy your year-long visit to the grand world of Mystara.

The Mystaran Almanac Team

INTRODUCTION
Preface
Dear Reader
To the reader
Almanac Format
The People of Mystara
Humans
Dwarves
Elves
Gnomes
Goblinoids
Half-Elves
Hin (Halflings)
Lupins
Rakasta
The Immortals
Physical Characteristics of Mystara
ATLAS OF THE OLD WORLD
Introduction to the Old World
Correspondents for the Old World
Balinor "Silverblade" Audriel
Christopher Dove
Demetius Vannopolus
Favonius Viator
Hempford Brewster
Hendrik von Gultzer
Joshuan Gallidox
Misha Mananov
Omar-ibn-Chukri
Ryuk-uk Tshaa
Shaun the Elfin
Starkad Grimmson
Stefania Torion
Thurgood Lodestar
Ursula Bremen
Vivianna Romanones
Atlas
ACTIUS (County of)
AENGMOR (City of)
AENGMOR (Colony of)
ATRUAGHIN CLANS (Territories of)
BIAZZAN (County of)
BORYDOS (Protectorate of)
BUHROHUR (County of)
CARYTION (Protectorate of)
DAROKIN (Republic of)
ETHENGAR KHANATES
FIVE SHIRES
GLANTRI (Principalities of)
HALATHIUS (County of)
HATTIAS (County of)
HELDANN (Heldannic Territory of)
IERENDI (Kingdom of)
JALAWAR (Mumlyket of)
KANTRIUM (Duchy of)
KARAMEIKOS (Kingdom of)
KERENDAS (Duchy of)
LUCINIUS (County of)
MACHETOS (Duchy of)
MINROTHAD (Exarchate of)
MOSITIUS (Duchy of)
ORCLAND
OSTLAND (Kingdom of)
RETEBIUS (Duchy of)
ROCKHOME (Kingdom of)
SCLARAS (Protectorate of)
SERRAINE (Flying City of)
SHADOW ELVES (Kingdom of the)
SHAJARKAND (Mumlyket of)
SIND (Rajahstan of)
SODERFJORD (Kingdom of)
TEL AKBIR (Duchy of)
TERENTIAS (Grand Duchy of)
THYATIS (Duchy of)
THYATIS (Empire of)
THYATIS (The City)
TWAELAR (Merrow Empire)
VESTLAND (Kingdom of)
VYALIA (County of)
WENDAR (Elven Kingdom of)
YLARUAM (Emirates of)
ATLAS OF THE ALPHATIAN SEA
Introduction for the Alphatian Sea
Correspondents for the Alphatian Sea
Allstrick
Thalia "Red Sheaf" Torres di Lopez
Atlas
AQUAS (Kingdom of)
ARKAN (Kingdom of, a.k.a. Ar)
DAWNRIM (Kingdom of)
HORKEN (Kingdom of)
IONACE (a.k.a. the Isle of Nayce)
LAGRIUS (Kingdom of)
MERIANDER (Kingdom of)
NOTRION (Kingdom of)
QEODHAR (Kingdom of)
SURSHIELD (Kingdom of)
ATLAS OF THE SEA OF DAWN
Introduction for the Sea of Dawn
Correspondents for the Sea of Dawn
Allstrick
Demetius Vannopolus
Kalitoru Nuar
Shaun the Elfin
Stefania Torion
Thalia "Red Sheaf" Torres di Lopez
Vivianna Romanones
Atlas
AEGOS (Dominion of)
AERIA (Kingdom of)
CAERDWICCA (Barony of)
EKTO (Kingdom of)
FURMENGLAIVE (County of)
GAITY (Dominion of)
HELDUN (Confederated Kingdom of)
HILLVALE (Kingdom of)
KENDACH (County of)
MERIDIA (Province of)
NE'ER-DO-WELL (Kingdom of)
OCHALEA (Exarchate of)
PEARL ISLANDS (Exarchate of the)
REDSTONE (County of)
SEPTENTRIONA (Province of)
THOTHIA (Kingdom of)
TRIKELIOS (Kingdom of)
WEST PORTAGE (Barony of)
WESTROURKE (Exarchate of)
ATLAS OF DAVANIA
Introduction for Davania
Correspondents for Davania
Friedrich von Eisendorf
Marina Takanitas
Shaun the Elfin
Atlas
EMEROND (Kingdom of)
GARGANIN (City-State of)
ILIOLOOSTI (City-State of)
KASTELIOS (City-State of)
MIVOSIA (City-State of)
POLAKATSIKES (Heldannic Dominion of)
THYATIAN HINTERLANDS (Dominion of)
VANYA'S REST (Heldannic Outpost of)
ATLAS OF NORWOLD
Introduction for Norwold
Correspondents for Norwold
Adik de Chevas
Arcadius
Christopher Dove
Synthala of Aasla
Atlas
ARCTIC WASTES
LOTHBARTH FOREST
NORTHERN BAY MARCHES
WESTERN BAY MARCHES
SOUTHERN BAY MARCHES
ICEREACH DOMAINS
FINAL RANGE DOMAINS
TRANQUIL COAST
WYRMSTEETH RANGE
KAMMINER BAY
DENAGOTHIAN PLATEAU
ATLAS OF THE SAVAGE COAST
Introduction for the Savage Coast
Correspondents for the Savage Coast
Marina Takanitas
Hernando Cagliostro
Piotr Drobnjak
Gnighmen Lodestar
Rikardo Prospero
Atlas
ALMARRÓN (Estado de)
BELLAYNE (Kingdom of)
CIMARRON COUNTY
GARGOÑA (Baronía de)
GUADALANTE (Estado de)
NARVAEZ (Baronía de)
SARAGÓN (Baronía de)
SLAGOVICH (City-State of)
SUMA'A (Kingdom of) and GOMBAR (Kingdom of)
YAVDLOM (Most Serene Divinarchy of)
ATLAS OF WESTERN BRUN
Introduction to Western Brun
Correspondents for Western Brun
Giulio diSergio-Orsini
Marina Takanitas
Piotr Drobnjak
Atlas
BYLOT HILLS
BRASOV (Kingdom of)
CHEVALLE (Kingdom of)
GOURNZEE (Duchy of)
HULE (Hagiarchy of)
KERMINHAE (Land of)
KLAGORST (Confederated Kingdoms of)
GREENKHLAAWDAA (a.k.a. Land of the Closed Society)
SZEKESH (Land of)
STYGIA (Grand Duchy of)
THE WHITE ORCS OF THE NORTH
YEZCHAMENID EMPIRE
ZUYEVO (Empire of)
ATLAS OF SKOTHAR
Introduction to Skothar
Correspondents for Skothar
Erakliton of Traun
Vivianna Romanones
Yin Tang of Beitung
Atlas
AKUBA (City-State of)
ESTERHOLD (Republic of)
MINAEA (Confederated Kingdom of)
SWANAMUTU (Tangor and the Black Human Kingdoms)
THONIA (Kingdom of, a.k.a. Empire of)
ATLAS OF THE HOLLOW WORLD
Introduction for the Hollow World
Correspondents for the Hollow World
Aritmanes
Dellebram
Gerta Knutsdotter
Leadyl Feadiel
Taleris of Calimnis, son of Trestian
Theukidikies the Historian of Corisa
Zweibelterm
Atlas
ALPHATIA (Empire of)
ALPHAS'AR (Kingdom of)
AMBUR (Kingdom of)
ANTALIA
ARKAN (Kingdom of)
AROGANSA (Kingdom of)
AZCANS (Empire of the)
BEASTMEN (Lands of the)
BETTELLYN (Kingdom of)
BLACKHEART (Kingdom of)
BRUTE-MEN (Lands of the)
EADRIN (Kingdom of)
FORESTHOME (Kingdom of)
FRISLAND (Kingdom of)
GENTLE FOLK (Elf-Lands of the)
GREENSPUR (Kingdom of)
HAVEN (Kingdom of)
ICEVALE (Elf-Lands of)
JENNITES (Tribelands of the)
KOGOLOR (Dwarven Kingdom of)
KRUGEL HORDE (Lands of the)
KUBITT VALLEY
LIMN (Kingdom of)
MAKAI ISLANDS
MALPHEGGI LIZARD MEN (Tribelands of the)
MERRY PIRATE SEAS
MILENIA (Empire of)
NEATHAR (Thousand Tribes of the)
NEATHARUM (Kingdom of, a.k.a. Alphatian Neatharum)
NITHIA (Empire of)
OLTECS (Kingdom of the)
RANDEL (Kingdom of)
SCHATTENALFEN (Kingdom of the)
SELHOMARR (Empire of)
SHAHJAPUR (Kingdom of)
SHIYE-LAWR (Kingdom of)
STONEWALL (Kingdom of)
STOUTFELLOW (Kingdom of)
TANAGORO (Kingdom of the)
THERANDEROL (Kingdom of)
TRALDAR (Kingdoms of the)
VERTILOCH (Kingdom of)
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Distinguished Dead
Adventurers, Mages, and Priests
Most wanted infamous villains
Prestige Class: Buraiya

Economica
Currency Exchange Fees
Economic Year (AC 1017) in Review
Local Price Adjustments (as of the end of the year)
MYSTARAN MISCELLANEA
Classifieds and Personal Ads
Other Famous Publications
The Mystaran Year
Mystaran Calendar
Mystaran Horoscope
Horoscope for AC 1017
Universities of Mystara
Universities of the Old World
Universities of the Alphatian Sea and the Sea of Dawn
Naycese Military Protocols

EVENTS - NUWMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
EVENTS - VATERMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
EVENTS - THAUMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
Topic of the Month: Battle of Two-Forks Ridge Warmachine
EVENTS - FLAURMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
EVENTS - YARTHMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
EVENTS - KLARMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
EVENTS - FELMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
EVENTS - FYRMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
Topic of the Month: Los Amantes: A Miracle in Glantri?
EVENTS - AMBYRMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
Topic of the Month: Shadow over Aengmor
EVENTS - SVIFTMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
EVENTS - EIRMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
EVENTS - KALDMONT
First Week
Second Week
Third Week
Fourth Week
Topic of the Month: Renewal Oration
PREDICTIONS AND PROGNOSTICATIONS
Seers and Diviners
Madame Thressias
Rumour Mill, Skalds and Minstrels
Predictions