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The Free City of Greyhawk, also known as Greyhawk City and the "Gem of the Flanaess," is a fictional city-state in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The campaign setting, created by Gary Gygax in the 1970s, takes its name from the city and was the most widely developed setting for the Dungeons & Dragons game until it was overtaken by the Forgotten Realms setting in the 1990s.

The Free City of Greyhawk is located centrally in the Flanaess, which is the easternmost part of the continent of Oerik on the world of Oerth. The city controls a large swath of land along the Selintan River from the Nyr Dyv south to Woolly Bay most of the Cairn Hills, parts of the Gnarley Forest, the northern Wild Coast, and parts of the Abbor-Alz. The entire region is officially known as the Domain of Greyhawk. The Domain is bordered on the east by the Abbor-Alz and its western border lies within the Gnarley Forest. The area south of Greyhawk City along the Selintan is known as the Plain of Greyhawk.

As of 589 CY (Common Year), the city itself boasted a population of 69,500, making it one of the largest cities on Oerth. The population for the entire Greyhawk Domain is roughly 160,000, including the larger towns of Safeton (pop. 6,100), Hardby (pop. 5,100) and Elmshire (pop. 4,000).

Government

The city is ruled by the Directing Oligarchy, an executive council of twelve to eighteen members representing the City's major professional guilds and the military. In some cases, the Oligarchy may include important wizards or clerics. New Directors are chosen by current council members when a vacency must be filled. The Directors elect one Oligarch as Lord Mayor, who serves as the head of state in addition to his directorial duties. Nerof Gasgal has been Lord Mayor since 571 CY.

The Greyhawk Council of Mayors and Manorial Lords is an annual assembleage of leaders from the various baronies and towns in Greyhawk Domain. In theory, this gathering allows citizens of the Domain to have a voice in the governance of the region, but in practice this Council has little real authority.

Administrative Divisions

The Domain of Greyhawk has no officially named provinces. Some of the region's settlements are under the direct rule of the Free City, while others have varying degrees of autonomy. Notable settlements include:

The Free City of Greyhawk
Blackstone -A mining town in the Cairn Hills directly controlled by Greyhawk City
Diamond Lake
- A mining town in the Cairn Hills directly controlled by Greyhawk City
Elmshire - A large halfling town on the Nyr Dyv, east of the Selintan
Greysmere - A dwarven stronghold south of the Mistmarsh
Grossetgrottel - A gnome
warren located in the northwestern Cairn Hills
Hardby - A small, virtually autonmous port city on Woolly Bay, east of the Selintan
Magepoint - A coastal village east of Elmshire, under the protection of Tenser
the archmage
Narwell - A large inland town on the former Wild Coast
Safeton - A small port city on the former Wild Coast, virtually under martial law
Steaming Springs - A mining town in the Cairn Hills directly controlled by Greyhawk City

History

Early history

Greyhawk, named for the small grey hawks which populate the region, was originally a trading outpost on the Selintan, ruled by a warlord who took the title "Lansgraf of the Selintan." This first Lansgraf's son was then married to the Gynarch of Hardby's daughter. The nuptials formalized a political alliance that served as the basis for rule over the Lanstadt of Selintan, the area that eventually became known as the Domain of Greyhawk.

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