Agrik: Herpa the Mace

Hârn is home to many clerical orders devoted to Agrik, the dark god of war and violence, but none is more mystical than the Order of Herpa the Mace, whose priests are known for their ability to foresee the future with remarkable clarity. Although village soothsayers may claim similar prophetic talents, the Herpans are reputed to gain their powers by feeding the appetites of the V'h...   [click here for more]

Agrik: Red Shadows of Herpa

The Order of the Red Shadows of Herpa is a religious fighting order devoted to Agrik, the dark god of war and violence. Righteous war and devotion to Agrik's demonic servants, the V'hir, are the hallmarks of the order, which traces its lineage to the bodyguards of the astrologer-priests of the Corani imperial court. Today they are politically powerful through the sponsorship of the cler...   [click here for more]

Bats

Bats is a Bestiary article.

Bats are feared by many, in part because they have long been associated with witchcraft, darkness, and evil. This bestiary article describes the habitat and physical attributes of Hârnic bats, with full HârnMaster stats.

The article also gives full information on rabies, "The Wreaker's Madness," and how to reflect its ef...   [click here for more]

City of Thay

Thay is the second-largest city in the Kingdom of Melderyn in southeast Hârn. The city is the dominant economic force in northern Melderyn, both as as a busy seaport and the terminus of one of the major trade routes of eastern Hârn. It is the closest port on the Hârnic mainland to the Lythian continent.

Thay offers game masters many opportunities, both as the ...   [click here for more]

Escorsen's Hermitage

Gelimo Chantry

Gelimo is the best known remnant of the Henge Culture that flourished on Melderyn and the surrounding isles about 3,500 years ago. The five concentric rings of stones stand on a wide expanse of heath overlooking the rocky west coast of Melderyn. The remote, mysterious site is home to a chantry of Fyvrian mages, who benefit from the enhancing effect the stone rings have on their magic.

T...   [click here for more]

Harden Castle

HarnMaster Barbarians

Barbarians of Hârn

The deep forests of Hârn are home to eighteen tribal nations. Although civilized Hârnians look down on them as backward, most tribesmen have more freedom and leisure time than manorial peasants. However, much of that spare time must be spent sharpening spears and fletching arrows because the tribal wilderness is a more dangerous place than the man...   [click here for more]

HarnMaster Magic

HârnMaster MagicThe Ancient & Esoteric Orders of the Shek-Pvar have existed on Melderyn, the Wizard's Isle, and in other locales of Hârn for at least two thousand years. The six orders are members of the Guild of Arcane Lore.

HârnMaster Magic is compatible with both the second and third editions of HârnMaster.

Mage Character Generation<>...   [click here for more]

Herblore

Color illustrations and descriptions of 36 different plants with special properties native to Hârn. Many herbs are thought to have miraculous medicinal or other properties. Characters who can properly identify, gather, preserve, and sell good-quality herbs can earn a good living, be respected in the community, and gain useful contacts among guilded apothecaries, physicians, an...   [click here for more]

Hyen Keep

Hyen: An imposing keep on Rethem's border with Kanday, Hyen is held by the Order of the Copper Hook, an Agrikan fighting order. Hyen and its surrounding manors are all that remain of the order's once-extensive lands in southern Rethem, the rest having been lost to them a generation ago during Ezar's War. The Copper Hook never recognized the treaty that ended that war and its members continue to...   [click here for more]

Innkeepers

In honor of the new upcoming release from Columbia Games, for HârnWorld, Inns of Harn. Innkeepers, an article detailing the workings of inns and taverns is avaialble for free for a limited time. 

INNKEEPERThroughout western Lythia, the Innkeepers' Guild has a monopoly over the operation of inns and taverns. The masters of this guild are mostly well-r...   [click here for more]

Kiban Castle

Kiban is the second largest settlement in the Kingdom of Kaldor and the principal seat of Clan Dariune, the Earls of Balim. Kiban was a small agricultural castle town not many years ago but is now an emerging center of trade, especially in weapons and jewelry from the dwarven Kingdom of Azadmere. Earl Troda Dariune is Kaldor's Chancellor of the Exchequer and a cousin of the king. He has powerfu...   [click here for more]

Menekod Castle

Menekod is a one of the most important defensive positions in western Hârn. Sometimes called the key to the Kingdom of Kanday, it is held by the Order of the Checkered Shield, a fighting order of Larani, the goddess of chivalry and battle. The Checkered Shield is one of the finest military forces on Hârn and is engaged in ongoing conflict with the Order of the Copper Hook, a fightin...   [click here for more]

Nurisel Castle

Nurisel is the second-largest settlement on the island of Melderyn and is the principal seat of the Earl of Nurisel. The settlement has a well-deserved reputation as a center of learning. Earl Sunoril Thabel is an insightful, intelligent man with a reputation for coldness and formality. He is an influential advisor to the King of Melderyn.

The Nurisel Castle article describes t...   [click here for more]

Qualdris Castle

Qualdris is a prosperous and important settlement in the south of the Kingdom of Kaldor and is the seat of the Earl of Osel. Earl Sedris Meleken comes from one of the oldest and proudest families in the kingdom. He has been away from the castle for almost a year, searching for a murderer. The castle is being governed by his wife in his absence.

The Qualdris Castle article descr...   [click here for more]

Rodents

Rodents are the most numerous of all mammals. They are very adaptable and are found in practically every environment on the Misty Isles. Some species, especially mice, voles, and rats, survive at the bottom of the food chain by their sheer fecundity.

Rodents is a bestiary article. It describes the habitat and physical attributes of Hârnic rats, beavers, and squirrels, wit...   [click here for more]

Tavern Games

Tavern Games is a 2 pp article detailing 6 popular tavern games found in Hârn and Lythia. 

In addition to the necessities of food and shelter, inns and taverns are centers of socialization for the community. News and gossip, songs and storytelling, gambling, boasting, and a wide assortment of games occupy visitors and local patrons alike.

Although there ...   [click here for more]

Tomes and Scrolls

This article describes influential and interesting books and other written works that may be found in a Hârnic campaign.

Different versions of a written work arise when they are translated into a new language/script, or are heavily edited to ensure greater appeal to a specific group. Some versions may omit original material; some add new material. Original and later versions ...   [click here for more]

Tormau Castle

Tormau castle in northwestern Rethem is the principal seat of Earl Denyl Lynnaeus, the most powerful of the kingdom's three tenants-in-chief and the most dangerous rival to King Chafin III. Tormau's location on an island in the mouth of the Denia River and astride the Scarlet Ribbon allows it to control trade with the tribes of the Peran region. Tormau dominates northern Rethem and the earl is ...   [click here for more]

Tribes of the Kubora

Barbarians Expansion

The Kubora are the tribal people who inhabit the Peran wilderness of northwestern Hârn. The civilized folk of western Hârn these ancient, complex people as an unpredictable primal force, as likely to torture a traveler as to welcome them.

This article is numbered Kubora 7-14 and it appends to Kubora 1-6 in HârnMaster Barbarians.