The Northern Isles has been a concept of mine for quiet some time now. I see myself as a realist sort of a DM, and of the multitude of campaign worlds published by TSR and assorted author’s on the net I never really found one that suited my tastes. Worlds such as Toril (the Forgotten Realms setting) I found distasteful due to the overabundance of magic, it was at the point where magic lost its special appeal. The online world of Tharferr kept me interested for a short while, but somewhere along the line the Thardferr that I knew became changed and distorted... but that’s all in the past now and almost forgotten.

Which brings me to the Northern Isles. One of the most enjoyable campaigns that I ever had the pleasure to play in was a campaign set in ancient Greece. After that game concluded for a variety of reasons I had become entranced with the time period and detailed culture of ancient times. So I thought to myself, why not make a campaign world based heavily on ancient cultures of the past and so the concept of the Northern Isles was born. Based around a series of large island chains the Northern Isles is a setting dominated by oceans and seafarers. It doesn’t take much to scratch of the surface of many of the nations before you find which ancient culture I originally based them on.

So please enter and enjoy.

General Notes

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• O yes, one more thing, this site was not written in American English (a contradiction in terms?) so don't go on the basic assumption that I have poor spelling of certain words such as 'colour'.

Updates & Site News

• 19^th June - The Site got a nice new facelift, things are a little hectic at the moment, but given a few weeks the page should start working like it is intended too.
• 11^th May - Added a NPC section to the campaign, upped the towns of Herindor and finally added a links page and half a dozen more logs.
• 5^th May - Completed the proficiency listings.
• 4^th May - Gave the campaign section the once over, added a few details about the newer party members.
• 7^th April - Uploaded the Herindor section and a few more logs.
• 4^th April - Uploaded the maps of Corthak and part of the Arandor section.