Volo's Student's Guide to

OERTH

Overview

     Oerth is one of the most represented of the Materials in Sigil Prep, and rightly so, since Sigil sits in the cosmology of that world.  Known as "The World of Greyhawk" after its most famous city, Oerth is, at least by their point of view, the world by which other worlds are judged.  For much of the current era, in fact, it was often easy to assume someone was from Oerth unless they told you otherwise.

    Getting from Oerth to Sigil is easy, since they exist in the same conglomerate of planes.  Plane Shift and Gate are both effective to go directly to the Outlands (the plane of Sigil), though Portals are certainly more accurate.  There are Sigil Prep portals in most major kingdoms, and the areas around the Portals are often popular gathering spots for students in the days before classes begin, or after they end.

Division A Schools

Greyhawk University
     Athletic Nickname: the Dragons
     Colors: Green and Blue
     Popular Majors: Fighting Men, Magic-Users, Clerics, Thieves, academic courses.
     Alignment: Good.
     Greyhawk U. is a serious academic school, mostly Good aligned, as proud of its architecture as its academics. They have a decent football team, and excel in soccer, softball, and track.  Of all the schools in the athletic division, this is the oldest, proudest, and most ivy-covered.

Kude University for Gestalt Learning
     Athletic Nickname: the Munchkins
     Colors: Royal Blue and White
     Popular majors: gish, pun-pun, CODzilla.
     Alignment: unaligned
     Kude teaches using an experimental "Gestalt" program, where you advance in two majors simultaneously, often in the twinkiest combos possible. One of the major football, and basketball schools. Located in Keoland, it may be take sports almost as seriously at Sigil. Luckily, they min/max so much, their gear weighs them down so you just have to play a solid running game. “Phenomenal cosmic AC, itty-bitty movement speed” (Xizlqk, Sigil Prep student baseball manager).

University of the Flaenass at Iuz
     Athletic Nickname: the Deceivers
     Colors: Brown and Gray
     Popular Majors: Fighter, Wizard, Warlock, evil studies
     Alignment: Chaotic Evil
     The only accredited Chaotic Evil learning center in the UofF system, UFI is sponsored by the evil demigod, Iuz. Solid football team, division champion wrestling team. Wards are put in place before any important competition with UFI, because they don't simply steal the mascot, they steal the quarterback, the coach, and the head cheerleader's mom, and perform sacrifices the midnight before.

UFI Students

Diff (hobgoblin Fighter-8):  One of the UFI football team.

Genna:  Head cheerleader of UFI

Milfan (human Fighter-8):  Member of the UFI football team.

Oltobar (Human Fighter-10):  Member of the UFI football team.

Greyhawk Nightlife

Chlub Chaos:  A dance club that can only be seen by Chaotic individuals, even from the inside.  It is partway between Oerth and Limbo, and has entrances on both planes.

Mormo's:  A popular beer joint where the Krusk family has been known to go and drink.

Notable Inhabitants of Greyhawk

Admiral Brunch (Human Swashbuckler-8/Dread Pirate-5):  Scourge of the high seas, and maker of delicious Admiral Brunch cereal, part of this delicious breakfast.  He was basing his operations on Brunchberry Island on Oerth, and exploiting the native gulgar population, but was driven off by a large crew led by Penembre Erasilmus.  His current plans are unknown.

Brunchberry Beast (Gulgar):  A native to Brunchberry Island, exploited by Admiral Brunch to serve as his advertising mascot.  He was recently liberated by Pembe Erasilmus's efforts.

Jerry (human wizard (evoker)-25):  Historical wizard, forgotten in many contemporary journals.  He created Jerry's Lightning Bolt, Jerry's Fireball, Jerry's Magic Missile, and others, but his name was dropped from most of them.

Keth (human Warrior-5): city guardsman in the City of Greyhawk, who likes to party at Chlub Chaos.

Krusk the First:  Billionaire industrialist; see Krusk.

Warsell Deadrock (human Aristocrat-10):  Famous explorer of Greyhawk, and aid in rorriM Jaro's plan at merging Greyhawk with rorriM Greyhawk.  For an explorer, he's not terribly brave.

(See also: Adam Theoson, Alhandra, Arin, Bucky Bucks, Cariel Then, Deiter Phlann, Genna, Jaro, Kazerobet, Kel, Krusk, Lidda and Naull, Malafaust, Neil, Nicia, Nyaaguh, Regdar, Vander, Vlad)

Organizations of Greyhawk

Great City of Greyhawk Commedia Troupe:  The winners of this year's Commedia Award at the Annual Awards for Achievement in Lawful Evil and Commedia dell'Arte.

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