Ket (Greyhawk)

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Ket is a political state in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is situated in the region of the Flanaess, in the only gap in the north-south spine of mountains that divides the Baklunish Basin from the Sheldomar Valley and points east. At the crossroads of the most direct trade route between East and West, Ket is a nation of caravans and merchants where and peoples and cultural influences from all parts of the Flanaess mix and mingle.

Contents 1 People 2 Government 2.1 Heraldry 3 References

[edit] People

The native folk of Ket resemble the mix of cultures that crowd the nation's marketplaces. The people are of Baklunish stock interbred with Suel and Oeridian, resulting in pale yellow, golden-brown, or tan complexions and virtually any hair color possible save the lightest yellows and reds. Racially speaking, Kettites are the least typical of the Baklunish folk.

[edit] Government

The ruler of Ket, His Glory and Shield of the True Faith, the Beygraf, is an absolute monarch. The previous Beygraf, Zoltan, was assassinated during the Greyhawk Wars, probably due to political or religious opposition to his unexpected alliance with Iuz. In the power struggle that followed, Nadaid, a respected general, pulled together an alliance of priests, nobles, merchants and military to support his elevation to the throne and thus avert a civil war. At the end of the Greyhawk Wars, Beygraf Nadaid's decision to immediately pull the Ket army out of Bissel, which Zoltan had conquered, was not a widely popular move.

[edit] Heraldry

Ket's coat of arms is blazoned thus: Gules, a scimitar in pale argent, the point to the base.

[edit] References

• Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk (TSR, 1980).
  • Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (TSR, 1983).

• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).