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Dagna Copperhand The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Dagna Copperhand is a dwarven metalworker and traveler currently lodging at the Dancing Bear in Dulwich. Practical and blunt, he supports himself through repair work while seeking opportunities to explore old ruins and underground passages. He takes a particular interest in stonework and mechanical devices, keeping a battered notebook filled with sketches of unusual hinges, locks, masonry, and other discoveries. Comfortable beneath the earth and meticulous about his equipment, Dagna values companions who prepare carefully, honor their agreements, and give him time to examine interesting craftsmanship.

Forest of Gray Spires The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

The Forest of Gray Spires covers the plateau south of the Duchy of Ashlar, forming a formidable natural boundary to the settled lands. Its name comes from the limestone spires that rise among the trees, giving the landscape its distinctive appearance. Much of the forest remains unexplored, and knowledge of its interior is limited compared with the roads and communities of the duchy.

The combination of dense woodland and towering stone formations makes travel difficult. Routes must wind around rocky obstacles, and the trees can conceal changes in the ground until a traveler is close upon them.

The spires themselves provide striking landmarks, although reaching one through the forest may prove considerably harder than spotting it from a distance. For Ashlar’s inhabitants, the forest marks the edge of familiar country. Beyond the places regularly visited by hunters and woodland workers lie stretches for which dependable information is scarce. Stories brought back by travelers mingle with older accounts, making it difficult to distinguish an accurate description from an exaggeration repeated over generations.

Among the tales associated with the forest are accounts of demonic elves, cyclopes, and intelligent apes. Such stories contribute to its dangerous reputation without providing a clear picture of what lives throughout its vast interior. Different tellers offer conflicting explanations, and few can claim firsthand knowledge of more than a small portion of the woodland.

The Forest of Gray Spires remains one of the great uncertainties surrounding Ashlar. Its position helps isolate the duchy, while its unexplored reaches leave many questions about what lies beyond its settled borders. To those living farther north, its wooded plateau and strange limestone formations represent a wilderness whose extent is easier to appreciate than its secrets are to understand.

Notable Locations
• Valentin's Folly
• Ruined Tower of Zenopus

Dulwich The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Dulwich is a prosperous walled town of nearly five thousand people, built upon a narrow strip of dry ground between the Forest of Gray Spires and the treacherous Salt Mire. Though only a few centuries old, it stands atop the remains of older settlements, whose weathered stones have been reused in its sturdy timber-and-stone buildings. Muddy streets wind between crowded homes and workshops, with cobblestones appearing in the wealthier quarters.

Above the rooftops rise the spire of the Lawgiver’s Hall and the squat towers of Dulwich Keep. The town’s wealth comes chiefly from lumber cut in the surrounding forest, though potters, wool merchants, dyers, smiths, armourers, and other craftsmen have made Dulwich an important trading centre within the Duchy of Ashlar. Dulwich has a population of 4,734, "roughly" 4,634 humans, 15 dwarves, 3 elves, 11 half-elves, 8 half-orcs & 63 halflings.

Guilds control nearly every trade, and entire streets are devoted to particular crafts, filling the town with brightly dyed cloth, smoking forges, roaring kilns, and heavily laden wagons. Yet farmers, shepherds, woodcutters, and common labourers remain poor, and resentment is growing toward the prosperous guildsmen and wealthy merchants. Dulwich is ruled by Wido Gall, whose family controls much of the surrounding farmland, commands the town guard, and has governed since the town’s founding.

Wido seeks to extend his authority over nearby Longbridge and its valuable tolls, bringing him into conflict with merchant leaders such as lumbermaster Ossi Karppanen, who demand a ruling council and independent courts. Both factions seek the support of Vuokko Laiten, the young high priestess of Conn, whose sudden elevation has placed her in a position to reshape Dulwich’s future. Beneath the town’s prosperity runs a growing current of fear and unrest.

Captain Tuula Tenbaran, called the Iron Maiden because of her metal mask, struggles to contain protests, crimes, and gang warfare between the brutal Shadow Spiders and the popular Black Cats. Skeletons have reportedly risen from the cemetery, people vanish near the poorhouse, and whispers speak of unnatural activity beneath the town.

Notable Locations
• The Vilimzair's Arms
• Dulwich Keep
• Lawgivers Hall
• The Dancing Bear
• Garrick’s Supply House
• Nalthra's Jewelry
• East Gate Inn
• The Golden Skull
• Eronen's Safe travels
• Saini Alanen's House
• Cemetery
• Marketplace
• The Crooked House
• Three Bells Inn
• Patisserie Shoppe
• The Ozloc & Dragon
• Moneychanger's Shop
• Smithy
• Stables
• Tenements
• Thieves Guild

Notable People
• Lord Wido Gall
• Eero Kallio
• Saini Alanen
• Vuokko Laiten
• Marja Pellinen
• Tiera Vartia
• Nurlon Rekunen
• Tobin Reedfoot
• Nilta Rautia
• Asta Korhonen
• Dagna Copperhand
• Jaakkima Aikio
• Olli Vartanen

Beyond the walls stand Valentin’s ruined Shadowed Keep and the haunted Shunned Valley, offering adventurers ample work amid Dulwich’s political rivalries, restless dead, criminal intrigues, and increasingly fragile security. Dulwich also serves as a natural refuge for travellers and adventurers passing through southern Ashlar.

Regional Locations
• Forest of Gray Spires
• Valentin's Folly
• Ruined Tower of Zenopus

Retired adventurers, moneychangers, sages, jewellers, and well-stocked merchants provide services rarely found in smaller settlements, making the town an ideal place to rest, gather rumours, research forgotten ruins, and prepare expeditions into the dangerous lands beyond its walls. Its bustling marketplace offers most ordinary supplies, while inns such as the East Gate and the Three Bells cater to wealthy merchants and pilgrims, and rougher establishments like the Golden Skull attract gamblers, sellswords, and thieves.

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Playable Classes The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

• Arcane Bard
• Barbarian
• Bard
• Beast Master
• Cleric
• Drow
• Druid
• Dwarf
• Elf
• Fighter
• Gnome
• Half-Elf
• Halfling
• Illusionist
• Moon Drow
• Paladin
• Ranger
• Sorcerer
• Thief
• Wizard
• Wood Elf

Drow The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Divine Drow

Arcane Drow

Elf The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Divine Elf

Arcane Elf

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Ready For Content The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

News Section The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

Date Posted	News Title
8/21/2026	Concerning the Old-School Essentials 2026 Core Books
9/10/2025	Rest in Peace Charlie Kirk
8/25/2025	Critical Role Falls Short For Me
4/6/2025	We Focus on TTPRG's Here

We Focus on TTRPG's Here The Known World & Raging Swan Press The current year for our homebrewed campaign setting is set during 672 CY (Common Year). Inspired By Gary Gygax

As far as real world issues goes, we've never had to address these issues here and for that I am extremely thankful. We are not anything special here, just a group of gamers trying to have a good time and I think we've grown quite a bit which makes me happy. I hope that we can continue to grow and expand as time goes on!

However there is a lot of turmoil going on in the outside world and I want to make something clear and this may hurt "some" people feelings and if it does . . . I honestly don't care.

We will not discuss matters of justice and equality here. We (and I, specifically) believe firmly that heroes of high fantasy settings would have never looked at anyone or anything and wondered . . . what do they identify as, are they gay or straight, what race, color or sex a person is/was, no, they wouldn't because it never would have came up and it will not come up on this blog or within my games . . . there are two genders, no more, no less. None of that other stupidity matters because we are all adults here and we treat people like adults & expect to be treated the same.

We don't care about any of that silliness here, this is a Dungeons & Dragons campaign blog . . . it does not matter who you are, what you believe in, what color you are, what sex you are or were, none of that matters here and it will not be discussed here, so keep it to yourself. We accept "males" and "females" as new players in this group.

If you feel the need to push any of that in peoples faces where this group is concerned then please go somewhere else, we are here to play tabletop games and nothing that happens in the real world matters here. You won't find people yelling at the world about what pronouns they are, or if they identify as a lamp shade in this group. We are not for it or against it - we simply don't give a shit. This is a GAMING BLOG covering a Dungeons & Dragons setting and the story that it holds. No one here cares about any of the above mentioned things, keep it to yourself and let's focus on the adventures that happen here.

If you disagree with this, feel free to leave this place and never come back. I hope you take the time to reflect on your beliefs and understand that what you believe in, should be none of anyone elses business, and people will not be forced to address you by your silly pronouns, or be forced into thinking the way that you do - keep it to yourself. Once again, this is a Dungeons & Dragons campaign blog and that is all that should matter to anyone who visits this website.

People that sit around our real world or virtual table are all grown ass adults and we don't give a damn about your pronouns or your real world politics. Now, with all that out of the way, we hope you enjoy your visit here and please feel free to say hello in our comments sections. We would love to meet you. If you disagree with what I've posted here, then don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.