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Welcome to the Hökaland Wiki. Please see the introduction for more information on the world. It's currently just populated by Leord (Gunnar Petzäll), who created the setting, but may or may not have additional authors in the future.

This wiki covers everything about Hökaland; the world itself, history, geology, religions and important characters. It also covers just about every project related to Hökaland, which includes mothballed ones. Currently the wiki has 501 pages of which includes 425 articles. The Featured category lists articles that are closer to being "finished" and slightly easier to read as many other articles can be little more than lists of notes.

The main focus is the campaign/story setting information such as Kingdoms, important factions, cultural features etc. Much of the content available is not on the web but simply on my hard drive (backed up to the cloud, of course) but most "general notes" and information about the world is presented here.

In terms of games, the only up to date information is related to roleplaying and the systems I have been using is Pathfinder (and lately, Pathfincer 2nd Ed). I would really like to use a more down to earth system like EON or something but I simply don't have the mental capacity to learn a new system. As of summer 2021 I haven't "pruned" the game-related articles or updated them for PF2 so, in essence, there are almost no up-to-date house rule articles for game mechanics, costs or anything that isn't specifically world-related.

Please note that this wiki is NOT in the public domain, and neither is any content created; see copyrights. To contact the author, see the about page. Contributions are greatfully accepted (well, if it fits) and credit is gladly attributed, but rights are reserved.

Below are links for each section relating to the setting.


NOTE: All players in any of my campaigns or projects are welcome to contribute by addign details found out through whatever source. In fact I would be delighted to get assistance. But if you DO want to help editing, an account needs to be made for you as the wiki is locked down to avoid spammers.


It also covers the Hökaland "meta game" (that is still not permanently mothballed) as well as Hökaland the online web strategy game.

A large focus on this wiki is unsurprisingly on Dungeons & Dragons as wells as Pathfinder rules, since the setting was originally conceived as a campaign setting and then just took off on its own. This includes attempts at making DnD/PF more adapted to the slightly darker and low-magic world of Hökaland using house rules.



Featured Articles

Like the more famous Wikipedia, I am striving to present articles at a high quality; many are just collections of notes. This section will list articles that I feel are good enough to be "officially done", with continous development. Mind you that this is not an automatic list, so a full list of articles (currently just a few) can be found in the Featured category.

  • Gentry - Fairly detailed article explaining the type of feudal system that is dominant in the "main section" of the world.
  • Religion - Article detailing religions, religiosity and related terms in the world.


Division of information

The wiki is divided in to several sections, including different types of information. General information about the world of Hökaland will be separated from any type of rules relating to any game I place there, such as the roleplaying (currently using DnD/PF), the possible future game of houses (known as the "meta-game") and my dream of finishing the web-based game.


The World

This section lists information on the world of Hökaland:


Note about wiki information

When reading articles in the wiki, please keep in mind that it is unlikely that any characters in the world (or one you play) will know these things. The wiki is written very objectively: This is how the world IS, not how people conceive it. However, it often indicates what an average citizen of the world would know.

Articles

Factions nav (e)
Main Religions Peoples Kingdoms & Noble Houses (Ascendancy)

Alchemists' Guild
Capitoleum
Capitoleum Militia
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Shadows
Court of Houses
Court of Justice
Family Register
Governors
Harbour Master
Shadow Chamber
Sickle
Wyny War Academy

Church of Rahn
Orthodox Church
True Faith
Elven Religion
Dwarven Religion
Halfling Religion
Dragon Cults
Hawk Cults

Dragons
Dwarves
Elves
Halflings
Hawks
Humans
Ratels
Midrealmers
Northrealmers
Southrealmers

Governors


Artipellin
Edmyr
Haldean
Menthell
Wyny


Supporter


Asmeagan
Hwett
Nihthelm
Selwen *

Opposition


Goldhelm
Pineshield
Vasj
Wyrd


Supporter


Eagle-Eye
Farlun
Selwen *
Brave **
Tally **

Sovereigns


Oakshield
Amory
Barbaran
Farrin
Farris
Framarr
Marke
Morfans

Anacia City States


Mistofor


More


Chivalric orders
Gods
Magic users
Mercenary bands
Northern tribes

Other: Tall

World nav (e)

Universe
Magic
Gods
Creation myth
Planes
Planet
Continents

Life
Flora
Fauna
Materials
Races

Introduction
Realms
Northrealms
Midrealms
Southrealms
Lofty Peaks
Borderlands
Kingdoms

Settlements
Capitoleum
Gabilgathol
Kahz Valdahaz
Khordaldrum

Structures
Coins
Fields

History
Religion
Calendar
Characters
Maps
Perspective

Traditions
Attitudes
Ascendancy
Languages
Gentry
Crime



House Rules* & Roleplaying nav.. (e)

Primary


RP Intro
Introduction
DnD 5e
Pathfinder 2e
Pathfinder
DnD 3.5
Healing
Environment
Knowledge
Links


Character


Classes
Races
Feats


Specific


Healing
Fatigue
Hexploration
Travel
Starvation


Hero Points
Languages
Magic items
Item
Prices
Spells


New Concepts


Cryptography


Production


Links
Generators
Glossary
Kingdom creation
Worldcraft


Minis


Campaigns


CoS 2
CoS 1
IPO
Escape
PF2
Coin & Blood
English
Expectations


Players*


Outdated


Death
Death Attack
Magic (D20)*
  Residue Table*
Magic residue
  Rogue talent
Sparks
Spell Trickery
Skill bonus
Skill training*
Wounds*
Damage Conversion
Masterwork

To just get information about the setting, use these articles.

Campaigns

These are campaigns that are active/inactive in Hökaland.


IP-Only

Open world style campaign from 2015 with: Engh, Gabriel, Julle, Lars-Åke, Masen och Staffan.

Status: Ongoing


Hökaland England

Intrigue/adventure style campaign from 2015 with: Joe, Phil, Gordy, Dan, Dushyant.

Status: Cancelled.


Uppsala BORK etc

Campaign that never quite took off. May do so in the distant future?

Status: Cancelled


Coin & Blood

Mercenary style campaign from 2013 with: Phil, Dushyant, Joe, Gordy, Dan.

Status: Cancelled

Web Game

Currently down

The game as it is sits on the UWE servers and was the Digital Media Project of my Web Design degree.


Game of Houses


News

These are the latest news items. The rest are archived on the News page.


2024

Happy New 2024!

The rest of the autumn went pretty well and started speeding up the CoS 2 as well. The new players in CoS 1 have acclimatised well by now. Ann has said she needs to focus on another thing for a bit but isn't closing the door for the roleplaying. My energy levels are depleting a bit for reasons but work is going better. May be related. :P This week we're back on (hopefully) regular sessions.

So, cheers and hope for a great year! :)

Leord (talk) 15:07, 11 January 2024 (UTC)


2023

New roster and my energy

So we had our first session with Elly and Jenny this past Tuesday on CoS 1 and they seem like great fits to the table. They play a clueless barbarian and essentially insane scientist who arrived in Barovia from the West.

Lifen has decided he would like to pursue a different table that closer align to his preferred play style, and while he's always welcome back, we're at least for now putting Gocai on NPC duty and we'll see how we solve for it all.

Julle is planning to do a one-off boardgame soon; "RP" dungeoncrawling classic like DnD but less complex and more focus on the board. We're discussing doing it on a weekend so Jaroslav can make it, but I have opffered to replace a RP session, regardless.

I have been unable to get things working with CoS 2 as I have been unusually exhausted but it's very much something I want to do.

Leord (talk) 21:37, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

A couple new players

Following issues organising sessions I decided to not wait for Jaroslav to say proper good-bye and got two new players from the same FB group as before. We welcome Elly and Jenny to try out the next few weeks and then they can decide if this is the campaign for them. :)

Leord (talk) 21:15, 23 August 2023 (UTC)