Holt History and Lore

• An historical overview (including the chief's lineage)
• Recent history
• Current characters -- overview for newcomers
• The tribes of our world
• An Elf's Guide to the Humans of Grey Falls
• Cartoon Index: Just in case anyone takes this too seriously.

Player Information

• Rules of the Game: Information on character creation, story writing, and roleplaying for Newcomers
• Art gallery: Portraits of characters and various illustrations.
• Family Tree I: Allim's extant relations
• Family Tree II: The chief's family

Coming soon:

• Character Information Sheet index
• Who was when? Tips for writing "Time before Now" stories.
• More family trees
  

Stories
(in approximately chronological order by story events)

• Human Tales by Tavie Phillips
  A story about a holt of oddball humans who sound strangely familiar...
• Frostheart by Karen Bledsoe
  Opens in holt year 2807 A tale from the dawn of the tribe. Meet Arran and Nimor, the first wolflings. Meet Allim as a child, and find out where his vast loneliness came from.
• A Deep and Cleansing Blade by Karen Bledsoe
  Holt year 5834. A tale from the reign of chieftess Lightheart, who led the tribe to Seahaven on the western coast. Allim stars in this one, too.
• Healer's Tale by Karen Bledsoe
  Opens in holt year 9731. A tale of Aleetan, the shy pureblooded healer, and his son.
• Kestrel's Tale by Karen Bledsoe
  Opens in holt year 9978 Introducing Kestrel as a shy youth during Starwing's reign, and explaining her interest in and history with the humans of Grey Falls. This was probably the first story written for the holt. Some characters have evolved since then.
• Stone's Tale by Karen Bledsoe
  Opens in holt year 10,009. Flashback to year 9957. At Hilltop's birth, Stone reflects on his own past.
• Blinded by Revenge by Karen Bledsoe, Mike Micliz, Eric Mongrain, and Lynn Doyle
  Holt year 10,0010. Kaylamale was the sole survivor of a small band of Gliders which split from the Glider Mountain. Here is a story of his encounter with some truly evil humans -- and an unexpected ally.
• The Gift by Karen Bledsoe
  Holt year 10,010. Infant Hilltop wanders off and lands in human hands in this brief tale.
• Skyfall by Tim Georgi
  Holt year about 10,010. Another stranger comes to the holt, this one with a secret so deep even he doesn't know it.
• Blood Sacrifice by Karen Bledsoe and Kris Dotto
  Holt year 10,012. The tale of a war with the local humans, sometimes referred to as "The Purge," as a great many extraneous and underplayed characters were "purged" in this war.
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
• The Scent of War edited and story-ized by Karen Bledsoe.
  Holt year 10,016. The beginning of a tale never finished which was to tell the story of the long cycle of raids on the holt by the Northern Trolls and the Sun Warriors, a fierce race of elves. It was many turns before the holt recovered.
• The Spirit Toucher by Karen Bledsoe
  Holt year 10,016. Hilltop's unusual soul leads her to a greater interest in the local humans, and results in a new relationship between the tribes.
• Starfall by Corinne Cotter
  Holt year about 10,017. Can Starfall and Hilltop stay out of trouble for a single night? Not likely.
• Legacy of the Sun Warriors by Karen Bledsoe
  The story frame opens in holt year 10,045, but the action takes place in year 10,023. Near the end of the Troll Wars, Stone succumbs to madness brought on by torture during his capture by the Sun Warriors.
• Rock Shatters Ice, Ice Crumbles Rock by Karen Bledsoe
  Holt year 10,023. How the denizens of the Glider Mountain first discovered the holt, and left something important behind. How Allim finally gets his wish, but not in the way he expected.
• The Challenge by Carol Scavella Burrell
  Holt year approximately 10,024. Crowfeather, son of Allim by Greeneyes, seeks to prove himself -- but proves something else entirely.
• At the Heart of the Web is Darkness by Karen Bledsoe
  Holt year 10,028. How a young Glider learns the secrets of the Glider Mountain, which sets him upon a quest.

Sagas
The ongoing tale of Grey Falls, as roleplayed in our weekly howls. These are downloadable files &emdash; the sagas run about 100 pages each and are much too long to read online!

• The Saga of Grey Falls 1 (from The Grandfather Tree 2.1)
  Downloads as an RTF file (612 K). Opening in holt year 10,043.Transcribed and novel-ized by Karen Bledsoe and Tara Simmons from 1995 and 1996 roleplays. IN THIS SEGMENT: Wolfrunner challenged, a tribal exile from Grey Falls, a long journey, new friends, and the Whale Hunters.
  Have a look at some selected illustrations, too!
• The Saga of Grey Falls 2 (from The Grandfather Tree 2.2)
  Downloads as an RTF file (572 K). Opening in holt year 10,044.Transcribed and novel-ized by Karen Bledsoe from 1996 roleplays. IN THIS SEGMENT: Swamp-stomping, ocean rafting, Allim and Tito lost at sea, Watchkeepers and Trollkin, a mighty battle, the Scroll of Colors.
  Have a look at some selected illustrations, too!

Grey Falls Holt is an active holt played weekly in a private chat room on America Online®, based on characters and scenarios in the Elfquest © series of graphic novels. Elfquest, its logos and characters and their distinctive likenesses, are trademarks of Warp Graphics, Inc. Used by permission.

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