Hârnforum Email Digests
January 3, 2010
After a long absence, email digests are back. Yes, there is yet another way for you to receive your dose of Hârnforum goodness!
Just log in to the forum, go to your User Control Panel (you’ll find that in the upper right, just underneath the header bar), and look down the left-hand menu for Digests.
All the options are fairly self-explanatory, but to be clear about one thing I found, you will have to subscribe first and click the submit button on that page, then go back to the Digests options to customise it to your taste. Just be sure to click the submit for each page you change (there are about four different pages). But to repeat, subscribe first, then change the other options.
by Leitchy
Hârnforum RSS Feed
January 3, 2010
Those of you who use RSS or ATOM can now receive their dose of Hârn news from the forums directly into their feed reader. The feed fires out complete posts, not just the first few lines, which means you don’t have to go to the forum’s website to read the posts. But you will have to go back to post yourself, of course.
To find out the address, please check out the About >RSS Feeds page. It’s yet another way you can stay in touch. 
I hope you find it useful; I know I will!
by Leitchy
Chéler Player Guide (Free) Released!
November 8, 2009
Keléstia Productions is very pleased to announce the release of the first of our free Player Guides – the Chéler Player Guide.
This Guide will assist players (and Gamemasters) new to the Chéler people gain an overview of the kingdom, its major city and the people who live there. It provides an introduction to the culture, history, politics and geography of the kingdom and its surroundings, making players more at home and able to enjoy this fascinating setting.
The guide is the perfect accompaniment to the Keléstia Productions series of publications covering Chélemby – including Kingdom of Chélemby, Chélemby: City of the Sea Kings, and the Chélemby Interactive Map.
The Chéler Player Guide can be downloaded from http://www.kelestia.com.
Hávnhus Interactive PDF map
Today we have also released another interactive, multi-layered PDF map for Chélemby City. This is a high-quality version of the Hávnhus (I34) map included in Chélemby: City of the Sea Kings. This multi-layered map will enable GMs to decide what information they wish to share with players, and enable them to print out those features they wish. The Hávnhus interactive map can be downloaded from http://www.kelestia.com.
Other free Chélemby downloads
We have a growing number of free downloads design to support GMs and players using the Chélemby setting. Downloads include a PDF version of the poetic map of Chélemby City, PDF versions of the interior layouts, and more. These can be be found on the Chélemby Downloads page.
Chéler Player Guide
Fair Thee Well, harnlist.com
October 30, 2009
I have owned the domain name “harnlist.com” for a very long time now. I purchased the domain from a UK (actually, Scottish) company called Easyspace way back in the previous century…or maybe it was early this century. No matter, suffice to say it was years and years ago. Days and days and more days, even!
Unfortunately, a couple of years later—around about the time I purchased a heap of new domains from them—they underwent an ownership change. They suddenly became very expensive, and very hard to work with. Overnight, it became incredibly easy to transfer a domain name from another hosting service to them, but impossibly difficult and incredibly expensive to transfer domains away from them (eg, it took me three hours to just find the page which allowed transfers away from them, and then it started to get difficult).
I have let lapse a number of domains I had with them, and transferred the three domains I really wanted to keep (including Lythia.com) away from them to my current hosting service and registrar (Dreamhost). I still gag at the cost! Should I ever want to, transfers away from Dreamhost are free, and easy to do. So why does Easyspace make it so hard? I don’t know, and I no longer care (although I suspect greed plays a big part).
But one domain that I didn’t bring across, and which is now in a “redemption” period is “harnlist.com”. This was always just the domain name for the website which supported the HârnList (ie, the email distribution list) itself, but the information it once held has long since been ported to Lythia.com. The mailing list itself was always “harnlist@lythia.com”. I don’t know why I thought I might need the domain, frankly, but I bought it and kept it going for many years. And now it’s time to let it go…
Fly free, little domain name! Keep clear of domain squatters and spamvertisers…if you can.
In other words, people, don’t go to this domain anymore, because I don’t own it or control it. And at a cost of £99, I’m not going to redeem it, either.
Chélemby City Published!
September 27, 2009
It is with great pleasure that Keléstia Productions Ltd can announce that Chélemby – City of the Sea Kings is now available for purchase from their website.
Chélemby City is the largest and most detailed description of a city ever produced for HârnWorld. Over five years in the making, this publication covers a vast range of topics and provides Gamemasters and their players with not only a fully-described city but many plot hooks and adventure opportunities.
For more details, and to purchase the product, read here.
A preview of this product is available for download here.
Furthermore, extracts from the product can be downloaded here.
Slowly…Gradually…
June 5, 2009
I’m very slowly working my way through the backlog of files that still need to be made available. I mean, it’s only been a year and a half since I changed over the website, isn’t it? That’s fast enough isn’t it??
Of course it isn’t, and so the saga continues. Never mind. One of these days I’ll finally finish. I guess most are already there, but there’s still the odd gem or two to go. Much like today’s files. There are some new files, and there are some old files. Of the new files, Murelno is of note, and of the old files, the expansion to the official Glenoth article is pretty special. Download them all today.
Chélemby City Pre-release Download
October 25, 2008
Keléstia Productions is pleased to provide a pre-release download for the upcoming Chélemby City module. This multi-layer map covers the Town Hall (En Téstradhem) of the city of Chélemby. It is the headquarters for the committee (Téstrad) of the Chélemby parliament that runs the city; and includes the offices of the Mayor, Harbourmaster and Bondmaster, as well as the Captain of the City Watch.
This colour PDF file can now be downloaded from www.kelestia.com.
Hârn Regional Maps now on sale!
September 9, 2008
Keléstia Productions is extremely proud to announce that two versions of a brand new, definitive, regional map of the islands of Hârn is now available for purchase.
This product is available both as an electronic, interactive PDF file, with multiple layers, and as a printed poster, which will be shipped to customers who order that version.
These two (separate) products can be purchased from the Keléstia Productions webstore:
- Hârn Regional Map (interactive PDF version)
- Hârn Regional Map (printed version)
A preview of these products is available from our website.
We hope and trust you will enjoy these products, which we consider are a fitting tribute to a lifetime’s work by Hârn’s creator, N. Robin Crossby.
Regards
Jeremy Baker
Project Director
The Kingdom of Lédenheim.
August 27, 2008
Kelestia Productions is happy to announce the release of their latest Kingdom Module, The Hârbáaler Kingdom of Lédenheim.
The Kingdom of Lédenheim is the largest and wildest of the sub-kingdoms of the Pendragondom of Hârbáal, the great realm that dominates the northern Gulf of Shôrkýnè, and lies between that region and Ivínia. The Hârbáalers are a complex mixture of ancient Járind and more recent Ivínian settlers. The Pendragondom is relatively new, and there are ongoing debates about its future direction.
This module includes details on the geography, climate, history, current affairs, government, military forces, law, settlements, flora and fauna, economy, culture, religion, and folklore of Lédenheim.
Learn of the Lédensen Curse. Search for the legendary Hârl’s Spear. Wonder at the Witch of the Shârl.
On the edge of the wild, the Kingdom of Lédenheim awaits.
Hop on over to www.kelestia.com to check it out.
N. Robin Crossby (1954-2008) – Keléstia Productions Statement
July 29, 2008
As many of you will by now know, on 23 July 2008, N. Robin Crossby, the creator of Hârn, HârnMaster and the universe of Keléstia, passed on to Yàsháin.
Robin had been suffering from liposarcoma or fat-cell-cancer in his bowel that was discovered in January 2006. He underwent surgery followed by chemotherapy, and was briefly in remission in 2007. Robin is survived by his wife Sharon, his three daughters, his three siblings, his father and many friends all over the world.
All of us will miss him dearly. We will miss his wit and humour, his brilliance, his particular perspective on the worlds, his (sometimes maddening) attention to detail, his song, his love of his creation and his dedication to his vision.
Robin began to create the world of Hârn over three decades ago, and brought it to the public in 1983. Over the years he worked with many people to bring his vision to fruition. His chief love was map making, and his maps of Hârn and other places are renowned. Robin was a perfectionist, and constantly strove to reach the unobtainable – the perfection of his vision. He was never satisfied with his own work, always striving to improve it, to come closer to his vision.
His goal was to make Kèthîra, the world of Hârn, as real a place as he could for his friends and fans all over the world. Many people shared and continue to share his love of Hârn and thus part of his vision.
Robin was the Creator of Hârn, and the founder of Keléstia Productions. He can’t and won’t be replaced, but his legacy will live on. Robin made it clear that it was his desire for Keléstia Productions to continue working towards perfecting our reflection of his vision. Those of us who have been working with him these last few years plan to honour that wish as best as we are able.
“Kua hinga te Totara” – “A great Totara has fallen”.
“The stars of the heaven are dimmed; darkness is over all.
Our treasured bird has flown; the giant tree of the forest
that sheltered the birds and the small has fallen to the earth.
The midpost of the house has snapped asunder;
the chill wind blows through the afflicted home.
Our friend is gone; borne away on the canoe of Fate.
He passes along the viewless path by which so many have gone before”.
Jeremy Baker
Project Director, Keléstia Productions
www.kelestia.com