Keléstia Productions
Keléstia Productions publishes role-playing materials for use with Hârn, a fictitious setting. Keléstia Productions was created by N. Robin Crossby, the original creator of Hârn, after a contract dispute with publisher Columbia Games proved irresolvable.
Keléstia Productions is known for the incredible detail and high design standards of its online products. As of this writing, Kelestia Productions produces no printed materials. A community of dedicated fans produces additional highly-detailed supplements.
Despite disagreements between Keléstia Publications and rival Columbia Games, the products produced by both entities are completely compatible either "as-is" or with the use of simple conversion information available freely through the fan community. The fan community produces additional high-quality supplements that are compatible with both Columbia Games and Kelestia Productions products.
Since the death of N. Robin Crossby, Keléstia Productions has continued as company owned by Crossby's estate, principally producing products describing the wider world beyond Hârn.
History[edit]
N. Robin Crossby left Columbia Games in 1994, after the company published material for his Hârn setting for more than a decade.[1]: 184 Columbia initially maintained that they had the rights to Hârn, but Crossby eventually self-published Hârnmaster Gold (1998) as a competitor to the Hârn role-playing game that Columbia was publishing.[1]: 184
Crossby ended his contract with Columbia Games in 2003 and formed his own company called Keléstia Productions so he could continue publishing Hârn, although Columbia would not recognize his ability to terminate their agreement.[1]: 184 Keléstia published only in PDFs, beginning with a new edition of the Hârnmaster Gold Player Edition (2003) and followed by additional rule books and supplements about other islands near Hârn, such as The Kingdom of Chelemby (2005) and Hârbáaler Kingdom of Lédenheim (2008), and Kèthîra (2005) which included an overview of the whole world.[1]: 184
Crossby became ill around 2006 and died in 2008, and his oldest daughter Arien has continued publication of his "Hârn Canon" through Keléstia including supplements such as Venârivè: Northwestern Lýthia (2010) about the wider Hârn world[1]: 184
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office granted Keléstia a trademark to the name Hârn in September 2009 by .[1]: 184
Publications[edit]
Keléstia Productions Ltd has produced a range of publications which detail the world of Hârn, including:
- Venârivè: Northwestern Lýthia - describes the whole region of the continent of Lýthia where the island of Hârn is located. The region of 'Venârivè' is broadly analogous to Europe.[2]
- Venârive Player Guide - a guide for players of characters in the region of Venârivè.
- Kingdom of Chélemby - a guide to the realm of Chélemby, an island trading-state somewhat analogous to historical Visby.
- Chéler Player Guide - a guide for players of characters from or visiting the realm of Chélemby.
- Chélemby: City of the Sea Kings - a detailed description of the city of the same name.
- Evánekin: Naval Port of Chélemby.
- Kolâdis: Castle Town of Chélemby.
- Hârn Interactive Regional Map.
In addition, Keléstia Productions provides the following components of the HârnMaster system:
- HârnMaster Gold: Player Edition
- HârnMaster Gold: Gamemaster Edition
- HârnMaster Gold: Bestiary
- HârnMaster Gold: Shèk-Pvâr
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Homepage of Keléstia Productions
- "Pen & Paper listing for N. Robin Crossby". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2009.