Apropos the recent discussion of what Dragon Pass and Prax look like, here’s the elevation of various points on the map:
| Dragon Pass & Prax | Real World |
|---|---|
| Durengard 50 meters | |
| Queen Anne Hill 139 meters | |
| Heartland Plateau 320 meters | |
| Hind Foot Range 460 meters | |
| Acrocorinth 575 meters | |
| Yiskoz Peak 600 meters | |
| Listener Peak 650 meters | |
| Upland Marsh 700 meters | |
| Furthest 750 meters | |
| Mount Tamalpais 784 meters | |
| Whitewall 840 meters | |
| Clearwine 850 meters | |
| Lake Zatern 880 | |
| Condor Crags 900 meters | |
| Snoqualmie Pass 919 meters | |
| Shadow Plateau 950 meters | |
| Hill of Orlanth Victorious 950 meters | |
| Scafell Pike 978 meters | |
| Jaldon’s Rest 1000 meters | |
| Mount Snowdon 1085 meters | |
| Dragon Pass 1150 meters | |
| Six Sisters 1150 meters | |
| Skyfall Lake 1152 meters | |
| Nikaji Lake 1162 | |
| Mount Diablo 1173 meters | |
| Wintertop 1200 meters | |
| Xem’s Tower 1200 meters | |
| Yosemite Valley 1219 meters | |
| Tada’s High Tumulus 1250 meters | |
| Ben Nevis 1344 meters | |
| Brenner Pass 1370 meters | |
| Boldhome 1450 meters | |
| Puy de Dôme 1465 meters | |
| Denver 1609 meters | |
| Lookout Mountains 1600 meters | |
| Green Dragon Vale 1645 meters | |
| Boulder Hills 1740 meters | |
| Puy de Sancy 1886 meters | |
| Lake Tahoe 1897 meters | |
| The Block 2000 meters | |
| Taos 2124 meters | |
| Cliffhome 2100 meters | |
| Donner Pass 2151 meters | |
| Wild Mountain 2250 meters | |
| Kesten 2350 meters | |
| Ezzjuzz Mountain 2350 meters | |
| Old Man 2550 meters | |
| Darsh Peak 2600 meters | |
| Bull Run 2750 meters | |
| Sentry Mountain 2850 meters | |
| Quivin Peak 2950 meters | Mount Olympus |
| Stormwalk 3050 meters | |
| Arrowmound 4000 meters | |
| Little Mountain 4100 meters | |
| Doktados 4120 meters | |
| Lion Peak 4,300 meters | |
| Mount Baker 3286 meters | |
| Aneto 3404 meters | |
| Mount Rainier 4026 meters | |
| Kero Fin 12,200 meters |
Mount Rainier is about 4026 meters of prominence. Lassen has “only” 1594. And at 12 km, Kero Fin is absurdly huge.
BTW, Quivin Mountain is almost the same height as Mount Olympus. And probably just as pretty:
Glorantha has no horizon – but sight is limited by air quality. So effectively there is a point past which you cannot see things.
Glorantha is a world made by the gods using the patterns formed by the primeval archetypes (the Runes, the Twins, etc.). It is held together by their deeds in the God Time and their Cosmic Compromise. In it, men can fly, trees can grow overnight, there is an impossibly narrow 12 kilometre high spindle of a mountain, there is a floating island and a flying island, different species of animals (and even animals and vegetables, and in a few cases, animals and rocks) can breed, teleportation happens, there is a physical Sky Dome, and the earth is flat.
None of these are possible according to our understanding of of physics or genetics or whatever. In my opinion it is a mistake to even try to apply our physical science to explain or define Glorantha. Instead, think about the world our distant ancestors thought they lived in and use their tools and techniques to understand it. Develop your own Gloranthan science!