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Sartar
People Everyone Knows
typos
Kallyr Starbrow (page 41)
She is a great-great-granddaughter of Prince Saronil.
Vanstana Ingini (page 44)
‘Princess’ Vanstana is a Goldentongue Priestess,
Ingini Surname
On the Dragon Pass Master Map as well listed in the Points of Interest there is a village Ingan only. So could this be a typo?
No
And if so, shouldn’t be the name Vanstana Ingani?
No. It’s a surname and likely altered by gendered spelling.
Old Elf Ruin (ruin) (page 66)
Theyalan Age
I have never seen the term ‘Theyalan Age’ before. Also couldn’t find it in the Well of Daliath.
So is there a description anywhere, or is there an equivalent term?
Theyalan Age is a synonym for Dawn Age. It appears in a few places in Greg’s notes and as such has been used in this entry.
Boranni River (pages 49, 50 and 57)
Boranni vs. Boranini
In:
- Boranni River (page 49)
- Clay Man (village) (page 50)
- Frithan (village) (page 57)
On the Dragon Pass Master Map (as well as on the Colymar Tribes map from the Gamemaster Screen Pack and in the RuneQuest Starter Set) the name of the river is Boranini
Boranni River is correct. On Greg’s master map the lower part is called the Arfritha River. Boranini is an ancient typo (with both variants in the Sartar companion).
Here it is on one of his traces of his master map:
Broke-Rock Hills (page 49)
Location
Where are the Broke-Rock Hills in relation to the Sambarri Pass?
See the map below. The Sambarri Pass (Red) is now a valley where Orlanth used big Weighty to squash the mountain god who lived there. The Broke-Rock Hills (Blue) are what the dwarfs cut through into the valley. I suspect the actual Sambarri Pass was over what is now the Broke-Rock Hills. But the whole valley is still called the Sambarri Pass
Geo’s Ridge Inn (page 57)
Thorgeir Ridge / Culbrea Mountains
Thorgeir Ridge is not mentioned anywhere else (neither in the text nor on the Dragon Pass Master Map nor on the Quivin Mountains map on page 68), but I guess this means the ridge which includes (Thorgeir’s) Knee and Shoulder. But on the Quivin Mountains map this ridge is named Culbrea Mountains. Is that correct?
Yes. Two names for the same thing. One by mythology one by common view.
Kagradus Peak / Hordos
Kagradus Peak is not located along the King’s Road. In fact the peak on the other side of the King’s Road, where Geo’s Ridge Inn is located, has no name, as far as I know, neither on the Dragon Pass Master Map nor on the Quivin Mountains map. So do we know the correct name of this peak?
Yes. Hordos (2480) from one of Greg’s master maps.
On the Colymar Tribe Map in the Gamemaster Screen Pack the name of this mountain seems to be Hordos Mountain. So this is the correct name?
Yes.
Note that Greg didn’t name all the peaks and those that he did have his usual inconsistent spelling, and depending on the map – different names (and some notes):
- Kagradus (first king of the Colymar)/ Korgradus
- Hareva Peak (Kagradus’s wife)/ Eagles Mount
- Hordos – Colymar’s father
Far Point
Lizardwood Flats and Lizardwood Wilds (page 92)
These two entries have (nearly) the same text. Only difference is the description of where the POI is located. Is this intentional?
Yes
or is this an editing issue?
No
See the map on page 87 of the Pegasus Plateau. In this closeup you can see the distinction.
Tarsh
Missing map locations
Dantafol (village)
Unknown, locate it were needed (personally I’d stick it in Shakeland. It’s important in 1645 as the site of the Battle of Dantafol (Maybe hex 1917 on the Dragon Pass board game map)).
Greenbow (village)
Southern Barnteri Hills – unlabelled
Leftover (village)
First village south on the military road from Goldedge to Bagnot – unlabelled
Sowford (village)
AKA Boarford on the map
Three Ribbons & Five Chambers (village)
East of the Barnteri Hills, south of the group of trees – unlabelled (See also ToTRM #6, Three Ribbons & Five Chambers).
The Wilds
The Hydra of Dragon Pass (page 175)
CON
The hydra does not have a CON characteristic. I suggest a value of 450.
It has CON 354
Note that in RQ3 it had CON 610 (Elder Secrets of Glorantha, page 30), and that hit point calculations were different in that edition (Total hit points were the average of SIZ plus CON), from RQ2 and RQG (CON + SIZ Bonus + POW Bonus).
CON Calculation:
- Hit points = CON + SIZ Bonus + POW Bonus
- 530 = CON + (SIZ 450-12=438/4 = 110) + (POW 280-16 = 264/4 = 66)
- 530 = CON + SIZ Bonus 110 + POW Bonus 66 (total of 176)
- 530-176 =CON 354
Master Map
Twenty-two Turns Tower Icon
Correction
This should be an open air temple icon 
marking the Storm Bull temple per New Hills (page 92) not a tower icon 
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