By Greg Stafford
Last revision: 7 Mar 2006, completed version available in the Guide to Glorantha.
This is a listing of (many of) the significant places in south/central Genertela at the Dawn.
These are given as sites because most populations clustered around a single site, and were so small that they had only little influence beyond. Most peoples did not really share borders, but lived with wide areas of Elder Race inhabited wild lands between each other.
The listing is alphabetical, regardless of size or inhabitants, and follows this format:
NAME. (Other Names)
brief description
location
Inhabitants, or often, people who gather there at its holiest day
Lifestyle
Culture, or significant aspects of tiny cultures
Primary Deities
Other Notes
== UZ HABITATIONS ==
AKEZ LORADAK (Ebonglass, Palace of Black Glass)
Divine palace, uz temple center, trade center
On the Shadow Plateau
6,000 trolls
Troll
trade, hunter gatherer, underground farms
Argan Argar, Esrola
Ezkankekko (the Only Old One) rules from here.
AKSENA ZA
Tunnel complex
Yolp Mts.
2,000 trolls
hunter gatherer
troll
Zorak Zoran, Kyger Litor
EZKORO ROKO
Massive tunnel complex
In Halikiv
3,000 trolls
hunter gatherer
troll
Kyger Litor
ARANEA KAD (Cragspider’s Mountain)
Crude palatial temple
Dragon Pass, north east
500 trolls
hunter gatherer
troll
Kyger Litor
HOMBADAKA BOKO (Dancing Ground)
barren valley
trolls
hunter gatherer
troll
Kyger Litor
trolls
ELDABRI BOKO
sacred site, trading fort
?
300 trolls
trade, hunter gatherer
troll
Argan Argar, Kyger Litor
KEDESTAGI ENDOBOKO
trading fort
?
500 trolls
hunter gatherer
troll
Argan Argar
== ALDRYAMI POPULATION CENTERS ==
RIST
Aldryami Forest, Great Tree
SE of Yolp Mts, to Erinflarth River
800 elves, other Aldryami
wild horticulture
Aldryami
Aldrya pantheon
ESTON
Aldryami Forest
Elder wilds
300 elves, other Aldryami
wild horticulture
Aldryami
Aldrya pantheon
ARAKON
Aldryami Forest, Great Tree
in Arstola Forest
2000 elves, other Aldryami
wild horticulture
Aldryami
Aldrya pantheon
== MOSTALI TUNNEL CITIES ==
KARUR BENVEKARA DASTOGA
dwarf underground city
Jord Mts.
2000 dwarfs
mining, trading
Mostali
Mostal
DENERA DALA VO
dwarf underground city
Imther Mts.
8000 dwarfs
mining, trading
Mostali
Mostal
KARUR ELAR TARAS (Greatway)
dwarf underground city
Rockwood Mts. by Dragon Pass
5000 dwarfs
mining, trading
Mostali
Mostal
DEZIRAMKO CHO AL KALAD (Gemborg)
dwarf underground city
Vent (large volcano in Caladraland)
1000 dwarfs
mining, trading
Mostali
Mostal
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
JON BARAT (God Forgot)
Hidden town
Leftarm Isles
200 people, who called themselves Ingareens
farming, gathering, fishing
Malkioni
PARANTIKOR BEL (Ivory Plinth, Needle, Tusker Tower)
Temple village
Between Snakepipe Hollow and the Rockwood Mts.
400 humans
hunter gatherer
Aramites, humans who ride tuskers
Orlanth
Notes: These are human beings, led by Aram Ya Udram, who is the human being serving on the Unity Council. [Later, after Aram’s death, during the Secon Council, these people turn to worship the darkness demon guardian of their temple, and become the “halftrolls” of later times.]
Tall ivory colored tower, a single tusk from gigantic boar. It is among/atop stone buildings. Tower is 400 feet tall, 25 yards around at the base’s one entry
TOR BALUR [later Plain of Stones]
Sacred Site
near Red Wyrm River
150 humans, Balurgans
Sacred Horticulture
Old Earth type culture
Balurga (earth goddess), Verhil (earth son/husband)
hillfort-style holy centers, with underground temple
ALKOTH
Small city, temple center
Junction of Oslir and Erinflarth Rivers
2,500 humans, called (Slavers, Killmen, etc.)
Urban agriculturalists (rice, irrigation)
Dara Happan
Shargash, Oslira, Bijiif
Alkoth City contains many shrines and temples to the Shargash pantheon
TOR VARA [eventually site of city of Hortugarth]
Sacred site
near Red Wyrm River
150 humans, Balurgans
Sacred Horticulture
Old Earth type culture
Balurga (earth goddess), Verhil (earth son/husband)
hillfort-style holy centers, each with underground rituals
temples.
BERENSTEAD
Hillfort village, temple center
on the Black Eel, south of its confluence with the
1,500 humans, called Berenethtelli
Agriculture
Heortling
Orlanth, Ernalda
Hill fort encloses Temples of Orlanth and Ernalda, Barntar and Redayalde, and Hyalor
BERTHESTEAD (Arrowstead)
small stead among marshes
about ten miles from the confluence of the Black Eel and Oslir Rivers.
200 humans, called Deleskarings
Horticulture, trade of arrows to neighbors
Heortling
Odayla (hunter), Deleskar (arrows)
Joranos the Archer created this when he shot an arrow into the air and, after much search, found it again where it had grown into a patch of arrows, ripe for picking. He appointed Deleskar and his family to tend the sacred brush for him until he returned (he never returned).
SOLUNG PLATEAU
Cave temple
300 humans, called Caladrians
horticulture (slash and burn)
Karkudja (aka Caladrians, firemen, blazeheads)
Caladra, Volcanic Goddess; Kudja, ancestor god
Solung Cave was where these folk emerged from beneath the ground to tend to the skin of the volcano gods. These humans unfailing follow the commands of the dwarfs of Gemborg, who still live inside the Vent. Tessele is the demigoddess leader of this tribe.
ENDAKA (Dital’s Cave)
Clan Gathering Site
About 120 miles from the mouth of the Gorphing River
100 humans
hunter gatherer
Ditaling, Small clan on the Gorphing River
Dital, a hunting spirit
Autumnal meeting site, nearby is secret site where Dital was born
NOCHET
Cyclopean walled town, several temples
Choralinthor Bay, at mouth of the Creekstream River
3,000 humans, called Esrovuli Tribe
Agricultural
Esrolian culture is matriarchal and matrilineal
Esrola, Argan Argar
Nochet, the great walled city, with many shrines; The Esrovuli Tribe began with the women of the Kodgivari tribe, after all the men were slain.
KORAVAKA
the forbidden island Necropolis
island on the Bakana Lake, Malthin River
a couple thousand dead
rotten
inert, but potential undead
Ty Kora Tek
These are dead from an age forgotten by the Esrovuli. In the Darkness undead came from this place, until the Strong Man built a dam which made the lake that surrounded the necropolis.
URDRAYSTEAD
Hillfort village, temple comples
on the Oslir River north (downriver) from Kordos Island
1,200 humans, called Forosvuli Tribe
Agriculture
Heortling
Orlanth, Ernalda (and Urdrya, the cow goddess)
SERIASDOVA (Temple of Serias)
Temple to Orlanth and Ernalda
upper Marzeel River
200 humans, called Garanvuli
Agriculture
Heortling
Orlanth, Ernalda
This is another of the small Star Tribes, saved by their leader, Garan. Serias was his lover, who was the cause for his descent.
MRALOTHENYI (Pig Hollow)
Sacred Rooting Ground for tribe
in the Old Woods, south of Skyreach Mts.
400 humans, called Harandings
hunter gatherer
Pig People, with nobles riding upon huge tuskers
Orlanth, Esrola (Ketha)
Compliant servants to the elves of Arstola Forest
DEKSARHILL
Orlanth Temple
on the Upper Black Eel, named after Deksar the Grey,
800 humans, called Infithtelli
Agriculture
Heortling
Orlanth Greybeard, Ernalda
Deksar was a Lawspeaker who began the recitation of Vingkot’s Law here. [The monster Black Eel apparantly does not go into this stretch of the B.E.River, perhaps because of its shallowness. It is likely that the smaller spawn of the eel are here, but pose less threat.]
HOJASINESTEL (The Barking Ground)
Sacred Autumnal Gathering Place
north of Black Eel R.
Hunter/gatherer
1,000 humans, called Jajalarings
Jajalaring, aka the Three Dogs
The Dog Peoples, Three Dog Folk
Jajagappa, Keratora, AryelaGenerally these people occupy the lands north of the Black Eel and east of the Oslir, but are known to cross over to the west of the Oslir and on rare occasions south of the Black Eel (mostly to trade maybe humans).
KARSE
Stone fort, very strong; harbor
200 humans, called Pelaskites
Fishing, trade
expert wooden boat makers
Choralinthor, Pelaskos
KOROLSTEAD
upper Oslir (modern Grazelands)
900 humans, called Koroltes
Agriculture
Heortling
Orlanth, Ernalda
URAR BAAR
Trading Fort
at the confluence of the Black Eel and Oslira
100 trolls, 300 human slaves, called Lenesterings
trading post
Troll (Uz)
Argan Argar
KARFONSTEAD
HIll fort with village
Kordros Island
750 humans, called Liornvuli
Agriculture,
Heortling
Orlanth, Ernalda
MARANABA
Temple of Maran Gor
at foot of Kero Fin Mt.
200 people, Maganites
Sacred Horticulture, Temple Keepers,
prehistoric Earth
Maran Gor the Earth Shaker
NOGATEND (The Feathered Boat(s))
temple on largish boat(s),
Black Eel and Orslir Rivers, mostly south of Riyestan
1,000 humans, called Nogtendites
Fishing, gathering
weeders, eelies (ie- guys on the eel river)
Jadarenasa, Mother Loon
These folk benefit from an ancient pact between their goddess and the Black Eel. Upon need, the boat Nogatend becomes a huge living loon, capable of destroying the great Black Eel. [They actually have several of these boats which ply portions of the river, but no one else knows there are several.] The boats are made of reeds and are highly decorated with many types of feathers
ULANINSTEAD
hill fort, town and temple complex
near the Quivin Gap
1100, Orgovaltes
Agriculture
Heortling
Orlanth, Ernalda
PENENTELADA (Penentel’s Camp)
walled town, temple
on Aggar River
800 people, called Penentelli
Hunter gatherer
Heortling
Orlanth the Hunter, Lady of the Wild
Includes the savage Skanthi clan (which remains there on maps for a long time)
RIKALRA (The Flower Ground)
Temple Garden
west bank of Oslir and north of the Black Eel confluence, in Dara Ni
300 humans, called Riyestans
Horticulture, intensive gardening
Sylilite, but with especially close relations to Rist elves
Riyesta (Earth Mother), Kemar (Seed Father)
SEDENORSHILL
hill temple, near (unused) extensive dolmens, etc.
just north of Shadow Plateau
300, Sedenorvuli
Agriculture
Heortling
Orlanth, Ernalda
Here the Star Hero, Sedenor, descended to save the first of his clan from Chaos
SIDARA
Large field, with a stone goatish statue in center
Imther Mountains, in a pass in the south
300 humans, called Sidarsi
Pastoral (goats)
Sidarsi (pre-Imtherian)
Sidar the Horned (Goat Father), Miapora (Goat/Mountain Mother)
These people were the only humans who had regular communication with the dwarfs of the Imther mountains).
(GRIZZLY PEAK)
Sacred Orlanth Hill
just east of Liornvuli Island.
No permanent residents
STRAVULSTEAD
Town, temple enclosed by cyclopean walls
Dragon Pass, east of Kordos Is.
1,000 humans, called Stravuli
Agriculture
Heortling
Orlanth, Ernalda
here Stravul settled and his followers gathered after his leader, Joranos the Archer, was killed and his lands cursed.
CAFOL
large town, temple complex
northern Sylila, about 60 miles south of Alkoth
2,000 humans, called Sylilings
Agricultural
Sylilite
Orlanth (?), ?
GRASSY BATER
(holy site)
location?
?humans
?horticulture
?
??
NAME? (Arrowstone Vale)
Use?
in Darani
? humans, called ?
Horticulture
?
??
VARKNATHENDAR (near later Voranel)
Autumnal gatering site
Lakrene, on middle Eringlarth R.
1000 humans, called Talastarings
hunter gatherer
Talastari
nine minor spirits
the “nine Talastari clans” includes the Lanisti clan
LOLON
village, holy site
1500 humans, called Vanchites
Hunter gatherer
Vanchite
Heliacal the Sun, Negalla the Green Woman
where Helical used to sit in judgement
(HILL OF GOLD)
Although the Hill of Gold is in their land, it is not a holy place to them.
GOROLFSTEAD
hill fort, temple
on the upper Forantin River (in Billiz)
600 humans, called Vestantes
Heortling
Agriculture
Orlanth, Ernalda
ARAU (God Howl)
Sacred grove
in the Dog Hills
250 humans, called Votanki
Votanki, dog people
Hunter gatherer
Votank, brother dog
ZULOX
Sacred breeding site
in Tork
300 humans
Pastoral (goats)
Zarkosite
Durbaddath (Father Lion), Uryarda (Mother Goat) and Zarkos (their human child, mistakenly called Votank in GRoY p 73)
These people may, at the dawn, be larger in numbers and already in Garsting and Jarst, or they may yet to be driven to those places later when Vanchite agression drove them thither.
== OTHERS ==
HORSHASSU
dragonewt capital
near Kero Fin
5,000 dragonewts
hunting, raising demibirds, extortion
dragonewt
dragons(?)
BEZDURON
Wasp Nest Cavern
NW Stormwalk Mts
100 pygmies, called Bezjalaf
hunters
Bezjalaf ride on giagantic wasps
DELUR EYRIE
Cliffside nesting eyrie
Skyreach Mts.
50 Wind Children
Hunting
Wind Children
Orlanth
KARALUR EYRIE
Cliffside nesting eyrie
Rockwood Mts., north of Dragon Pass
100 Wind Children
Hunting
Wind Children
Orlanth
VERALUR EYRIE
Cliffside nesting eyrie
Skyreach Mts.
250 Wind Children
Hunting
Wind Children
Orlanth
SERID YARKASSA (city of Amphobos)
Magical town/port
Rightarm Isles
300 people, 700 newtlings, many others
fishing, gathering
newtling (humans are Pelaskites)
Choralinthor, Pelaskos
