Sites at the Dawn (2006)

This is a draft document by Greg Stafford. Last revision: 7 Mar 2006, a complete version is 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

Inhabitants, or often, people who gather there at its holiest day

Lifestyle

Culture, or significant aspects of tiny cultures

Primary Deities

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
AKSENA ZA	Tunnel complex	Yolp Mts.	2,000 trolls	Troll	Hunter	Zorak Zoran, Kyger Litor
EZKORO ROKO	Massive tunnel complex	Halikiv	3,000 trolls	Troll	hunter gatherer	Kyger Litor
ARANEA KAD (Cragspider’s Mountain)	Crude palatial temple	Dragon Pass, north east	500 trolls	Troll	hunter gatherer	Kyger Litor
HOMBADAKA BOKO (Dancing Ground)	barren valley		trolls	Troll		Kyger Litor
ELDABRI BOKO	sacred site, trading fort	?	300 trolls	Troll	trade, hunter gatherer	Argan Argar, Kyger Litor
KEDESTAGI ENDOBOKO	trading fort	?	500 trolls	Troll	hunter gatherer	Argan Argar

*Ezkankekko (the Only Old One) rules from here.

Aldryami Population Centers

RIST	Aldryami Forest, Great Tree	SE of Yolp Mts, to Erinflarth River	800 elves, other Aldryami	Aldryami	wild horticulture	Aldrya pantheon
ESTON	Aldryami Forest	Elder wilds	300 elves, other Aldryami	Aldryami	wild horticulture	Aldrya pantheon
ARAKON	Aldryami Forest, Great Tree	Arstola Forest	2000 elves, other Aldryami	Aldryami	wild horticulture	Aldrya pantheon

Mostali Tunnel Cities

Karur Benvekara Dastoga	dwarf underground city	Jord Mts.	2000 dwarfs	Mostali	mining, trading	Mostal
Enera Dala Vo	dwarf underground city	Imther Mts.	8000 dwarfs	Mostali	mining, trading	Mostal
Rur Elar Taras (Greatway)	dwarf underground city	Rockwood Mts. by Dragon Pass	5000 dwarfs	Mostali	mining, trading	Mostal
Eziramko Cho Al Kalad (Gemborg)	dwarf underground city	Vent (large volcano in Caladraland)	1000 dwarfs	Mostali	mining, trading	Mostal

Human Settlements

Jon Barat (God Forgot)	Hidden town	Leftarm Isles	200 people, who called themselves Ingareens	Malkioni	farming, gathering, fishing
Parantikor Bel (Ivory Plinth, Needle, Tusker Tower)	Temple village	Between Snakepipe Hollow and the Rockwood Mts.	400 humans	Aramite, humans who ride tuskers*	hunter gatherer	Orlanth
Tor Balur [later Plain of Stones]	hillfort-style holy centers, with underground temple	near Red Wyrm River	150 humans, Balurgans	Old Earth type culture	Sacred Horticulture	Balurga (earth goddess), Verhil (earth son/husband)
Alkoth	Alkoth City contains many shrines and temples to the Shargash pantheon. Small city, temple center	Junction of Oslir and Erinflarth Rivers	2,500 humans, called (Slavers, Killmen, etc.)	Dara Happan	Urban agriculturalists (rice, irrigation)	Shargash, Oslira, Bijiif
Tor Vara [eventually site of city of Hortugarth]	Sacred site Hillfort-style holy centers, each with underground rituals temples.	near Red Wyrm River	150 humans, Balurgans	Old Earth type culture	Sacred Horticulture	Balurga (earth goddess), Verhil (earth son/husband)
Berenstead	Hillfort village, temple center Hill fort encloses Temples of Orlanth and Ernalda, Barntar and Redayalde, and Hyalor	on the Black Eel, south of its confluence with the	1,500 humans, called Berenethtell	Heortling	Agriculture	Orlanth, Ernalda
Berthestead (Arrowstead)	small stead	among marshes about ten miles from the confluence of the Black Eel and Oslir Rivers.	200 humans, called Deleskarings	Heortling	Horticulture, trade of arrows to neighbors	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

*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 Second 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

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

Leftarm Isles

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Uz Habitations

Aldryami Population Centers

Mostali Tunnel Cities

Human Settlements

== OTHERS ==

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