Skip to content
The Well of Daliath
Menu
Menu

Outlawry and Exile

Posted on December 21, 2024

Outlawry and exile are good ways to get your adventurers out of their homeland. They might have killed someone in another community, angered their local leaders, or gotten too involved in politics – the way many Orlanthi deal with this is to outlaw the troublemakers for some period of time. The local community is no longer under any obligation to protect them, and the outlaws are free to adventure where they will.

Places to go? There are plenty of places that Sartarite outlaws tend to go:

New Pavis: Head out east to the frontiers of civilization. New Pavis works well for outlaws – they need to support themselves, or pledge themselves to a new leader (Argrath, the Garhounds, whoever). The Big Rubble awaits!

Nochet: The biggest city in the world doesn’t care if you are no longer protected by your hillbilly kin. Go to work for a rich merchant or priestesses, become a thief, or whatever.

Handra: Quite a few Sartarites came to Handra during the Lunar Occupation, and many remain there despite the Dragonrise. Like Nochet, but on a smaller scale.

Holy Country, Maniria, and Ralios: Sartarite mercenaries have plenty of opportunities here. Become a bodyguard or a fighter for some local ruler and get caught up in intrigue and war.

Talastar. Sartarite mercenaries and adventurers are welcomed here, especially if they are willing to fight against Chaos. Land and favor is available to those who are willing to settle as colonists at the edge of Dorastor.

Melib: There’s a Holy Country colony here that is always looking for mercenaries from Dragon Pass. Get caught up in weird adventures in Teshnos, Fethlon, or among the Amazons!

Jrustela. For the really adventurous or dangerously educated, flee to Crandess on a Vadeli ship and explore forbidden God Learner ruins!

As a GM, the main resources you need to run sessions in these places are the Guide to Glorantha and the Cults books. Remember, your adventurers are not locals – they are outlaws from Dragon Pass. Think the Greeks in Xenophon’s Anabasis or most of Robert E Howard’s Conan or Michael Moorcock’s Elric stories.


Jeff Richard

Next
Previous
Guide to Glorantha, Handra (large city), Holy Country, Jrustela, Maniria, Melib, New Pavis (small city), Nochet (metropolis), Ralios, RQG, Talastar

Sections

  • Search Tips
  • Current RuneQuest Glorantha Publications
  • RuneQuest Glorantha Corrections and Q&A
  • Catalogue
  • References for Glorantha
    • Gloranthan Canon
  • Gloranthan Documents
  • RPG Systems & Versions
  • Gallery
  • About This Site
  • Get involved!

Latest Posts

  • My Appendix N Television list
  • Appendix N
  • The fundamental difference between RuneQuest and 5e
  • Update on what’s happening with RQ
  • A European View of Sartar
  • You don’t need deep backstory to play RQG
  • Initiation in Multiple Cults
  • Pavis is a Large City…
  • Views of Arkat
  • Heretics and Gloranthan Cults

Links

  • Chaosium
  • Chaosium’s RuneQuest RPG Wiki
  • Glorantha on BRP Central
  • RuneQuest on BRP Central
  • Prince of Sartar Webcomic
  • RuneQuest on Discord
  • Glorantha G+ Archives on Tapatalk
  • Search mailing list archive

Latest from BRP Central

  • Dagori Inkarth lore/publications/family history?
  • Journey to Jonstown #80: Durulz of Darkness and other new releases by indie RQ creators
  • Jonstown Compendium: Dara Happa Primer
  • Questions: Impaling critical damage while riding
  • Will we see Pavis and Big Rubble setting for RQG?
  • Sun County - Roads and routes
  • What happens after 1625
  • Is the Lunar Imperial Handbook still a good source
  • Cult of Indlas Somar Write Up
  • Battle of the Building Wall 1605 ST

Popular Tags

Boldhome (large city) Chaosium Contents Cult demographics Cults of Runequest (preview) DEU Entity glyph FRA Furthest (large city) G+ post GBR Gods Wall Greg Stafford Guide to Glorantha (preview) Humakt index Jar-eel Lunar Empire Lunar Pantheon Magazine Malkioni pantheon Map Michael O’Brien Mongoose MRQ1 New Pavis (small city) Old Glorantha Q&A Orlanth Orlanthi pantheon Photo reference Population demographics Prax (homeland) Q&A RQ3 RQG Sandy Petersen Sartar (homeland) single ref Spirit Cult Star Subcult Tarsh (homeland & Lunar province) Yelmalio Yelm Pantheon Youtube
©2026 The Well of Daliath | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme