by Greg Stafford Originally published in Wyrms Footnotes #6 (1979). The Famous Dark Trolls of the Hero Wars” section was subsequently reprinted in Wyrm’s Footprints (1995). The Age of Plenty In the…
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Irnar, Sartar’s Lawspeaker
This Hero was Sartar’s Lawspeaker. He is worshipped only in Sartarite cities (Boldhome, Jonstown, Swenstown, and Wilmskirk), for he created the laws that govern the city rings. Write up Page Year Runes…
ISS3001 King of Sartar (1992, 2015)
Maps and Diagrams by Greg Stafford. Compilation of myths, stories and colorful background for the Hero Wars. This is useful as a source book for the Hero Wars game as well as…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – O
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: O (pages 783-785) Oabil 561, 687, 689, 692, 693 Oakfed 13, 120, 443, 446, 453 Oak Spirit 21 Oarz-upon-Joat 311 Oasis People 447, 451,…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – P
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: P (pages 785-787) Pabrade 598 Pachycephalosaurs 519 Pachyderms 13 Pagoda of the Seven Dreams 280 Pah-Peh-Rheo 476, 484 Painted People 683 Painted Temple of…
Personalities of Glorantha – Fazzur Wideread (1998)
Fazzur Wideread, Governor-General of Dragon Pass, originally published in Wyrms Footnotes #12 (1981) This write-up as of Storm Season, 1613 S.T. Fazzur was born on Fireday, Illusion Week, Fire Season in 1564….
CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X Y Z
1470-1491 The Coming of Sartar
Date Event Homeland Primary Secondary 1395-1470 Previous section – The Kingdom of Tarsh 1470-1477 Tastinim is King of Tarsh. CHoDP (KOS) KoT (KOS)ID (GS) 1470 Sartar comes to Dragon Pass from Hendrikiland. HoDP (GS)…
1613-1615 Rebellion in Sartar
Date Event Homeland Primary Sources 1602-1612 Previous section – The Fall of the Kingdom of Sartar 1613 Events of the “Sartar High Council”.The attempt to forge the Ring of Sartar fails. CHoDP (KOS)…
1631-1658 The Reign of Argrath, King of Sartar
Date Event Primary Secondary 1625-1630 Previous section – The Liberation of Sartar 1631-1632 Argrath invades Tarsh with Grazer help. Pharandros captured. He and his sister, Estal Donge, are imprisoned in the City…
Dragons Past (1979-1995)
Dragons Past has been used as the title in three different article series by Greg Stafford: Issue Date Source Notes Dragon’s Past #1 Probably The Wyld Hunt #034 Available in the Stafford…
New Pavis: The Lunar Occupation
As we all know, in 1610 New Pavis resisted the Lunar Army for a single day, then opened its gates to the besiegers. There was mutiny, but the ringleaders were caught and…
Argrath’s New Pavis
As of 1625, New Pavis has a permanent population of about 5150 people, making it the second largest Sartarite city after Boldhome. Another 1500 people live inside the Big Rubble. All of…
Notes on Ty Kora Tek
Ty Kora Tek is propitiated each Wildday by Earth cults. Wildday of Death Week is her seasonal holy day. The entire Death Week of Darkness Season is dedicated to her; her High…
Nochet Notes
Nochet is five times the population of Furthest and ten times that of Boldhome. At 600 hectares, it covers almost twice the area of Rome within the Servian Walls. With an average…
Cities
Glorantha has many famed cities that predate the Dawn – Alkoth, Raibanth, Yuthuppa, Nochet, etc. But founding your own city is also a path to godhood as shown by such demigods as…
Dragon Pass Alcohol
The most common alcoholic drinks in Dragon Pass are: Beer. Made from emmer wheat, einkorn, or barley, beer (I am using the term broadly) is the most common drink. Brewing is often associated…
A Short Summary Of Argrath’s Life To 1627
So the basic story is that Argrath was exiled to Prax as a youth. He was taken as a slave by the Bison Tribe, but while a slave he found/freed the White…
The Lunar Dynasty in Tarsh
King Pharandros of Tarsh has been on throne for 15 years in 1625. Educated in Glamour and Syllila, Pharandros is culturally a Lunar Heartlander. The son of the famed Lunar magician and…
Dragon Pass in the Third Age, part 1
After the genocide of the Dragonkill War, people were understandably reluctant to move back into Dragon Pass. The tribes closest to it were fanatical in their fear of the Pass, and formed…
A Sense Of Chronological Perspective
From time to time I find it useful to repost these two timelines: Present year 1627 Compare this to a Greek at the time of Alexander (330 BC): So when you look…
Yelmalio cultists numbers
There are about as many Yelmalio cultists in Sartar as there are in Praxian Sun County. And about twice as many in Tarsh or among the Praxian tribes as there are in…
Pick a Tribe
The tribal information presented here helps you quickly get some of the most important characteristics of that tribe as a tribe. Pick one of the tribes from the following list or let…
Nochet population density
When we think about cities like Nochet, keep in mind how incredibly densely populated some of them are – like Bombay or Calcutta. Nochet’s population density averages somewhere around 18,000+ per square…
The distrust of Kallyr Starbrow
One thing that is hard for some people to really grasp is how controversial and distrusted Kallyr was by many tribal leaders as Prince (and before). The distrust of Kallyr goes back…