Something to keep in mind about Prax. The grasslands of Prax are fertile enough to support only about 70-80% of the requirements of the various tribes, but not all of them. That…
Tag: 1550 ST
Some Yelmalio History in Sun County
In 877, Joraz Kyrem, Lord of the city of Pavis, requested aid from the Sun Dome temple of Dragon Pass (that temple was re-founded in 1575). The religious mercenaries complied in return…
Leading Families of New Pavis
Several leading families control most of Pavis. The families are extended and clannish. Their membership is large and they can recite their genealogy backwards with pride to their first known ancestor. Family…
Kinship Groups in New Pavis
Outside of the Big Rubble, there are some 24,000 humans in Pavis County. About 2/3rds of them are Sartarite settlers or their descendants. The first settlers came with Dorasar in 1550. They…
Dorasar, Prince of Pavis
Eonistaran the Sage, a son of King Sartar, lived in Jonstown as the chief librarian of the Jonstown Library. His sons were raised in Boldhome with their cousins, the princes of Sartar….
Comparative Timeline of the Settlement of Dragon Pass
From time to time I think it is worth reminding that the settlement of Dragon Pass after the Inhuman Occupation has a shorter history than the British colonies in North America +…
Notes on the Big Rubble
The Big Rubble covers about 25 square km. With 6100 inhabitants, that’s almost 250 inhabitants per square km or 2.5 per hectare. In comparison, New Pavis with 28 hectares has 5150 inhabitants…
Notes on New Pavis and the Big Rubble
There are over 25,000 human inhabitants of Pavis County – that’s the broad fertile valley in the northern River of Cradles. Most of them are farmers of Sartarite origins who settled between…
Zola Fel Valley
This is another one of those posts about scale. Pavis County and Sun Dome County are where New Pavis, the Big Rubble, and the Sun Dome Temple of Prax are located. It…
Dorasar Founds New Pavis
In Dragon Pass, the great and wise King Sartar started a splendid dynasty renowned for wisdom and generosity. A son of King Sartar, Eonistaran the Sage lived in Jonstown. His two sons…
Notes on The City of Wonders
The City of Wonders circa 1550 was the greatest city in the Holy Country, and one of the greatest cities in the world. With a population of 50,000 souls it was probably…
Sun County Settlers
Just as New Pavis attracted settlers and exiles from Dragon Pass fleeing from the Lunar Empire, so did Sun County in Prax. Although Yelmalio is neutral towards the Seven Mothers, the cult…
Sun Dome information
For those of you writing about Sun County in Prax, it is useful to remember a few details. Sun County has about 19,000 people. As a general rule, about half are initiates,…
Light in the Sky
Pretty much every Gloranthan spiritual tradition says that the bright and hot Sun was killed by the Storm God, ending the Golden Age. The Orlanthi particularly emphasise this myth, as it was…
What is the Third Age History of the Sun Dome Temple in Sartar (2008)
Answer by Greg Stafford and Jeff Richard. The Kitori Empire After the disasters of the Closing and the Dragonkill, many Kethaelans turned to the Nightcult. The Kitori Empire was reborn and many…
A Sense of Scale
Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 07/11/2011 – 14:43 Third Age Glorantha is a Bronze Age (or early Iron Age) setting, with a scale that is more comparable to the Ancient World than…