Sartar can be thought of a confederation of small cities centered on the large city of Boldhome, with a score of allied tribes, most of which have a say as to the…
Tag: City
Imagining Gloranthan Towns and cities
Remember: A big exception to this are the cities built by Sartar and Wilms, which were designed to mitigate a lot of this – especially Boldhome, which is arguably the best designed…
History of Orlanthi Cities
If we think about the history of the Orlanthi, their original Dawn Age settlements were “hill fort villages” – this is where they survived the Greater Darkness and Grey Ages. The entire…
The Founding of Bagnot, Dunstop and Alda-Chur
Bagnot, Dunstop, and Alda-Chur were all settled by South Pelorian refugees within a generation of Arim the Pauper entering Dragon Pass. Bagnot and Dunstop were settled around 1340 ST by different groups…
Dunstop II
A few notes on the Tarshite city of Dunstop: Dunstop has a population of about 5k people and covers about 50 hectares. It is built on a low (30 meter high) hill…
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…
City Populations
So as we are looking at population numbers and area, it is worth looking at some of the cities: So comparing sizes, Boldhome is a MUCH bigger city in area than Furthest….
Lunar Cities I
I salute the so-far unknown Hippodamus who aided Hon-eel in developing the standardised grid plan for Lunar cities founded or rebuilt in the Fifth Wane. Each city was laid out on a…