The Shadow Plateau is one of the great centers of trolldom in Glorantha, although it is now but a shadow of the former Kingdom of Night. There are some 41,000 trolls on…
Tag: Cult demographics
Runegate Sartar Book Preview
Runegate is a fortified town in an agriculturally rich valley near the Upland Marsh. It is important for horse breeding, and the fenced pasture northwest of the town is the site of…
Refuge
The city of Refuge is port city in God Forgot and a Brithini outpost which continues its tenuous existence using the old caste systems of Brithos. Cautious and defensive, the rulers are…
Cult Demographics for Caladraland
Caladraland is one of the regions of the Holy Country, and one people don’t pay enough attention to! If we look at Caladraland as a whole (so Highvale, Porthomeka, Vinavale, and Thomble),…
The Leftarm Islands
Off the southern tip of Heortland is the area called God Forgot. It is associated with the Bandori valley and the Marcher Lands. Collectively this area has about 100,000 human inhabitants, roughly…
Notes on Alkoth II
Let’s look a little at Alkoth. The city is the center of the Shargash cult, with roughly some 4000 cultists. It is a Lunar city and has 5000 Seven Mothers cultists –…
Cult Demographics for the Lunar Heartlands
The Lunar Heartlands are home to almost 5.4 million humans. This is the center of Lunar culture and the Lunar religion, a fact made omnipresent by the presence of the Red Moon…
Cult Demographics for the Lunar Provinces
Looking at Cult Distributions for the Lunar Provinces (Aggar, Holay, Imther, Tarsh, and Vanch) tells a fascinating story. There are a little less than 1.4 million humans in the Lunar Provinces. Looking…
Cult Demographics for Civilized Prax
I’ve been fine-tuning some of the cult demographic numbers for Pavis County and the Sun County. As of 1626, there are about 25,650 humans residing in Pavis County – this includes Argrath’s…
Women in the Lunar Army
Are there female soldiers within the ranks of the lunar military? Yes, the Lunar army has female soldiers and leaders. Going back to my post yesterday about the main cults in the…
The most popular cults in the Lunar Heartlands?
Here’s another good question – what are the most popular cults in the Lunar Heartlands? The answer is the Seven Mothers, either collectively or individually. About 24% of the population in the…
Notes on Tarsh I
So let’s talk about Tarsh a little. First thing to keep in mind is that it is geographically about the same size Sartar, but it is much more intensely settled with more…
The Far Place
There are about 31,000 permanent residents in the area centered on Alda-Chur, including the Dinacoli, Princeros, Tovtaros, and Vantaros tribes. This area, called the Far Place, speaks Tarshite but has had close…
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…
Caladraland
Of course the Orlanthi know Lodril – he is the great god of Caladraland, a nation of nearly a half million people at the edge of Esrolia. Lodril lives here in a…
Tribes of Sartar Map, 1625-1626
So there are 157 clans in Sartar (not including the Telmori and the Pol-Joni of course), with an average population of about 900 members. 600 are adults. The average tribe in Sartar…
Ernaldori Clan
One of the largest, oldest, and most powerful clans in Sartar, the Ernaldori are named after the Earth goddess, who is their patron and protector. Location The Nymie Vale along the Stream,…
Sartar Telmori
Another Sartarite group that is curiously neglected in many campaigns are the Telmori. There are 6500 Telmori – Chaos-tainted werewolves, disliked by every other tribe (except the ducks who are apathetic) who…
Yelmalio Initiates in Prax and Sartar
Something that is worth thinking about is that there are more Yelmalio initiates in Sartar (which includes Sun Dome Temple and the Far Place) than in the Civilized River of Cradles. However,…
Alda-Chur
With about 4000 permanent residents Alda-Chur is the second largest city in Sartar. A quick cult breakdown for Alda-Chur: Important note: Post-Dragonrise Alda-Chur is the main stronghold of the Lunar Empire outside…
Seven Mothers in Sartar
Now that we know where the Yelmalio cultists are, let’s look at some ballpark numbers for the Seven Mothers in Sartar. Seven Mothers cult numbers These numbers are very approximate, and might…
Yelmalio cult in Sartar
So where is the Yelmalio cult in Sartar, one might ask. Well here is how that breaks down: And that in a nutshell, shows what happened to the Elmal cult. See Also…
Townspeople and tribesfolk
Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…
Cult Membership in Sartar
How many members of my cult are there in Sartar? There are about 170k people in Sartar (including the Far Point but not the Pol-Joni). Let’s assume a little over half are…
Boldhome Cultists
Here’s an approximate number of cultists inside of Boldhome, as I think people might find this one real interesting: Cult – Approximate number of cultists c. 1626 So in Boldhome, Orlanth and…