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How Many Lunar Conversions in Dragon Pass

Posted on May 16, 2024

Now there are a lot of ways to answer that question: 1. How many people were willing to join as a lay member of the Seven Mothers? That might be a big…

Master Maps of Central Genertela

Posted on March 30, 2024

So these are the “master maps” for RQ – series of poster size maps that go from the Crater to Vultures Country, from the Elf Sea to Maniria. The scale is 1…

Comparative Timeline of the Settlement of Dragon Pass

Posted on March 30, 2024

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 +…

Population Movement in Dragon Pass

Posted on March 30, 2024

Apropos of my previous post – there’s a lot of interaction between the peoples of Dragon Pass, Prax, and the Holy Country. Many leading Sartarite families have married Esrolians, many Goldentongue merchants…

Dragon Pass Encounters

Posted on January 4, 2024

Stuck for what to encounter and want a Dragon Pass randomizer? Just roll a D20:

Major RuneQuest Settings – Dragon Pass & Prax

Posted on December 13, 2023

Dragon Pass and Prax are the settings for the overwhelming majority of all RQ games ever played (a distant third is Balazar from the RQ2 days). In the coming year, we are…

Administration in the Lunar Empire

Posted on October 9, 2023

The Lunar Empire is divided into four administrative tiers: Satrapies. The Lunar Heartlands are divided into nine satrapies, each ruled by a noble dynast who reports to the Red Emperor. The satraps are…

A Trek through Dragon Pass in Sea Season

Posted on May 13, 2023

Glimpses of Dragon Pass

Posted on April 22, 2023

A few glimpses from Dragon Pass as we drove in Wyoming today.

Dragon Pass Pantheons

Posted on March 11, 2023

Looking at the human population of Dragon Pass as a whole, these are their largest cults: Earth Religion – this is one of the two largest cult groupings in Dragon Pass with about…

Dragon Pass Map Forest Overlay

Posted on January 16, 2023

Just because I find it interesting, here’s that composite map of Dragon Pass, Kethaela, and NW Prax with a forest overlay, showing you forest cover. The dark green is heavy forest, the…

Master Map

Posted on January 16, 2023

Something Greg taught me was to regularly overlay maps, so that you could see how things interact with stuff beyond the border of the map. This has a big effect on how…

Notes on Oakfed

Posted on September 24, 2022

Oakfed is a major spirit in Dragon Pass and Prax. In the Lesser and Greater Darkness, Oakfed ruled much of Prax, dispelling the Darkness but burning all the remnants of the ancient…

Lhankor Mhy Sorcery

Posted on September 16, 2022

Several Dragon Pass cults routinely play around with sorcery – Lhankor Mhy in particular. But the Knowing Priests are largely self-taught amateurs when it comes to sorcery. Temples tend to know a…

Elder Races in Dragon Pass

Posted on June 13, 2022

Although Dragon Pass is dominated by humans, about one in five intelligent beings there are non-human. The dragonewts are a very ancient species, descended from the great immortal Dragons of the pass….

The Core of the Lightbringers Religion

Posted on September 7, 2021

Dragon Pass and the Holy Country are the core of the Lightbringers Religion. Now people always grasp that includes Orlanth and Ernalda, but do not underestimate the societal importance of Chalana Arroy,…

The Geography of Dragon Pass and Sartar

Posted on August 29, 2021

A little blurb on the geography of Dragon Pass and Sartar. Not much like Caledonia at all. GENERAL DESCRIPTION Sartar is a rugged and seismically active region filled with rounded hills and…

Reinforcing the Scale

Posted on March 12, 2021

From time to time it is worth reinforcing the scale of Dragon Pass and the Holy Country. So basically, Dragon Pass is about the size of Northern California from the south shore…

History of Kethaela – The Third Age

Posted on March 12, 2021

After the Dragonkill War, the Only Old One proved himself to be a troll in magical contest with Kajak-ab Brain Eater and so shared rule of Dragon Pass with the leaders in…

Mining Metals

Posted on January 30, 2021

This is a tentative summary of the main mining sources of metals in Dragon Pass and the Holy Country. Bronze and copper are primarily locally sourced. Although some tin, silver, gold, and…

Cults of Dragon Pass

Posted on October 12, 2020

One thing that should be becoming clear is how much of a mixed salad Dragon Pass is. If we include Sartar, Tarsh Exiles, Lunar Tarsh, and the Grazelands, here are the three…

Dragon Pass Maps

Posted on November 4, 2019

What I love about these is I can get a much better feel for the vegetation and the amount of settlement. Dark green is forest (mainly pine), light green is mixed oak,…

Esrolia Sketch Maps

Posted on October 11, 2019

All maps at 2cm = 8 km scale.

Dragon Pass and Kethaela Map

Posted on October 9, 2019

About 66% done on phase one! The whole of Dragon Pass and Kethaela at 2 cm = 5 miles scale. Altogether it is an A0 map. To get all of Prax in…

Wyrm’s Footnotes #15 (2012)

The World of Glorantha is a place of fantasy, mythology, adventure, warfare, romance and horror. It is a place of gods and heroes, thieves and adventurers… In the heart of the Kingdom…

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