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Tag: Dragonewts
CHA4037 Dragon Pass – 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
Population demographics of New Pavis and the Big Rubble
If we look at Pavis and the Big Rubble as a whole, there are some 7400 humans, 2500 trolls, 1000 aldryami, 200 dwarfs, 150 dragonewts, and 750 other sentients (including broo &…
The Dragonewt Temple in The Rubble
In 1539, the unusual event called the Dragonewts’ Dream took place. At that time all of the living dragonewts of Dragon Pass crawled into their ancient cities, sealed and booby trapped them,…
Common Knowledge – Dragonewts
Dragonewts are both familiar and extremely mysterious in Dragon Pass. They are of course familiar to most inhabitants – there are some 20,000 dragonewts in Dragon Pass. Dragonewt Roads cross much of…
Visualising Gloranthan Societies
I like to think of mortal Gloranthan societies as being made of clusters of temples, with links to their associates. Some cults – like Orlanth and Ernalda – end up with big…
Dragon Pass Dragonewt population
A rough breakdown of the dragonewt population in Dragon Pass, attributed to Minaryth Purple. So if we look at High Wyrm and assume its population of 2000 is accurate, there is likely…
CHA4041 Mythology – Index
CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) 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…
Dragonewt City
Was hiking around in Dragon Pass and found a dragonewt city in a mountain vale. I love some of the alien rock formations, and immediately realised that we were near High Wyrm….
Notes on the Resettlement of Dragon Pass
When we think about the Resettlement of Dragon Pass, it is worth thinking about the groups of settlers a little. Colymar: The first group, which entered Dragon Pass around 1300. They were a…
Notes on Kralorela II
The Closing hit Kralorela in 954, but the New Dragons Ring concealed this for a generation. Nonetheless, the New Dragon’s Ring managed to hold on for more than a century and a…
Anaxos the Horali
When Tarlyra – a Humakt initiate – goes into combat, she wields some of the power of Humakt, standing in for the god in the mundane world. That’s what Rune Magic is,…
Dragonewts in Maniria
In Maniria, there is a Dragonewt City in the Ryzel Hills, with its own Inhuman King. Dragonewt parties can be found throughout Maniria; normally they are neutral towards those they encounter, but…
Dragon People
The Seshnegi held that the rulers of Kralorela were Dragon People – a tribe of humans who were dragons and vice versa. Hykim is depicted as a great dragon, and all of…
Notes on Kralorela I
Kralorela has some 8.9 million people and covers around 625,000 square km. Kralorela is a relatively narrow arable band of land, islands, and shallows seas no more than 500 km wide, between…
Top Five favorite Elder Races
My personal Top Five favorite Elder Races: 5. Black elves. The Dark Plant People are fungi – they are concerned about the recycling of death into life. Everyone ignores them, or assumes…
RuneQuest 2nd edition – Creature List
This is a list of all of the creatures included in the Monsters Chapter
Mercenary and Outland Dragonewts
Other lizard-like people exist near Dragon Pass, but claim a different ancestry than the dragonewts. These included one family which had been cursed, one which had grown from crocodiles, one which were…
Elder Races in Dragon Pass
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….
Elder Secrets of Glorantha – Contents
Secrets Book 1 Elder Races Book 2
The Empire of the Wyrms Friends
So let’s think a little bit about the Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Perhaps the most important elements of that Second Age empire is in the name- the Wyrms Friends. Here’s an…
The Invasion of the Holy Country 1619, part 1
The Lunar Empire had never stopped eyeing the richer lands of the Holy Country to the south. But their failure at the Building Wall Battle in 1605 had made them cautious, so…
CHA4039 The Smoking Ruin and other Stories – Index
Page numbers refer to: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – D
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: D (pages 762-764)
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…