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Population demographics of New Pavis and the Big Rubble

Posted on August 10, 2024

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

Posted on June 9, 2024

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

Posted on January 22, 2024

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

Posted on January 12, 2024

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

Posted on November 20, 2023

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…

Dragonewt City

Posted on September 3, 2023

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….

Anaxos the Horali

Posted on March 21, 2023

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

Posted on January 16, 2023

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

Posted on January 7, 2023

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

Posted on January 7, 2023

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

Posted on December 20, 2022

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…

Mercenary and Outland Dragonewts

Posted on July 19, 2022

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

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 Invasion of the Holy Country 1619, part 1

Posted on July 22, 2021

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…

Townspeople and tribesfolk

Posted on October 29, 2020

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…

The Dragonewts’ Dream

Posted on October 15, 2020

In 1539 the famous Dragonewts’ Dream began, and ended two years later. At this time the real dragonewts seemed to go about their normal business in their cities and outside. But in…

Sites at the Dawn (2006)

This is a draft document by Greg Stafford. Last revision: 7 Mar 2006, a complete version is available in the Guide to Glorantha. This is a listing of (many of) the significant…

Draconic creatures from the Glorantha Bestiary

Posted on May 29, 2019

Assorted Draconic creatures by Cory Trego-Erdner. From The Glorantha Bestiary – a myriad of Foes, Rivals and Allies to challenge your RuneQuest Heroes!

Meet the Dragonewts!

Posted on August 20, 2018

We are getting very close on the next release – the Gamemaster Screen Pack! In fact, so close that let’s go and meet the Dragonewts! They are friendly, I assure you. At…

Dragonewt Roads Map

Posted on June 5, 2013

Morning’s sneak peak – a b&w draft version of the Dragonewt Roads map. The final will be color of course. This was originally posted on Google+… Now in the Tapatalk archive.

Scout Dragonewt skull

Posted on June 1, 2013

Photo of the skull of a Scout Dragonewt. The final restored picture will appear in the Guide. This was posted on Google+

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