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A few notes on the Dragon Religion of the Empire of the Wyrms Friends

Posted on April 2, 2025

This is expanded from a previous post In the Second Age, the people of Dragon Pass (especially along the Creekstream River) learned that existence as illusion, validated by dragon power. The EWF’s…

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,…

Why was Old Pavis so big?

Posted on May 13, 2024

Now I don’t mean why were the walls so big – that was Paragua‘s doing. He smashed the little settlement of Robcradle (which was probably around 3 hectares or a little bigger…

Hard-Wired Gloranthan Conflicts

Posted on May 7, 2024

There are some big conflicts hard-wired into the Glorantha setting, including (but not limited to): These conflicts are macro and microcosmic. Political conflict often echo these cosmic conflicts – for example, Sartar…

Magic Road Quests

Posted on December 6, 2023

Orlanth‘s deeds in the God Tine set the path for many, maybe even most, heroquests known in the Third Age. He is the god of Heroes after all. This is especially true…

Notes on the Third Council

Posted on October 14, 2023

The Third Council of the Lands of Genertela (aka the Empire of the Wyrms Friends or the Kingdom of Dragon Pass) was formed in 826 and ruled over most of central Genertela…

The legacy of the EWF

Posted on July 9, 2023

As we think about the legacy of the EWF in the late Third Age, we first need to remember that none of the humans of Dragon Pass are their heirs. All of…

The Decline and Fall of the EWF

Posted on July 9, 2023

899 to 910 were the height of the Empire of the Wyrms Friends‘ magical power and wealth. The Third Council were worshiped as gods, arguably they were gods in the mundane world….

Notes on the Lhankor Mhy cult

Posted on June 12, 2023

The Lhankor Mhy cult are famed as the lovers of wisdom (philosophers) and knowledge (philognosis) in Dragon Pass and the Holy Country. In the First Age, the priests of the Knowing God…

Hero Wars Story Hooks for the EWF and God Learners

Posted on June 12, 2023

Both the EWF and the God Learners are a subject of interest in the Hero Wars – especially for the Sartarites. And both can be a source of adventure ideas. For example,…

Notes on the Machine God

Posted on June 12, 2023

The God Learners made their foray into creating an artificial god with Zistor the Machine God. The Clanking City was first established in God Forgot around 740. It was a God Learner…

Notes on The Empire of the Wyrms Friends

Posted on June 12, 2023

The Empire of the Wyrms Friends was formally founded in 822, and soon after, in 826, proclaimed itself to be the High Council of the Lands of Genertela (usually called the Third…

Imagining the Yelmalio cult

Posted on May 12, 2023

One of the difficulties people have in imagining the Yelmalio cult is that the best described temple is the one in Prax, aka Sun County. Sun County, if you all recall was…

Ralios Orlanthi

Posted on January 2, 2023

The Holy Country has about 357k Orlanth initiates (and I mean initiate of Orlanth, not Orlanthi culture). Peloria has 225k and Dragon Pass has just under 100k. But Ralios has some 560k…

The Stitched Zoo

Posted on December 12, 2022

Among the stranger ruins from the Empire of the Wyrms Friends is the Stitched Ruins in Dragon Pass. You can still see the ruins of corrals and prison cells, and the whole…

The Entropy of Time

Posted on August 10, 2022

The Broken Council, God Learners, Empire of the Wyrms Friends, and the Lunar Empire all shared the same progression of endless new possibilities and optimistic enthusiasm that later becomes overtaken by ambitious…

Spread of the EWF

Posted on June 2, 2022

The EWF influence spread through the so-called Barbarian Belt in the 800s. Lakrene was EWF by 850, Anadikki by 870, and parts of Brolia were taxed around 890. The process was for…

The Seshnegi

Posted on June 19, 2021

Another ancient manuscript from the early Dawn Age. Again I think this might date to the Wisconsin era. The Seshnegi were marked culturally by an inspiring burst of growth over the realms…

History Of Kethaela – The Second Age

Posted on March 11, 2021

The Shadowlands continued their political existence through the next five centuries as the world changed all about them. The Waertagi were driven from seas by the navies of the Jrusteli priest-magicians of…

The Many Suns and the Sun Gods of Prax

Posted on December 29, 2018

Posted without further commentary. Is there a firm date for Monrogh’s revelation of the Many Suns? A few years before Tarkalor came to power.

History of Dragon Pass in the Second Age

Posted on June 16, 2013

Here are some notes that I’ve compiled about the so-called Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Of interest here is to note that there is actually no period when they called themselves by…

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