Something that is easily over looked is the scale of Glorantha. The Sky Dome is about 12,000 km in diameter at its base, and its apex is about 6,000 km above the…
Tag: Genertela
Master Maps of Central Genertela
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…
A Sense of Scale II
Genertela is nearly 9,000,000 square km in area. That’s more than twice the size of the European Union or a little smaller than continental Europe. Or for us North Americans, it is…
Part 16 – Chaos Monsters of Genertela
Cockatrice Claws & Tail 5W+1, Peck 8W, Scaly Hide +2, Agile 8W, Fly Fast 2W, Resist Magic 5W, Strong 17 Venom: Instant, Petrifying, Potency 18W Distribution: Maniria, Peloria, Seshnela, Ralios, Fronela, Umathela…
Cross-Cultural Awareness
There are more than 22 million sentients between the Shan Shan mountains and a line formed roughly by Winterwood, the Nidan Mountains and Lake Felster. These are the heirs of those briefly…
Chaos deities in Genertela
When we think about the Chaos deities in Genertela, we have a few heavy hitters we all know: Primal Chaos, Bagog, Cacodemon, Krjalk, Krarsht, Mallia, Pocharngo, Thanatar, Thed, Vivamort, etc. We also…
The Size of Genertela
When we think about the size of Genertela, remember that it is roughly 5000 km long from west to east and 1700 wide from north to south. It is a little bit…
Genertela line map
The northern continent of the Surface World is called Genertela, which means “Place of Genert”, the Earth King who once ruled the land. Genertela is about 5,000 km east to west and…
Population of Genertela
The entire sentient population of Genertela is approximately 52 million (46 million humans, 6 million non-humans), which is comparable to the population of the Roman (45-60 million) or Han Empires (59 million)…
Geology of Genertela map
Here’s a geology of Genertela map done by Andreas Pittelkow about 20 years ago, but much of it is still right on. The “bricked” areas are limestone strata formed during the Storm…
Guide to Glorantha wins Silver ENnie for Best Cartography
Gen Con – The Guide to Glorantha picked up the 2015 Silver ENnie for Best Cartography at the awards ceremony tonight – congratulations to master mapmaker Colin Driver who was responsible for the…
Pre-Order the Guide and Argan Argar Atlas now!
Just as a reminder, if you missed out on the Kickstarter, now you can Pre-Order the Guide to Glorantha and the Argan Argar Atlas. You can even pre-order Poster Map Sets (collections of maps in a 24…
Genertela
Genertela is the northern continent of Glorantha. It is largely temperate in climate; its winds generally blow west to east, and often from the north during Dark Season. The continent is 3,125…
Weather in Glorantha
The powerful forces of two great Gloranthan deities, the wind of Orlanth and the rays of Yelm, the Sun, determine seasonal changes in weather. Magical events also affect local weather significantly. Weather…
Maps of Glorantha
Glorantha is a cube of earth some 5000 miles wide surrounded by the endless current of Sramake’s River. The waters inundated the earth in the Gods Age and much of the world…
Gloranthan Map Page
All maps on this page can be used and shared on your fan sites. See the fan material policy for more details. The World of Glorantha The World of Glorantha (Greyscale) Line…
Full Map of Glorantha
Its not quite finished, and this is EXTREMELY low res, but here’s the map of the full world. Those weird dark lines are the Abysmal Trenches, formed when Zzabur nearly broke the…
Art and Culture and a Fantasy World
Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 08/05/2012 – 16:07 I’m posting this as a discussion piece, and a lot of this is in shorthand that makes sense to the writing and artistic group,…
Four Major Cultures Genertela
Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 14/10/2011 – 20:45 Approximately 55 million people reside in Genertela. Over 70% of the population belong to one of four broad cultural groups. Kralorelan. Total population: 13.1…