Pelorian Rain Goddess Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 110 2023 Prosopaedia entry
Tag: Peloria
Notes on Pelorian Architecture
So as I contemplate the look of Tarshite cities, it is clear we need to think about general Pelorian architecture. So first building materials – Peloria is a land of bricks. Air-dried…
Top of the World
In Dragon Pass, Kero Fin is the mother of Orlanth, but for much of Peloria, Fronela, and Ralios, Orlanth resides atop Top of the World. This high peak is some 10,000 meters…
The Orlanth Cult in Peloria
There are some 225,000 Orlanth initiates in Peloria, making it the fourth biggest cult in Peloria (tied with Ernalda). Only Seven Mothers, Lodril, and Oria have bigger cults. During the rise of…
Apotheosis of the Red Goddess
In 1247 the Red Goddess performed her final dance some 50 km to the northwest of Raibanth. A huge crimson sphere, some 40 km in diameter, rose from earth and continued to…
Languages in Sartar
Let’s think a little bit about languages. So in Sartar pretty much everyone either speaks Sartarite (aka Heortling) or Old Tarshite as their first language. Pretty much everybody also some knows Tradetalk…
Peloria Climate
Peloria has a continental climate for the most part. Most of it is quite dry, with warm summers and cold winters. Without humans, most of Peloria would be grasslands and ripurian wetlands,…
Oslira Rune magic
So I was recently pondering why Oslira does not provide Strongnet, unlike Engizi and Zola Fel. And I realized the answer is quite easy – the Oslira cult is not the cult…
The Wetlands of Lowland Peloria
The wetlands of Lowland Peloria cover much of the Silver Shadow and Darjiin satrapies. A quick estimate is some 3500 square kilometers in those satrapies are marshlands – that’s about the fifth…
Peloria
Peloria is largely a pretty dry grassland. It has several large rivers through it, and some large wetlands. That’s how it has been since Greg’s earliest writings about the Lunar Empire. It…
Entekos in the Lunar Heartlands
The primary atmospheric deity in the Lunar Heartlands is Entekos, whose cult is largely contained to Karasal, Oronin, and the Silver Shadow). Her cult is closely associated with Dendara, and is associated…
Notes on the Origins Of Tarsh
Let’s talk a little bit about the south Pelorian Orlanthi, as I think that they are important as a background – even though the Lunar Tarshites are not merely a Lunarized variant…
The Villages around Furthest and the rest of Tarsh
So thinking about the difference between villages around Furthest and the rest of Tarsh means thinking about the difference between Saird and lowland Peloria. Tarsh was settled by two very different waves…
Caladraland
Of course the Orlanthi know Lodril – he is the great god of Caladraland, a nation of nearly a half million people at the edge of Esrolia. Lodril lives here in a…
Peloria
The Pelorian bowl is a steppe-land, about 640 km from Saird to the Thunder Delta, and about 800 km from the Sweet Sea to the Redlands frontier, where it merges into the…
Peasants in the Lunar Heartlands
Although the Lunar Empire bears less resemblance to the society presented in GRoY than folk often assume, one thing that has been present in Peloria since Time began is the split between…