So let’s talk about Tarsh a little. First thing to keep in mind is that it is geographically about the same size Sartar, but it is much more intensely settled with more…
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The Hill of Orlanth Victorious I
It is roughly 20 miles from Boldhome to the Hill of Orlanth Victorious – a roughly comparable distance from the Akropolis of Athens to the sanctuary at Eleusis. No trade road connects…
The Breather Sisters
A random passage from the Boldhome booklet that I find interesting: The most important cult within the city is that of Orlanth. The Prince is the highest priest of the Orlanth Rex…
The Geography of Dragon Pass and Sartar
A little blurb on the geography of Dragon Pass and Sartar. Not much like Caledonia at all. General Description Sartar is a rugged and seismically active region filled with rounded hills and…
More on drinking
In the Lunar Heartlands, it is the Lodrilli peasantry and workers that drink heavily. And often. The Yelmites put too much importance on self-control and purity, and drunkenness is seen as a…
Drinking
Some notes for an art piece, that I thought folk might enjoy. And of course, you drink your clearwine out of a wide-bowled drinking cup you pass around. These drinking bowls are…
Boldhome Map Preview III
As Matt Ryan and I continue to work on the Boldhome foldout map for the Sartar boxed set, we’ve made a few tweaks based on Greg’s notes. Greg really insisted that the…
A Civilization of River-and-Grasslands
Where Sartar is a silk road kingdom, with its riches coming from its command over the trade routes through strategic Dragon Pass, the Lunar Empire is a river-and-grasslands civilization. Because of its…
Pockets of Boldhome I
Of all the unique architectural elements of Boldhome, the Pockets are to me the most fascinating. Dwarf-made and carved deep into the mountain cliffs, they are an impossible combination of the facades…
Quivin Mountains Map WiP Preview II
Boldhome is the largest settlement in Sartar, comparable in size to all of the other cities of Sartar put together. It is the religious, political, commercial, and cultural center of the kingdom…
Eastern Sartar Photo Inspiration
For people trying to imagine the landscape of Sartar, here are some good pictures of eastern Sartar: Now western Sartar gets more rain and has more trees – this is in the…
Eastern Slopes of Sartar
If you want a good feel for the eastern slopes of Sartar, I took pictures today. You can even see Prax in some of these shots! Remember the base elevation of Clearwine…
City Populations
So as we are looking at population numbers and area, it is worth looking at some of the cities: So comparing sizes, Boldhome is a MUCH bigger city in area than Furthest….
Sartar Map Update II
The Master Map is nearly done. All hail the mighty Matt Ryan for his tireless work on this (he’s put in many hundreds of hours of work on this). This clip represents about 8%…
Sartar Geography
Did you know that Boldhome is even higher up in the mountains than Wintertop Fort? Or that thanks to the proximity of Skyfall Lake, Alone actually gets more snow than Alda-Chur? Or…
Quivin Mountains photo reference
A few glimpses of the Quivin mountains aka Bohinj in Slovenia. I am pretty sure I can see Hereva Mountain here! Most of the pictures were taken at 1700 meters and the…
Dragon Pass Maps
What I love about these is I can get a much better feel for the vegetation and the amount of settlement. Dark green is forest (mainly pine), light green is mixed oak,…
A good visual feel for Prax
If you want a good feel for Prax, you need go no further than the Great Basin in the US. Prax really is the US Great Basin and Southwest (with elements of…
Elevations in Dragon Pass and Prax
Apropos the recent discussion of what Dragon Pass and Prax look like, here’s the elevation of various points on the map: Dragon Pass & Prax Real World Durengard 50 meters Queen Anne…
Inspiration for the Dragonspine
A glimpse of the nearby Dragonspine from Wintertop.
Inspiration for Kero Fin
My mental image for Kero Fin has always been Mount Rainier in Washington state, with the Dragonspine being the nearby mountains. Of course you have to imagine that atop Rainier is plopped…
More Gloranthan Art in Berlin
Here’s a few more artifacts on display at the Altes Museum. This was posted on Google+…
Gloranthan Art in Berlin
Ian Cooper and I were at the Etruscan collection of the Altes Museum in Berlin reviewing Gloranthan artifacts from Dragon Pass, the Holy Country, and Peloria. Here’s a nice selection of images:…
Gloranthan artifacts
At the Pergamonmuseum a few days ago, I took some pictures of some very Gloranthan artifacts, mislabeled as Etruscan, Aramaean, and Hittite. But clearly they were actually Gloranthan in origin. I am…