We often forget that the Big Rubble can actually be viewed as a troll city with a human minority. First some comparisons of size. New Pavis is 28 hectares, and I think…
Tag: Population demographics
Biggest Sartarite Cities
The biggest Sartarite city – as described in the Dragon Pass book – is Boldhome, with over 10,000 residents. It is twice the population of the other cities around the Quivin Mountains…
Population demographics of New Pavis and the Big Rubble
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 &…
Trolltown in The Big Rubble I
Some 2000 trolls now reside in Trolltown. Powerful troll kinship groups have taken over the intact villas, which may be the home of 50-120 dark trolls, trollkin, and great trolls. The largest…
Badside – Outside Pavis & the Big Rubble
About 1490 there was a new settlement started outside of the walls of Pavis. It was called the City of Thieves (now called Badside), and it was permitted both as a favour…
Trolls of The Big Rubble
There are some 2500 trolls in the Big Rubble, making them the single most numerous community. There are some 500 adult dark trolls, over 1600 trollkin, and at least 100 great trolls,…
The Dragonewt Temple in The Rubble
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,…
Manside, Big Rubble
Let’s think about Manside in the Big Rubble for a few minutes. About 1,500 humans live in the Big Rubble. Of that number, about 500 live in the Real City, about 350…
How Big is the Big Rubble?
The Big Rubble covers about 1900 hectares of area. To put that in comparison, New Pavis covers only 28 hectares, and even Nochet covers only 600 hectares. For real world comparisons, Ancient…
Boldhome 1622
In early 1622, Boldhome is an occupied city, the center of Lunar administration for Sartar, Prax, and Heortland. Malkonwal and the Hendriki have been defeated, but there are still some 20,000 Lunar…
Social Classes in the Lunar Empire
A few notes on social classes in the Lunar Empire (with some specific notes on slavery in Dara Happa). Dara Happa – that belt of intensive agriculture along the Oslira river –…
Population Movement in Dragon Pass
Apropos of my previous post – there’s a lot of interaction between the peoples of Dragon Pass, Prax, and the Holy Country. Many leading Sartarite families have married Esrolians, many Goldentongue merchants…
Werewolves in Sartar
Sartar has one of the – if not the – highest percentages of werewolves of any civilized kingdom. Some 2% of the population are werewolves! The Prince is defended by werewolves and…
The Hungry Plateau
The Hungry Plateau is some 1350 meters high, and the plateau itself rises some 700 meters above the surrounding foothills. It is smaller than the Grand Mesa in Colorado (although not that…
Common Knowledge – Dragonewts
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…
New Pavis Historical Stages
I posted this as a comment inside another post, but here it is on its own: Something else to think about – Old Pavis went through a couple of historical stages, we…
The Troll Occupation of Pavis (1237-1539)
After troll magic closed Old Pavis, constant struggles occurred between the dominant trolls and the remnants of humans, elves, and dwarfs. The Pavis cult held to its rituals, and their intimate knowledge…
Trolls in Dragon Pass
After humans, trolls are the most numerous sentient species in Dragon Pass, although they live primarily on the edges of the area. There are some 70,000 trolls in Dragon Pass – mostly…
Notes on the Big Rubble
The Big Rubble covers about 25 square km. With 6100 inhabitants, that’s almost 250 inhabitants per square km or 2.5 per hectare. In comparison, New Pavis with 28 hectares has 5150 inhabitants…
Notes on New Pavis and the Big Rubble
There are over 25,000 human inhabitants of Pavis County – that’s the broad fertile valley in the northern River of Cradles. Most of them are farmers of Sartarite origins who settled between…
Esrolian Culture
When we think about Esrolia as a culture, a few things to keep in mind: Esrolia is 90% rural villagers. Let’s focus on that before thinking about its urban centers. Rural Esrolia…
Ducks – A Sartarite Tribe
Most Sartarite tribes are pretty similar – being primarily Orlanth worshiping humans. However, there are two unusual tribes, the ducks and the Telmori. Let’s talk about the ducks today. The ducks (or…
Notes on the Kingdom of Dragon Pass in the Hero Wars
Argrath and the Feathered Horse Queen unified Dragon Pass in 1632 and were its King and Queen for the next quarter-century, despite major counter-invasions from the Lunar Empire (which twice came close…
The Orlanthi of Fronela
There are some 2.4 MILLION Orlanthi in Fronela, far more than in Dragon Pass and Peloria. The Lightbringers came to Fronela in the First Age, reaching what is now Charg by 238…
Dragon Pass Dragonewt population
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…