The Night Caravan (more commonly called the Night Train or the Argan Argar Chain) is the Argan Argar insect caravans that travel across Genertela at night. They bring goods, insects, and trolls…
Tag: Safelster
Notes on Ralios
Depending on how you measure it, Ralios is between four and six times the size of Dragon Pass. You can think of it as consisting of four distinct regions. The first is…
Ralios Orlanthi
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…
Religion in Safelster
There are approximately 3 million people in Safelster. This politically decentralized area around Lake Felster in Ralios is one of the more densely populated areas in Glorantha. It is also one of…
Other RQG Campaign settings
As we all know, Dragon Pass-the Holy Country-Prax homelands are the default settings for RQG. These are the areas explored in the old board games White Bear & Red Moon, Nomad Gods,…
Arkat’s Dark Empire
From about 450 ST to 740 ST area now known as Safelster was part of a political entity that called itself the Autarchy or the Empire of Peace, but was known by…
Safelster
When thinking about Safelster we often immediately jump to Renaissance Italy (lots of little city-states threatened by imperial conquest), but another potentially interesting inspiration is the city-states around Lake Texcoco in the…
Safelster in the First Age (2013)
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 The following is part one of a series of Questions and Answers about Safelster and Ralios. The Enerali Peoples at the Dawn At the Dawn the four tribes…
A few thoughts on the Chariot of Lightning sect or Henotheism
The Chariot of Lightning sect was founded in 1605 by Surantyr the Non-heretic after he made a pilgrimage to Top of the World Mountain. Within three years, he made himself master of…
Safelster Political Map
Today’s sneak peak – a glimpse at Safelster! This is one of the most urbanized areas of Glorantha, with about a dozen city-states jostling for power and dominion, with the great kingdom…
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,…
Quick Summary of Gloranthan Cultures: Part 2, Westerners
Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 01/12/2011 – 02:23 This is a work in process, based on several years of discussions between Greg Stafford, Dan Barker, and Jeff Richard to get the look…