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Biggest Sartarite Cities

Posted on December 8, 2024

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…

Introducing New Players to a Big Rubble campaign

Posted on November 24, 2024

Thinking about what is necessary to introduce new players to a Big Rubble campaign, let’s start with New Pavis. Now most humans in New Pavis and Pavis County came from Sartar in…

Babeester Gor Temple and Shrines

Far Point Location Type Page Affiliation Alda-Chur (small city) Shrine 84 Dinacoli, Princeros, Tovtaros and Vantaros tribes Dancing Snake (earth temple) Minor temple 87 Dinacoli tribe Sartar Location Type Page Affiliation Boldhome…

Argan Argar Temples and Shrines

Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Alone (small city) Minor temple Far Point 85 Amad, Bachad,and Tres Tribes Sartar Location Type Page Affiliation Boldhome (large city) Minor temple 47 Goodfarm (village) Minor temple…

Aranea Temple

Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Boldhome (large city) Minor temple Sartar 47

Aldrya Temples and Shrines

Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Boldhome (large city) Minor temple Sartar 47 Sun Dome (temple village) Shrine Sartar 73 Sun Dome County Tarndisi’s Grove Minor temple Sartar 74 Elves

Sartarites and Dwarves

Posted on November 16, 2024

The two groups of dwarves that Sartarites are most likely to be familiar with are: Dwarf Mine. This very large dwarf community rarely interacts with humans outside of Dwarf Stronghold Inn and Goranthal….

Earth Pillars

Local Sartar spirit cults Write up Page Year Runes Notes Post n/a 2023 None listed Spirits cult in the Auroch Hills

Master Maps of Central Genertela

Posted on March 30, 2024

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…

Werewolves in Sartar

Posted on February 1, 2024

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…

Sartar and Prax Overlap

Posted on January 13, 2024

It’s a little over 40 km from Swenstown to the Dead Place or Moonbroth and maybe 65 km from Swenstown to the Block. Not that is not all that far. That transition…

Army Recruitment

Posted on January 10, 2024

Most Gloranthan armies are recruited in the following ways: Tribal militia. Members of the local community perform military service as part of belonging to the community. Among the Sartarites and Praxians, this is…

Ducks – A Sartarite Tribe

Posted on January 2, 2024

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…

Sartar’s Transformation of the Economy

Posted on November 29, 2023

One of the most remarkable transformations that Sartar made is that in less than 30 years he manage to transform the local economy from almost entirely commodity exchange to one where copper…

The Cult of Orlanth In Sartar

Posted on November 15, 2023

Orlanth is the patron god of the Kingdom of Sartar, and nowhere is his cult more fully developed. The three main subcults of Orlanth—Thunderous, Adventurous, and Rex—have temples and shrines throughout the…

Raiders and Militia in Sartar

Posted on November 3, 2023

Most cattle raiding is done by young Orlanth Adventurous initiates during their ordeal period after initiation. They steal cattle – and try to avoid combat and starting feuds. You have these bands…

The Lunar Occupation of Sartar

Posted on October 5, 2023

With one brief but notable exception, the Lunar Army occupied much of Sartar for the better part of 23 years. This occupation of course impacted Sartarite society and left scars that are…

The thirteen main cults in Sartar

Posted on September 29, 2023

There are thirteen main cults in Sartar, which collectively are about 95% of the population. The biggest are: Those two cults are about 68% of the population. Those 11 cults (each with…

Dundealos and Pol-Joni

Posted on September 29, 2023

Among my favorite Sartarite tribes are the Dundealos and their Pol-Joni kin. About a third of all the Storm Bull cultists in Sartar belong to one of these groups. They also worship…

Rural Sartar / Urban Sartar

Posted on September 12, 2023

Thanks to King of Dragon Pass and the old HW books, many people have an impression that Sartar is overwhelmingly rural and isolated. I think that ends up being wildly misleading. About…

The Lightbringers and their pantheon

Posted on August 11, 2023

So let’s talk a moment about the Lightbringers and their pantheon. In Sartar, about 42% of the adult population are initiated into one of the core Lightbringer cults, and another 40% are…

Rural and Urban Populations in Sartar

Posted on June 11, 2023

About 80% of the people in rural Sartar make their living directly from food production – farming, herding, fishing, and hunting. That’s about 2/3rds of the total population in Sartar. The remaining…

Dog Rat Valley

Posted on May 15, 2023

Playing RuneQuest today with the kids. Here’s the Dog Rat Valley where they have built their stead. Clearly they are herders, not agriculturalists. One thing I love doing on hikes with kids…

Use of the old name of Elmal

Posted on May 10, 2023

Elmal is the original name of the Light god that came to Dragon Pass in the 1300s. The Light worshipers among the Sartarites began offering sacrifices to Yelm quite early – likely…

Temples in Sartar

Posted on May 9, 2023

In most of Sartar, your clan has a minor temple to Orlanth and Ernalda, and maybe a shrine to one other deity. Your tribe has at least a minor temple to Orlanth…

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