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15 Sun Dome Temples again

Posted on March 7, 2023

There are 15 autonomous Sun Dome Temples of the Yelmalio cult. The temples are uniformly shaped, although many vary somewhat in surprise. The most important Sun Dome Temples are generally considered to…

Sun Domers

Posted on August 12, 2021

From a Sartarite Orlanthi perspective, the Sun Domers are those Solar mercenaries that live between Sartar and Volsaxiland. They fight as mercenaries, generally hold themselves aloof from most festivals, except to show…

The Holy Country after 1616

Posted on July 22, 2021

When Belintar died and did not return in 1616, the Holy Country quickly fell apart as a unified kingdom. As not one but two Tournaments of the Masters of Luck and Death…

Sartar Sun Dome

Posted on February 5, 2021

As an aside, it is probably worth marvelling at how remarkable an architectural wonder the Sun Dome Temple in Sartar is. With a dome approximately 30 meters in diameter, the Sun Dome…

The Sun Dome Temple in Sartar

Posted on January 28, 2021

As part of a project, I have put together a deep background history of the Sun Dome Temple in Sartar that is likely mostly unknown even to the Yelmalio cult. So this…

Yelmalio cult in Sartar

Posted on October 30, 2020

So where is the Yelmalio cult in Sartar, one might ask. Well here is how that breaks down: And that in a nutshell, shows what happened to the Elmal cult. So most…

Townspeople and tribesfolk

Posted on October 29, 2020

Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…

Great Temples of Sartar

Posted on October 26, 2020

I believe these are the great temples around Sartar. As an aside, Eiritha is an important cult for the Pol-Joni, but Ernalda is still more prevalent. The Pol-Joni are very atypical Praxians….

Sun Dome information

Posted on October 12, 2020

For those of you writing about Sun County in Prax, it is useful to remember a few details. Sun County has about 19,000 people. As a general rule, about half are initiates,…

Cuirasses

Posted on September 27, 2020

Magical Roads

Posted on August 20, 2020

The Mountain Peaks From each Mountain Peak, a heroquester can leap from one mountain to the next or the previous. From any mountain, one can also leap to Kero Fin. From specific…

Heroquesting 101

Posted on July 20, 2020

Heroquesting is a powerful and rare Gloranthan activity in which the participants leave the material world and enter the realm of legend and myth to interact with heroes and gods, gambling precious…

What is the Third Age History of the Sun Dome Temple in Sartar (2008)

Answer by Greg Stafford and Jeff Richard. The Kitori Empire After the disasters of the Closing and the Dragonkill, many Kethaelans turned to the Nightcult. The Kitori Empire was reborn and many…

15 Sun Dome Temples

Posted on October 3, 2011

Jeff Mon, 03/10/2011 – 20:54 Throughout the entire region of central Genertela, including the Lunar provinces where the temples probably originated, there are no more than fifteen temples extant during the Hero…

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