If we think about the history of the Orlanthi, their original Dawn Age settlements were “hill fort villages” – this is where they survived the Greater Darkness and Grey Ages. The entire…
Tag: Swenstown (small city)
The Jrusteli Pattern
The Jrusteli Pattern is a city plan found mainly in the coastal regions. It has a central market, a nearby public and temple complex, and straight main streets. The city becomes a…
Master Map
Something Greg taught me was to regularly overlay maps, so that you could see how things interact with stuff beyond the border of the map. This has a big effect on how…
Thoughts on city size
When we think about most cities in RuneQuest, they are pretty small. New Pavis is a little over 5000 people. Jonstown, Swenstown, and Wilmskirk are even smaller – none are more than…
The Guardian Hills
Swenstown, like most of Eastern Sartar, is in the rain shadow of the Quivin and Storm Mountains (and of course the Rockwoods as well). No gentle summer rains there – on average…
Feeding Boldhome
Normally a city gets most of its food from within about 30km. Within about 30 km of Boldhome is about 250-300 km2 of cultivated land, raising mainly wheat. Now that is enough…
The Guardian Hills, near Swenstown or Toena
A few glimpses of a valley in the Guardian Hills, near Swenstown or Toena. Now Prax gets about 18 inches of rain and 21 inches of snow a year, with almost all…
The Pol-Joni Tribe
The Pol-Joni live on the Plains of Prax. Unlike the other Praxian tribes, the Pol-Joni are horse-riding, cattle-herding nomads who worship Orlanth and the storm gods rather than Waha. They mainly herd…
Great Temples of Sartar
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….
Boldhome Food
So as you all know, there is a dish similar to tacos carnitas in Furthest, as well as popular dried fish on a stick, but did you know that in Boldhome you…
Eastern Sartar and Prax
A few interesting features here – you can see that Pimper’s Block is in Balkoth tribal lands. Moonbroth is only about 40 km from Swenstown, and the Dead Place itself is only…