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Boldhome Embassies

Posted on May 31, 2023

In general, Gloranthan kingdoms and empires send representatives to each other’s countries to negotiate on specific issues, such as war, peace, or trade relations. Sometimes, a high status member of one kingdom…

Tarsh (1625-1628)

Posted on March 8, 2023

Hero Wars era Tarsh (post-Dragonrise, pre-Battle of Heroes) has a population of about 360k people. The core of Tarsh is a Lunar Heartlands colony centered on Furthest. There is a smaller satellite…

Cults of the Lunar Provinces

Posted on December 29, 2022

Vanch, Imther, Aggar, Holay, and Tarsh are a collection of Theyalan lands ruled by client kings supported by (and responsible to) the Red Emperor. For the last few generations, that was handled…

Saird and Lunar Tarsh

Posted on November 23, 2022

Thinking about Saird and Lunar Tarsh, there are far worse models than the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Grasslands, alluvial plains mixed with rolling hills, surrounded by a semibowl on snowy mountains.

Choosing a Homeland

Posted on October 5, 2022

This was another fun interview with James Coquillat – this time we talked about the various Homelands in the RQ Core book. Sartar, Lunar Tarsh, Esrolia, Prax, and the Grazelands, and some…

Notes on Oakfed

Posted on September 24, 2022

Oakfed is a major spirit in Dragon Pass and Prax. In the Lesser and Greater Darkness, Oakfed ruled much of Prax, dispelling the Darkness but burning all the remnants of the ancient…

Noble Patronage in Sartar & Tarsh

Posted on August 22, 2022

The ruling dynasties of Sartar and Tarsh were both reknowned for their intellectual and scholarly pursuits, or at least their patronage of such activities. So for example, Sartar established Lhankor Mhy temples…

Current Tarsh Politics

Posted on August 22, 2022

To understand Tarsh in the current time, one needs to understand how important the last three generations of the Blacktooth family (the Orindori) have been. Vostor Blacktooth, Fazzur’s father, was a loyal…

Dunstop II

Posted on August 11, 2022

A few notes on the Tarshite city of Dunstop: Dunstop has a population of about 5k people and covers about 50 hectares. It is built on a low (30 meter high) hill…

Notes on the Origins Of Tarsh

Posted on June 10, 2022

Let’s talk a little bit about the south Pelorian Orlanthi, as I think that they are important as a background – even though the Lunar Tarshites are not merely a Lunarized variant…

The Villages around Furthest and the rest of Tarsh

Posted on January 17, 2022

So thinking about the difference between villages around Furthest and the rest of Tarsh means thinking about the difference between Saird and lowland Peloria. Tarsh was settled by two very different waves…

Tarsh

Posted on January 15, 2022

So let’s talk about Tarsh a little. First thing to keep in mind is that it is geographically about the same size Sartar, but it is much more intensely settled with more…

Dragons Past #1 – Gloranthan Military Experience (1983)

by Greg Stafford originally published in Different Worlds #28 (1983) The Dragon Pass Campaign Lands of the Campaign Most of the action, the sparks which will ignite the ferocity of the hero…

Copper Town (town)

Posted on July 7, 2021

This fortified settlement of some 2000 inhabitants is home to the miners and crafters who work the copper mines in the Barastaros Hills, one of the richest copper ores in Dragon Pass….

Kethaela – The Third Age

Posted on March 12, 2021

After the Dragonkill War, the Only Old One proved himself to be a troll in magical contest with Kajak-ab Brain Eater and so shared rule of Dragon Pass with the leaders in…

Sartar Population Density

Posted on February 8, 2021

So to get a feel for population density, a rough eyeball for Sartar (including the Dragonewt Wilds and the Far Place) is about 7200 square miles or 18,900 square kilometres. If we…

Tarsh map WiP preview

Posted on November 21, 2020

Matt Ryan and I are so close to being finished with the Dragon Pass Master Map it makes my head spin. So much detail, so much information. So many layers! I know…

Northern Sartar & Tarsh Map preview

Posted on November 3, 2020

So to give you an idea how big this map is going to be, here’s a printout of the WIP, with the RuneQuest Core rules for scale. And that’s the scale we…

Vostor Blacktooth

Posted on October 15, 2020

Vostor Blacktooth, Fazzur’s father, was a loyal retainer of General Phargentes, brother to King Philigos who was driven out of Tarsh by Palashee Longaxe (who then became king). For many years the…

Cults of Dragon Pass

Posted on October 12, 2020

One thing that should be becoming clear is how much of a mixed salad Dragon Pass is. If we include Sartar, Tarsh Exiles, Lunar Tarsh, and the Grazelands, here are the three…

Dunstop I

Posted on April 8, 2020

A few notes on the Tarshite city of Dunstop: Dunstop has a population of about 5k people and covers about 50 hectares. It is built on a low (30 meter high) hill…

Map of Tarsh

Posted on November 16, 2019

Apropos the discussion of Tarsh, here is the labeled map of Tarsh. One thing I found interesting is how much hillier and more rugged central Tarsh is than I had assumed. The…

A Year Ago

Posted on October 10, 2019

A year ago I got the terrible news from Suzanne that Greg passed away. It seems fitting that I’ve been spending this week reconstructing his old master maps of Glorantha – some…

Sketch of three nobles (2014)

These sketches by Jan Pospisil depict three nobles – the first from Esrolia, the second from Sartar, and the third from Tarsh. Figure 1: Noblewoman This Esrolian noblewoman wears a close-fitting tube dress, sewn at the side, that…

New maps for the new version of King of Sartar

Posted on December 12, 2013

While Rick is deep in layout for the Guide to Glorantha, we are working on a number of other projects, including the new version of King of Sartar. For the new version…

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