Troll Numbers in the Guide

[Dominic]

The Guide to Glorantha lists the following Troll populations:

Dragon Pass 70,000
Elder Wilds 430,000
Fronela (Valind’s Glacier) 30,000
Holy Country 41,000
Kingdom of Ignorance 1,500,000
Lunar Empire 460,000
Maniria 5,000
Pent 46,000
Ralios 370,000
White Sea (Keniryan Sea) 30,000
Jrusteli Islands 72,000
Errinoru Jungle 140,000
Tarmo Mountains 500,000
Total: 3,694,000

Is the Dagori Inkarthi population missing? The 70,000 in Dragon Pass seems to small (is this the Skyfall lake population). Are they in the Lunar Empire (do they know they are members…) or Elder Wilds figures?

[Roko Joko]

Yeah, the GtG says Dagori Inkarth has a very small population compared to its importance. p. 170:
Trolls (Cliffhome)…………………… 10,000
Trolls (Dagori Inkarth)…………….. 60,000
Very easy to YGWV… well, any of it, but even if you want to stick close to the text you could relocate some of the Elder Wilds population into Dagori Inkarth.

[Dominic]

Thank you.

I guess that sort of makes sense. Dagori Inkarth is fairly small, and has marginal broken land – much of the good terrain being lost to the humans in Dragon pass in earlier ages. It just contains a high proportion of the ancient/tough trolls still in existence.

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