[Glorantha] Esvular

Howdy all - There will be plenty of material in an upcoming UW on the Hendrikings and Heortland about the Esvulari. Here's a snippet:

"The Esvulari and Heortland
In the First Age, the few Esvulari clung to the southern coast and the Bandori alley. They were subjugated by the Hendrikings and made subject to the Foreigner Laws of King Aventus (actually by King Dinorth c. 480). They later allied with the istorites and the Middle Sea Empire (c. 800) and conquered the coasts and southern Heortland, but did not convert the people to their cult.

When the Hendrikings, elder races and the EWF finally defeated the Zistorites at the Steelfall Battle, the Esvulari were driven back to the coast and the Bandori Valley in the south. King Andrin the Mover again subjugated the Esvulari to the Foreigner Laws of Aventus (c. 935).

In the Third Age following Belintar's rise, the Esvulari expanded again. The peace and stability and favoritism offered by Belintar allowed the Esvulari to prosper. They were no longer "foreigners" under the Hendrikings laws and became a privileged and preferred group.

By 1621, the Esvulari are a minority in Heortland, with at best 75,000 to 85,000 in the South Province of Heortland including many of the peasant populace) but no more than 15,000 in the rest of Heortland. For comparison, the total population of the three Provinces of Heortland (not including Volsaxiland) is about 500,000. Outside of the South Province (Esvular), the Esvulari are entirely urban. Even in the South Province, much of the rural population is Orlanthi, not Aeoling. There are also small colonies of Esvulari in Nochet and the other port cities of Kethaela." Received on Wed 02 Aug 2006 - 17:47:34 EEST