From: Jamie O'Shaughnessy (oshaughj%project4.computer-science.manchester.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK)
Date: Tue 29 May 1990 - 09:56:33 EEST
Looking in RuneQuest II book at the double page map of Sartar/Prax there is
shown:
i) The Dead Place (central Prax)
ii) Troll Woods
iii) Haunted Lands
iv) Chaos Woods/Stone Woods
v) Ex (S of Biggle Stone or E of Monkey Ruin)
I have a few questions about these places which I have often
pondered about. First of all I'll start on the Dead Place (i). On any
other map of Prax I have seen this does not exist. This includes Glorantha
boxed set for RQIII. I know little about this area. I've heard that
RuneMagic is lost here or something and BattleMagic does not function.
Otherwise what is it??? It should be included right at the bottom of the
large Dagori Inkarth map included in TrollPak (RQII version) and it is
not in Glorantha as previously mentioned. Where has it gone? What is it?
Why is it there? What happens there? The only conclusion I can come to is
that it has been moved and renamed to the Krjalki Bog a few hundred miles
NE from it's original position.
[This one I can handle: When the Storm Bull battled Wakboth (the Devil),
the Storm Bull lay wounded and bleeding. Eiritha (I believe) drained
power from the Earth to help heal him. Shortly thereafter, the Devil was
pinned under the Block. This area has remained drained and dead ever
since. People tend to avoid the area, because:
Rune magic cast there cannot be recovered You do not recover magic points while there Bound spirits are released -- ACB]
Now onto Troll Woods (ii). Moving from the RQII book map of this area to the Glorantha boxed set (RQIII) map of Dragon Pass this also has disappeared! It also does not appear in the detailed map of the Holy Country found in RuneQuest Companion. Maybe this map just doesn't show trees/forests. It seems to me as though this is a pretty important place seeing as it is a darkness stronghold just S of a lightbringers stronghold and should therefore be included. My interest in this particular area is because as a new player to RuneQuest (years ago) I played a Troll Campaign in this area which the referee just made up due to lack of knowledge about Glorantha. Therefore I have some self made maps of the area (and iv) which I would like to refit to the Real Glorantha.
Ditto above for Chaos Woods & StoneWood. Also what are these places like? In our campaign we had a large Scorpion Man castle (called Scorpion Castle) in the middle of Chaos Woods. Would this fit in? Why are Stone Woods where they are? What made them like that? The depression Chaos Woods is in fact shown on the RQ Companion map of the Holy Country but not labeled.
[I believe the Chaos Woods are where Larnste (Original owner of the Mobility
Rune) stomped on Krarsht, who then bit him. Thus it is a footprint shaped
area. --ACB]
The Haunted Lands (iii)??? Where have they gone too in Glorantha and RQ Companion? I know that the Shadow Plateau is there now (Glorantha Box) but has this replaced the Haunted Lands? Or is the Haunted Lands just a nickname because the Shadow Plateau is dark?
Last one, Ex in Prax. What the hell is it?
On the TrollPak (RQII version as I haven't seen the RQIII one) map of Dagori Inkarth, the Prax side, at the bottom there is shown a large 'seasonal' lake. What is this where exactly does it occur?
PS: Anyone got ANY RQII stuff for sale??? - PLEASE!!!!!
Jamie. >>> oshaughj@uk.ac.man.p4
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