From: RuneLord (runelord@nacjack.gen.nz)
Date: Thu 13 Jun 1991 - 09:56:33 EEST
I've been in Glorantha obsession phase for about the last week piecing
everything I know about the Dragon Pass region together. I have been on
the brink of restarting by RQ campaign (exams, holidays, and one really
disruptive player put pay to it round the end of last year). The pieces
from Martin Crim have been absolute GOLD! (Thanks martin - don't stop!)
His history of Garhound answered a question I have wanted to know for
ages - ie. what are the tribes of Sartar. From bits of Wyrms footnotes
I knew of the Colymar, Malani, Aranwyth, Maboder, Telmori, Kheldon, and
Aranwyth, and I found the Garhound references in the Pavis boxed set.
The Telmori and Aranwyth are mentioned in the Sazdorf section in the
esteemed Trollpak. I hope they re-release that for RQ 3. My campaign
date is around 1612 (unfixed at present) and I want to play through the
attack on the Altar of Orlanth Victorious and Starbrows rebellion. To
do this I have had to try and figure out where the lands of the Sartar
tribes are and where the altar to Orlanth Victorious is. I've managed
to narrow all those right down. I was hoping someone (martin ?) could
elucidate further.
Apple Lane for the border between the Colymar and the Malani.
The Malani tribe (along with the Torkani) are members of the Jonstown
confederation of tribes which probably also include the Culbrea and
used to contain the Maboder before the Telmori wiped them out (all
though not to the last man I note). The Torkani undoubtably occupy
the land named Torkan's Vale and Torkans Last Fort (found on the
Dagori Inkarth map). The Aranwyth are to the north of Sazdorf while the
Telmori are to the north (in the Wolf hills and there abouts probably).
The Altar in question in on Culbrea land and is near Sazdorf Hill and
Two Pine forest (also on Dagori Inkarth map). The Culbrea took the
heaviest losses in the 1602 fall of Boldhome.
>From all the above I would say that the Colymar on the west side of
Apple Lane with the Malani to their east. The come the Culbrea at the
foot of the hills leading into Jonstown. Further east come the Torkani,
around Torkans Vale, with the Aranwyth further southeast of them, near
the town of Toena. The Telmori I place just north of Sazdorf bordering
on Torkani land and also that of the Culbrea. The Telmori are said to
consider the Altar in question part of their hunting lands. This was
stated around the same time the Maboder were massacred and has been
a sore point with the Culbrea since. The Kheldon I would place further
south yet close to the other tribes mentioned.
As far as sizes go, the Colymar number 6,500, the Malani 3000, and the
Culbrea 3,300 (taken from Wyrms Footnote Sartar High Council excerpt).
I would also like to know the population figures for the towns et al,
of Sartar as from this I can estimate Lunar troop concentrations. It
would appear to be standard Lunar policy to have one soldier for every
able-bodied male of fighting age (from the Pavis information). I use
the rule of thumb that 1/4 of a tribe are male and capable of war.
I know that 11 companies of soldiers and 1 of magicians were sent to
raze the Orlanth altar. A company of magicians is stated as being 100.
I don't know how many soldiers comprise a company. A lunar regiment is
1000 men and in Pavis, where they were short of full companies (750 men)
they would divide these into 3 loose companies, each of 250 men. So I
would gather a company of soldiers is somewhere between 100 and 300 but
exactly what I don't know. 250 does seem about right. Pimpers Block and
Moonbroth have garrisons of 500 men which would be 2 companies. Corflu
is said to have 1000 soldiers garrisoned there or 4 companies. The lunars
seem to like a mix of hoplites (marble, jasper, beyrl or ruby phalanx)
and thunder delta slingers along with redlands cavalry, infantry from
Tarsh (Furthers or Bagnot) padded with local mercenaries such as the
Grazelanders or from Northern Sartar (which tribe I wonder ?).
The eleven companies sent to sack the Altar are all dispatched from
Jonstown and would be a fair portion of the garrison there I would guess.
One little thing I noticed in the Elder Secrets box. Take the Jonstown
booklet and read Minyarths commentary to the Lord Harsax of the Culbrea.
Now read only the underlined words... useless as information but a cute
idea which could form a nice scenario hook some time.
So, all you Glorantha-philes, get to it. I know Sartar pack is coming out
soon but my campaign will start before it gets to NZ and I want to know
as much as I can to be as authentic as possible (and also because I just
WANT to know). I don't want to run something that then jars with the
"real story" if you catch my drift. I want my Sartar campaign to be the
best I can possibly do, but then, doesn't everybody :-)
TTFN,
RuneLord.
(c) 1991 Paul "RuneLord" Heinz email:
runelord@nacjack.gen.nz
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