>> Kralorela: enormous catastrophic destruction at the end of the
>> Second Age, when the inland sea was formed
>?? According to the Genertela book, Suam Chow was
>created in "ancient prehistory".
Not quite. Hum Chang is said 'in the most ancient of days' to have been connected with the mainland. The Blue Dragon of the Deep is said to have caused its sundering by sending the Suam Chow although when this happened is vague. T
RQIII book 5: Introduction to Glorantha does claim that the prophet (ie Yao Fune) has discovered a method for raising the lands that were sunk in the first age. Uz Lore (in Trollpak) supports this by showing the Isle of Hum Chang connected to the mainland from the south. The straits between Jaubon Province and Human Chang are clearly visible and the Suam Chow appears to cover a small basin which reaches as far south as Goropheng. Whether it includes Goropheng is a good question - the Kralorela writeup says it was flooded long ago. I assume OTOH that Goropheng was only partially flooded and had canals. After the historical expansion of the Suam Chow, it became uninhabitable and was sadly abandoned.
By the second age, the sealine has attained its familiar shape indicating that a disaster has already occured. The disaster has had major impact elsewhere as the Isle of Fanzai is also seperated from the continent by the second age!
>Not that a disaster
>at the fall of the False Dragon Ring doesn't make
>sense... I'd like to know more about this.
I assume Sandy is referring to the Dragon's Awakening Shudder which would have been marked by massive floods as the seas burst the dykes. It seems too late however for the historical expansion of the Suam Chow.
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