Transhumance; Tradetalk; tree line from David Dunham on 1998-07-04 (Glorantha Digest Vol 06)

From: David Dunham <dunham_at_pensee.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 13:38:29 -0800

I believe the relevant line in Haunted Ruins is: "[The Aranwyth] are semi-nomadic, dependent on sheep and horses." This sounds like transhumance to me. The Forloss Hills are mentioned as being Aranwyth pastures.

Julian Lord wrote

> > and humans have no instinctive language).
>
> Herdman?

I wasn't aware that herdmen could speak.

Your idea of Tradetalk being used as a creole was probably true during the Second Age, but I don't think this has survived. I also doubt it was called Jrusteli -- I believe it was created, almost certainly with some magical component.

Joerg Baumgartner wrote

> In the Alps you can graze cattle well up to the tree border. While we don't
> know exactly where the tree border would be in Dragon Pass,

As a reasonable guess, I'd say hexes on the boardgame map that have mountains probably have some peaks above the tree line.

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