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Though I can hardly believe it myself, I finally have my own discrete,
centralised Gloranthan web page. The Questlines are live! After years of
putting off building a site as 'the next project down the line', I have
finally done it. No more putting up single isolated pages that everyone,
including myself, forgets about. No more having my stuff scattered at a
dozen different sites across the web.
Questlines: http://home.iprimus.com.au/pipnjim/questlines/
Questlines is intended as a Gloranthan site dedicated to the Heortlings of
Sartar and Dragon Pass, with a special emphasis on the tribes and culture of
the Far Place. It makes available much of the Far Point material available
only in Questlines I (the book) in a dynamic and expanding format, with more
to come.
The site presently contains the following. Some you have seen before in
print or on the web, some is completely new.
- - QUESTLINES main page
- - ON SNAKEPIPE'S EDGE, an introduction to the Far Place
- <Taroskarla> is the founding myth of the upland clans, and records the
story of the Animal Twins and the strong mythic influence of Odayla and the
Lady of the Wild.
- <A Far Point Timeline> details the history of the Far Place from the Dawn
to the opening seasons of the Hero Wars.
- <Tribes of the Far Place> provides detail on the geography, tribes,
politics and recent history of the Far Place.
- <Bluefoot Orlanthi - the Tovtaros Tribe> provides detail on the clans and
steads of one upland tribe.
- <Spirits of the Far Place> by Mikael Raaterova, details spirits of stead
and gors.
- <Rituals of the Far Place> by Mikael Raaterova, describes several upland
rituals.
- <A Far Place Stead Calendar> provides key dates from the farming, hunting
and social year.
- <Flora & Fauna of the Far Place> provides an encyclopedic examination of
man, animal and environment in the Far Place, touching on stead animals and
crops, farming, herding, staple and unusual foods and drinks, environment
types, plant and animal tribes, and environmental resources.
- <A Visitor From Prax> records the impressions of Jaxarte Whyded during his
brief visit to the region.
- <Exile 1614> is a descriptive piece written to introduce players to the
life and mystery of the upland tribes.
- <Gods and Goddesses of the Far Place> records the many deities and spirits
loved or feared by the Far Walkers.
- - GLORANTHAN FICTION - intro page
- <Helden>
A novella of the Hero Wars, available here for download as an Adobe Acrobat
e-book. Cradledaughter the vingan summons a dying humakti to a hill of
swords as the Far Place erupts in bloody rebellion. Sections of this novella
have been published in Questlines 1 and Ye Book of Tentacles under the title
Fires of Mist and Wind-blown Snow.
- <A Rope of Cedarbark>
A Cradledaughter short story set at Lagerwater stead. Full of insights into
the relationship between Vinga and Elmal.
- <The Finest Music>
What is the finest music in all the world? A Lagerwater tale, first
published in the Convulsions II Handbook.
- <Women Dancing Dreaming>
A tale of the Left Hand Doraddi clans of Jolar, from the Tales of the
Reaching Moon Pamaltela Special, #12, March 1994.
- - 3D GLORANTHAN ART GALLERY
including some new studies of the Goddess Etyries.
- - ESSAYS, DIVERSIONS & RANTS - intro page
- <Do Ducks Have Teeth?> - an essay exploring the nature of Gloranthan and
roleplaying reality, and suggesting some useful tools for the fantasy
ethnographer.
- <Campaign Myth-Management> - Glorantha as mindscape, and some suggestions
for making your campaigns mythically resonant.
- <Other Voices, Other Runes> - the Stafford, Perrin and Petersen Principles
of gamesmastering in Glorantha.
- <What the Trickster Taught Me> - a light-hearted look at Glorantha and the
world-building lessons learned from the Arkati Trickster Shaman who is Greg
Stafford.
*<Therapy Is Fantasy> - an anthropology seminar paper on roleplaying,
roleplaying worlds, and roleplaying characters.
- <Directions In Oztralian Roleplaying> - a survey of Australian convention
roleplaying styles, an examination of systemless roleplaying, and some
practical suggestions on preparing and running convention scenarios.
- - SCENARIOS & GAMING AIDS - intro page
- <The Garhound Contests> - details of the Hero Wars update of this classic
scenario, which is available for free download from Issaries. Plus a link to
download my map of Pavis County.
- <Of Courtship, Contests & Cattle> - an in-depth background article on
Heortling courtship and marriage, positively brimming with potential
scenario hooks. Co-written with Jeff Kyer and based on discussions on the
Hero Wars Mailing list.
- <C02 - Everything Is Thunder> - details of my forthcoming Far Point
scenario for Convulsions 2002. This page will be updated regularly, and I
hope to have PDF characters sheets available by the end of February.
- <Heortling Poetry> - another Convulsions tie-in (I will be running a
Heortling poetry session), this page houses my ongoing series of mini-essays
on mead hall poetry - triads, kennings, verses and cattle boasts. You can
also download the file containing 4,000 Gloranthan kennings.
- - GLORANTHAN LINKS - the usual stuff.
Questlines: http://home.iprimus.com.au/pipnjim/questlines/
I will be regularly adding to the site over the next weeks and months.
If you experience any platform difficulties, or spot any dud links or
howlers, please drop me a line privately.
John
nysalor_at_primus.com.au John Hughes
His spirit was strong in him; he felt fit for a festival, or for marching or
mating, or for an ale-house or the mightiest assembly in Ireland.
- - The Tain Bo Cuailnge, translated by Thomas Kinsella.