> 1) Is there a concise overview of Glorantha? I have the Glorantha
>book for HW, but it's currently a bit overwelming, and I think an
>overview might help me understand it quicker.
If you want a basic intro - just concentrate reading the following chapters:
Maniria (Chapter #11): which deals with the Orlanthi and the Lunar occupation of Dragon Pass.
Lunar Empire (#10): which deals with the current rulers of Maniria.
Cosmology (#2): a standard version of what happened in mythical times.
History (#3): a standard history of what has happened in historical times.
Then you can read related chapters, such as the Wastelands (#13), Uz/trolls (#14), Mostali/dwarves (#7) and Dragonewts (#12) to fill in the Maniria chapter. There's no need to become word perfect with the West, the Kralori and the Pamaltelans for now.
> 2) Is ther more info on the Dwarves? I am not fully
>understanding whether Mostali are referred to as Dwarves,
>or if "Iron Dwarves" are just dwarves following the path
>of Iron, in hopes of becoming Iron Motsali.
Almost every mostali is a clay mostali. Humans call the clay mostali "dwarves". Iron Dwarves are clay mostali that follow the path of Iron to transmute themselves into Iron Mostali.
--Peter Metcalfe
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