Re: New Person

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 21:10:34 -0000

> 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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