> Martin Dick:
>
> >I agree that Sartar the country was not a modern country in any real
> >sense, but I don't really see the Princes as being largely ritual. As an
> >example, the roads and Boldhome alone imply some form of centralised
> >authority for the Prince.
>
> Look at the Sartar description on p153 Glorantha: Intro for the
> origin and maintenance of the roads. They were magical in nature
> and so Sartar could do without any centralized road-making
> bureaucracy.
Sartar's magic is very neat. Are we going to get more details on the roads and citywalls of Sartar in Thunder Rebels?
It would be nice to know if the roads were built by thousands of workers that has come to help Sartar make true his dream, or did he just walk the path, and shape the earth around him, making the roads by pure mastery of magic? (Somehow I think mostly the former, though the magic involved was still surely very impressive.)
What about the citywalls? I'm a big fan of viking / celt earthworks, and I think the Heortlings do build such fortresses.
My guess is that the citywalls that Sartar raised were a magically improved version of this. That he shaped the earth to form such earthworks, and then parhaps added magically shaped stone where it would do most good. This is still very vague, and I'd love to hear other peoples views and ideas.
-Adept
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