> Was just reading Glorantha Second Age, and noted two references to there
> being no grass in Pamaltela. That surprised me - I had visions of waist
> deep savannahs of waving grasses. Are there tropical parts of our world
> without grass? I was reall astonished, and it has sparked my imagination!
Remember that much of Pamaltela resembles prehistoric earth, in both its fauna and flora. Grass was a relatively late arrival in evolutionary terms. Having said that, the parallel isn't exact, since grass evolved no later than the early Eocene (and probably earlier), and the fauna of the plains of central Pamaltela are generally 'later' than that. Instead, clover and legumes seem to be the dominant plants of the region. However, its not quite true to say that the entire continent is devoid of grass. Zamokil has grass, and the eastern swamps probably do so too, given the general pattern of Pamaltelan nature. The dominant foodstuff of Fonrit is apparently millet, which is also a type of grass, although its at least possible (if, perhaps, unlikely) that this wasn't originally native to the area, given the absence of the stuff in neighbouring areas.
-- Trotsky Gamer and Skeptic ------------------------------------------------------ Trotsky's RPG website: http://www.ttrotsky.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
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