Oh? Such as? Yellowstone was on the edge of 'explored Glorantha' when I started writing. It appears in the old and much loved RuneQuest Companion. Its darkness annoying properties are from some of Greg's oldest notes. He seemed to have done a lot of early work in that area then moved on to more interesting pastures.
> My own house game version (of some 10 years ago +) of Yellowstone
> stood in two parts on a sundered hill over a bend in the river,
hill
> sundered of course by the cataclysm, summit (smaller, North) hill
> inhabited by Trader princes, lower (larger, South) hill (connected
to
> upper by bridge, and other more exhausting hill-climbing means for
> the less opulent) inhabited by local tribe big-wigs, lower,
Riverside
> parts of town by river folk and other such scum and riff-raff...
Heh. Well, Fay Jee used to be two hills split by a river as well. I don't know how the Arch Duchy structured things socially but the surviving tower seems to have been more adminstrative and military in outlook. The other hill, now slipped under the shallow bay, contained the churches and magical colleges of the town. This probably expains why it went 'foomp' into the water.
> Vestiges of GL organisation, but generally speaking dominance of
> tribes people over the upper class snooty people of the upper city -
True. Yellowstone's survived better than many of the other former Trader Prince strongholds but it has some 'hole cards' that most don't. They control the troll-fighting magics and no one wants that to be lost. Also, the Twelve Market Loop remains a powerful trading ritual mechanism and I think that Yellowstone is a part of it.
> these last however maintain an aloof benevolence towards these
> uncooth disrupters of all trade routes not passing through
> Yellowstone. And give them their due percentage.
>
> Greymane ?
>
> Fine chap, excellent savoir-vivre, wonderful raconteur, life of the
> party !
As long as the walls stay up and we don't leave the city, that is. We can see the ruins of House Acroteri's stronghold from the highest tower.
> Also many vineyards, plus some grain fields in the local vallies,
but
> basic needs only met by trade and by judicious raiding by Solanthi
> "enemies" who get good rates for their swag from inhabitants of the
> lower city --- and make sure that the other less-travelled trade
> routes are not quite so safe as those leading through
Yellowstone ...
>
> Julian Lord
>
Viniculture might be possible but I think the climate in Wenelia is a
bit too wet and soggy for most of the place. The soil is certainly
crummy enough for vines though!
Jeff
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