Most people know about the gigantic dragon skull
that encloses this pass and through which travelers must go. In Kerofinela, people who have not seen it say it
is as tall as a watchtower. People near Kerofinela know it is the size if a hill, maybe hundreds of men-hights
tall, with teeth as big as giants. They can show you one of those teeth in Nochet, and another in Bullford.
People far away believe that the Dragon Skull is the size of a mountain and takes up the entire pass, so that
people have to live for days beneath its dangerous and doomed shadow.The Shaker's Temple is at the centre of the largest Earth-temple Complex in Dragon Pass. It is built upon a holy place to Maran Gor, the Goddess of Earthquakes and Destruction, and sister to Ernalda. The temple was founded by King Arim the Pauper of Tarsh, though the cult claims to have been present at the holy place throughout the Inhuman Occupation of the Pass.
The great city of Boldhome was built overnight by Sartar the Peacemaker to fullfill an ancient prophecy. It has only fallen twice, once to Lunar magical assault, and once to internal revolt. This view of the city includes Taling's Bridge (Hero's Stand is obscured), East Wall, The Great Hall of the Tribes, Priests' Tower, and Fantarn's Balcony (where he was shot by a barbarian's arrow blessed by Yelm). The famous Wilm of Wilmskirk is also reputed to have slept in one of the Top Pocket towers viewed here.
One of the great hazards of living in the Sartar region known as the Far Place is its dire proximity to the Giants' Path, which descends the Vale of Flowers. The giant traffic was not constant, but in times of war the giants were attracted by the smell of blood and gore, and during other irregular times the giants would go to the head of Snake Pipe Hollow to engage in their unholy rites. These occasions, and the infrequent raids by giantkind, were motivation enough for the inhabitants to take special measures to defend their properties from their large foes.
Typical defences against any marauding lesser or young giant could be mustered by a village militia, whose swords and spears were backed by enough battle magic and priests to combat the raiders, who would usually turn tail if sufficient resistance were offered. The monstrous 30' and 40' giants were the real danger, but thankfully their intelligence was usually relatively low. Their usual method of attacking a house was to either bend over to pluck and bash it apart with their hands or to simply stomp it flat. If they bent down close then their eyes and sensitive lips and ears were particularly vulnerable to missile attack. And, if they attempted to stomp the house then they would have their foot severely damaged by the large, sharpened, and often poisoned, tree trunk which typically protruded from the house, as shown by the illustration.
Defence against simple kicking was done by making occasional trap houses, whose very existence was to disable an unwary giant with deadfalls, poisonous parasites caged inside, and other such devices, as described in The Far Point Roof-sharpeners' Trade Magazine.
The Dragon's Eye is regarded as the ancestral home and capital city of the DragoNewts of Dragon Pass. It is here that the Inhuman King of the DragoNewts lives. Unfortunately this depiction of the city fails somewhat to capture the alieness of the architecture, which often defies logic or belief. The "palace" of the Inhuman King is obscured by the large building to the left of the picture. DragoNewts despise symmetry.
Mount Kero FinOrlanth's Mother and Mother of Mountains, Greatest Mountain of Glorantha.
This titanic mountain is the body of the goddess Kero Fin. It is over eight miles high, and is visible throughout the Dragon Pass and for hundreds of miles in all directions. Its base is so narrow the mountain appears to be a needle rising out of sight into the sky. People sometimes say it hangs downward from the sky because it appears so strange. It is sometimes called Wintertop, after its main peak. Lion Peak and Little Mountain are lesser peaks on Kero Fin's slopes.
Kero Fin is the daughter of Earth and Mountain. She resisted Larnste's planting of the Rockwood Mountains, and kept Dragon Pass clear of other mountains except for her descendants.