Stephen L Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 There is a ruin, on the left bank (or East) of the Creek, just where it flows from the Upland Marsh - at the very South end of the Spinosaurus Flats. I'm guessing this is the ruins of the EWF city, Olorost. If any one of you good folk knows anything about it, I would be very grateful if you'd be able to share please! I've Tales #19, which mentions that the Elves of the Yellowflower Isle once tended it's gardens, and the rich blue clay found there. But is there any more anywhere? Out of interest, I'm also guessing that the ruins just downriver of Centaur Ford are Voss Varainu, of Stitched Zoo fame (though I'm not sure my lot of ne'er-do-well adventurers will get that far anytime soon...) Many thanks if anyone can help, Stephen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 (edited) From King of Sartar (2015 edition), The Argrath Book, p.157: Quote Olorost, on the left bank, is where the Stream joins the River. This bustling city is one of the off‐loading points for goods going farther north. The road from here crosses the Dragonspine Range at Dragon Pass. Here the road passes between the precipitous, and reportedly spectacular, rock formations of this landmark which has lent its name to the whole land. Which map is your reference? If it's the map on p.11 of the Smoking Ruins adventure module, then yes, the ruins on top of the printed word 'Ruins' south of Centaur Ford should be Voss Varainu, and the ruins below the same word mark the remains of the Zoo, which - according to King of Sartar (2015 edition), The Argrath Book, p.157 again - was near the southern gate of Voss Varainu. Edited August 2, 2020 by Oracle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen L Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 8 hours ago, Oracle said: If it's the map on p.11 of the Smoking Ruins Thanks, I'd missed the King of Sartar Reference. And yes, that's the map I was reading from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) When I was writing my Upland Marsh articles for Tales of the Reaching Moon magazine my main sources of info were King of Sartar and an ongoing Q&A discussion with Greg Stafford. Back then that was pretty much it for source material to pull from. Fortunately, Greg had a fairly well detailed map of the marsh, with all sorts of named locations in it, based on his RQ2 campaign of the late 1970s. Edited August 3, 2020 by Rick Meints 2 2 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 GREY DOG INN! ❤️ Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen L Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Rick Meints said: Greg had a fairly well detailed map of the marsh Thanks. I had noticed the source of the tales article was a certain Rick Meints... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 22 hours ago, Stephen L said: Thanks. I had noticed the source of the tales article was a certain Rick Meints... For full disclosure, there were points in writing the article that I was an uncertain Rick Meints. 🙂 Greg and Sandy were both very supportive when providing feedback. When I asked Greg about how he approached writing Gloranthan material he kind of leaned in and said in a slightly low voice, "just make it up in a way you find interesting". 3 2 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 23 hours ago, Nick Brooke said: GREY DOG INN! ❤️ It's on Greg's main Dragon Pass map he used in his house campaign too. 5 3 Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeblogger Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 What do the crossed "M"s mean? And why was the map drawn with east side on the bottom? Quote Read my Runeblog about RuneQuest and Glorantha at: http://elruneblog.blogspot.com.es/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalph Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, Runeblogger said: What do the crossed "M"s mean? At the bottom of the top map there is a legend indicating that it means "Market Town (to 500 pop)" 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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