GianniVacca Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 GtG p325-327 "Castle Blue: The Hidden Castle behind the mists of Lake Oronin is home to a race of magical beings who include Charmain, the divine ancestress who bestowed royal power on the Shahs of Carmania. As with other Hidden Castles, most mortals cannot attain Castle Blue, which is not wholly of this world." 1- Any information about other Hidden Castles? (Castle Blue is the only one mentioned in the Guide) 2- "not wholly of this world" --> what world, then? (see also Wyrms Footnotes issue No.10, p16) Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) The RQ3 era text (e.g. Elder Secrets Box Secrets Book p.11, The Fading Lands) mentioned the Hidden Castles alongside the Hidden Greens, magical pastures that fade into and out of existence in the Wastes, but that term seems to have been re-interpreted now as cyclically fertile areas of the wastes that allow grazing every few years. The Egg of Erangalos Karastomabor (same source p.10) might be a special case of such fading into and out of reality, too. After 1616, the City of Wonders effectively became something like a Hidden Castle, and after 1624 possibly even more so. Edited December 31, 2020 by Joerg Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 30 minutes ago, GianniVacca said: 2- "not wholly of this world" --> what world, then? The Gods World, of course! i.e. Castle Blue is outside of Time. 31 minutes ago, GianniVacca said: 1- Any information about other Hidden Castles? The Hidden Greens of Prax, which fade in and out in the Wastes. Unlike what Joerg notes, I do think these actually are pieces of the Gods World, too. (You can find some reference to such in Borderlands, episode 7 as they are enroute to Gonn Orta's Castle.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Castle Kartolin is a hidden castle, on the edge of Dorastor. Orathorn Tower may or may not be a hidden castle. The Hidden Greens are hidden oases, as are the oases in Greydust in the Wastelands, but I am not sure if they count as hidden castles. 1 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalph Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Quote The Hidden Castles were magical places, often of large expanse, which appear infrequently in Glorantha. Other examples include the Hidden Greens of otherwise deserted Prax, ghostly and deadly Kartolin of Ralios, the City of Rose-Colored Glass in the East, and several islands. Glorantha Sourcebook p159 The City of Rose-Coloured Glass is in Teshnos (Hadarastu Valley Guide p433) although its hidden nature is not mentioned there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eff Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 The City of the White Moon presumably would also be a Hidden Castle after its disappearance, though there's not much information about said disappearance or how to gain access. Quote Though a Lunar through and through, she is also a human being. "I just read an article in The Economist by a guy who was riding around with the Sartar rebels, I mean Taliban," -Greg Stafford, January 7th, 2010 Eight Arms and the Mask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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