Tradetalk 15: The Savage West
Tradetalk # 15 - The Savage West
This is the fifteenth issue of Tradetalk¸ a fanzine dedicated to Glorantha¸ HeroQuest and RuneQuest. The dead-tree version was published in May 2007 by The Chaos Society.
The area known as Caratan¸ and the culture of the Auloring make up almost half of this issue. Caratan is an area north of the city of Handra¸ in between Maniria and Ralios.
This area in on the border of the HeroQuest setting of Issaries Inc./Moon Designs "Blood over Gold"¸ and will greatly enhance any game in that setting.
Please have a look at two other issues of Tradetalk¸ which focus on the same region:
Tradetalk # 10 "Wenelia & Ramalia" presents the boar people of Wenelia¸ and the more westerized pig folk of Ramalia.
Tradetalk # 11 "Handra & The New Fens" describes a city and its environs in between these two areas.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- RUNEQUEST/GLORANTHA -
- The Isle of Girane - description of an isolated island south of Seshnela (by Barry Blatt)
- Caratan - background for the region in between Handra & the New Fans & Pralorela (by Stuart Mousir-Harrison)
- Hwhen Orlanth Got His Feet Wet¸ or¸ How Hibour defeated Orlanth - Caratan myth (by Stuart Mousir-Harrison)
- What My Brother Told Me: A Personal View of Auloring Culture - (by Stuart Mousir-Harrison)
- Homeland: Auloring - HeroQuest Homeland of the Caratan region (by Stuart Mousir-Harrison)
- Bad Omens and Bangles - scenario set in Caratan region¸ including six pregenerated characters (by Stuart Mousir-Harrison)
- Homeland: Zoria - HeroQuest Homeland for the city of Free Love (by Jamie "Trotsky" Revell)
- A Day at the Races - Griselda story (by Oliver Dickinson)
- Legends of the Winterwood - Aldryami elves of north western Fronela and their history (by Shannon Appelcline)
- The Maidstone Mountains - Kind of HeroQuest Homeland keyword for a subregion of Winterwood (by Shannon Appelcline)