Place in the lore

[tien359]

Is this game set before or after King of Dragon Pass?

[Mr. Kaneda]

Before I believe there is an event that specifically references this

[lyreofsheliak]

Long before.

[tien359]

Originally posted by lyreofsheliak:

Long before.

Thanks. I've played the other games and know some of the lore of Glorantha but was just curious.

[NewMars]

This game takes place to the north of KODP, just past the northern border of tarsh, in fact. It also takes place about a thousand or so years before.

[Summersong]

Thousands of years before, basically. This is the era in which the myths of King of Dragon Pass were made. Elmal Guards the Stead isn't a myth in Lights Going Out, it's happening right now. We're about 6 or so generations after The Storm Tribe was founded, and only a few generations after Ernalda Feeds the Tribe.

Basically, KoDP is set in around 1400. That date is set AFTER the Dawn, and Lights Going Out is set in the generation or two before the world was destroyed. And then Orlanth and his allies completed the Lightbringers Quest, and revived the world. And THEN the year counting system started again. Right now, we're in the time before time, essentially.

So, uh, call it 1600 or so years before KoDP. Something like that. There's a few factions and cultures that'll turn up later in it. One of the other clans will eventually become the Horse Spawn, for instance. And arguably we're one of the tribes that'll eventually be an Elmal worshipping clan in KoDP.

[tien359]

Originally posted by Summersong:

Thousands of years before, basically. This is the era in which the myths of King of Dragon Pass were made. Elmal Guards the Stead isn't a myth in Lights Going Out, it's happening right now. We're about 6 or so generations after The Storm Tribe was founded, and only a few generations after Ernalda Feeds the Tribe.

Basically, KoDP is set in around 1400. That date is set AFTER the Dawn, and Lights Going Out is set in the generation or two before the world was destroyed. And then Orlanth and his allies completed the Lightbringers Quest, and revived the world. And THEN the year counting system started again. Right now, we're in the time before time, essentially.

So, uh, call it 1600 or so years before KoDP. Something like that. There's a few factions and cultures that'll turn up later in it. One of the other clans will eventually become the Horse Spawn, for instance. And arguably we're one of the tribes that'll eventually be an Elmal worshipping clan in KoDP.

Wow. Really detailed response! Thank you. I knew some of the stuff about the world getting reborn and stuff but that fits it together better.

[DeRossa]

before the empire of wyrm era by a couple of generations, i think Chaos age > Dawn age > wyrm age > king Heort and dragon pass/ King Sartar

[Silva]

Originally posted by Summersong:

Elmal Guards the Stead isn't a myth in Lights Going Out, it's happening right now.

Yup, we can even face that creature full of mouths that exists in his heroquest in KoDP.

This game's setting is awesome.