Roundstone Clan

The clan was once quite big with 1200 people but by 1616 was down to about 900. It is based near Roundstone Fort. The Fort itself lies on top of Hedkoranth Hill. It is held by the tribal king Roganvarth Loud-Laugh and his household and is the location of tribal moots.

The clan joined the Firebull Rebellion and lost 200 of its fyrd including Chief Rurik Ironsword and his weaponthanes at Gold Hill. Lunar troops then crucified many of the remaining rebels and burned many steads. Most of the people fled into the hills to wait for the Lunars to leave whilst most of the surviving rebels fled into exile.

At the end of the year the survivors returned to the steads and began rebuilding. They elected a new chief – Moriv Whitebeard who then asked for peace with the Lunars. Lunar attacks have now ceased but the full question of reparations is still being considered by the governor.

Roundstone Clan Map before Storm Season 1616

In the following map colours next to the steads indicate which clans they belong to:

The map is about 8 miles wide if you are using a small Glorantha or 24 miles wide if you are using a big Glorantha. See Size of the Empire for a discussion of this.

See After the Firebull Rebellion for a map of the situation after Storm Season 1616.

The landscape in the Roundstone Clan's area contains numerous interesting features.

The cults of the Roundstone Clan are described here.

Roundstone Folk Memory

In Asrelia’s Age the treasure the ancestors were like was the Rich Swan. In the first ceremony they took part in the Sacrifice Dance. In the Age of Stagnation they helped Umath to defy the Bright Emperor. In the Storm Age the ancestors knew Orlanth would be great right from the start and joined him immediately. At the wedding of Orlanth and Ernalda they stood on Orlanth’s side. The clan of the first ancestors was the Urlanthing – the primal Storn People. In the Vingotling Age the clan’s ancient enemy was the Praxians. In the God’s War the clan’s favourite Thunder Brother was Vinga. At the Three Red Peak Battle the clan followed Vikar Orandsson. The subject people the clan sheltered were Buf Gart – the Hungry Women whom the clan enslaved. In the Chaos Age the Broos particularly pursued the clan. To survive the ancestors fled. After the I Fought We Won Battle Heort reorganised the clans. The clan ring was a Storm Ring. In the Silver Age the clans Unity Allies were the Mostali.

In the Hero Age the clan fought ceaselessly against Lokmayadon no matter how many were killed. When Arkat came the clan raised all its forces to fight against him. In the EWF the clan was hostile to the dragons and fought against them. The lesson the clan learned from the Dragonkill was that it was lucky the clan lived in Heortland at the time. The clan lived in northern Volsaxar and were part of the Volasaxi. When Pharaoh came the clan hated him. They departed right away leaving almost everything behind but got good land in the north. The clan joined the tribe early and gained prestige.

When Sartar came the clan most admired him when he married the Feathered Horse-Spawn Queen and became King of Dragon Pass. When the Red Goddess’ missionaries first came to the clan they were killed. After the conquest of Tarsh the clan helped King Tarkolar fight the Lunars and fought honourably but not insanely. After the Lunar victory the clan chose to bide its time until a good opportunity for rebellion came along.  When the infighting began amongst the tribes the clan attacked those who had offended them in the past such as the Copper Hill Clan, the Locaem and the Balmyr. In Starbrow’s rebellion the clan forbade anyone to fight but some went anyway. The clan generally hate Termertain.

Roundstone Clan Traits

 Roundstone Bloodlines

There are 8 bloodlines in the clan. They are shown below with the steads they hold and the approximate number of people over 5 at each plus the number of people in hunting/herding camps and finally in exile. The chief comes from the Ranusi. Rurik Ironsword was of the Firivings:

Important Roundstone Clan Members

 The Clan is ruled by a Storm Ring. The battering the clan took during the rebellion has left it sadly depleted but a recent moot elected a new ring. The necessity of maintaining the ban on Orlanth in order to avoid further reprisals has resulted in some unusual cults for these leaders as they have been forced to leave their Orlanth subcults. Under the circumstances it seemed wisest not to try to equivocate any further. This has weakened the clan council as the leaders do not have leadership magic.

Inner Ring

 Thunder Brothers and Weaver Women (Outer Ring)

The Clan Fyrd

The clan fyrd is weak because of losses at Gold Hill (about 200 in total).