Genertela is the northern continent

Continent

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 of Greg Stafford

Greg Stafford

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's fiction

Fiction

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al world Glorantha

Glorantha

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.

Geography and climate

Genertela is divided into a few distinct regions by three great mountain ranges:

• The Rockwood Mountains and their western extension, the Nidan Mountains, divide western and central Genertela into a northern and a southern half.
• The Mislari and Skyreach Mountains separate the southwest from the central south and meet the Rockwoods in the Dragon Pass region of Maniria.
• The Shanshan Mountains in the east separate the lands of Kralorela and Verenela from the steppes in eastern central Genertela.

The climate ranges from Arctic

Arctic

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 (Fronela and Valind's Glacier in the northwest) to subtropical (Verenela in the southeast).

Inhabitants

The primary inhabitants are human

Human

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s (of various racial types), as well as aldryami (elves

Elf

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), mostali (dwarfs), uz (troll

Troll

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s) and less populous races such as durulz (large intelligent ducks with arms) and dragonewts.

Regions

The major geographical regions, grouped by their predominant religious forms, are:

The West - Medieval

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 Monotheism

Monotheism

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• Fronela
• Seshnela
• Ralios

The Centre - Classical

Classical antiquity

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 Polytheism

Polytheism

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• Peloria (inc. the Lunar Empire)
• Maniria (inc. Dragon Pass)

The Wastelands - Nomad

Nomad

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ic Shamanism

Shamanism

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• Prax
• Pent

The East - Oriental

The Orient

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 Mysticism

Mysticism

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• Kralorela
• Verenela