(
Glorantha). A fictional race of sapient reptilian humanoids, hostile to humans. They are mostly found in Glorantha's southern continent,
Pamaltela. They develop in two distinct stages, alternating generations: the "giant",
parthenogenetic slarge lays eggs, which hatch into "lesser", sexual slarges; the lesser slarges mate and give birth to live giant slarges.
Giant slarges tend to develop one
skill or
talent exclusively, such as taming a single
monster type, or casting a particular
enchantment. They are individualistic and often
solitary. Lesser slarges, by contrast, form cooperative
social groups, at a
civilization level between
nomad and
barbarian.
In
my current RuneQuest campaign, there is a swampy area to the northeast of
Griffin Island inhabited by slarges. They are a danger to characters making pilgrimages to the temple of
Sun Dragon, and they raid into all their neighbors' territories. There is rumored to be a giant slarge
sorceror in their town (known to the PC's as "
Sog" or "Sog-town") who can summon and command "undead sylphs" (D&D players would recognize them as the obscure
Vacuum Para-Elementals).