I've just read the thread, so sorry for any delay in answering.
I ran a Dorastor campaign for 5 years or so and ran scenarios in Dorastor sporadically for 5 years before that. Most of what I had developed was based on Cults of Terror and came before Dorastor:Land of Doom and Drastic:Chaos, so woiuld differ from the official stuff quite a bit.
I do have a fairly detailed writeup of my Dorastor Campaign on my website, but again this is unofficial, so don't take any of it as gospel, but use it or ignore it as you wish.
Dorasta was the daughter of Genert and Pelora, who was the daughter of Genert and Gata - he got about a bit, did Genert. She is the Land Goddess of Dorastor, which is North of the Rockwoods, between Aggar/Talastar and Charg. Kartolin Pass is between Dorastor and Ralios, guarded by Kartolin Castle, whihc is a magical place.
In the Godtime, there was a civilisation in Dorastor, the Feldichi, which nobody knows anything about. They did leave behind some strange artifacts and a fair number of abandoned cities. The Unholy Trio made their pact in Dorastor and (perhaps) it was the Devil's Birthplace, but I prefer top believe that's where the Devil was conceived. The First Council moved to Dorastor when they discovered the remnants of this civilisation and decided to start the God Project, becoming the Second Council in the process. They created a godling called Nysalor who cursed the trolls and dargonewts for abandoning the project. The dragonewt curse was eaten by a True Dragon who woke up especially to help out. The trolls suffered Gbaji's Curse and bore trolkin young. The dragonewts seem to have been unaffected, but served as mercenaries for Nyslaor.
Nysalor was born during the Sunstop, where Yelm stopped in the sky, causing all sorts of problems. This was a HeroQuesting event that involved a lot of work by a lot of powerful heroquestors and nobody knows how long the sun stopped for. It was started again by a spider that appeared and dragged it in motion. During this time, many HeroQuests were performed, one of which was to gain power from a barbarian god called Humakt and a son was born, Arkat. He was raised in Brithini by elves and belonged to the Soldier Caste.
Nysalor's Empire seemed all bright and nice, but had a dark side to it. There was a plague that only their missionaries could cure, as they had started it. There were other atrocities as well. The Brithini decided to stop the spread of the Bright Empire and started a Crusade in Tanisor. Arkat was instrumental in fighting and defeated the Vampire Kings of Tanisor. He then left the Brithini and joined the Hrestoli, becoming a Farmer and then a Knight. He fought his way through Ralios and reached Kartolin pass where he met Nysalor in combat, was killed and bound in a jar in Hell.
The Bright Empire then became more and more corrupt, with Lokyamodon, the head of the Storm Cults, trying to usurp Orlanth and become King of the Gods. The traditional Orlanthi opposed him, but failed because he stopped all initiations into the Orlanth cult, which was a bit of a bummer for Orlanthi. All initiation attempts failed because they were opposed by powerful HeroQuestors. Eventually, a chappie by the name of Harmast succeded in becoming an Initiate and started HeroQuesting. Eventually, he put together the lost Lightbringers Quest and decided to try and save the world, bringing back Arkat as his prize.
The Orlanthi taught Arkat some secrets about his unbreakable sword and his father, then he joined the Humakt cult, becoming Arkat Humaktsson. He fought and fought, but was stopped at every turn. He gained an unhealable wound on a heroquest, which slowed him down even further. He saw how strong the trolls were and how they were expert at fighting chaos A troll cured his incurable wound so he left Humakt and became a Mistress Race Troll, joining the cult of Zorak Zoran. The energised troll armies swept across Genertela, destroying all in their wake, so Harmast went on the Lightbringers Quest again, coming back with Talor the Laughing Warrior.
With Arkat streaming in from the East and Talor from the South, Nysalor was a bit stuck. His people took on more and more chaos powers to help them in the fight and eventually Arkat entered Dorastor and fought Nyslaor/Gbaji, destroying him.
Afterwards, he razed Dorastor, destroying the buildings, salting and poisoning the earth and killing pretty much everything around. The Elves survived, those in Poisonthorn Wood had "always" oposed Nysalor and because Arkat was raised by elves. The rest of the inhabitants were killed.
Dorastor was sealed, so that none may enter and none may leave, because they didn't want the chaos to return. After the Gbaji Wars, there were a lot of Chaos Nests and weak spots in the fabric of Glorantha there and chaos could easily seep through. Guards were placed and wards were used to keep the Chaos down.
So far, so good. Then the nearby empires forgot how bad the Gbaji Wars were and how the world was nearly destroyed. They remembered how the Second Council made a god in Dorastor and thought "Hey, we're making a new Dragon, perhaps there's something in Dorastor that could help us." or "Hey, we're investigating the gods of different cultures, perhaps there's some new information in Dorastor that can help us." So, they had a look. The Jrusteli had conquered Arkat's Dark Empire and raided its secrets, so they knew how to defeat Dorastor and weren't afraid. They believed that Arkat had hidden secrets deep beneath Dorastor, so they sent a well-equipped expedition to have a look, but nobody returned. In 824, Balarzak Leatherwing flew in and took some ash and dirt, reporting that things were growing and great beasts were heard moving in the woods. They escaped but all died within three years. Around 850, the Telmori who had been cursed by Talor and were led by Nangtali arrived and were allowed to live in what is now known as Nangtali's Plateau, helped by the Poisonthorn Elves. In 857, two Talastari Heroes enetered Dorastor and returned a year later as Draugr, vile Undead Demons. Broos came out of Dorastor around about this time and Ralzakark was known to be in Fort Wrath. In 1100, broos raided Talastar in force, so must have been strong. After the Lunar Empire was founded, two major invasions occurred, in 1297, the surviving elves of Rist entered Dorastor, fleeing the Moonburn, and founded Hellwood, the Mad Sultan led a band of chaos-maddened survivors of the First Battle of Chaos and were enchanted downriver into Dorastor in 1453.
So, what about Second Age Dorastor? Well, at the time of the curent events, 908 ST, we know the following had happened:
1. The Jrusteli expedition had disappeared
2. The Telmori were living in Nangtali's Plateau
3. The Poisonthorn Elves were safe and sound in their forest
4. Ralzakark had probably moved into Fort Wrath
5. There was an undead presence in Dorastor
6. The Arkati Guardians had been smashed or severely weakened by the Jrusteli and the bonds that bound Dorastor had been weakened
7. The land had reawakened to a large extent
So, who might we find there?
Telmori are in the north, these were ones that had been cursed by Talor, so they would have more of the Chaotic shapechanging Telmori and less of the Hsunchen Telmor-worshipping Telmori, although the wolfbrothers also worshipped Telmor.
Poisonthorn Elves are in the south and let nobody into their forests.
Vampires or other undead inhabit their areas. In my game they lived in the Tower of Lead, but that may not be canon.
Neverdead is probably active and churning out zombies and other undead. In my game, they had a Giant King, just because a 15m giant vampire looked cool, and still does.
Ralzakark lives in Fort Wrath with his broos. He may or may not have founded the Humakti Broo Legion, I would say he had because I like them and it pisses off any players with Humakti PCs.
Since the land has been reawakened, it implies that Dorasta has been unchained. In my game, Ralzakark did this by becoming her husband-protector and showing her how to evade Arkat's Curse by constantly changing her plants, a chaotic ability. Also in my game, Dorasta was raped by Arkat and bound in her inner sanctum. Ralzakark freed her and took her as a wife, also emulating Ragnaglar and raped her. She didn't have a very good time.
What else is there? The spiders of Spider Woods might be there, there's no reason why they shouldn't be. Ash Flat is probably the same. Dokat would still be there, and may have been awakened. Ghostdirt Plain would be active. Sludgestream would be full of gunk. The Ashman of Ash Flat has probably woken up. Babool may or may not be there. The Chaos Gaggle, Cacodemon Fiends and Dokat Spirit would be around. Hungry Eater is almost certainly there. Platewalker should be there as he is so obviously from the EWF. Skanth and Skath seem to be immortals and could well be there. The Great Gorp of Slimestone is certainly there. Thing might be.
If Fiends are there, so are Ogres. The EWF might have brought stoorworms. Castle Kartolin is full of semi-corporeal ghosts, keeping things in and out of Dorastor.
If you are familiar with my version of Dorastor, the following would be present. The Shadowmages would be present, though weakened by the Jrusteli attacks, they would have recently moved into Arkat's Last Tower. Golden Eagle would be imprisoned in his Villa and his mercenary band would be active in Dara Happa. The Dragonewt of Storm would be running around thunderbolting anyone entering Dorastor. The Mistress of Light, Guardian of the Fires of Heaven would have been awakened and would have her vampires around her. Ralzakark would have Heidi as a pet, as a Hydra that spits acid is too funny not to include. The Chaos Dragon would be asleep, but EWF interference might wake it up.
The idea of Ralzakark having been awakened by Godlearners who though they could control him and who now has a number of Godlearner Slaves is too good to ignore.
So, that's about it, I think. I hope that helps.
You probably need Dorastor:Land of Doom to understand some of the references, but the references from my campaign can be found at www.soltakss.com in the Dorastor section. There are probably loads I have forgotten about - if you want to know what I think about individuals being in 2nd Age Dorastor, just ask.
