Pathfinder Region Deepdive: Galt

Finally getting to the much-requested video on Galt. Galt proved a fairly difficult video to put together as although there's been plenty of Galt content, especially in terms of standalone adventure modules and Pathfinder society adventures, there's never been a Galt AP, and there's never been a standalone Galt lore book published. For those reasons this video stitches together content from dozens of sources, some of which are so old that you can feel the lore switching under the settings feat. A fascinating place to review, and I hope folks get some value out of this.

I'm very much looking forward to how Galt continues to evolve as of release of Remaster.

For more details on general Taldan imperial history check out the following videos:

▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

0:00 - Intro
1:22 - History of Galt
22:02 - Galt Today
30:35 - Galt Gazetteer

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[johndoe]

I will never stop watching your series, the best coverage of my favorite game setting!

[RiddledinRizz]

You’re the GOAT when it comes to lore!

[jasonmcintosh]

Have a player in my group that runs a bard from Galt in the kingmaker campaign. He's forever holding political rallies for various potential leaders who seem to be able to help promote stability and are willing to listen to the common folk. Can't wait to show him this video. Thanks.

[phil_______]

Yes! Galt was one of the two I've been looking forward to the most; the other being Rahadoum. Love these deep dives <3

[TheCyndigirl]

Thank you so much! I've been looking for info on Galt and had no luck. 🎉

[obamabiden]

there's a sliding scale of "how well did your revolution go?" on golarion, it goes from Andoran to Galt

[thierrybarroca]

MK keeping on delivering awesome lore videos, thanks as usual !

[devonstidham]

Haven't watched yet. But currently running a game in galt. Had some information but had to make up some baddies for my party. This will be extremely helpful! Thank you!!!!

[meraduddcethin]

Yet another amazing and entertaining deep dive. Your content just keeps getting better and better. I think the only ones left at this point are Isger and Rahadoum. I look forward to more great content. Thank you!

[bryanstephens]

What is most chilling to me is that you didn't have to have any dark Is cults in the real world in France

[DatTransChick]

I hope things will begin looking up for Galt, but considering the lore just dropped about the Godsrain awakening the final blades, probably not going to be calming down any time soon.

[madelaineengel]

The first Pathfinder adventure that I played was set in Galt. And I always liked it as a setting for other adventures. I started an adventure ther and this will be really helpfull for that.
Thank you🙏

[Discolittle]

With the recent war of immortals lore. Galt troubles are certainly not ending anytime soon in the future

[RyanVonAegir]

Galt is so funny to me because you look at it and think "Okay it's based on revolutionary France". Then you start looking further and it gets weirder and weirder, to the point that it has some of the most interesting ideas for a real world inspired nation.

It's funny too how close Galt is to Taldor considering the declining state of the empire. It's like the land itself is "cursed".

I'd love to play a character whose from Galt at some point for sure.

Thanks for the video as always!

[davdav]

thank you MythKeeper for another great episode about Pathfinder Lore :)

[ClarionMumbler]

thanks again! always an enjoyable listen

[PatrickSquire-ei]

This video has me contemplating a campaign centered on Azurestone. thanks.

[JamesAdams-ndtd]

Viva La Revolution! I wonder what the Galtean equivalent of Bastille Day is.

Oh, hey, Kyuss!

I’m surprised the Gardeners’ habit of funding revolutions never came back to bite them in the butt; revolutions have a habit of going out of control. And then the Golarion equivalent of Napoleon comes in . . .

I like that the Garderners are decimated but not gone. They can make a good, long running villain.

[RisingStarPFE]

I had to figure all of the details in this video out myself and it was a terrible process of going through all of the different adventures, society bounties and the mini adventures to get any basic idea of what Galt is about. It's very scattered and the pf2e adventure Night of The Gray Death doesn't do much to anything to tell you about Galt itself outside the stuff your doing in Litran. It's sort of like golarions cursed dump, the place all scum and villains and criminals use surrounding it (River Kingdoms). The most unstable place socially and politically that the only reason it still exists is outside influence, and the many people outside the country pulling the strings. So unstable, it can barely function, so unstable, it's comical full-fantasy almost because without fantasy it could never exist for the last 50 years. And that's why its a fantastic Cthulu-esque themed place, nobody wants to actually be in Galt who are from outside Galt without a real good reason, or being conditioned to it.

Friends cant be friends. It's 1984 the movie. Everybody is masked. Everybody is wary. Outsiders are not to be tolerated and downers/naysayers are to be decapitated. Report your relatives. Report to who? Whoever is winning the bloody revolution at the time. Imagine raising children here; imagine the economy, imagine it. Galt is a crappier place with more morally detestable things happening in it than just about any of the planes on a psychological level by the non-divine. It's why paizo hasn't made a real adventure about it. Because its very small in theme scope and is not afraid to tell you: I am messed up and this is how it is. It is NOT the place for heroes to become heroes, its the place that heroes are easily viewed as villains. It's a place where no matter the size of victory, you cannot overcome the chaos. Then its followed by a engineered fake 'calm' period just to raise up another revolution.

That's very hard to make something that wouldn't offend people based on the very heavy topics it represents. It's a place more barbaric than the Bandit Lands. I think this is a big reason the products don't actually really depict what Galt is and theres been no deep lore book and its all incredibly vague in comparison to other countries. Its a much more complex set of emotions, themes and topics. But its not a varied amount of them either which I can see poses a writing problem for any potential AP writer.

Cheliax has clear moral pointings, Fiends to blame, people to point fingers at as all nations do. But what of Galt? Galt is nothing but everybodies fingers pointing in every direction. Held together by players who aren't to be found in the place that they puppeteer.

It is the country of psychological and social horror. Where many things of power play, but everybody. Everybody is to blame The worms simply follow in the process of Atrophy after the thought-destruction is over, and it's been over in Galt for over 30 years. And that above description is a MUCH more condensed way of looking at Galt than all the history; because most people in Galt don't have half an idea of the history of their own country truly or have incredibly warped views of it. There are very few impartial historians. Because they're killed or worse before they ever reach adulthood. There are no Mythkeepers in Galt. Not anymore. And 'perspectives' are a thought crime, and Galt loves a execution, and anybody could be next... The entire place is a place of cults. Delusion. Social destruction.

[adrikstepanov]

The revolutionary France, now with BATMAN! I mean, Red RavenMan