I have always found surprising how the Wolfrunners manage to hold their ground that successfully and against so many enemies.
First they arrive in the 1460s (probably from the woods south of Aggar? Or maybe Dorastor?) and defeat the Torkani, stealing their former land and forcing them to move close to the indigo mountains, that seems reasonable, it's a war mainly against a lone tribe, and one that had previously suffered another defeat, so they may have not recovered yet when the Telmori arrived. But then it seems that the Torkani, Malani, Culbrea, Maboder and Cisina, 5 tribes, form an alliance against them, yet the Telmori again win, holding their ground on an open war against all them until Sartar arrives and makes peace. Then when the Lunar Empire conquers Sartar in the early XVII century, the war starts again, prompted by the lunars. On this war, the Wolfrunners annihilate the Maboder, and contain the others, only being defeated by Jomes Wulf and his lunar mercenaries (who apparently occupy part of the former Maboder lands).
How can they be so successful? They have neither metalworking nor horses, they draw their magical power from only one god (Telmor) and spirits, while the surrounding orlanthi have many gods and spirits at their disposal, most of who are far more powerful than Telmor. Have the so colled "allies" never really worked together? Are they really that good at guerrilla? If this is the case why do they lose against Wulf? Also they seem to be pretty populous for hunter-gatherers, 6800, in an area of similar size than the tribal lands of the Malani (8000) but lacking any type of urbanization. And does this figure (6800) include the direwolfs? Because if it doesn't you can double their population in regards of effective fighting force, and they could have a bigger army that any tribe, but how can they maintain it?
Just wanted to know the forum's take on this bc I alone find it hard to create a believable narrative of this part of DP history.