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Month: October 2020

Alda-Chur

Posted on October 31, 2020

With about 4000 permanent residents Alda-Chur is the second largest city in Sartar. A quick cult breakdown for Alda-Chur: Important note: Post-Dragonrise Alda-Chur is the main stronghold of the Lunar Empire outside…

The Lunar Army in Sartar

Posted on October 31, 2020

Prior to the Dragonrise in 1625, there were approximately 15,000 Lunar soldiers in Dragon Pass, with the largest camps of some 10,000 soldiers being outside of the New Temple of the Reaching…

Maran Gor art preview

Posted on October 31, 2020

For Halloween, I give you the Destructive Earth goddesses, Maran Gor and Babeester Gor, by Loic Muzy! The come to bring destruction and vengeance upon those who have earned the wrath of…

Chaos Gods WiP preview

Posted on October 30, 2020

A snippet of the Chaos gods by the amazing Agathe Pitié! BTW, are you aware that is the same name as one of the students of Wilms, and the same person who…

Seven Mothers in Sartar

Posted on October 30, 2020

Now that we know where the Yelmalio cultists are, let’s look at some ballpark numbers for the Seven Mothers in Sartar. Seven Mothers cult numbers These numbers are very approximate, and might…

Yelmalio cult in Sartar

Posted on October 30, 2020

So where is the Yelmalio cult in Sartar, one might ask. Well here is how that breaks down: And that in a nutshell, shows what happened to the Elmal cult. So most…

Townspeople and tribesfolk

Posted on October 29, 2020

Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…

Sir Ethilrist

Posted on October 29, 2020

Ethilrist is sometimes thought to be an incarnation of Hrestol. He encountered Hrestol himself in the middle of Hrestol’s own quest, ravaged Hell, and Ethrilrist gained great loot and his herd of…

The Liberation of Boldhome

Posted on October 28, 2020

Another little snippet from the forthcoming Sartar book: After the Dragonrise, all of Dragon Pass was thrown into disorder. Lergius Cassius held Boldhome with a small garrison of 300 soldiers from the…

Cult Membership in Sartar

Posted on October 27, 2020

How many members of my cult are there in Sartar? There are about 170k people in Sartar (including the Far Point but not the Pol-Joni). Let’s assume a little over half are…

Eurmal Inspiration

Posted on October 27, 2020

When you think about Eurmal’s cultists, a good source of inspiration are the sacred clowns of the Pueblo Indians: So pretty much every clan has a half-dozen or so “clowns”. They gather…

Boldhome Cultists

Posted on October 27, 2020

Here’s an approximate number of cultists inside of Boldhome, as I think people might find this one real interesting: Cult – Approximate number of cultists c. 1626 So in Boldhome, Orlanth and…

Great Temples of Sartar

Posted on October 26, 2020

I believe these are the great temples around Sartar. As an aside, Eiritha is an important cult for the Pol-Joni, but Ernalda is still more prevalent. The Pol-Joni are very atypical Praxians….

Heroquesting Lexicon I

Posted on October 24, 2020

God Time: In the God Time, there was no division between the worlds of men and gods, between Life and Death, or body and spirit. The events and deeds of the God Time…

Heortland Map

Posted on October 23, 2020

Here’s a nifty map of Heortland.

Wolf Pirates

Posted on October 22, 2020

A few notes people might find interesting: WOLF PIRATES OVERVIEW In 1621 there are some 60+ Wolf Pirate ships, before Harrek’s circumnavigation. Let’s say that losses get replaced and by 1625, we…

Sartar Geography

Posted on October 22, 2020

Did you know that Boldhome is even higher up in the mountains than Wintertop Fort? Or that thanks to the proximity of Sky Fall Lake, Alone actually gets more snow than Alda-Chur?…

Redbird

Posted on October 21, 2020

This troublesome Knowing Priest comes from the far west and is of unknown age; he has claimed to have been born long before Sartar came to this land. Redbird is notorious for…

Cults of Sartar

Posted on October 21, 2020

The primary cults of Sartar are those of Orlanth and Ernalda. More than two-thirds of all Sartarites are dedicated to one or the other cult, and the cults are so closely associated…

Lismelder tribal lands

Posted on October 21, 2020

Here’s another sneak peak of the Sartar map. Here’s Lismelder land. One nice thing about this snippet here is that is shows just how close Delecti is to the Lismelder, and how…

Lightbringers

Posted on October 20, 2020

This recent piece by Agathe Pitié is without a doubt my favorite depiction of the Lightbringers and part of a larger piece that is simply amazing. The iconography of each Lightbringer is…

Barbarian “Old Gods”

Posted on October 16, 2020

At the Dawn, the Hykimi Alliance of Fronela and Ralios worshiped a myriad of ancestors, beast spirits, and other spirits, but acknowledge a loose pantheon of Old Gods including: Ehilm the Sun;…

Old Gods at the Dawn

Posted on October 16, 2020

Did you know that many God Learners concluded that Flesh Man was another name for Malkion? I posted this after reading some notes from Greg he wrote back in 1978 or 1979…

Orlanth art preview

Posted on October 16, 2020

Orlanth symbolizes and forms the elemental Air; he is a foundation of the cosmic order. He is King of the Gods by right of his strength and deeds, and his virtues maintain…

The Dragonewts’ Dream

Posted on October 15, 2020

In 1539 the famous Dragonewts’ Dream began, and ended two years later. At this time the real dragonewts seemed to go about their normal business in their cities and outside. But in…

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