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Month: March 2021

Homeric and Orlanthi kingship

Posted on March 29, 2021

An interesting snippet on Homeric kingship directly of relevance to Orlanthi tribal kingship: The terms basileus and basileia are usually translated as “king” and “queen,” but not correctly so, if “royal” persons…

Gloranthan gods are not moral exemplars

Posted on March 27, 2021

As an aside, most Gloranthan gods are not viewed as moral exemplars by their worshipers. Orlanthi readily acknowledge that when Orlanth used Death on Yelm that was a Bad Thing (although we…

Moon Phases

Posted on March 25, 2021

This may be my single most repeatedly used reference picture in all of RuneQuest.

Monomyth Art Final preview

Posted on March 21, 2021

I present to you the Monomyth, illustrated by the amazing Agathe Pitié. Look at this wonder and be astounded! And it will be a fold-out in the Cults Book. Along with all…

Monomyth Art WiP VII

Posted on March 20, 2021

And the Monomyth is nearly complete, courtesy of the amazing Agathe Pitié.

Voria Art Preview

Posted on March 20, 2021

Today is the first day of Spring, and so Voria gives you her blessings! By the magnificent Loïc Muzy for the Cults Book.

How the militia trains

Posted on March 17, 2021

The militia musters together each Fire Season and learns to fight together. They aren’t drilled so much as learn how to gather together in groups, how to fight with sword and shield…

Monomyth Art WiP VI

Posted on March 16, 2021

A little preview of a world full of gods. By the amazing Agathe Pitié of course. A little less than half of the monomyth here.

Sartarite Tribal Assemblies

Posted on March 16, 2021

King of Dragon Pass and Thunder Rebels presented Sartarite tribal assemblies as pretty standardised events, like some small town city council meeting. However, in truth there’s little difference between a Sartarite tribal…

Mercenary Art Preview

Posted on March 16, 2021

Wow, just got in some of the newest art for the Sartar Book. If you think Ossi Hiekkala’s mercenary picture (attached) was good, then WOW you are in for a treat! The…

Hrestol

Posted on March 15, 2021

Hrestol was the Ascended Man, son of Froalar, last of the Secret Keepers, and of Xemela, He is the great hero of the West and was born during the God Time. During…

Reinforcing the Scale

Posted on March 12, 2021

From time to time it is worth reinforcing the scale of Dragon Pass and the Holy Country. So basically, Dragon Pass is about the size of Northern California from the south shore…

Kethaela – The Third Age

Posted on March 12, 2021

After the Dragonkill War, the Only Old One proved himself to be a troll in magical contest with Kajak-ab Brain Eater and so shared rule of Dragon Pass with the leaders in…

History Of Kethaela – The Second Age

Posted on March 11, 2021

The Shadowlands continued their political existence through the next five centuries as the world changed all about them. The Waertagi were driven from seas by the navies of the Jrusteli priest-magicians of…

Battle of the Queens

Posted on March 10, 2021

Battle Description Fire Season – Wild Day/Stasis Week King Pharandros took command of the remaining imperial troops in the provinces, and led them with the Tarsh army to conquer the disheartened Sartarites….

History Of Kethaela – The First Age

Posted on March 10, 2021

Kethaela is an ancient name for the region now called the Holy Country. The land was named for the goddess Ketha, the wife of Entru and mother of Entruli, who came from…

Notes on The Holy Country

Posted on March 9, 2021

Belintar was a human being who swam ashore from the deadly sea at the Rightarm Island of Sandpaper one bright morning in the year 1313. He had great bearing and power, and…

The Esrolian Monomyth

Posted on March 9, 2021

Some of you might find this interesting – it is a common version of the myth cycle told in the Holy Country. You might consider this the Esrolian version of the monomyth….

Merngala the Great Queen

Posted on March 9, 2021

Greatest queen of Esrolia, Queen Merngala was the daughter of Esrola. She wielded awesome Earth powers, gained when her goddess mother retired to the Land of Sleep. Her main residence was a…

Panaxles the Architect

Posted on March 9, 2021

Panaxles was descended from the Stone-souled builders and was thus related to the dwarfs. His mothers were the Tilntae so prevalent and important in the early ages of the world. Panaxles lived…

Deezola

Posted on March 8, 2021

From the great Loïc Muzy I present to you the goddess Deezola! She gets a full long-form writeup in the Cults Book and I suspect she will be a popular cult! I also very…

What is White Bear & Red Moon?

Posted on March 4, 2021

So you might be wondering what is with all these posts referring to White Bear & Red Moon? As I work on the RQ Campaign book, the connection between it and WBRM…

Lunar Exotics

Posted on March 4, 2021

This description from White Bear / Red Moon is still pretty much the case, 45 years later! THE RED EMPEROR was one in a long line of wizard kings, responsible only to…

Thirty Years War

Posted on March 4, 2021

The Hero Wars are traditionally said to have begun in 1625 with the Dragonrise and to have ended in 1655, and is said to have lasted thirty years. For comparison, the Grand…

The Sartar Army

Posted on March 4, 2021

I’ve posted earlier versions of this before, but I think this might be interesting to some. This is the edited and revised overview of the Sartar Army for the forthcoming reprint of…

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