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Month: January 2022

Belintar the HeroQuester

Posted on January 30, 2022

We all know about Belintar’s first incarnation – from when he appeared off the shore of Kethaela in 1313 and his titanic struggle with the Only Old One that resulted in his…

Karse

Posted on January 30, 2022

Karse (large city): This ancient port city is an important trade center with Dragon Pass. Goods are transferred from ship to caravan here. Karse is located on the coast, a few kilometers…

Refuge

Posted on January 30, 2022

The city of Refuge is port city in God Forgot and a Brithini outpost which continues its tenuous existence using the old caste systems of Brithos. Cautious and defensive, the rulers are…

Gold-Gotti – Wolf Pirate & Wilmskirk

Posted on January 29, 2022

As I have said many times, I feel no desire to have materials I wrote for the HeroQuest line restrict what we do with RuneQuest. Since I wrote Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes…

The land route from Sartar to Dorastor

Posted on January 29, 2022

Take the royal road and trade roads to Furthest. That takes about two weeks or a little less. Then take a boat down the Oslir river to Alkoth and then head up…

Lodril in Boldhome

Posted on January 28, 2022

Are there enough Lodril worshippers to have a shrine in Boldhome? In Boldhome? No. There’s a minor temple to Gustbran, but that is a Lowfire worshiped independently.If you wanted to worship Lodril…

Cult Demographics for Caladraland

Posted on January 28, 2022

Caladraland is one of the regions of the Holy Country, and one people don’t pay enough attention to! If we look at Caladraland as a whole (so Highvale, Porthomeka, Vinavale, and Thomble),…

The Leftarm Islands

Posted on January 28, 2022

Off the southern tip of Heortland is the area called God Forgot. It is associated with the Bandori valley and the Marcher Lands. Collectively this area has about 100,000 human inhabitants, roughly…

Notes on Alkoth II

Posted on January 28, 2022

Let’s look a little at Alkoth. The city is the center of the Shargash cult, with roughly some 4000 cultists. It is a Lunar city and has 5000 Seven Mothers cultists –…

Some notes on land ownership in the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on January 28, 2022

So for example in the Lunar Heartlands, we get a complex and hierarchical land ownership system. Here’s some thoughts: The Red Emperor owns personal and royal property which is used as he…

Some notes on Sartarite land ownership

Posted on January 28, 2022

In theory, all arable land belongs to the Earth Goddess. As a practical matter, cultivable land is usually allocated by her local husband (in Sartar, this is the tribal Orlanth cult or…

The Cults of living Heroes and Gods

Posted on January 28, 2022

Many heroes and “living gods” have cults while they live. Those cults provide the hero with magical resources – however, these cults do not directly provide the worshipers with Rune spells. Instead…

Notes on the Eel-ariash clan

Posted on January 26, 2022

The Eel-ariash come from Doblian, and were the family of Sandene, a village weaver woman who had protected the Red Emperor when he hid from Sheng Seleris. The family first appeared in…

Cult Demographics for the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on January 25, 2022

The Lunar Heartlands are home to almost 5.4 million humans. This is the center of Lunar culture and the Lunar religion, a fact made omnipresent by the presence of the Red Moon…

Cult Demographics for the Lunar Provinces

Posted on January 25, 2022

Looking at Cult Distributions for the Lunar Provinces (Aggar, Holay, Imther, Tarsh, and Vanch) tells a fascinating story. There are a little less than 1.4 million humans in the Lunar Provinces. Looking…

Notes on the Grazelands I

Posted on January 25, 2022

Let’s keep in mind quick how the Grazeland functions in the present age (rather than how the Yelm cult likes to tell stories about the good old days). There are about 40,000…

Notes on the Three Feathered Rivals

Posted on January 24, 2022

I love the Three Feathered Rivals. Did you know that they are used as a Praxian/Sartarite version of Rock Paper Scissors. But I just love them as a spiritual driver for the…

Initiates and Lay members

Posted on January 22, 2022

As an aside, remember that in RuneQuest we have initiates and lay members. Initiates are those who have experienced the cult’s magical secrets. They are able to act as conduits for the…

Cult Demographics for Civilized Prax

Posted on January 21, 2022

I’ve been fine-tuning some of the cult demographic numbers for Pavis County and the Sun County. As of 1626, there are about 25,650 humans residing in Pavis County – this includes Argrath’s…

Sheng Seleris, the Shadow of the Lunar Empire

Posted on January 21, 2022

So let’s contemplate Sheng Seleris, the Shadow of the Lunar Empire. Sheng Seleris and his nomad army entered Peloria for the first time in 1375. Sheng Seleris was a celestial hero, whose…

A Sense Of Chronological Perspective

Posted on January 20, 2022

From time to time I find it useful to repost these two timelines: Present year 1627 Compare this to a Greek at the time of Alexander (330 BC): So when you look…

Notes on Dwarfs

Posted on January 19, 2022

The dwarfs are an often underestimated and underrepresented Elder Race. In Sartar, they arguably played a bigger role than any other major Elder Race. They built the walls of Sartar’s cities, the…

Women in the Lunar Army

Posted on January 18, 2022

Are there female soldiers within the ranks of the lunar military? Yes, the Lunar army has female soldiers and leaders. Going back to my post yesterday about the main cults in the…

Vadrus has gone

Posted on January 17, 2022

Is everyone forgetting the existence of the hate everyone clan – i.e vadrus’s group – by definition Uz are more accepting. 1. The children of Vadrus actually ended up serving Orlanth in…

The most popular cults in the Lunar Heartlands?

Posted on January 17, 2022

Here’s another good question – what are the most popular cults in the Lunar Heartlands? The answer is the Seven Mothers, either collectively or individually. About 24% of the population in the…

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