Skip to content
The Well of Daliath
Menu
Menu

Greater Lunar Empire

Posted on September 6, 2013

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 09/10/2011 – 12:42

Searching through the archives of the Jonstown Library, I came upon this gem of a map. The sages told me that it was a copy of a map on prepared by the Imperial Surveyors in Furthest. I told them that there were no jungles in Seshnela. The chief librarian scoffed at me, informing me that clearly the Lunars, as masters of the known world, had a better idea what lay at the outskirts of their empire than a mere adventurer.

Greg’s Original Map
Original overlay for the map

Submitted by Howard (not verified) on Wed, 07/12/2011 – 01:40.
Actually, after some consideration, I can see how a Lunar cartographer would want to downplay anything to do with Orlanth!


Submitted by Howard (not verified) on Tue, 06/12/2011 – 18:19.
Kero Fin is missing, which I find odd. I am digging the distortion and things like “Desert of Fear” – which I think is a product of the map maker’s imagination – meaning “game”, as well as “RW”, obviously! 🙂


Submitted by Peter Metcalfe (not verified) on Mon, 10/10/2011 – 13:59.
I think the Desert of Fear is more likely to be Arolanit.


Submitted by Phersu (not verified) on Sun, 09/10/2011 – 21:24.
The Holy Country used to be huge before Belintar was slain! No wonder it took so long to invade Kethaela. I wonder what happened to that “desert of fear”. It must be Slontos.


Submitted by Charles Corrigan (not verified) on Sun, 09/10/2011 – 20:52.
LOL – Caution: archaeology in progress here!


Submitted by Jeff Richard (not verified) on Sun, 09/10/2011 – 18:55.
Actually Colin, I think Peter is (correctly) referring to an even older map of Prax than the one you have seen. This one was done on hexpaper back in the mid-70s.


Submitted by Colin Driver (not verified) on Sun, 09/10/2011 – 17:47.
Nice theory Peter but Greg’s original Prax map specifically mentions Corflu with the following: “(Note – Corflu is on a dry (non-marsh) island).” The only bit of correction fluid on the map is in the Eiritha Hills south of Agape.
Loving the Lunar map though. It’s always cool to see cartography from an inhabitants’ sewed perspective.


Submitted by Peter Metcalfe (not verified) on Sun, 09/10/2011 – 15:09.
You could also post the old map from Nomad Gods which has Christian’s Bay in it. I have a feeling Corflu got its name because Greg wanted to ink it over with correction fluid but couldn’t find it handy so wrote Corflu! with an arrow pointing to the Bay. William Church misunderstood the legend and so placed the town of Corflu on the bay.


Submitted by Keith (not verified) on Sun, 09/10/2011 – 13:55.
It is clearly done by way of some sort of projection – as if it were a map of a globe, or perhaps viewed from a globe like the moon. i.e the dimensions are distorted.

Jeff Richard

Next
Previous
Lunar Empire, Maps, Moon Design Blog, White Bear / Red Moon

Sections

  • Search Tips
  • Current RuneQuest Glorantha Publications
  • RuneQuest Glorantha Corrections and Q&A
  • Catalogue
  • References for Glorantha
    • Gloranthan Canon
  • Gloranthan Documents
  • RPG Systems & Versions
  • Gallery
  • About This Site
  • Get involved!

Latest Posts

  • The Grasslands of Prax

    Something to keep in mind about Prax. The grasslands of …
  • Praxian Kinship Groups

    Praxian tribes are divided into smaller kinship groups or clans, …
  • Lunar Resettlement of Tarsh after 1460 ST

    After 1460, large sections of Peloria (especially east of the …
  • The Spread of the Lunar Way

    In the Lunar Provinces, about 26% of the total population …
  • Gods of Fire and Sky and the Lunar Way

    The Gods of Fire and Sky co-exist alongside the Lunar …
  • How Much Land is a Hide?

    So in RQ, a “hide” is a unit of accounting …
  • Agricultural Data for RuneQuest

    Back in the late 70s and early 80s, Greg‘s only …
  • Farming in Dara Happa

    In anticipation of the Fire/Sky Book, here’s a few notes …
  • Farming in the Big Rubble

    There are some 1600 humans in the Big Rubble, with …

Links

  • Chaosium
  • Chaosium’s RuneQuest RPG Wiki
  • Glorantha on BRP Central
  • RuneQuest on BRP Central
  • RuneQuest on Discord
  • Prince of Sartar Webcomic
  • Glorantha G+ Archives on Tapatalk
  • Search mailing list archive

Latest from BRP Central

  • creating a spirit cult of Fralar
  • Thoughts on running an Animal Nomad/Praxian game
  • Fillable excel RQG character sheets?
  • Where is there a list of temples in Dragon Pass?
  • New on the Jonstown Compendium: Many Suns
  • Secular and religious hierarchies
  • Subcults vs Associated Cults
  • Gorgorma and Dendara's Chess Game
  • Merged deities
  • Elf plant ships and dwarf stone ships

Popular Tags

Boldhome (large city) Chaosium Colymar (Sartar tribe) Contents Cult demographics Cults of Runequest (preview) Ernalda Esrolia (homeland) FRA Furthest (large city) G+ post Gods Wall Greg Stafford Guide to Glorantha (preview) Humakt Jar-eel Lunar Empire Lunar Pantheon Magazine Malkioni pantheon Map Michael O’Brien Mongoose MRQ1 New Pavis (small city) Old Glorantha Q&A Orlanth Orlanthi pantheon Photo reference Population demographics Prax (homeland) RQ3 RQG Sandy Petersen Sartar (homeland) Spirit Cult Star Subcult Tapatalk post Tarsh (homeland & Lunar province) Troll Pantheon Yelm Yelmalio Yelm Pantheon Youtube

Recently added or updated

  • Spirit Magic by Cult and Associate Cult

  • ISS1102 Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars (2000)

  • Dragon Pass – A brief outline (2013)

  • Some Fronelan Population And Cultural Details

  • Notes on Fronela III

  • Notes on Fronela II

  • Notes on Fronela I

  • Hon-eel Temples and Shrine

  • Seven Mothers Temples and Shrines

  • Ernalda Temples and Shrines

  • Barntar Temples and Shrines

  • Babeester Gor Temple and Shrines

  • Voria Shrines

  • Ty Kora Tek Temples and Shrines

  • Asrelia Temples and Shrines

  • Maran Gor Temple, Shrines and Site

  • Odayla Shrines

  • Humakt Temples, Shrines and Sites

  • Orlanth Rex Temples, Shrines and Sites

  • Hippoi Shrines

©2025 The Well of Daliath | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme