In late 1621, Whitewall fell to the Lunar Army after a siege that lasted more than two years. Huge amounts of magic, life, and treasure was spent by the Lunar Empire to…
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Notes on The Red Emperor II
Upon her apotheosis as the Moon, the Red Goddess appointed her son to rule her mundane affairs. He is Her representative in the mundane world, her steward, deputy and successor (which interesting…
Path of the Red Goddess
The Red Goddess was born out of the parts of ancient Moon deities, shattered and broken in the Gods War, but reunited and reborn in Time. For her the Gods Time is…
RuneQuest Battles
Thinking a little about the dynamic of RuneQuest battles. At the skirmish level, they likely resemble real world ancient combat with some added magical effects – more deadly weapons, ranged magic, the…
Notes on Ralios
Depending on how you measure it, Ralios is between four and six times the size of Dragon Pass. You can think of it as consisting of four distinct regions. The first is…
Polytheism
In most of Glorantha, polytheism is the norm. Gods and spirits are acknowledged and worshiped at temples and shrines throughout the land. The same deity might be worshiped at different places, with…
Common Deity Names
Something that sometimes stumps people that have read lots of Greg’s deep background material is that many Gloranthan deities have more than one name. Despite this, they are still the same entity…
Notes on Whitewall
Whitewall is less than about 20 km down the road from the border with Sartar. Not a long way – the place is basically just over the border. Long an important holy…
Notes on the Upland Marsh II
Upland Marsh is about 35 km long and about 25 km wide. It is a high elevation wetland, with about a dozen small hillocks or islands that rise above the sedges and…
Underused Adventure Locations
Coolest Dragon Pass locations for RQ adventure that are underused: The point is that there are plenty of really great places for classic RPG adventures in Dragon Pass.
Major RuneQuest Settings – Dragon Pass & Prax
Dragon Pass and Prax are the settings for the overwhelming majority of all RQ games ever played (a distant third is Balazar from the RQ2 days). In the coming year, we are…
Kralorela after Sheng Seleris
After the defeat of Sheng Seleris in 1460, the exarchs of Kralorela were able to restore imperial order over Kralorela. Official proclamations greatly understate the difficulty involved – bands of Pentans, Praxians,…
Magic Road Quests
Orlanth‘s deeds in the God Tine set the path for many, maybe even most, heroquests known in the Third Age. He is the god of Heroes after all. This is especially true…
Sartar’s Transformation of the Economy
One of the most remarkable transformations that Sartar made is that in less than 30 years he manage to transform the local economy from almost entirely commodity exchange to one where copper…
The View From Boldhome, circa 1627
Argrath was acclaimed Prince on Day 88 of 1627. Several assassination attempts were made on him as he entered the city, but his companions cut them down. Argrath impressively lit the Flame…
Wolf Pirates 1625-1627
Harrek the Berserk and his Wolf Pirates cast a looming shadow over Dragon Pass from 1625-1627. There are some 60+ ships with some 3100+ Wolf Pirates following Harrek. The average Wolf Pirate…
Interacting with the Hero Plane
Most cults limit their interaction with the Hero Plane to worship and other such ceremonies. The God Time is brought close, priests and initiates communicate with the Divine, draw upon the magic…
Notes on the Hero Wars
As we think about the RuneQuest setting for 1621-1655, there’s going to be a LOT of change. Some of this may be player character driven, but much – in my experience, most…
Dragon Pass Dragonewt population
A rough breakdown of the dragonewt population in Dragon Pass, attributed to Minaryth Purple. So if we look at High Wyrm and assume its population of 2000 is accurate, there is likely…
Notes on King Blackmoor
From 1615-1625, the Colymar tribe was ruled by Kangharl son of Kallai Rockbuster. Kangharl is best known by his nickname Blackmoor the Rabid, which he gained in a (failed) raid on Delecti’s…
Genertelan Worldview
The first set of Cults books – Mythology, Lightbringers, Earth Goddesses, Lunar Way, Celestial Realm, etc. – largely define the Theyalan-Dara Happan-Praxian-Lunar understanding of the world. There are some exceptions – Darkness,…
Spirit Cult Example
Here’s an example of a strange little spirit cult (or more precisely spirit cults) from Sartar: Earth Pillars The rock formations of the Auroch Hills are home to many spirits. Most are…
Hrestol and Malkioni Religion
The most important thing about Hrestol in Malkioni religion is NOT that he transgressed against caste restrictions (he did that but that is a secondary aspect). Here’s the basic story: A year…
Dragon Pass: The Return of Argrath and the Lunar Empire Wars
This was the name of the second edition of the board game previously called White Bear and Red Moon. This board game was the origin of Sartar, the Lunar Empire, and the…
The Cult of Orlanth In Sartar
Orlanth is the patron god of the Kingdom of Sartar, and nowhere is his cult more fully developed. The three main subcults of Orlanth—Thunderous, Adventurous, and Rex—have temples and shrines throughout the…