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CHA4041 Mythology – Index
CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X…
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…
Hero Wars 1621-1627
The Hero Wars are the Big Story for the RuneQuest setting. What initially drives the Hero Wars is simple – the Sartarite drive to free themselves from the Lunar Empire and the…
Dragon Pass Events of 1625-1626
So here’s some material that many of you might find useful for your games – this is the Dragon Pass Events of 1625-1626. Chronology 1625 (Sea Season) Battle of Hender’s Ruins Argrath…
Dart Warriors
The Dart Wars are of course waged by Dart Warriors, and not by the imperial aristocracy themselves (although there are Dart Warriors who come from the imperial nobility). Dart Warriors is a…
Born in the Red
Around the Red Emperor are numerous powerful families (or clans) most of whom are related to the Red Emperor, descended from him, married to him, etc. Those “born in the red” are…
So what are Lunars?
At the most basic, they are initiates into a Lunar cult or its associates – including obvious things as the Red Goddess, the Seven Mothers, Hon-eel, Yara Aranis, and the Crimson Bat,…
Lunar Cities I
I salute the so-far unknown Hippodamus who aided Hon-eel in developing the standardised grid plan for Lunar cities founded or rebuilt in the Fifth Wane. Each city was laid out on a…
White Bull Season 2 Episode 01 – transcript
0:00 but i thought that this was something worth pointing out because this is honest to god blood of yum 0:08that’s a high charisma magic item and knock your charisma up a…
Red Goddess
Goddess of the Red Moon Moon Goddess, Mistress of Time, Sister of Chaos, and Lurker Upon the Veil, goddess of illumination are some other titles given to this unique goddess. She was…
1616-1625 The Conquest of the Holy Country
Date Event Homeland Primary Secondary 1613-1615 Previous section – Rebellion in Sartar 1616 Wolf Pirates NavyWolf Pirates crush Holy Country fleet Esrolia GtG RQG Family HistoryHoDP (GS) 1616 Battle of the Lion…
Runes & Glyphs (2004)
Note that many of these are personal not core runes. Based on the Common and uncommon runes document from 2004, with See Glyph and Notes columns added. A Deity / Name Rune Meaning…
Heroquesting and the Hero Wars
Here’s a snippet from a discussion I am having elsewhere that I think is of broad general interest: I think for almost everyone heroquesting falls into one of two categories: 1. We do…
Dragon Pass in the Third Age, part 2
The southeastern corner of Dragon Pass, roughly the area between Kero Fin Mountain and the barbaric Plains of Prax is the Kingdom of Sartar. It consists of many Orlanthi tribes that were…
Heroquesting contexts
My hope with these posts over the past few weeks is to give an impression as to the context around heroquesting, and to get us away from the approach in the King…
God Time and the mundane world of our adventurers
When we think about the interactions between the God Time and the mundane world of our adventurers, two categories come into view. First is the regular, ceremonial interaction that every cult does…
Justice in Dara Happa and the Lunar Heartlands
In contrast to the Orlanthi, the Dara Happan (and Lunar Heartland) concept of justice has two parts: 1. Proper social order. That means everyone is in their proper place, with the strong…
Jerry Cornelius in Glamour
Some might view Glamour as being inhabited by investigators like Griselda. Me, I think the proper vibe for a Glamour investigator is J. Cornelius. With adventures like “J. Cornelius and the Madness…
Administration in the Lunar Empire
The Lunar Empire is divided into four administrative tiers: Satrapies. The Lunar Heartlands are divided into nine satrapies, each ruled by a noble dynast who reports to the Red Emperor. The satraps are…
So what do your adventurers know about Illumination?
So what do your adventurers know about Illumination (as opposed to players)? If you notice Illumination is pretty much unmentioned in the core rules, Lightbringers, and Earth Goddess books. There is a…
New Artist
Submitted by Simon on Sun, 05/06/2011 – 02:42 Some of you will be familiar with Xavier Charro, a great artist. He has just joined the illustrious ranks of Moon Design. I will…
2014 Convention Schedule
Here’s the list of 2014 Conventions that Moon Design will be participating in: May 8-11, 2014: Chimériades 4 : Charogne. This wonderful French convention is held in an old villa in the…
Announcing the new Prince of Sartar webcomic!!!
Moon Design Publications is very proud to announce that the first three pages of the Prince of Sartar webcomic by Kalin Kadiev and Jeff Richard is now up at; Prince of Sartar…
On magical battalions in the Hero Wars
What defines a magical battalion as a military unit in Glorantha? It is not raw magical power or heroic status of the individuals in the unit; Prince Argrath and his companions posses more raw…