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…
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The Lunar Occupation of Sartar
With one brief but notable exception, the Lunar Army occupied much of Sartar for the better part of 23 years. This occupation of course impacted Sartarite society and left scars that are…
Notes on Boldhome under the Lunar Occupation (1602-1625)
When the city fell in 1602, the Red Emperor first appointed Euglyptus the Fat, an imperial noble, as governor. A good Yelmite and Red Goddess initiate from Raibanth, I doubt Euglyptus had…
Sartar Money and War
The Kingdom of Sartar was the wealthiest of the Dragon Pass kingdoms prior to the Lunar Conquest. Its revenues were a combination of a head tax paid by the tribes (in silver),…
Understanding Beat-Pot Aelwrin
Aelwrin was born in 1592 amongst the Pentan nomads in the Redlands, and enslaved as a child when his tribe revolted against the Lunar Empire. He was made a kitchen slave, showing…
Clans of Sartar Sketch Map WIP
And my map sketches of each of the Sartarite tribes are finished and now in Matt Ryan‘s capable hands. This draft map of all 134 clans of Sartar does not include the…
Personalities of Glorantha – Fazzur Wideread (1998)
Fazzur Wideread, Governor-General of Dragon Pass, originally published in Wyrms Footnotes #12 (1981) By Greg Stafford and Charlie Krank. This write-up as of Storm Season, 1613 S.T. Fazzur was born on Fireday,…
Understanding the Kingdom of Sartar
The Prince of Sartar is a priest-king of the most important Orlanth Rex cult in Dragon Pass. The Prince serves as a high priest, supreme warlord, and chief judge for the member…
Kallyr Starbrow
Here are some of my notes on Kallyr Starbrow for the Homeland Book: Dark Season 1625, Kallyr is acclaimed Prince. In some areas she has a lot of support, in others, not…