The Red Emperor has some wonderful titles. Moonson – means literally son of the Red Goddess. Lord of the Four Quarters – means he is the ruler of the entire terrestrial world…
Tag: 1616 ST
Notes on Waha
Waha has the second biggest cult in Prax (after Eiritha). Now he’s an unusual god, in that he doesn’t appear until after the defeat of the Devil by Storm Bull. Waha was…
Notes on Belintar IV
For nearly three centuries, Belintar was the God-King of the Holy Country. Belintar defeated and slew the Only Old One, cast him down, and received acknowledgement from all the major cults of…
The Royal Economy of Esrolia
Prior to 1616, the Esrolian queens’ main source of revenue was a combination of agricultural taxes, rents, workshop taxes, a city head tax, associated and other temple contributions, and market tolls. The…
The City Of Wonders
Belintar was a sacred figure, not a political or administrative figure. That’s really really hard for us moderns to wrap our head around, but Belintar’s main function was to be a conduit…
29 – The City of Wonders
Chapter 3 – The White Bear 30 – Sideshows The Holy Country To the south of Dragon Pass lies the magical land of the Holy Country, united for centuries by its ever reincarnating…
Durengard
Population: 10k 90 hectares (giving 20 hectares to the governor’s palace) Temples to Orlanth, Ernalda, Belintar, Issaries, Lhankor Mhy (and other Lightbringers), Invisible God and Uleria. Massive-fortress palace in the Nochet style…
The Holy Country after 1616
When Belintar died and did not return in 1616, the Holy Country quickly fell apart as a unified kingdom. As not one but two Tournaments of the Masters of Luck and Death…
Notes on the Holy Country I
For centuries, Belintar was able to coordinate magical activity to everyone’s benefit in the Holy Country. The gods were often manifest – so you didn’t need tribal rites to have that contact….
Notes on the Holy Country II
By 1350, the Hendriki kingdom is gone. Heortland – named after the great cultural hero who was often invoked by Belintar – was a Sixth of the Holy Country. The God-King kept…
Representatives of the Sixths in 1616
Xoroho Hellspeaker, envoy from the Eldest Kin of the Shadow Plateau, presents herself to the immortal Belintar, God and King, the Master of Luck and Death! She is an old and powerful dark troll,…