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Wyverns

Posted on January 22, 2024

Wyverns are the physical manifestation of draconic id – “bodily needs and wants, emotional impulses and desires, especially aggression and the sexual drive.” They can breed and produce offspring that are wyverns…

The Lunar Occupation of New Pavis (1610-1624)

Posted on January 20, 2024

The Lunar Occupation of New Pavis lasted about 14 years. The city resisted the Lunar Army in 1610 for a single day, then opened its gates to the besiegers. There was a…

Cult sizes in New Pavis

Posted on January 20, 2024

As an aside, there are about 400 initiates of Pavis, and 7 Rune Priests (Daughters of Pavis). There might be as many as 2000 lay members on top of this. Now that…

The Failure of Whitewall

Posted on December 21, 2023

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…

Notes on Whitewall

Posted on December 14, 2023

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 King Blackmoor

Posted on November 20, 2023

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…

Notes on Boldhome under the Lunar Occupation (1602-1625)

Posted on May 23, 2023

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…

Closing Temples

Posted on December 29, 2022

Part of the reason I post demographic and economic information is it gives a sense of the resources various temples, rulers, and other groups might have. Hopefully it is clear that the…

47 – Nochet

Chapter 4 – Visions 48 – A Moment of Weakness Chapter 4 – Visions 48 – A Moment of Weakness

The Lunar Army in the Early Hero Wars

Posted on September 18, 2022

I’ve been playing around with some numbers to get a better feel for the Lunar Empire during the Dragon Pass Campaign period. 1. 1621 At the height of Lunar power, the Empire…

Glorantha Sourcebook source maps

Posted on July 23, 2022

I was going through some folders this morning and found my hand-drawn Lunar Wane maps that were the source material used in the Glorantha Sourcebook. Unlike Greg’s originals, these extended south to…

RuneQuest Campaign phases

Posted on July 3, 2022

As I work on the overall structure of the “RuneQuest Campaign” or the “Grand Argrath Campaign”, there’s some big differences between it and the Boy King campaign that I wanted to talk…

Hidden Shrine to Orlanth Victorious

Posted on June 9, 2022

Around 1619, Garrath Sharpsword aka Argrath Whitebull set up hidden shrine to Orlanth Victorious in the Big Rubble. From this shrine, Argrath and his friends and students regularly explore the Hero Plane…

The Lunar Dynasty in Tarsh

Posted on May 31, 2022

King Pharandros of Tarsh has been on throne for 15 years in 1625. Educated in Glamour and Syllila, Pharandros is culturally a Lunar Heartlander. The son of the famed Lunar magician and…

Dorasar Founds New Pavis

Posted on April 17, 2022

In Dragon Pass, the great and wise King Sartar started a splendid dynasty renowned for wisdom and generosity. A son of King Sartar, Eonistaran the Sage lived in Jonstown. His two sons…

Prax and the Wastes

Posted on April 16, 2022

Beyond Vulture Country is the vast lands of Genert’s Wastes. Although Vulture Country is an arid badlands, there are grasslands and scrublands in the Wastes. Although the Lunars were convinced that those…

Dranz Goloi and the Voor-ash

Posted on April 2, 2022

Dranz Goloi, the King of the Wings, is the leader of the Voor-ash confederation in the Redlands. They claim to know nothing of the Nights of Horror or any agreements with the…

Sun County Continued part 3

July 2021 by Michael O’Brien (Mob) Sea Season 1621 Sea Season 1621 – When word came that the Lunars had failed to stop the Giant Cradle at Pavis, Count Solanthos of Sun…

Wolf Pirates

Posted on October 22, 2020

A few notes people might find interesting: WOLF PIRATES OVERVIEW In 1621 there are some 60+ Wolf Pirate ships, before Harrek’s circumnavigation. Let’s say that losses get replaced and by 1625, we…

Greg Sez Guests: Five Troll Questions (Sep 1999)

Occasionally Greg had guests answer the Q&As in Greg Sez. Answered by James Frusetta, with assistance from Stephen Martin, Jörg Baumgartner, Peter Metcalfe, Dan McCluskey, and Lorne Booker. Q: How much does a…

Notes on the Holy Country II

Posted on June 12, 2020

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…

A few thoughts on the Chariot of Lightning sect or Henotheism

Posted on March 31, 2014

The Chariot of Lightning sect was founded in 1605 by Surantyr the Non-heretic after he made a pilgrimage to Top of the World Mountain. Within three years, he made himself master of…

A few more Gloranthan timescale observations

Posted on August 30, 2013

The Opening of the Seas is as far away from 1621 as the resignation of Richard Nixon is from our own time.The foundation of the Lunar Empire is about as far away…

Map of Nochet 1621

Posted on August 4, 2013

Unfortunately the final of this map won’t be in the Guide, but for your entertainment, here’s my sketch of Nochet circa 1621. This was originally posted on Google+

The Lunar Army in the Holy Country

Posted on June 9, 2013

The Lunar Army in the Holy CountryLast little Lunar army snippet from the Guide, just to give an idea how many Lunars are actually committed to the theatre in the Holy Country….

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