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Lunar Occupation of Sartar 1622-1625

Posted on December 9, 2022

I posted elsewhere a few thoughts on the Lunar Occupation, and I thought they might be of interest here. Remember that the Lunar Empire is not all powerful or all knowing. So…

The Royal Economy of Esrolia

Posted on October 12, 2022

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…

History of the Provincial Overseer

Posted on September 18, 2022

Prior to 1555, there was no Provincial Overseer. During the 4th Wane, the various provincial client kings were managed from Jillaro. After the Red Emperor returned to Glamour at the end of…

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…

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…

Join the Dance of the Hero Wars

Posted on April 20, 2022

The dance of the main characters of the Hero Wars – Argrath, Harrek, Feathered Horse, Jar-eel, and the Red Emperor – is the engine that drives the setting during this period. Your…

Storm Season 1625 Kallyr Starbrow’s Lightbringers’ Summons

Posted on January 8, 2022

In Storm Season 1625, Prince Kallyr Starbrow summoned an assembly in Boldhome. Before the assembled citizens of many tribes, she formally made the Lightbringers’ Summons. Chaos stalks my world. Broos have bruised…

Leika Blackspear

Posted on July 15, 2021

Queen Leika Blackspear has got to be one of the toughest survivors in Sartarite tribal history. Once an adventurer, she became the Colymar tribal king after her second cousin King Kallai Rockbuster…

Argenteus

Posted on July 6, 2021

So the Mask called Argenteus came down from the Red Moon in 1607, seven weeks after the previous incarnation was killed by the White Bear in a Dart War. Argenteus took no…

Seven Mothers in Sartar

Posted on October 30, 2020

Now that we know where the Yelmalio cultists are, let’s look at some ballpark numbers for the Seven Mothers in Sartar. Seven Mothers cult numbers These numbers are very approximate, and might…

Cult Membership in Sartar

Posted on October 27, 2020

How many members of my cult are there in Sartar? There are about 170k people in Sartar (including the Far Point but not the Pol-Joni). Let’s assume a little over half are…

Kallyr Starbrow

Posted on August 19, 2020

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…

Coinage and Value

Posted on July 28, 2020

During the reign of the Sartar Dynasty, the princes minted silver coins, called Sovereigns or Guilders, for use in trade. These were modeled on the silver coins used within the Lunar Empire…

Lunar Legacy in Sartar

Posted on July 27, 2020

The Lunar Empire occupied Sartar for 23 years (from 1602 to 1625). For the first 11 years, they ruled directly through an appointed provincial governor, and then through a client king. During…

Heroquesting 102

Posted on July 20, 2020

OVERVIEW The process by which an individual contacts the world of the gods and grows in it is slow and gradual. When mortals participate in a religious ceremony, they expend energy and…

Kallyr’s Lightbringers Quest

Posted on April 10, 2020

Getting support for an attempted Lightbringers Quest is pretty much everything Kallyr does from being acclaimed Prince until Sacred Time. She pushes hard to have the entire Orlanth cult and its associates…

Sheng Seleris

Posted on December 20, 2018

Sheng Seleris is the nightmare of the Lunar subconscious. He is trapped in a Lunar Hell, but every Lunar has nightmares of his escape. These nightmares grew in frequency and terror after…

A Sense of Scale (2011)

Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 07/11/2011 – 14:43 Third Age Glorantha is a Bronze Age (or early Iron Age) setting, with a scale that is more comparable to the Ancient World than…

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