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The Fall of Lunar New Pavis

Posted on June 20, 2025

This is something I put together for Andrew Cowie (and also Tiffany Rose Nickel, Dan Zappone, and Andy Cowley), but realized it might be interesting for the rest of you all. In…

New Pavis and the Big Rubble Adventures

Posted on September 23, 2024

A few thoughts about New Pavis and the Big Rubble when we think about them within the context of an RQ game or campaign. The Big Rubble is where we go to…

So what do your adventurers know about Illumination?

Posted on May 9, 2024

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 Pavis and the River of Cradles 1625-1626

Posted on April 29, 2024

If we think about what is going on big picture in New Pavis and the River of Cradles 1625-1626, we can see some of the following: And if you can’t find plenty…

The View From Boldhome, Late 1625

Posted on June 21, 2023

The new Prince of Sartar and her council (or “ring”) work continuously to (re-)establish the Free Kingdom of Sartar. They’ve got a huge set of problems – first and foremost that Sartar…

Boldhome After the Dragonrise (1625-1627)

Posted on May 24, 2023

After Boldhome’s liberation in 1625, Kallyr spent only a few days in the city before marching on Jonstown. The Boldhome militia participated in this campaign and fought at Dangerford. Kallyr was acclaimed…

Argrath

Hero Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 9 2023 Glorantha Sourcebook 206 2018 None listed In Heroes of The Hero Wars Dragon Pass 1983 None listed Counter Wyrm’s Footnotes #3 18…

Heracles on the Argos

Posted on November 15, 2022

If you are playing in the RQ Campaign, sooner or later your player characters are going to cross paths with the likes of Harrek, Prince Argrath, Gunda, the Feathered Horse Queen, Jaldon…

Drivers of the Hero Wars I

Posted on October 1, 2022

Prince Argrath is one of the four big movers driving the Hero Wars forward. To get a handle on him, it is worth looking at the very first presentation of Prince Argrath…

Argrath’s Praxian Army

Posted on July 25, 2022

Many nomads follow Argrath into Dragon Pass, and some bring their herds along with them. You end up with herds in Donalf Flats, Bush Ranges, Donalf Flats, etc. Argrath often has to…

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…

Argrath’s Iconography

Posted on May 8, 2022

One thing we likely do not play around with enough is the iconography of Argrath’s adventures from 1621-1624. In Teshnos, he defeated elephants by cutting off their noses. He took the Emerald…

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…

Understanding Argrath

Posted on April 19, 2022

At a very fundamental level, Greg’s Argrath IS Arkat and fully experiences and participates Orlanth myths as a mortal. Now that doesn’t mean that he is trying to repeat the deeds of…

Argrath’s New Pavis

Posted on April 18, 2022

As of 1625, New Pavis has a permanent population of about 5150 people, making it the second largest Sartarite city after Boldhome. Another 1500 people live inside the Big Rubble. All of…

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…

A Short Summary Of Argrath’s Life To 1627

Posted on February 1, 2022

So the basic story is that Argrath was exiled to Prax as a youth. He was taken as a slave by the Bison Tribe, but while a slave he found/freed the White…

Argrath History To 1627

Posted on December 21, 2021

Some fragments from a document Greg and I put together, which might interest some of you. It is part of the RQ Campaign. Born on Starfire Ridge to the Colymar Tribe Maniski…

Argrath-Alexander the Great analogy

Posted on October 4, 2021

This is something I find very useful in thinking about Sartar in the Hero Wars. Think of Classical Greece during the rise of Philip and Alexander. At first things aren’t too different…

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