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Boldhome After the Dragonrise (1625+)

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 Prosopaedia entry Glorantha Sourcebook 206 2018 None listed In Heroes of The Hero Wars Dragon Pass 1983 None listed Counter Wyrm’s Footnotes…

Key Figures of the Hero Wars

Posted on January 5, 2023

We know that a lot of the Hero Wars gets driven by a several key figures: Red Emperor. He’s a mortal holding the office of a god. A war leader, a magician,…

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…

Sartar Money and War

Posted on October 11, 2022

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),…

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…

Noble Patronage in Sartar & Tarsh

Posted on August 22, 2022

The ruling dynasties of Sartar and Tarsh were both reknowned for their intellectual and scholarly pursuits, or at least their patronage of such activities. So for example, Sartar established Lhankor Mhy temples…

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…

The Hero

Posted on July 14, 2022

A few thoughts on the Hero The Hero is something akin to the shaman, a mortal who exists in part in the divine realm. Heroes interact with the divine realm outside of…

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…

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’s Story

Posted on January 31, 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…

White Bear & Red Moon and Belintar

Posted on July 26, 2021

Armed with this information you now know about Belintar, the Sartar Dynasty, and the Masters of Luck and Death, things can get really interesting.

Queen Inkarne and Argrath White Bull

Posted on June 28, 2021

Here’s a preview of some really amazing art for the #RuneQuest Sartar Boxed Set, currently in development. This is the Feathered Horse Queen Inkarne and Argrath White Bull, by a new artist…

From the letters of Sorala Tor

Posted on June 22, 2021

An Esrolian scribe in Prince Argrath’s service: “Of all the many crimes committed by the the Poisonblood Witch-Queen of the Lunar Empire (a commonly used venomous title for Jar-eel the Razoress), perhaps…

Phase Three: Prince Of Sartar (1625-1629)

Posted on May 12, 2021

A little snipped from the Campaign Guide that folk might find interesting. I’m going to talk more about this on Saturday during Impromptu Con! This phase begins with the Dragonrise and is…

Red Moon in Prax

Posted on October 9, 2020

Prax is said to have been under Lunar influence since the beginning of Time, for is not Time the source and strength of the Lunar Empire? So the Imperial scholars would have…

Argrath’s Army

Posted on October 7, 2020

This is some material in the new Big Rubble and Pavis books and is circa 1625-1626. Note the embryonic Magical Union! Those watching the White Bull campaign have likely gotten a preview…

Argrath’s Thanes

Posted on July 22, 2020

I believe I have already listed Argrath’s principle khans as of 1625 – Yazurkial Blue Llama, Narmeed Whirlvishbane, Roneer the Hue, Zamalanth Blue Llama, Jarang Bladesong, Krogar Wolfhelm, Mularik Ironeye, Orlaront Dragonfriend,…

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