So here’s some material that many of you might find useful for your games – this is the Dragon Pass Events of 1625-1626. Chronology 1625 (Sea Season) Battle of Hender’s Ruins Argrath…
Tag: Battle of the Queens 1626 ST
AKA Battle of Old Top 1626 ST
The Plans of King Pharandros, Fire Season 1626
In Fire Season of 1626, King Pharandros of Tarsh makes his play to reconquer Dragon Pass. Pharandros has spent his treasure and the last two seasons rebuilding the Provincial Lunar Army. By…
Fazzur Wideread’s Perspective
Looking at Glorantha from the perspective of Fazzur Wideread and his household. Fazzur was born during the reign of King Phargentes, to a Lunarized family that served as Phargentes right hand and…
1627 – Prince of Sartar
When Argrath succeeded to the throne of Sartar in 1627, he took possession of a kingdom beset by enemies on all sides, and on the verge of collapse. The previous Prince, Kallyr…
First Year Campaign Events
Three major events happen in the first year of the default RQ campaign: 1. A new Prince of Sartar. Sartar is liberated in Earth Season 1625, with the final battle being the…
Boldhome After the Dragonrise (1625-1627)
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…
Sartar Money and War
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),…
Battle of the Queens (Fire Season 1626)
King Pharandros took command of the remaining imperial troops in the provinces, and led them with the Tarsh army to conquer the disheartened Sartarites. Near where the Creek enters the Upland Marsh,…
Javern Spithorn and the Sunset Leap (2001)
Javern Spithorn was a household thane of Kallyr Starbrow and noted for his recklessness, experimentation and great luck at surviving accidents and foolishness. He was beloved by Orlanth, who had sent winds…
Leika Blackspear
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…
1625-1630 The Liberation of Sartar
Date Event Homeland Primary Sources 1616-1625 Previous section – The Conquest of the Holy Country 1625 The DragonriseTrue Dragon devours Temple of the Reaching Moon (Sartar), plus most of the powerful Lunars…
Battle of the Queens – Order of Battle
Battle Description Fire Season – Wild Day/Stasis Week King Pharandros took command of the remaining imperial troops in the provinces, and led them with the Tarsh army to conquer the disheartened Sartarites….
Hero Wars campaign notes
There are roughly 34,000 Orlanth initiates in Sartar (including the Far Place), 5500 Yelmalio initiates, and another 8000 initiates of various war gods (Storm Bull, Humakt, Maran Gor, Babeester Gor, etc.). Let’s…
Alda-Chur
With about 4000 permanent residents Alda-Chur is the second largest city in Sartar. A quick cult breakdown for Alda-Chur: Important note: Post-Dragonrise Alda-Chur is the main stronghold of the Lunar Empire outside…
The Lunar Army in Sartar
Prior to the Dragonrise in 1625, there were approximately 15,000 Lunar soldiers in Dragon Pass, with the largest camps of some 10,000 soldiers being outside of the New Temple of the Reaching…
Lunar Army laziness
As shocking as this might sound to some folk, the Lunar Army is actually tactically quite lazy. Their ace in hole is the Lunar College of Magic which is how they get…
Kallyr’s Short Lightbringers Quest 1625 – I
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…
Defeated Lunar Regiments
After Second Moonbroth, the Marble Phalanx, Silver Shields, and Antelope Lances retreated back to New Pavis, sniped and harrassed by nomads all the way. Whatever survived fought like demons when Argrath led…
The Victorious Marble Phalanx (1626)
Soldiers of the Marble Phalanx celebrating their victorious (ie. successful) retreat to Alda-Chur after the disastrous near-victory at the Battle of the Queens. It was a remarkable victory. After the disastrous near-victory…