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Masks of the Red Emperor

Posted on July 15, 2023

There have been at least 13 incarnations of the Red Emperor. The first – who was from roughly 1250 to 1390, was truly Moonson. During the Sheng Seleris era there were two…

Coins of the Sartar Dynasty Preview

Posted on July 10, 2023

Katrin Dirim has done some amazing art depicting coins dedicated to various members of the Sartar Dynasty. I thought some of my notes on each might be interesting. So when we think about…

Princes of Sartar Art Preview

Posted on June 19, 2023

Here’s a wonderful WiP from Katrin Dirim of the Princes of Sartar, from Sartar to Argrath. Lots of information in this piece, worth carefullly looking at. These are from coins stamped in…

Silver Lunars and Costs

Posted on October 12, 2022

Silver coinage is incredibly common. The caravan trade between the Holy Country and the Lunar Empire uses silver. The Lunars also dump a huge amount of silver into circulation to pay their…

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…

Sartarite coin with Prince Kallyr

Posted on May 15, 2022

Here’s another WiP from Chris Huth showing one of the silver coins made during the reign of Prince Kallyr. The ram horns are part of the Orlanth Rex iconography and give the…

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…

Prince Jarosar coin

Posted on June 27, 2021

This is a coin depicting Prince Jarosar, circa 1568. Note the ram’s horns and the Movement Rune.

Sartar coins

Posted on June 27, 2021

A rare golden coins dating from the reign of Sartar.

Holy Country Revenues

Posted on June 18, 2021

So we’ve talked about where Sartar and the Lunar Empire gets its revenues, as well as a little digression on Seshnela and Loskalm. But want to talk about rich? The Holy Country…

Posted on May 5, 2021

Here’s an interesting silver coin from the First or Second Age Dragon Pass showing the goddess Kero Fin giving the Necklace of Uleria to the King of the Heortlings. Clawed hand? That’s…

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…

RQG Community Resources

Posted on May 25, 2020

As I work on some community resources for RQ, I am trying to make my life a little easier by tying things to Pendragon and to the ancient world, at least for…

Coins of Glorantha Part 2

Posted on June 6, 2012

Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 06/06/2012 – 03:00 Part 2 of the Coins of Glorantha series. Here’s the art description for some coins from Seshnela, Ralios, Kralorela, and a troll Bolg! Let’s…

Coins of Glorantha Part 1

Posted on June 1, 2012

Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 01/06/2012 – 08:16 I’ve been working on some sample Gloranthan coins from the Guide, finishing Greg’s ancient Coins of Sartar project. Here’s the first set I’ve commissioned,…

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