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…
Tag: Coinage
Coins of the Sartar Dynasty (preview)
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
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
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
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
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
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
This is a coin depicting Prince Jarosar, circa 1568. Note the ram’s horns and the Movement Rune.
Sartar coins
A rare golden coins dating from the reign of Sartar.
Holy Country Revenues
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…
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
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
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
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
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
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,…