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Magic from Demigods

Posted on April 4, 2024

In general, you can’t get Rune magic by offering worship to a living demigod such as the Red Emperor, Jar-eel, Belintar, or Androgeus. You offer them magic points out of respect, self-interest,…

Notes on Sor-eel the Short

Posted on January 11, 2024

We often underestimate how significant a figure Sor-eel the Short is. A member of the Eel-arish clan, he is the nephew of Farangold, which makes him the maternal cousin of Jar-eel the…

Notes on Jar-eel the Razoress II

Posted on January 6, 2024

Jar-eel the Razoress can be difficult to get a handle on. Rather than think of her as a heroine, it might be easier to think of her as the Moon Goddess incarnated…

The View From Boldhome, circa 1627

Posted on November 28, 2023

Argrath was acclaimed Prince on Day 88 of 1627. Several assassination attempts were made on him as he entered the city, but his companions cut them down. Argrath impressively lit the Flame…

Notes on the Hero Wars

Posted on November 22, 2023

As we think about the RuneQuest setting for 1621-1655, there’s going to be a LOT of change. Some of this may be player character driven, but much – in my experience, most…

Dragon Pass Viewed from Glamour

Posted on June 18, 2023

Of course Glamour pays attention to what is going on in Dragon Pass. The wars there have been costing many thousands of talents a year for the past decade. True Dragon there…

The Imperial Guard

Posted on June 8, 2023

The Imperial Guard are the household troops of the Red Emperor. They consist of six regiments of elite soldiers, some 4500 strong, with three cavalry and three foot regiments. They include the…

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…

Kallyr’s Short Lightbringers Quest 1625 – IV

Posted on October 13, 2022

Kallyrs Stationary Lightbringer Quest was much like how many people understand heroquesting. She got the tribes and temples to perform a giant ceremony filled with pageantry. People wore masks and sacred regalia…

Notes on Beat-Pot Aelwrin

Posted on October 2, 2022

Beat-Pot Aelwrin is one of my favorite capital “H” Heroes, and IMO the most interesting Lunar Hero (as opposed to Heroine). Here’s WBRM: Beat-Pot anticipates Danfive Xaron – the redemptive power of…

Drivers of the Hero Wars IV

Posted on October 1, 2022

The last of our four main drivers of the Hero Wars is Jar-eel the Razoress, the Lunar superheroine. She was first introduced in White Bear & Red Moon: Let’s not think of…

Restrictions on Satraps

Posted on September 20, 2022

Within their domains, the rulers of the satrapies or sultanates of the Lunar Empire rule with inherent authority. They are not mere governors or administrators – they are rulers in their own…

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…

Lunar Deities

Posted on July 14, 2022

Here is another Work in Progress by Katrin Dirim – this shows the relationship of various Lunar deities. A few surprises here to the uninitiated perhaps, and lots of secret details for…

Hon-eel’s Descendants and the Imperial Nobility

Posted on June 24, 2022

In 1486, the Lunar goddess Hon-eel, daughter of the Red Emperor and Sandene, gave birth to twins, conceived with the Secret Light of the Sun. One was a boy, blond and pale-eyed,…

Jar-eel again

Posted on June 7, 2022

So people love to worry about Harrek the Berserk or complain about Argrath being a warlord, but one of the most important Heroes in the Hero Wars is Jar-eel the Razoress. It…

The Lunar Dynasty in Tarsh

Posted on May 31, 2022

King Pharandros of Tarsh has been on throne for 15 years in 1625. Educated in Glamour and Syllila, Pharandros is culturally a Lunar Heartlander. The son of the famed Lunar magician and…

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 Jar-eel

Posted on April 20, 2022

The Fourth Inspiration of Moonson, Incarnation of the Red Goddess in Time, daughter/lover/mother of the Red Emperor, poetess and musician, defeater of barbarians, etc. Jar-eel is the great-granddaughter of the demigoddess Hon-eel…

Understanding Beat-Pot Aelwrin

Posted on April 19, 2022

Aelwrin was born in 1592 amongst the Pentan nomads in the Redlands, and enslaved as a child when his tribe revolted against the Lunar Empire. He was made a kitchen slave, showing…

Dranz Goloi and the Voor-ash

Posted on April 2, 2022

Dranz Goloi, the King of the Wings, is the leader of the Voor-ash confederation in the Redlands. They claim to know nothing of the Nights of Horror or any agreements with the…

Sacred Time 1625

Posted on January 9, 2022

Because of the magical energies released as part of the preparations for the Lightbringers Quest (and perhaps because of the awakening of a True Dragon with the Dragonrise), much of Sartar could…

Notes on Jar-eel the Razoress I

Posted on December 25, 2021

Arguably the mightiest hero in Glorantha at this time is Jar-eel the Razoress. She has loads of titles – Fourth Inspiration of Moonson, Incarnation of the Red Goddess in Time, daughter/lover/mother of…

46 – Thief

45 – Errors of Judgment Chapter 4 – Visions With this, we conclude chapter 3. Thank you to everyone who followed along.

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