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On the Customs of the Sartarites and Their Barbaric Lust

Posted on March 30, 2025

I was pondering how Lunars might view Sartarite attitudes towards sex, and came up with this. I figured some of you might enjoy it. A Lunar take on Sartarite Attitudes Toward Sex…

Overview of 1626

Posted on January 26, 2025

Here’s a quick visual map of the events going on in the early 8th Wane, say 1626 to 1628.

Chaos in Glorantha

Posted on December 10, 2024

Fear and hatred of Chaos is both instinctive and rational for all natural creatures in Glorantha. Let that sink in. Chaos is wrong and its effects are evil. Let that sink in…

Notes on The Red Goddess and Chaos II

Posted on July 7, 2024

Most non-Illuminated Lunars rationalize the Red Goddess’ association with Chaos connection by reasoning that she makes use of Chaos so that she might confound and defeat her foes. We’ve heard countless variations…

Foundations of the Lunar Empire

Posted on May 6, 2024

When you think about the Lunar Empire, remember it is built on ancient foundations. The Lunar Empire is the most recent (and most successful) dynasty ruling the broad Pelorian grasslands, but there…

The Contradiction of the Lunar Way

Posted on May 5, 2024

The events of the Godtime eternally recur within Time. Each dusk, Orlanth slays Yelm and sends him off to the Underworld. Each dawn, Yelm rises triumphant from Hell, heralded by Theya. The…

Tensions in the Lunar Empire

Posted on May 3, 2024

Why would initiates to Lunar gods take the side of Sartar/Argrath/Orlanth in the Hero Wars (like Fazzurs sons)? There’s a strong tension between the Lunar Heartlands and the Lunar Provinces. Until the…

Social Classes in the Lunar Empire

Posted on April 7, 2024

A few notes on social classes in the Lunar Empire (with some specific notes on slavery in Dara Happa). Dara Happa – that belt of intensive agriculture along the Oslira river –…

Communication in the Lunar Empire

Posted on April 3, 2024

The Red Emperor has a much easier time communicating with the rest of his empire than say the Roman Emperor did. Distances To begin with the distances involved are much shorter. Just…

Master Maps of Central Genertela

Posted on March 30, 2024

So these are the “master maps” for RQ – series of poster size maps that go from the Crater to Vultures Country, from the Elf Sea to Maniria. The scale is 1…

Corruption in the Lunar Empire

Posted on January 7, 2024

Is corruption a major problem within the Lunar Empire? Is this something the infamous Tax Demons would deal with, or would Moonson and the authorities turn a blind eye to such practices…

How Powerful is a Lunar satrap?

Posted on January 6, 2024

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…

Administration in the Lunar Empire

Posted on October 9, 2023

The Lunar Empire is divided into four administrative tiers: Satrapies. The Lunar Heartlands are divided into nine satrapies, each ruled by a noble dynast who reports to the Red Emperor. The satraps are…

Lunar Empire Seventh Wane

Posted on September 30, 2023

This map from the Glorantha sourcebook is very useful for getting an immediate feel for why the Lunar Empire largely ignores what is going on in Dragon Pass after the Dragonrise. See…

Lunar Empire events 1625

Posted on September 29, 2023

With the Lunar Book getting close, it is perhaps worth thinking about what is going on in the Lunar Empire at this time. 1625 is marked by three big ongoing events: White…

Inspiration for the Lunar Empire

Posted on July 9, 2023

Many Lunar sources suggest that the Lunar religion is new and revolutionary. That was certainly true in the Zero and First Wanes, but the Lunar Way is now over four hundred years…

Food Production in the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on July 3, 2023

Most of the people in the Lunar Heartlands are directly involved with food production: Now wait – you might ask – the Seven Mothers really don’t provide squat in terms of agricultural…

The Cosmic Buildup to the Hero Wars

Posted on June 7, 2023

Let’s talk a little about this: It really all starts with the Seven Mothers, a desperate conspiracy that gathered to perform the most incredible ritual ever attempted by mortals. They searched the…

Notes on The Red Goddess and Chaos I

Posted on May 26, 2023

In 1220 ST, great stirrings in the world centered in the land of Peloria, presaging an event that would utterly change the world. It was the birth of the Red Goddess. Her…

War Gods in the Lunar Empire

Posted on April 28, 2023

The most important war god in the Lunar Empire is Yanafal Tarnils. All soldiers in the Lunar Army are lay members and probably a quarter of the Lunar Army are initiates of…

Notes on the Lunar Empire 1639-1648

Posted on April 18, 2023

One of the most interesting periods of the Hero Wars is the Lunar decade of 1639-1648. A new mask, Invictus, becomes emperor after the set backs and defeats of Argenteus, Kazkurtum, and…

The Lunar Empire Spy Agency

Posted on March 21, 2023

The Empire maintains multiple internal security and spy networks, including the Emperor’s Spoken Word, the Imperial Bodyguard, the Blue Moon Assassins, and various ad hoc groups that report directly to the Emperor’s…

Cult Demographics of the Lunar Empire

Posted on March 11, 2023

There are about 1.25 million Seven Mothers initiates in Glorantha. There’s probably another 330k Lunar initiates of other cults on top of that. That is one of the most successful new religious…

Lunar Imports

Posted on February 18, 2023

The Lunar nobility has a voracious demand for luxuries and other goods that must be imported from elsewhere. These include: The problem is that there are only three cost-effectiveways into the Heartlands:…

Closing Temples

Posted on December 29, 2022

Part of the reason I post demographic and economic information is it gives a sense of the resources various temples, rulers, and other groups might have. Hopefully it is clear that the…

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