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Notes on The Red Goddess and Chaos

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…

A Sense of Size

Posted on December 26, 2022

The Lunar Empire rules somewhere around 410,000 square km, including the Heartlands, West Reaches, and Provinces. That’s about the same size as Iraq or a little larger than the state of California….

Lunar Occupation of Sartar 1622-1625

Posted on December 9, 2022

I posted elsewhere a few thoughts on the Lunar Occupation, and I thought they might be of interest here. Remember that the Lunar Empire is not all powerful or all knowing. So…

Well-educated Lunars

Posted on November 13, 2022

The following is what a well-educated Lunar might learn from an Irrippi Ontor sage in the 6th, 7th or 8th Wanes: SCIENCE AND REALITY Science bases itself on sense perception. Religion uses…

Lunar Imperial Finances II

Posted on October 11, 2022

Of the 14,000 to 15,000 talents a year the Red Emperor receives as revenue, about 2/3rds (let’s say around 9500 talents) of that is taxes or rents on agriculture. A little over…

Lunar Imperial Finances I

Posted on October 5, 2022

So some ballpark figures on Lunar imperial finances. I’m going to use an anachronistic accounting measure – the talent (valued at 300 Lunars) to reduce zeros and make possible real world comparisons….

Glamour

First Inspiration of Moonson, Goddess of the Capital of the Lunar Empire, New God Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 2023 Prosopaedia entry HeroQuest Glorantha 2015 Full Moon phaseRunes only…

Finances of the Lunar Empire

Posted on September 22, 2022

Thinking a little bit more about the finances of the Lunar Empire. Most of the land in Peloria is not owned by the peasants – it is owned by the emperor, by…

World Building Glorantha

Posted on September 16, 2022

When I am world building I think a lot about the numbers involved. And then I start asking questions: 1. What is the population of a place? This lets me know how…

The Entropy of Time

Posted on August 10, 2022

The Broken Council, God Learners, Empire of the Wyrms Friends, and the Lunar Empire all shared the same progression of endless new possibilities and optimistic enthusiasm that later becomes overtaken by ambitious…

Suppression of Orlanth Under the Lunar Empire

Posted on July 2, 2022

As we all know, the Lunar Empire tries to suppress certain cults when possible. The top of the list is of course Orlanth, but also cults also officially disfavored include Storm Bull,…

History of Gloranthan Art, Part V – The Lunar Empire

Posted on March 18, 2022

But, in Peloria, things are different. The EWF style are gone. And we have a long dark age. The Carmanians embrace a formal brutalism style. Them and their gods triumphing atop piles…

The most popular cults in the Lunar Heartlands?

Posted on January 17, 2022

Here’s another good question – what are the most popular cults in the Lunar Heartlands? The answer is the Seven Mothers, either collectively or individually. About 24% of the population in the…

Chaotic features in the Lunar Empire

Posted on December 1, 2021

The Red Goddess provides Chaos Gift to many Lunar cults, including initiates of her own cult and to senior priestesses of the Seven Mothers (but also to initiates of Danfive Xaron, priestesses…

The Lunar Empire is a universal empire

Posted on October 15, 2021

The Red Emperor does not acknowledge the existence of other peers – his sovereignty and lawful authority is everywhere touched by the light of the Red Moon (ie., the entire Surface World)….

Dart Wars

Posted on October 6, 2021

Something that is often underappreciated is the Dart Wars of the noble houses of the Lunar Empire. The combatants in these secret wars are spies and mercenaries, analogous to ninja, that are…

Justice in Dara Happa and the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on October 6, 2021

In contrast to the Orlanthi, the Dara Happan (and Lunar Heartland) concept of justice has two parts: 1. Proper social order. That means everyone is in their proper place, with the strong…

Glamour

Posted on September 23, 2021

Glamour, not the Tripolis, is the cultural, religious, and political center of the Lunar Empire. Now over four hundred years old, it was founded by a polyglot group of devotees of the…

The Paradox of the Lunar Empire

Posted on July 17, 2021

The Lunar Empire has brought peace to Peloria for the last century and a half. The Red Goddess religion facilitates spiritual and individual development for those able to do so, while maintaining…

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