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…
Tag: Lunar Empire
A Sense of Scale I
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
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
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
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
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 City, New God Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Lunar Way 9 2024 None listed n/a Mythology 153 2023 None listed n/a Cult…
Finances of the Lunar Empire
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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…
Themes in the Hero Wars
Several themes permeate this epic. You should not state these openly. They are long-term, ongoing challenges to the adventurers as they work their way through the end times of their world. They…
Notes on Glamour
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
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…
More on drinking
In the Lunar Heartlands, it is the Lodrilli peasantry and workers that drink heavily. And often. The Yelmites put too much importance on self-control and purity, and drunkenness is seen as a…
So what are Lunars?
At the most basic, they are initiates into a Lunar cult or its associates – including obvious things as the Red Goddess, the Seven Mothers, Hon-eel, Yara Aranis, and the Crimson Bat,…
Lunar Empire size
It is worth keeping in mind that the Lunar Empire was much smaller than the Roman empire – both in terms of territory and population. The Lunar Empire includes about 8.5 million…
How the Lunars Look
I know many of you are wedded to the idea of the Lunar Heartlands being Rome. But to me, this is a Lunar princess riding out of Glamour accompanied by another Lunar…
History of Kethaela – The Third Age
After the Dragonkill War, the Only Old One proved himself to be a troll in magical contest with Kajak-ab Brain Eater and so shared rule of Dragon Pass with the leaders in…