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…
Tag: Lunar Empire
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…
At the end of any war…
One more bit from Grainger that I find very Gloranthan: “At the end of any war, a conference was held in which peace terms were worked out. This was frequently between high…
Lunar Cities II
One thing that should be clearer from my notes on Furthest as well as the Guide to Glamour is how little most Lunar cities resemble the First Age settlements of GRoY. Most…
A Timeline of the History of the Lunar Empire to 1625 (2001)
Originally published in Wyrm’s Footnotes #14, earlier and partial versions of this Timeline were published in Wyrm’s Footnotes #11 & #12 and Heroes #2 & #6. This version is 1998 and was updated in…
Heroes Magazine (1984-1986)
Heroes was a short-lived magazine published by Avalon Hill beginning in 1984. At the time Avalon Hill was trying to expand into the role-playing industry through the publication of four games: James…
Lunar food
Lunar food today!
A few thoughts on the Imperial Lunar nobility
A few thoughts on the elite of the Lunar nobility. The highest nobility are those who are within two or three generations of the Red Emperor. So a few numbers to see…
Red Moon Rising
Now that Ducks are unlocked for the 13th Age in Glorantha Kickstarter, our next stretch goals are Monster silhouettes and the Red Moon Rising. I’ll let Rob talk about the silhouettes later…
The Discovery of Glorantha
Just as a reminder, if you missed out on the Kickstarter, now you can Pre-Order the Guide to Glorantha and the Argan Argar Atlas. You can even pre-order Poster Map Sets (collections of maps in a 24…
Preview of Vol. One for Kickstarter backers
Happy Sacred Time, Glorantha-philes! Although the finished Volume One is not yet ready (we are still waiting on four pieces of art), we’ve got a 99.3% complete version available for our Kickstarter…
An early map of the Lunar Empire
This isn’t going into the Guide, but is presented to show how much Gloranthan geography has evolved since 1975. This is one of Greg’s original maps of the Lunar Empire and beyond….
Greater Lunar Empire
Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 09/10/2011 – 12:42 Searching through the archives of the Jonstown Library, I came upon this gem of a map. The sages told me that it was a…
A few more Gloranthan timescale observations
The Opening of the Seas is as far away from 1621 as the resignation of Richard Nixon is from our own time.The foundation of the Lunar Empire is about as far away…
Making a Lunar Empire Map for the Guide
Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 03/05/2012 – 05:21 Maps are a big part of the Guide to Glorantha. All of the Middle World will have lovely color maps, and all of Central…
A Sense of Scale I
Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 07/11/2011 – 14:43 Third Age Glorantha is a Bronze Age (or early Iron Age) setting, with a scale that is more comparable to the Ancient World than…
Four Major Cultures Genertela
Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 14/10/2011 – 20:45 Approximately 55 million people reside in Genertela. Over 70% of the population belong to one of four broad cultural groups. Kralorelan. Total population: 13.1…
Historical Atlas Glorantha, Part III
The Rise of the Lunar Empire 1250 ST Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 24/06/2011 – 13:27 With the next installment of the Historical Atlas of Glorantha, I’d like to skip ahead and get…