In the Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death, participants traveled the secret pathways of the Hero Plane that tied the Holy Country together. They defined and named the powers of…
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The Holy Country after 1616
When Belintar died and did not return in 1616, the Holy Country quickly fell apart as a unified kingdom. As not one but two Tournaments of the Masters of Luck and Death…
The invasion of the Holy Country 1619, part 2
By the end of Sea Season, the Lunar invasion of the Holy Country had stalled outside the walls of Karse. After being nearly destroyed in a Lunar assault, Smithstone had been retaken…
The Invasion of the Holy Country 1619, part 1
The Lunar Empire had never stopped eyeing the richer lands of the Holy Country to the south. But their failure at the Building Wall Battle in 1605 had made them cautious, so…
Hiording Clan
This one is pretty incomplete and fragmentary as I am not sure I want to include a finished version in the Sartar Book Set, but I thought the Hiording might be interesting….
Varmandi Clan
The Varmandi are a small clan, and herd cattle and sheep in Stael’s Hills and the Thunder Hills, areas claimed by other clans, and this often puts them into conflict with their…
The Size of the Red Moon
Lunar celestialogists claim that the top of the Sky Dome is approximately 6000 km above Magasta’s Pool and that the Red Moon is therefore about 3000 km above the Crater (“halfway between…
Boldhome Booklet
Wow there is a lot of good stuff in the Boldhome booklet going into the Sartar Boxed Set.
Quivin Mountains & Boldhome map
Getting closer on the Sartar Book, and have some proof of concept of some of the handouts that people might enjoy seeing. The Quivin Mountains are a spur off the Storm Mountains….
Glorantha-Terrestial Timeline
Going back to our Glorantha-terrestial convergence time line, it is worth thinking that about 1775 AD Sheng Seleris and his Pentan nomads invaded Peloria. For nearly a century, Pentans dominated the Pelorian…
Notes on Esrolia
Some material facts on Esrolia that I think are of importance. Esrolia is perhaps the most densely settled and intensely cultivated area in the world. It has 1.78 million people in an…
Boldhome Map Preview III
As Matt Ryan and I continue to work on the Boldhome foldout map for the Sartar boxed set, we’ve made a few tweaks based on Greg’s notes. Greg really insisted that the…
Pockets of Boldhome I
Of all the unique architectural elements of Boldhome, the Pockets are to me the most fascinating. Dwarf-made and carved deep into the mountain cliffs, they are an impossible combination of the facades…
Boldhome Map Preview II
I thought people might be interested in seeing the current WiP of Boldhome from above.
Boldhome Map Preview I
This is a work in progress for the Sartar box, but Matt Ryan and I are working on a street map of Boldhome. Combined with Olivier Sanfilippo amazing Boldhome map, this will…
Quivin Mountains Map WiP Preview I
So in order to do the street map of Boldhome we had to get a better feel for the Quivin Mountains. And we kind of went overboard on information – but here’s…
CHA4039 The Smoking Ruin and other Stories – Q&A
Official Answers by Chaosium The Wild Temple (page 14-34) Keronorl (page 26) The Smoking Ruin (pages 35-109) Treya of Ezel (page 42) Daravala Chan (page 43) Daravala Chan Genealogy On page 43…
Reinforcing the Scale
From time to time it is worth reinforcing the scale of Dragon Pass and the Holy Country. So basically, Dragon Pass is about the size of Northern California from the south shore…
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…
History Of Kethaela – The Second Age
The Shadowlands continued their political existence through the next five centuries as the world changed all about them. The Waertagi were driven from seas by the navies of the Jrusteli priest-magicians of…
History Of Kethaela – The First Age
Kethaela is an ancient name for the region now called the Holy Country. The land was named for the goddess Ketha, the wife of Entru and mother of Entruli, who came from…
What is White Bear & Red Moon?
So you might be wondering what is with all these posts referring to White Bear & Red Moon? As I work on the RQ Campaign book, the connection between it and WBRM…
Supplement-Con – Convention Report – Japan (2001)
Greg’s Japan Trip by Greg Stafford I have just returned from Supplement-Con (200)1, the Japanese convention in Tokyo to participate in the release of Hero Wars in Japanese. I wish first to…
Maps & Legends
I was sorting through some things when I came across these original maps from 1979. Drawn by William Church, they debuted in the 2nd edition RQ Rulebook. For years they were tacked…
Royal Roads II
Did you know it takes the average mule caravan about 17 days to get from Karse to Furthest? And only has to pay about 10 different tolls? See also From Karse to…