When we think about most cities in RuneQuest, they are pretty small. New Pavis is a little over 5000 people. Jonstown, Swenstown, and Wilmskirk are even smaller – none are more than…
Tag: Nochet
The Nochet Hippodrome
Copyright © 1999 by Michael O’Brien [XXIX.loznoch.1/intr] From the “Lonely Lozenge Guide to Nochet”, by Beardless Beornie Oban (Rough Guide Scrolls, Mirin’s Cross 7/48) The Hippodrome is, to perhaps even a greater…
The Port of Nochet
First published in Tradetalk issue #4Copyright © 1998 by Michael O’Brien The unique geography of the Holy Country is well suited to water transport. A succession of wide, sedate rivers empty into…
Notes from Nochet
Introduction First published in Tales of the Reaching Moon issue #4Copyright © 1990 by Michael O’Brien & David Hall The “Jonstown Compendium” was first introduced to us in the RuneQuest Companion. A fantastic collection of…
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…
Esrolian fleets
I’ve been thinking a lot about the size of the Nochet trireme fleet, and clearly the number of rowers (and not finances) is the biggest limiting factor. If we assume HALF the…
53 – Grain and Pretenders
52 – Ask the Spider 54 – Sizing up 52 – Ask the Spider 54 – Sizing up Q&A
50 – The Doom of Esrolia
49 – Keva 51 – The Great Darkness is Coming 49 – Keva 51 – The Great Darkness is Coming
47 – Nochet
Chapter 4 – Visions 48 – A Moment of Weakness Chapter 4 – Visions 48 – A Moment of Weakness
Other RQG Campaign settings
As we all know, Dragon Pass-the Holy Country-Prax homelands are the default settings for RQG. These are the areas explored in the old board games White Bear & Red Moon, Nomad Gods,…
Gloranthan Distances
It is approximately 4250 kilometers from the Holy Country to Pamaltela, although most sailors travel clockwise around the Homeward Ocean, taking about 3 weeks to get to Maslo, give or take a…
The Throne Room of Nochet
Here’s a nice illustration of the throne room of Nochet. Now obviously this is an adaptation of the Gloranthan original to look more Minoan but the base elements are there. We have…
Nochet population density
When we think about cities like Nochet, keep in mind how incredibly densely populated some of them are – like Bombay or Calcutta. Nochet’s population density averages somewhere around 18,000+ per square…
Sailing Distances from Seapolis
in km: City of Wonders – 56: So basically, you could go between City of Wonders and Seapolis in a morning. Leskos – 120: A full day away. Storos – 136 Rhigos…
Leika Blackspear
Queen Leika Blackspear has got to be one of the toughest survivors in Sartarite tribal history. Once an adventurer, she became the Colymar tribal king after her second cousin King Kallai Rockbuster…
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…
Engizi
Sea pantheon The Sky River Titan, a River God Engizi the Sky River Titan is the god of the Creek-Stream River that runs from Skyfall Lake to the Choralinthor Bay at Nochet….
Nochet to Glamour at 1:400,000 scale
Admittedly Glamour is not in this picture as it is just beyond the field of vision. But I see Alkoth and even Raibanth. Each sheet is an A2, so about 24 x…
British Museum Visit I
Orlanth and Ernalda from Nochet.
Nochet, City of Queens with map
Nochet is City of Queens, the emerald jewel of Esrolia, and the greatest and most important city in the world. It is the favorite resting place of Esrola, and home to many thousands…
Nochet, City of Queens
Nochet is the greatest and most important city in the world, and the greatest city for a thousand miles in all directions. It is the favorite resting place of Esrola, and it…
Map of Nochet 1621 ST (2013)
Unfortunately the final of this map won’t be in the Guide, but for your entertainment, here’s my sketch of Nochet circa 1621. This was originally posted on Google+… now on Tapatalk