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How Powerful is a Lunar satrap?

Posted on January 6, 2024

Within their domains, the rulers of the satrapies or sultanates of the Lunar Empire rule with inherent authority. They are not mere governors or administrators – they are rulers in their own…

Lunar Empire Seventh Wane

Posted on September 30, 2023

This map from the Glorantha sourcebook is very useful for getting an immediate feel for why the Lunar Empire largely ignores what is going on in Dragon Pass after the Dragonrise. See…

ViTuros

Earth God References Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 60, 68 2025 None listed AKA: Lodril (Oraya, Saird), Vi-Turos Prosopaedia 133 2023 Common and uncommon runes 2004 None listed Entity glyph…

Denegoria

Goddess of Savage Freedom, Land Goddess of Oraya References Page Year Notes Prosopaedia 29 2023 Prosopaedia Common and uncommon runes 2004 Entity glyph only Glorantha:Introduction to the Hero Wars 126 2000 Entity…

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…

Colonization in Glorantha

Posted on July 5, 2022

Many Gloranthan societies settle colonies, just as the Greeks, Chinese, Phoenicians, Romans, Aztecs, etc. Let’s think about this from the perspective of antiquity, as opposed to the early Modern Era. Cities or…

Dranz Goloi and the Voor-ash

Posted on April 2, 2022

Dranz Goloi, the King of the Wings, is the leader of the Voor-ash confederation in the Redlands. They claim to know nothing of the Nights of Horror or any agreements with the…

Notes on the Eel-ariash clan

Posted on January 26, 2022

The Eel-ariash come from Doblian, and were the family of Sandene, a village weaver woman who had protected the Red Emperor when he hid from Sheng Seleris. The family first appeared in…

12 – The Slave Revolt

Chapter 2 – The Lunar WayKapitel 2 – Der Lunare WegChapitre 2 – La voie lunaire 13 – Beat-Pot13 – Topfschlag13 – Le Marmiton Chapter 2 – The Lunar WayKapitel 2 –…

Guide Art Direction – Pelorian (2013)

The Pelorians are a proud and ancient civilization of riverine city-states united by a divine emperor descended from the Moon Goddess. They are Bronze Age or Early Iron Age in culture and…

Hon-eel

The Dancer, the Lunar Earth Goddess and Mother of Maize, Third Inspiration of Moonson, lunar goddess of rebirth References Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 62(8 pages) 2024 Subcults:Nightlight, Noonlight, TwilightAssociate cults:Dendara,…

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