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Cults of the Lunar Provinces

Posted on December 29, 2022

Vanch, Imther, Aggar, Holay, and Tarsh are a collection of Theyalan lands ruled by client kings supported by (and responsible to) the Red Emperor. For the last few generations, that was handled…

The White Moon movement

Posted on September 2, 2022

The White Moon movement is a broad and popular religious and social movement within the Lunar Empire. It holds that it was never the intention of the Red Goddess to create an…

Joining the Seven Mothers

Posted on July 25, 2022

It is easy to become a lay member of the Seven Mothers. Just tell the priestess of your desire to join. The new member’s name is then entered on the Paper Lists,…

Lunar Deities

Posted on July 14, 2022

Here is another Work in Progress by Katrin Dirim – this shows the relationship of various Lunar deities. A few surprises here to the uninitiated perhaps, and lots of secret details for…

Lunar Provincial Population Groups

Posted on July 3, 2022

Throughout the Lunar Provinces, much of the ruling class and urban population is Lunar, while much of the rural population is “barbarian” (I am using that term from a Lunar Heartland perspective)….

Notable People of the Morokanth

Posted on April 17, 2022

The Morokanth are nonhumans, and they outrage the other people of the Plains by herding human-descended Herd Men, who are, in fact, herbivorous and unintelligent. Man being a social animal by instinct,…

Notable People of the Impala Tribe

Posted on April 16, 2022

The impalas ridden and herded by the Impala Tribe are larger than their wild brethren, but are still far smaller than any of the other riding animals of Prax. Their Riders, therefore,…

The Seven Mothers cult

Posted on December 20, 2021

People often assume that the Seven Mothers cult thinks of itself like British imperialism – they are they to bring the benefits of Lunar civilization to the benighted barbarians of Dragon Pass…

12 – The Slave Revolt

Chapter 2 – The Lunar Way 13 – Beat-Pot Characters: Beat-Pot Aelwrin Oraya Satrapy: This satrapy in the eastern Lunar Empire was founded by the demigoddess Hon-eel as a buffer state between the…

The Lunars and Chaos

Posted on September 24, 2021

The Red Goddess – a normally benevolent goddess, who freed Peloria from Carmanian bondage and liberated their minds from fear and hate – is a Chaos deity. She has the Runes of…

The Tribes of Sartar, 1625-1626

Posted on August 20, 2021

So there are 157 clans in Sartar (not including the Telmori and the Pol-Joni of course), with an average population of about 900 members. 600 are adults. The average tribe in Sartar…

Peasants in the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on June 30, 2021

Although the Lunar Empire bears less resemblance to the society presented in GRoY than folk often assume, one thing that has been present in Peloria since Time began is the split between…

Seven Mothers in Sartar

Posted on October 30, 2020

Now that we know where the Yelmalio cultists are, let’s look at some ballpark numbers for the Seven Mothers in Sartar. Seven Mothers cult numbers These numbers are very approximate, and might…

Townspeople and tribesfolk

Posted on October 29, 2020

Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…

Cults of Dragon Pass

Posted on October 12, 2020

One thing that should be becoming clear is how much of a mixed salad Dragon Pass is. If we include Sartar, Tarsh Exiles, Lunar Tarsh, and the Grazelands, here are the three…

Lunar Legacy in Sartar

Posted on July 27, 2020

The Lunar Empire occupied Sartar for 23 years (from 1602 to 1625). For the first 11 years, they ruled directly through an appointed provincial governor, and then through a client king. During…

She Who Waits

Lunar Mystery Goddess Lunar pantheon One of the Seven Mothers: Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown Man Jakaleel, the Spindle Hag Teelo Norri,…

Lunar notes

Posted on February 28, 2019

Yanafal Tarnils

[YAHN-ah-fahl TAR-nils] Ram and Warrior Lunar pantheon One of the Seven Mothers: Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown Man Jakaleel, the Spindle Hag…

Teelo Norri

[TEE-loh NOR-ee] Young Life Lunar pantheon One of the Seven Mothers: Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown Man Jakaleel, the Spindle Hag Teelo…

Seven Mothers

The re-creators of the Red Goddess, The Provincial Church Lunar Pantheon Solar pantheon The Seven Mothers are: Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown…

Jakaleel the Witch

[JAHK-uh-leel] Spindle Hag Lunar pantheon One of the Seven Mothers: Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown Man Jakaleel, the Spindle Hag Teelo Norri,…

Irrippi Ontor

[i-RIP-ee ON-tor] The Brown Man Lunar pantheon One of the Seven Mothers: Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown Man Jakaleel, the Spindle Hag…

Deezola

[dee-ZOE-luh] The Binder Within Lunar pantheon One of the Seven Mothers Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown Man Jakaleel, the Spindle Hag Teelo…

Danfive Xaron

[DAN-five ZAR-un] Bridge for the Seeker Lunar pantheon One of the Seven Mothers Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown Man Jakaleel, the Spindle…

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