If you are playing in the RQ Campaign, sooner or later your player characters are going to cross paths with the likes of Harrek, Prince Argrath, Gunda, the Feathered Horse Queen, Jaldon…
Tag: White Bear / Red Moon
Jeff’s Canonical Corpus
So let’s talk about the books I think constitute the “canonical corpus” for official RuneQuest publications. These are the works that get referenced in future Chaosium publications with very few changes, and…
Beat-Pot Aelwrin
Beat-Pot Aelwrin is one of my favorite capital “H” Heroes, and IMO the most interesting Lunar Hero (as opposed to Heroine). Here’s WBRM: Beat-Pot anticipates Danfive Xaron – the redemptive power of…
Drivers of the Hero Wars IV
The last of our four main drivers of the Hero Wars is Jar-eel the Razoress, the Lunar superheroine. She was first introduced in White Bear & Red Moon: Let’s not think of…
Drivers of the Hero Wars III
The Red Emperor first appeared in White Bear & Red Moon as: I still think this is a workable description of the Red Emperor. There are many mysteries around the various people…
Drivers of the Hero Wars II
Harrek the Berserk is another of the four main driving forces of the Hero Wars. Here’s how he gets introduced in WBRM: Again, we have plenty of latitude for interpreting Harrek. Was…
Drivers of the Hero Wars I
Prince Argrath is one of the four big movers driving the Hero Wars forward. To get a handle on him, it is worth looking at the very first presentation of Prince Argrath…
White Bear & Red Moon and Belintar
Armed with this information you now know about Belintar, the Sartar Dynasty, and the Masters of Luck and Death, things can get really interesting.
White Bear & Red Moon – The Walktapus (1977)
Originally published in Wyrm’s Footnotes #2 (1977) by Greg Stafford A WALKTAPUS is a creature of Chaos, spawned in unholy and downright disgusting union between two widely divergent species. Ordinarily such a…
White Bear & Red Moon – In Defense of Superheroes (1978)
by Greg Stafford Originally published in Wargaming #3 (1978) Comments on the Reality of Individuals worth Four Regiments Some protest has been lodged about the value of Superheroes in the game White…
White Bear & Red Moon – Prisoners (1976)
Originally published in Wyrm’s Footnotes #1 (1976) by Greg Stafford Taking Prisoners There is a certain ignominy, perhaps even a touch of evil, attached to sacrificing your own followers to gain the…
White Bear & Red Moon – Map Scale (1977)
Originally published in “Wanderlore” in Wyrm’s Footnotes #2 by Greg Stafford “What is the scale of the map?” The scale is based upon ancient records still extant today, and the game is…
Jaldon Toothmaker
Jaldon was a famous Rune Lord of a previous age who managed to unify all of the tribes to help in the destruction of the Empire of the Wyrms Friends. He has…
The Sisters of Mercy
This sisterhood of goddesses are Chalana Arroy’s daughters, adopted or otherwise. Malamse, Oronio, and Amprefesne are the three Holy Sisters most often invoked. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished…
An early map of the Lunar Empire (2013)
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….
Red Emperor
Lunar pantheon Yelm pantheon Son of the Red Goddess and ruler of the Lunar Empire Search for the Red Emperor Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished Guide to Glorantha…