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    Glorantha since 1982; ran RQ2/RQ3 campaign in Imther for ~10years; actively running RQG campaigns; published Jonstown Compendium works Edge of Empire and Nochet: Queen of Cities; published fanzine New Lolon Gospel; contributor to Tales of the Reaching Moon, Enclosure, Codex; contributor/advisor/reviewer for multiple RQG books.
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  1. Well, the Telmori are there, and no longer have to fear Jomes, so likely take to raiding the herds and flocks of surrounding clans rather heavily. There will be a few of the old Maboder clan around who now want to reclaim the lands for their own (but with what resources?). The Cinsina, Culbrea, and Torkani may all want to take control of some or all of the land, if they can only find a way to drive out the Telmori. And these squabbles/struggles will likely continue until a strong Prince of Sartar can find a way to resolve it.
  2. Central to the Demivierge's strategy (and therefore the Warm Earth Alliance) is that she is the lover of the Warlord of Porthomeka, who after Broyan's death is probably the most important military figure remaining in Esrolia/Caladraland. The Demivierge is not just impeding Nochet "just because", but because she and Samastina are effectively dueling to become the "avatar" of Ernalda and Queen of Esrolia (remember that Samastina is only Queen of Nochet and North Esrolia, not all of Esrolia as of 1625). Each will use the tools and allies they can to win that struggle (while trying to avoid devolving into Civil War again). Likely the Demivierge and the Warlord focus on conquering the Vinavale, maybe Thonble, and controlling South Esrolia. They'll encourage the Trader Princes as that should reestablish wealth for them. She might well accept refugees from Nolos and Pasos fleeing the Seshnelan conquests. Would she consider allying Harrek against Samastina? Or maybe she'll encourage the Grazers to raid Samastina's lands?
  3. How I interpret it: "pilot script" = campaign or scenario outline "proposed series of films/episodes" = adventure hooks or scenario starters "cast of dozens" + "enigmatic lists of statistics" = NPC encounter writeups All set in the context of an envisioned "modern" document looking at events in Glorantha much as Andrew Logan Montgomery included "modern" works in the Six Seasons in Sartar series.
  4. Kind of a side topic for this thread, but no "pitch" per se. However, the rough, rubble-strewn grounds above the Dark Warrens may well serve for impromptu matches at night when the humans have gone to sleep. Basically figure that the Night Jumpers effectively became a small mercenary band after Tarkalor's Wars, and are one of the bands that made up Broyan's army to drive out the Lunars.
  5. For those raiders, use the Shadow Plateau trolls! There's 41,000 of them and they've got a great defensible position to swarm out of including giant beetles and trollkin, and they've got a troll hero (Obash Broosmasher) to lead them (or just send out brutal Zorak Zoran warbands). They might well go all the way to the Troll Woods (do some trading there) and then make their way back. The Volsaxi tribes won't know whether they are Kitori or not, but they may well react to incursions against the Kitori. (And, yes, you can find the cruel shamans there, horrible darkness rites, fungal caverns, and a desolate, black sand desert atop the plateau. Now, if you do raid into Kitori lands, they will use ghosts, darkness elementals, demon shadows, giant web-spinning spiders, huge beetles, etc. to defend their territory. They're just not going to spend time provoking the nearby humans.
  6. There is no Argan Rex subcult. The tribe is led by a Shadowlord, but no details currently on how they are chosen.
  7. Wasps are either mean/vicious or parasitizing. They are nobody's friends (as the Bestiary notes, they are large hunting predators). However, I don't see any explicit notes as to their interactions with others in the Bestiary or the Guide so perhaps other works in time will give us different details.
  8. The Wasp Riders are not part of the Kitori, and I think are generally considered neutral at best, and often foes. (I picture the wasps raiding and attacking Kitori beetle larva for food.)
  9. The tribe is about 1/2 human, 1/2 troll. Clans are generally organized within the species, but they do share settlements. (My current campaign largely consists of Kitori and is a mixed party, largely led by an Argan Argar merchant.) They will raid occasionally, as will other nearby tribes, but less so since their defeat 2 generations ago by Tarkalor of Sartar. They raise beetles (parts of which are sold to humans) and tend spiders (whose silk is also sold), and maintain a trade with the Shadow Plateau despite harassment by the Volsaxi tribes through whose lands they cross.
  10. Full wraparound cover view - art by Rebecca Smith
  11. The Nochet: Adventurer's Guide is now available in print! Nochet: Adventurer's Guide Both softcover and hardcover versions are offered (both in standard color). This is the full 156-page revised version of the book complete with the full Character Background generation section.
  12. Given the location of the great Mostali Mountain, you'd almost suspect that Vadel had to have been involved... 👹
  13. May depend on how deceased dwarfs are recycled. If they recycle body AND soul into the World Machine, then I don't think any "ancestors" would remain (if you could even determine such origin beside being cast within the appropriate cauldron or mold).
  14. Bear in mind that Vingkot was the first in memory since the days of Rastagar's Betrayal during the Storm Age to bear the Sword and Helm (Rastagar being a direct descendant and last of the Kodigvari). If the Volsaxi clans could have readily gained them, you'd have record of it. (Maybe there's some claim to someone having them during the Adjustment Wars at the end of the 2nd Age, but if so I don't recall the reference.)
  15. Broyan specifically claimed descent from Kodig, son of Vingkot, who was granted or won the Sword and Helm. Those relics belonged to the descendants of Kodig who ruled in the Holy Country. So, yes, marrying Orgorvale might be one way to restart a Vingkotling line, but you'd likely only have a claim to ruling the Orgorvaltes tribe unless you did more. (For instance, in the Verenmars Saga which I worked on with Greg years ago, Verenmars goes into Alkoth and is able to gain the Blood of Vingkot to help establish him as ruler of Saird, where the Berennethtelli once dwelt.)
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