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    Proofreader.... on Guide to Glorantha, King of Sartar, HeoQuest: Glorantha. Contributor to The Coming Storm. Etc.

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  1. A Panorama of the Mirrorsea An Air God’s view… Choralinthor Bay is the birthplace of all modern ship- building in southern Genertela and the location of many hazards also found along the coast. The shallow waters and gentle winds here are accounted to be placid, lending him the epithet of the Mirrorsea, but his topography and the shifting tides can make him a challenging place to sail when they turn. The last piece of art has been added to Ships & Shores - a fabulous panorama of the Holy Country centered on the Mirrorsea by Mark Smylie. Version 15 has just been uploaded. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452062/Ships--Shores-of-Southern-Genertela I will create a poster of this picture when sales reach a certain level. Work on the POD may commence in a month or so. A Vision of Myth is also available - just one off gaining Copper..... https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/462903/Visions-of-Myth
  2. Recently updated with new art by Mark Smylie, and now in the DriveThru sale. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452062/Ships--Shores-of-Southern-Genertela?src=hottest_filtered
  3. M Helsdon

    Sun Temple

    Perhaps a larger version of this - the Vithalla temple at Hampi.
  4. Katrin has sold prints of some of her illustrations at conventions, but they don't appear to be on her sales site or Redbubble at present.
  5. As promised, a 'poster' of Katrin Dirim's beautiful Nochet picture has now been added to Ships & Shores available to be downloaded. Even in the version in Visions of Myth it isn't possible to see all the detail. This should help. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452062/Ships--Shores-of-Southern-Genertela
  6. I'm not sure how that could work? The books definitely complement each other, but I don't see how DriveThru could handle a multi-author bundle. We can certainly market them together.
  7. Hi Jason, thank you for your comments and your review. There are five pieces of art outstanding, not previewed in the current Work in Progress, though Mark has sent me preliminary sketches. Four are roughly half-pagers, and one is likely to be a double-page spread. It would be enormously useful to me for you to share your review on the FaceBook Runequest group, or, if you are not a member, allow me to do so. I know Mark has several commissions ahead of mine in his work queue, so I won't be posting there about Ships & Shores for a week or three.
  8. Ships & Shores has been updated to version 13. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452062/Ships--Shores-of-Southern-Genertela Minor text changes and I have modified the character pictures by Mark Smylie to remove the borders so they are all now a little larger. Another beautiful picture by Mark: the shipwright Korrand of Sklar shows a model of a trireme to the lady Awétynna of House Chorlanaeo whilst her handmaiden makes the final adjustments to her hair. The ornate and ostentatious hairstyles of Esrolian noblewomen demonstrates their status and wealth. Awétynna is an Initiate of Choralinthor. [The dress style is heavily influenced by Bronze Age Mediterranean costume, apparent from Sardinia to the Levant and Egypt, and best known from Crete.]
  9. Ships & Shores has been updated - two beautiful pictures by Mark Smylie. Now at V12. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452062/Ships--Shores-of-Southern-Genertela A fisherwoman accompanies her husband, a sailor riding a Duck's reed boat, from their coastal village as he travels to join his ship at the harbor of Karse.
  10. She is high priestess of Delaina, who is a sister of Ernalda, and City Goddess of Rhigos. There's a paragraph about Delaina in the Glorantha Sourcebook, and more in Harald's Nochet player book, and my Ships & Shores.
  11. Such are the dangers of misinterpretating the art of another culture. The original can be seen at the museum of ancient Rhigos.
  12. In Glorantha, they are not, but this picture does not show the full 'realms' you assumed: the Sun is universal during the day, far beyond the bounds of Dara Happa or Teshnos or Safelster in Ralios where his cults have major political power, and Orlanth's Air is universal, and Heler's rain nearly so, even in lands where their cults are minor or absent. Air/Storm rules far beyond the marginal lands of Ygg, Valind, or Storm Bull, and for that matter, Storm Bull as Bisos is revered in western Peloria even though here he is shown in Prax.
  13. Umm, no. This map illustrates major influences on the weather, but Sun and Storm are everywhere. Yelm is centered over Dara Happa, but that's partly because putting him in the exact center wouldn't fit the composition. Orlanth and Heler are to the left in part for the composition, and because they are almost everywhere, and for much of the year Orlanth's wind drives in from the northwest or west. Similarly Brastalos is to the right to balance the Storm God and because for Genertela her doldrums arrive from the southeast, and then proceed westwards south of the coast. Gagarth's winds can appear anywhere in one season, so his placement is to balance the composition. The annual struggle between Valind and Kalikos is shown, but Yelmalio isn't because he is the Cold Sun and has little to no influence on the climate. Iphara can also appear anywhere, but there was a space on the left, so whilst she creates sea fogs over Lost Brithos, this isn't the only place you might encounter her. The Land Goddesses are shown for two reasons: to provide a geographical context, and because land influences the weather and winds, especially during the sailing season. The Red Goddess (and the Blue Streak - not shown) cause the tides, which along the southern coast can be significant (the Holy Country is 'tide-wracked'), and the ebb and flow of the tides has a localised effect on the weather. Katrin and I discussed the organisation of the picture, with the Land Goddesses and Sea Gods the 'first layer', then the Air and Solar gods. There wasn't any easy way to include Darkness, so I chose not to include Xentha, for example - the air and land cool at night. There's some correlation between some of the Air Gods and their core territories. A lot of thought went into this picture, but it shouldn't be taken as a map of divine geopolitics. This is intended to be an in-world map, depicting an Esrolian artist's (or their patron's) worldview.
  14. Although such shields rarely survive, the technique probably dates back at least to the Bronze Age. The Enderby Shield was published whilst I was writing Armies & Enemies and so bark shields and how they are made is mentioned in the book.
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