Short Hero Wars campaign summary

[jajagappa]

Another bit from Jeff on FB.  

The Hero Wars themselves are the wars between Sartar and the Lunar Empire. Here's a super quick overview:

CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW

The Hero Wars are thirty-year conflict that ends the Third Age of Glorantha. The player characters play adventurers amidst a massive, world-wide struggle of magic, myth, and military that spills over from the Mundane World into the Hero Wars, and even threatens the eternal stability of the Gods World. Before the struggle is over the adventures must make decisions that will affect their survival, their society, and indeed the entire cosmos.

The campaign is presented in five phases, with two phases taking place prior to the default campaign start.

Lunar Occupation (1602-1621). This is the period of Lunar domination in Dragon Pass. The end of the phase has the Lunar Empire in seeming final triumph.

Rebellion (1621-1624). During this phase, the Lunar Empire suffers numerous reversals, while its foes seek new weapons against it.

Prince of Sartar (1625-1629). This is the default start of the Dragon Pass campaign. The phase begins with the destruction of the Lunar Army in Dragon Pass with the Dragonrise. Sartar is liberated and Argrath rises to power. The phase ends with Argrath marrying the Feathered Horse Queen and becoming the King of Dragon Pass. This is the default starting point of the Hero Wars campaign.

King of Dragon Pass (1630-1643). This phase sees Argrath as ruler of Dragon Pass. After nearly destroying itself with a civil war, the Lunar Empire desperately tries to recover its position but is defeated. In the end, Argrath adds the former Lunar Provinces to his empire.

Twilight of the Gods (1644-1655). The Lunar Empire strikes back with a vengeance, using Chaos and weapons taken from strange realms. Sartar is defeated, and a desperate Argrath performs a mad Lightbringer's Quest that changes the world. Nightmares awaken, sheets of ice cover much of the world, and mutual enemies recognize each themselves as mirrors of each other. The phase ends with the destruction of the Red Moon and the rise of the White Moon.

[jajagappa]

And an associated note:

MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE HERO WARS

Argrath, Harrek the Berserk, Jar-eel, the Feathered Horse Queen, and the Red Emperor shape the end of the Third Age of Glorantha. The relationship between these five characters defines the structure of the whole Hero Wars campaign. Glorantha pivots and changes according to these characters and no one can entirely escape their influence.

The affairs of the main characters are often far removed from the everyday life of the adventurers. Rarely will your players’ adventurers personally interact with the Red Emperor, Argrath, Jar-eel, or the rampaging Harrek (although they may certain make cameo appearances). Yet they are the engine that drives the Hero Wars.

Handling these main characters can be tricky for a gamemaster, but their presence adds to the epic feel of the campaign.

[French Desperate WindChild]

47 minutes ago, jajagappa said:

The Lunar Empire strikes back with a vengeance, using Chaos and weapons taken from strange realms. Sartar is defeated, and a desperate Argrath performs a mad Lightbringer's Quest that changes the world. Nightmares awaken, sheets of ice cover much of the world, and mutual enemies recognize each themselves as mirrors of each other

this + the announce about gods of glorantha have only one conclusion: I m desperate

[scott-martin]

On 2/3/2021 at 9:20 AM, jajagappa said:

five phases

I love this structure because broadly each one climaxes with a phase of the Kubler Ross mourning process.

[coffeemancer]

I am so friggim curious about the white moon

[Hijabg]

22 hours ago, coffeemancer said:

I am so friggim curious about the white moon

I've been told it's really good.