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The Cover of Original HeroQuest (1st)


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You can't tell it since the cover is monochrome, but the warrior is a Vingan (as demonstrated on the color 2nd edition cover, where she's clearly a redhead) and she's fighting a rock lizard.

 

ETA:  Duh...nm, I read RQ instead of HQ...

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17 hours ago, creativehum said:

Who are the two figures portrayed on the cover?

They also appear on the older Hero Wars cover, though on that they are still waiting to fight.

Aside from saying an Orlanthi Wind Lord and a Lunar priestess, I don't believe they are ever identified.

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4 minutes ago, jajagappa said:

They also appear on the older Hero Wars cover, though on that they are still waiting to fight.

Aside from saying an Orlanthi Wind Lord and a Lunar priestess, I don't believe they are ever identified.

According to the gallery on the old Glorantha site, the figures on those books were Orlanth and the Red Goddess.

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For those who can't remember Lee Moyer's work:

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Given what we now know they are just two heroes.

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as they've clearly not enough arms.

My question is how does that electric sword work, just looks ineffective.

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The quality of the image isn't the thing (I don't remember anyone thinking it was Glorantha to them.)

But some friends of mine were talking about the cover and we realized we didn't know exactly what it was supposed to portray.

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So have fun."

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22 hours ago, creativehum said:

David, do you know who is portrayed on the Hero Wars/HeroQuest covers?

No. This is one of those pictures that has nothing to do with Glorantha. Lee Moyers has produced loads of cool art, this just reeks of poor art direction. If the words were missing it could be a piece of fantasy art that would easily be usable alongside the other work that Lee has done on 13th Age. 

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