Tradetalk 16: Heroes & Strangers of Dragon Pass
Tradetalk # 16 - Heroes & Strangers of Dragon Pass
This is the sixteenth issue of Tradetalk¸ a fanzine dedicated to Glorantha¸ HeroQuest and RuneQuest. The dead-tree version was published in October 2008 by The Chaos Society.
Three main themes and a lot of herobands...
You haven´t read "The Widow´s Tale" and/or "Eurhol´s Vale & Other Tales"¸ two gloranthan novels by Penelope Love¸ yet? This issue gives you all you need to meet the heroes and villains of these books¸ AND gives you an overview of the stories. But beware: you might spoil yourself... better to get the novels¸ too.
You haven´t heared of the glorantha full colour comic series "The Path of the Damned" yet? This issue presents the seven main characters as NPCs to be used as encounters¸ friends or foes¸ for your party. But you really should consider to have a look at the comic book series as well.
Uleria¸ the gloranthan Goddess of Love¸ to great to be fully understood¸ to easy misunderstood. Here are some general notes¸ a heortling view of the topic¸ and three ulerian "herobands".
Much more useful encounters/herobands/NPCs from Prax¸ Teshnos¸ the Lunar Empire¸ the Uz¸ and the Aldryami...
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- RUNEQUEST/GLORANTHA -
- Characters of Love - description¸ history¸ illustrations and HeroQuest stats for 24 characters of the novels "The Widow´s Tale" and "Eurhol´s Vale & Other Tales" by Penelope Love (by Jane Williams¸ Donald R. Oddy¸ and André Jarosch)
- An Outline of a Timeline - for events of "The Widow´s Tale" and "Eurhol´s Vale & Other Tales" (by André Jarosch¸ and Jane Williams)
- The Path of the Damned - description of the hero band¸ the seven single characters¸ and a leader shet for them together --> from "The Path of the Damned" gloranthan comic book series (by Andrew Graham¸ Mariano Krasmanski¸ and Guillermo Ortiz )
- Uleria - Illuminated Great Goddess of Life - short description why she is what she is (by André Jarosch )
- Cults of Life - Notes on Gloranthan Uleria worship (by Julian Lord )
- Love Communes - three ulerian "hero bands" (by Julian Lord )
- The Glorious ReAscent of Dayzatar´s Toe - ulerian satire article/myth (by Julian Lord)
- The Three Blind Rubble Runners - a Eurmali shrine encounter (by Brian Pinch)
- The Live-Life League - Lunar fun loving hero band (by Mark Galeotti)
- Rush´s Bachelors - a praxian hero band (by Neil Smith)
- The Remarkable Zorgur Belk¸ Uzq. - The Vale of Flowers great troll gardener (by Stewart A. Stansfield)
- Walkers of the Straight Path - teshnan followers of the Straight Banana faith (by Alexander Dotor)
- The Sun Seekers - An Aldryami Heroband (by Shannon Appelcline)