<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">A bit late to the party, but never mind ...</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">Marko Perala:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; ">> Ah, Glorantha. I'm getting progressively weary of Glorantha. Okay, let's do this. (engage rant mode) </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; ">We all love a Glorantha
rant.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; ">> All those blank lands and the greatest blank land of all - the future. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Blank Lands died a death ages ago -
they were once a good idea, then a bad idea and now don't exist.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; ">> I didn't intend to mention Glorantha, but one thing really bugs me: The history ends at ST 1624. Nothing </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; ">> happens after that, except some vague notions in King of Sartar and one measly prophesy per area. </span></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; ">> In Fronela elfs rule and Kingdom of war takes on Loskalm. In Ralios Arkat returns in 5 forms for some </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; ">> reason not explained and Seshnela fights Pasos, oooookayy...</span><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color:
transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; ">There's actually a lot of stuff written post 1624. The Sartar Rising campaign is all post 1624, there are references to future events in a number of the newer HQ Gloranthan supplements, with key events in Dragon Pass and Prax being detailed for a few years in the future. The events leading up to the Boatrise and the Dragonrise have been described and some have been outlined in scenario form.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> That's
all I've read about Glorantha past ST 1624 that wasn't all about Red emperor vs. Argrath. One would</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> think that after some quarter of century someone, somewhere had a little more to say on the subject. I really hope</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> this gets corrected in RQ6.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>It has been corrected, you might be reading older material.<br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> I'm not asking a full history from here to eternity, just a few stories from each gloranthan area to give some idea </span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> of general events.
What nations go to war and what make peace? Who invents a new revolutionary magic or</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> technology and what it does to surrounding society? Who gets assasinated or deposed? What area suffers chaos</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> infestations or famines or disease epidemics? What new sects are born and which ones clash? What about racial</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman',
'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> tensions or diplomatic insidents? Then, this being Glorantha, what mysterious miracles or cataclysms happen that</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> awe/scare people?</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><br>A lot of this is out there, but you have to hunt around a bit. Most of the stuff I have seen is for Dragon Pass/Prax, but that's OK for me as I am mainly interested in those areas.<br><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span
style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> How about a magazine that describes one year in Glorantha in each number - Gloranthan gazetteer ST 1625,</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> Gloranthan gazetteer ST 1626, Gloranthan gazetteer ST 1627, etc. How about "Merchants tales ST 1625" or</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> "Lhankor files ST 1625", each issue giving a few pages on each area of Glorantha (Fronela, Ralios,
Seshnela,</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> Maniria, Jrustela, Kralorela, Pamaltela, Peloria, Desert, Dragon pass). Maybe some eyewitness accounts on</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> important events combined with more general list of events. </span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">New editions of the new version of Wyrms Footprints might contain such information, hopefully.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><br></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>See Ya</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br>Simon</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman',
'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div> </div></body></html>