Re: Re: lunar heroquests

From: Stephen Tempest <e-g_at_...>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:12:54 +0000


Agent Groove <coridan_at_...> writes:

>Is there any record in the canon of Argrath or other conspirators
>HeroQuesting against the Red Goddess, or other enemy gods?

Well, there's the Dragonrise, of course (for certain values of "Argrath" :-) ). And Argrath's Lightbringers' Quest, when he rescued Sheng Seleris from Hell to fight the Lunars.

He also apparently found a way to subvert the Temples of the Reaching Moon, turning them into Temples of the Reaching Storm - whatever that means!

Also, summarised from _King of Sartar_ page 35; How Argrath Brought Back Winter to Peloria:

  1. Argrath and his companions find the Invisible Road.
  2. They are delayed by the Two Half-Bears, who slay one of their number.
  3. They arrive at where the House of Kalikos should be, but it has moved. They wander lost on the Great Glacier.
  4. They met Fankrios Unlaba frozen in the ice. They rescue her, and she leads them to the house of her chieftain Hend Valindsson.
  5. Hend is bound to fight a Lunar champion, and has previously always lost the battle. Argrath offers to take his place in the fight.
  6. Argrath fights and defeats a Lunar champion representing Kalikos Icebreaker.
  7. Hend and Fankrios now summon Valind's army and guide Argrath into the Underworld, where he finally finds Kalikos' palace. However, there does not appear to be any way in.
  8. Argrath's Trickster find a crack that nobody would talk about. The questors squeeze their way in, although they are injured in the process.
  9. Argrath manages to open the palace gate, and Valind's army swarms in. Kalikos is defeated in battle.
  10. Argrath returns back to the world.

That winter, Peloria is covered by snowdrifts higher than a horse, and the Oslir freezes solid.

Then, there's his "destroy the Red Moon" quest, but that might be a bit too apocalyptic to use in a normal game. :)

Stephen

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