"Another important rebellion occurred primarily among
the Aldachuri. Around 1606 many priests of Orlanth
agitated for violent expulsion of the lunar missionaries
among their tribes. Lawsuits and feuds had already
disrupted the tribes for five years, and in 1616 many
tribal moots broke up in dispute. The Orlanthi supporters
raised the Righteous Wind and took up arms. The same
year in Storm season, the city of Aldachur was torn
asunder by rival mobs of Orlanth and Lunar supporters.
At last Harvar Ironfist, a noble of the Vantaros tribe,
attacked the Orlanthi with his windwalking thanes and
destroyed his rivals inside the Orlanthi holy site. He
was made Prince of the Aldachuri and ordered all clans
to purge themselves of all who would not submit to the
Red Moon. A new flood of refugees swarmed southwards.
KoS p144.
Defeat of the Righteous Wind (1611). Cruel civil war
in northern sartar climaxed when the Duke of Alda-chur
suppressed the Orlanthi cult in all that realm with
fire, sword and blood.
DW#28 p31.
>As I understand this was an Orlanthi (traditionalist) uprising against
>solar influences. And led to Harvar Ironfist seizing power.
Against Lunar influences but the result was the same.
>So, was Harvar one of these 'solar influences' (i.e. Elmali/Yelmalion)?
Some material (Home of the Bold freeform, Runequest Adventures #5) says he is.
>I read somewhere (can't remember where) that he had Gagarthi housecarls,
>where did they come from/fit in?
The windwalking thanes above. Windwalking is a power known to belong only to Gagarth so far. I once had the idea that Danfive Xaron was formerly a Gagarthi bandit and so these thanes were once Gagarthi but had reformed themselves into Xaroni.
>Also (as mentioned in Tales 18) did Orlanthi traditionalists try to drum
>up support amingst other (non Far Place) tribesfolk? What happened to
>these folk (given they were on the losing side in 'foreign' (i.e.
>different tribe's) lands)?
No political consequences. But they might have suffered wounds in the crushing of the Righteous Wind.
--Peter Metcalfe
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