> I have been thinking that what role does The Red Moon plays in other
> parts of Glorantha? I mean in other areas and places than the lunar
> heartlands, Sartar and the places and people who are dealing in some
> way with the Empire?
>
> Do all people of Glorantha know that the Moon is part of the lunar
> religion
No.
> and the Red Goddess lives there?
Some do. This would be one of the first things learned, one of the most obvious things.
> For example, let's take a
> "simple" seshnegi peasant. Does he/she know anything about the Lunar
> Empire?
No. he doesn't even know what is in Tarin's Wood or Old Sensehla.
> Or do the people in west have any kind of "malkionistic"
> explanation for the Moon?
Yes. Somethign like:
It's another manifestation of the Pagan error, even stronger than usual,
misappropriating the Will of Malkion to their twisted ends.
> Is there any possibility that some people some where far from the
> Lunar Empire do worship the moon, but not in lunar way, but in their
> own way and the can gain magic from it? Perhaps it is lunar magic, but
> the worshippers don't know that.
Yes.
Anyone who can see into the sky can see the moon (trolls, for instance, can't see it).
Everyone has a story about it, because its appearance in the sky was abrupt and shocking. A lot of these, like many other stories, are made up and wrong as far as the actual events go. Things like "it's a piece of [Shargash] that fell off or was chopped off by an enemy, etc. Or that it is a wound (fairly common), or the house or memorial of some hero who died at that time, etc.
Of course, there are ways to discover what it actually is. Going there is one way (either in physical or immaterial form), and so interpretations of it would depend upon the visitor's perception and preconceptions of what it is. Since most Gloranthans are anti-chaos, these tend to be narratives of what a hellish, evil place it is. They wouldn't know about the Empire though.
Asking your own local entities what it is is possible, too. However, this is less likely to be accurate than visiting there with preconceptions, sine those entities really only know what they already knew. They can't go there and check. Maybe a cult hero could do that, but he too has fixed preconceptions.
(Imagine what they must think of the celestial events preceding Dragonrise!)
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Greg Stafford
Game Designer
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