> Well they won't actually phrase it like that. They view the Moon's
> Redness as imperfect as Yelm's obedience to the cycles of Night and
> Day. Something which is magnificient enough as is but will be Even
> Better when the World is restored to its Proper Form.
Still never heard of it. What's more, I don't see why anyone should think the Red Moon will change color. The Red Moon was known during the GodsTime, and was Red then! The Seven Mothers quested to restore the 'Red Moon Goddess', not the 'Silver, but Slightly Tarnished Goddess'.
> The Broken Council Writeups do speak of the Scarlet Bat.
There are other references to the Bat from GodsTime legends, but somewhere along the line I got the impression that it was a translation thing. "....and then Storm Bull drove off the dreadfull Bat of 1000 Eyes, which had been...." A Lunar historian (and perhaps others) would translate this from Praxian (or whatever) into '..the dreadfull Crimson Bat...', the name being commonly & currently used. Sandy? Nick? Am I off-base on this?
> Well look at this way. Ever wonder why the winters in Peloria are getting
> less severe? It's getting warmer! She's far away in the sky that her
> radiations have little effect on those in Glorantha whereas those Heroes
> who walk on the surface of the Moon are adpated to live in her full glory.
> Lesser mortals have their brains cooked (which manifests as madness) if they
> get too close...
Of course it's getting warmer! The Cult of Kalikos Ice-Breaker keeps beating off the Ice Demons at their yearly confrontations. When Argrath wiped them out (and their yearly re-inforcements), the Hollri went berserk, and most of Peloria got buried under eight feet of snow! (KoS)
As to brains getting cooked, this is a madness effect, similar to when someone summons a Lune on top of you. You want to parboil someone, you summon a salamander.
All Hail The RED Moon!
Andrew
PS As to Harrek, I always pictured him as an ultra-powerfull pirate captain.
His followers follow him 'cause he's unstoppable. He would have good knowledge of how to handle small bodies of men, but wouldn't be a general. I.E. he could command four or five ships, or a regiment on land. In the 'hero' discussion a couple of months back Harrek was described as being a pretty miserable example of a human being, but what can anyone do about it? He even quarreled with his friend Argrath, and then beat him up & sacked Boldhome. Some friend...
An earlier example of Harrek is Sir Ethilrist. SE became a hero not to take up a cause, or for religeous ideals; he did it 'cause he wanted the power & immortality heroic stature implies. That's why he hires out as a mercenary....
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