IMO it changes from cult to cult, from culture to culture, from place to place, and everytime you do the Quest you meet different things. I tihnk if you compiled all the versions of the Quest there would be literally hundreds of possible encounters you might encounter on the LBQ, but when you inact it you might only meet 20 or so.
King of Sartar, however, has a few examples of specific examples of some obstacles encountered.
> Vaguely related - who is the ferryman over the River Styx in Orlanthi
> Myth? (Jeset is the Lunar ferryman I believe)
Jeset is the Troll God of the Styx, although he might appear in Lunar theology as well... As for the Orlanthi, I don't think they have one. The Styx doesn't really appear in their mythology and so I don't think they need a Boatman for a river they don't know about. At least, I don't _think_ the Styx appears in their myths. If they did know about the Styx it would most likely be from the trolls, or certain mystery cults related to water gods, who would all tell the Orlanthi the boatman is called Jeset.
> And is there any detailed
>information on the Red Goddess Quest? >
> Any info you suspect might be useful - location appreciated
I think the best starting point is the Entekosiad from Wizard's Attic. It has a few notes on her transformation, and on a few other things. Tales #16 (Lunar Special) would be useful aswell, for it has a few bits and pieces - such as Danfive Xaron doing a runner as soon as the RG appeared. I think that on her quest she found the Crimson Bat (Although it was the Scarlet Bat at the time, and it was found wherever Arkat had put it). She also encountered Nysalor's shadow if I remeber correctly from D:LoD.
A full description of the RG's Quest would be tricky to do at the moment, with Greg revamping the Lunar world and expanding its myth and legend constantly. Any conjecture made now will quickly be proved wrong : )
All IMVHO,
Nikk E.
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