That kind of changes my view of the Lunar Empire.
Playing some Orlanthi Sartarite (and running them), I'd always imagined the Lunars in the style of the Romans - an Emperor at the top and the crack Legions marching in on the poor, old, Sartarites. Lots of grand buildings with columns and names like Julius and Antonius. Add a decent dash of magic and bingo! Yeah, ok, I'm being facetious, but at 25 when all you've got to go on is the RQ3 set and Gloranthan Bestiary and vague memories of a campaign you played in 4 years ago, you make do with what you've got :-).
With Sultrans/Satraps and Shah's and Yelmic Dara Happans with a hefty lot of other cultures that got caught up, all being part of the Empire, my Roman Lunars kind of disappear in a puff of logic and get replaced by something much more...Gloranthan, I guess.
It's probably a good analogy to how different people see the Empire. The Orlanthi barbarians, which for the most part sees a regional governor and his beaurocracy, the Lunar Army and a bloody, great Bat has a very limited view of the Empire when compared with what you find when you travel there.
Another question
- - The Lunars accept chaos. Does this mean that Broos and Scorpion Men walk
the streets of Glamour and other cities ? Does it mean that chaos features
are the latest fashion accessory in Glamour this season ? I mean, Broos are
still disease ridden, and still stink. If I was a Lunar citizen, I'd be
tempted to take the opinion that chaos or not, Red Goddess or not, I _still_
don't like them. Perhaps life is a bit different and more conservative in
the provinces, compared to the capital ?
I loved those articles you posted on the Lunars, Nick - more, more.
Philipp.
Powered by hypermail