> Martin has informed us that in the 'early-early' days of the
> Hero Wars, the Red Emperor dies - and doesn't come back.
> (When exactly, one wonders? At Boldhome? After?)
After. First, a certain temple won't be dedicated. This is not the immediate cause, but one of the triggers. Your PCs might get involved if they are sufficiently openminded.
> I wonder if this could be tied in with what happened to
> Pharaoh? (This isn't the silly Pharaoh = Red Emperor idea.
> This is another silly idea.)
Not that silly.
> It strikes me that we already know that the Lunar Heropaths
> have a connection to the Pharaoh's Rebirth Heropath since
> Jar-Eel managed to get there to wipe out Belintar.
This connection is fairly recent IMO, and required a lot of magical preparation and scouting.
> How about if that act buggered up the Red Emperor's path
> back to life in some subtle 'Hero Plane ecology' sort
> of way?
It certainly made the return of Godkings more hazardous by creating a precedent to stop their return.
> In other words, the Lunar Empire ultimately defeated itself.
That's its ultimate purpose.
End of The Glorantha Digest V7 #590
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