A call to heroes, writers, artists, map makers, shapers, and skalds...
THUNDER BROTHERS
The sacred hills are silent. The air is still.
Our enemies jeer and proclaim the death of our god.
They grow ever more greedy for our remaining cattle and silver.
This endless winter may be the death of our entire clan.
What can sustain us in this desperate time?
THIS:
- stirring hearth-tales of our greatest heroes;
- myths of our gods and their deeds of survival in the Great Darkness;
- news of defiance, of hero bands and rebels;
- the challenge of adventure;
- the hero heat of courage.
THUNDER BROTHERS
- will explore Heortling resistance and survival in Sartar and its
environs
in the period 1619-1625, between the siege of Whitewall and
Dragonrise.
THUNDER BROTHERS
- will be published by the Chaos Society and the Gloranthacon Ring.
All
profits from this publication will be used to settle final accounts
from
Gloranthacon VIII, and to seed future HeroQuest and Glorantha themed
conventions.
THUNDER BROTHERS
- will be produced by the team that brought you Moon Rites, and will
build
on the 'look and feel' of that publication. The project will be
edited and
coordinated by John Hughes. We're looking for an art director to
guide and
coordinate graphics input - a tribesman or woman who doesn't mind
receiving
large attachments in their email! And yes, we're hoping for another
Larry
Dixon cover!
THUNDER BROTHERS
- is actually only the working title. (Damn, and the atmosphere was
building so well). The publication's final title will be decided
collectively by contributors.
A CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Over the last three years, much of our focus as a gaming community
has been
on Sartar and the Heortlings. Thunder Brothers seeks to harvest the
imagination and creativity of the many Dragon Pass campaigns that
have
bloomed since the launch of Hero Wars, and to provide materials to
impel
those campaigns into a heroic future.
We are seeking:
- stead, clan and tribal background that will prove useful to others
in
ongoing campaigns;
- middle level scenarios that focus on clan survival and heroic
resistance
under the Lunar occupation, especially during and after Fimbulwinter;
- myths and heroquests of survival in the Greater Darkness;
- chronicles of clan survival;
- stories of heroic Heortling adventure in Sartar, Prax, Heortland,
and
beyond;
- praise poems of heroes and rebels;
- art that chronicles the story of the clans and the heroes who
helped them
survive, perhaps in gallery format as a focus in its own right;
- descriptions of NPCs of power and depth, who have their own stories
and
agendas.
It is our aim to publish Thunder Brothers in the final months of
2003, with
a call for initial submissions by 1 September. This development time
may
allow us to link together submissions into a more unified whole. As
with
Moon Rites, we will maintain a project website and provide
contributors
with PDF layouts of their drafts.
How did your clan survive Fimbulwinter? How did you deal with the
death of
your god? What desperate heroquests brought hope in the chill
darkness?
What heroic and desperate acts of defiance brought hope to the
beleaguered
clans? How did the cities and towns survive the terrible winter? Who
were
the exotics who travelled far to assist the clans in their darkest
hour?
What were the glimmers of hope 'midst overwhelming darkness? Such are
the
stories we seek to share in Thunder Brothers.
If you'd live to discuss a possible submission, or would like further
information, please contact John Hughes at
nysalor_at_...
Cheers!
John
John Hughes
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 2600
Phone (02) 6125 0649