> >--- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, Peter Metcalfe
> ><metcalph_at_q...> wrote:
>> Why? What had the Lunars ever done to the Pol Joni?
>>Aside from slaughtering their friends and allies in Sartar?
> They were friends and allies?
While this is the wrong list to discuss this topic, yes they were. Especially of the House of Sartar, who aided them sometime in the late 1480ies (shortly before Sartar visited Thieves Town outside of Pavis).
Basically, the Dundealos were the Pol Joni source for agricultural stuff, distant kin too. The Pol Joni even held a position on the Swenstown Ring.
> You've fallen into the trap of
> assuming that just because they worship the same religion
> means they like each other. If that were so, relations
> between Europe and America would be a lot warmer than
> they are now.
Oh, they do like each other. Any other group doing some of these regulatory stunts to the US (and vice versa) might face military threats...
>>Plus >>those members of the Pol Joni who had aided in the final failed >>defence of Sartar.
> We don't know their motivations for turning up.
Old oaths, most likely. See above.
> The fact they were driven off by
> the cavalry corps suggests their support was lukewarm.
Not necessarily so. In Dragon Pass boardgame terms the Cavalry Corps tends to be slightly stronger than the Barbarian Horde. Add the presence of Lunar magicians to cancel out the tribal magicians, and have the main Lunar Army less than a day's march down the road, and what you get is a sensible light cavalry commander ready to strike again when opportunity is better.
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