- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "Roderick and Ellen
Robertson" <rjremr_at_...> wrote:
>
> > So, if you reach the physical form of the moon, you will not find
> > daimons, gods, etc... ?
> > You will "only" walk on a rocky terrain ? :)
>
> There are cities and temples and gardens of unearthly beauty (as
well as
> pits of unearthly horror) on the surface of the moon. You'll see
demigods
> and Capital-H Heroes, not gods. (Except that the Lunars refer to
them as
> "Immortals", not "Gods", of course). Some of these folk are on
their way to
> Apotheosis - Jar Eel, for example.
> Security is provided by the likes of the Full Moon Corps.
>
> The surface of the moon combines Imperial Byzantium at the height
of it's
> powers, and Constantinople at it's most decadent, and Istambul at
it's most
> spy-laden and sneaky. Throw in some "City of the Future" from any
world's
> fair, Melnibone, the Forbidden City, and the Emerald City (though
make it
> the "Ruby City"). It's Otherworldly, though not an Otherworld. Of
course,
> there are huge areas of parkland, or even "wilderness" on the
surface, it's
> not covered completely, or even 10% by buildings; probably 95% or
more of
> the surface is not built on.
>
> Crossing over to the Other side of the Moon makes it even moreso.
Then you
> see the Lunar Immortals and their Otherworld homes.
>
> RR
> He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world
was mad
> R. Sabatini, Scaramouche
>
Thank you very much !
It is very interresting