Chris, that's great. Gives me a lot to consider. Thanks.
> Hi Josh,
>
> I see a few ways to run a Lunar HQ easily.
>
> First, like many new religions, there are always claims to how it
ties into the ancient
> past. You can see this in the Lunar connections to the Bat, Arachne
Solara, etc. As far
> as the Lunars are concerned, the Red Goddess has "always" existed,
and simply has
> gone through a cycle from empty (Red goddess who?) to full
moon(Empire!) over the
> ages. So the Lunars certainly have several HQs based around the
Goddess's ancient
> actions and deeds.
>
> Second, her ascent, and the deeds of the 7 mothers are also "recent"
but still
> incredible HQ opportunities. Their deeds are in fact, "more
powerful" because they
> happened recently, and prove the power in the Lunar ways(as far as
the lunar
> followers are concerned, anyway).
>
> Finally, and linked into the first concept, you have the Lunars
syncreticizing other
> religions as they go. "Oh look, see, your god was just a child of
our Goddess, long
> ago, here's the myth to prove it!" As time passes on, eventually
the two myth ideas
> become so intertwined that people think that its always been that way.
>
> So, the questions that can't really be answered for everyone, but is
interesting for
> groups to consider:
>
> Is the Lunar way actually ancient, and simply forgotten for a while?
>
> Or have the Lunars simply bogarded their way into other religions
and laid claim to
> ancient ways they never had?
>
> And if its the first, then following cycles, the Red Goddess must
wane again at some
> point...what does that mean to you?
>
> If its the second, then are the Lunars effectively "colonizing" the
Hero Plane, and if so,
> what does that mean for the stability of the universe?
>
> Fun stuff, and perfect for players to find out, answer, or change on
their very own
> Heroquests.
>
> Chris
>
wrote:
> > I'm still trying to wrap my head around heroquests. One thing that's
> > getting me: it seems as if every example I read has the heroquest
> > involving ancient heroes & gods--"Our ancestor, in the Dawn Age,
> > fought the Jewelled Dragon of Five Dangers & saved our village." Now,
> > the lunar religion isn't nearly that old, so I'm wondering about a
> > hero in the 1620s doing a heroquest based on a Lunar hero or Lunar
> > diety. Are all heroquests based on very old deeds, or are there more
> > recent heroquests, & how do these figure with the Hero Plane and Gods
> > War? For example, heroquests involving Yanafal Tarnils, Irippi Ontor,
> > & Hwarin Dalthippa (all dieties that a figuring in my game in one way
> > or another), or heroes of those dieties--how would those tie in to
> > the Gods War?