> To be honest, a coastal city in the Southern Manirian region has
> already crossed my mind. Make it my Mos Eisley/Casablanca port of
> call. Traders from everywhere, desperate refugees, seekers of
> knowledge, all in one turbulent pot.
I have a brief piece on the New Coast, here: http://www.etyries.com/maniria/newcoast.htm
And something on the Trader Princes:
http://www.etyries.com/maniria/traderprinces.htm
If you want a cosmopolitan port metropolis teeming with sleazy Vadeli traders, emissaries and refugees from all over the Lozenge, immortal sorcerous overlords, an Unseen University, thuggish Street Judges, blue- and green-skinned street gangs, apocalyptic cults, etc., you should check out the Rough Guide to Sog City: http://www.etyries.com/sog/index.htm
>> Basically some independent city states in this area were converted >> to the lunar religion before the syndic's ban... The empire wants >> these cities, the cities do not want to be had.
> Not to start, but I LOVE this idea. Especially since it puts into
> sharp relief the differences between the Lunar Way and the Lunar
> Empire.
That's the Arrolian City-States. I have some background notes on their
religion here:
http://www.etyries.com/sects/arrolian.htm
And I also wrote a lengthy article for Tales of the Reaching Moon #20, which is still available from Warehouse 23: http://www.warehouse23.com/search.cgi?comp=Reaching+Moon+Megacorp
> That does bring up two questions I had, though. I've as of yet only
> encountered refrences to Loksalm and The Kingdom of War indirectly.
> anyone want to do the thumbnail sketch?
Loskalm: a progressive modern idealistic Malkioni kingdom, which makes a fetish of class mobility (everyone starts out as a "farmer" and has to enlist in the army to rise through the class system), and perhaps blinkered to its own flaws. The Kingdom is ruled by the New Hrestoli Idealist Church; extended sect writeup here: http://www.etyries.com/malkioni/idealist.htm
Here's Trotsky's Loskalmi drill sergeant: http://lokarnos.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/1615231
The Kingdom of War: utterly terrifying! The fullest description was in "Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars"; previously described in less detail in "Genertela: Crucible of the Hero Wars". The Kingdom of War is an ever-expanding war zone whose armies worship "one hundred gods of war." They are brutal, efficient, and always victorious. Nobody knows where they came from, or what they ultimately want to achieve. They have no civilians, no culture, and no cities, apart from those they capture, occupy and in due course destroy. The worst thing is, they're going to win...
Cheers, Nick
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