Thought I'd better reply on the right yahoogroup…
See Jeff's post below.
We had noticed how the Orlmarth cower in their fortifications when
we steal their cows and sheep.
The Orlmarth have a priest of the unKnowing God who gets his dates
all mixed up, usually by a hundred years or more.
Everyone knows that the Greydog Inn was burnt down twice, and pulled
down once. The first time it was burnt was by the Orlmarth in the
reign of Ordag Goodsword, in the time before King Sartar. The second
time was when the Lunars burnt it down in 1602. Zombies pulled most
of it down in 1592 during their great raid.
It was never burnt down by Orlgandi Urothorling of the Orlmarth.
Yes, he tried. But King Orlbjorn and Chief Engorn Longbrewer were
strong and stopped him. Luckily Orlgandi was killed at Dwarf Ford,
otherwise he would have succeeded during the time of Thufir
Yellowtail. Bloody Poss.
Does anyone use the Greydog background for their games?
David
- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "jeffrichard68"
<jeff.richard_at_m...> wrote:
>
> > > One funny thing: the characters in the game narrated by Jeff
> > > Richard, who started this thread, might well _be_ the ones
> > > nicking your cows.
> > > (They are from a Colymar clan on the border with Lismelder.)
> >
> > Oh, nice coincidence!
> > I doubt it, the Marshedge are a long way for them to go. But
they
> might
> > be nicking cows from our friends the Greydogs. And if they do it
> at a
> > time when we're visiting...
>
> This really should go to the Heroquest Digest, but what's the
> difference nowdays? Here's some notes on the history between the
> Orlmarthing and the Lismelder prior to the Lunar Invasion of 1602:
>
> "In nearly three centuries, there have been twenty-six kings of
the
> Colymar, six of them from the Orlmarth Clan – more than from any
> other clan. Our kings protected us from other tribes –
particularly
> the Locaem, the Lismelder and the Malani – and from the greedy
Kings
> of Tarsh to the north. During the time of the warring tribes, we
> settled the Holt and built Urothfalda to guard the Starfire Ridge,
> which the Lismelder contested."
>
> "During the rule of King Saronil Sartarsson, the Lismelder king
> Ordag Greydog burnt Old Man Stead [Askiniham] and his clan
occupied
> our pastures on the Ridge. Chief Korlmar Kentventsson forced them
> off the Ridge and took back our lands. To defend the Ridge,
> Urothfald was resettled and Harranholar was built. He was the
> greatest warleader in Sartar and was chosen as Lord of the
Runegate
> by the local clans before he was acclaimed king of the Colymar."
>
> "The Lunar Empire had conquered the Kingdom of Tarsh through
> trickery and magic, but King Palashee Long Axe freed his people
with
> the aid of King Saronil Sartarsson. King Korlmar Kentventsson was
> our ruler during the time of King Axe. When the Lunar Empire came
to
> conquer Tarsh, he was King Jarolar Saronilsson's war-king and at
the
> Battle of Karnge Farm, he led the cavalry that swept upon the
Lunar
> army from behind and slaughtered their sorcerers. The Lunar leader
> was killed and the rest routed with great losses. King Axe for
their
> victory awarded King Korlmar and King Jarolar great honors and
> gifts. For his part, King Jarolar gave King Korlmar great gifts
and
> a wife."
>
> "The corrupt Lunar Empire murdered King Axe shortly afterwards and
> seized control of Tarsh. The enemy king, called Evil One-Arm,
raided
> Sartar continually. Evil One-Arm tried to conquer Sartar and
killed
> King Korlmar in a surprise raid. A few years later, our next king,
> King Orlgandi Urothorling, burnt down the Greydog Inn and
plundered
> the Greydog lands. Later King Orlgandi died fighting to defend
King
> Jarolar at the Battle of Dwarf Ford. Afterwards, the family of
King
> Korlmar settled Eyrrfel and fortified it against the Greydogs."
>
> Jeff