6 – Argrath the Man
Death and the Lunars
Argrath’s father was a professional warrior of the Colymar tribe who was killed by the Lunars during their successful invasion of Sartar in 1602. The Lunar army invaded the Kingdom of Sartar with great success, although at a very high cost thanks to defenders like Argrath’s father. Argrath was only three years old at the time.
Argrath’s mother was a huntress, killed by the Lunars in 1606, when Argrath was only seven years old. Her mother, Argrath’s grandmother, was an Earth priestess who could command the mighty Earthshakers. She was descended from the House of Sartar.
After the conquest of Sartar, the Lunars assassinated all the members of the House of Sartar they could identify. It is widely rumored by the Sartarites that was why the Lunars killed Argrath’s parents, but Lunar records are silent on the matter.
Argrath’s initiation was in 1610, around the time of the Lunar conquest of Prax.
Any plans to gather these into one of the HeroQuest books or as a stand-alone supplement? I imagine that color printing would make that expensive?
Or for 13th Age in Glorantha?”
We would love to get Kalin’s work into a separate book once we have enough of the story done.
Oy. I understand now why the devil in the previous panel had a mask full or Moon runes.
These drawings are full of details that you discover and relate together at each reading (much like _The Watchmen_). Absolute congrats, Kalin! 😀
I totally agree with Rappar. Another detail: during Argrath’s becoming a man, the moon is in its dark phase. That must mean Argrath is going to harm the moon really bad. 😉
I am glad everyone’s enjoying finding little details like that. But here’s a question – how many of you saw the tiny Monster Man leading a column of stray souls and other dead things away from the broken sun disk on last week’s page? Look at page 4 again too, there was a clue as to what will happen next if you look at the big central panel.
I did not notice those details! I’m glad you pointed them out or it would have been lost on me. I can see wanting folks to puzzle these details out, (or leaving space for people to try) but after a certain time I would not feel hesitant to point them out. In that respect you’re teaching and showing the story and setting.
Please do drop the details, maybe with a delay of a week, so that the hyper-observant can get the pleasure of working it out while mere mortals like me can eventually catch up.
Charles, I’m a bit confused here – by drop the details do you mean I should make things simpler looking, or that I should tell people about them? If it’s the first, I’m afraid I kind of locked myself into this style, more or less, and if it’s the second, I could always tell people about them a week or two later, if they haven’t caught them by then.
oops – I see your confusion – very poor wording on my part!
Definitely keep the fine details, hidden allusions and ‘easter-eggs’. My suggestion is to announce them after people have had a week or 2 to find them for themselves.
Please keep all the little details and do not hesitate to share the little secrets about them either. Just make sure you still keep some secrets here and there. You might also present some as questions, asking us as readers what we think this and this means.
I presumed that Argrath’s uncles held his initiation rite during the Dark Moon because that’s when Sedenya is at her weakest and when Orlanth’s might would have the least interference during this holiest of times.
If we are doing spelling errors…THE MIGHT EARTHSHAKERS. (Should it be ‘mighty?)