Swan and Fox

Beginners' game of Runequest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. Set in the Hiording Clan of the Colymar Tribe in Sartar.

Player Characters

• Andrasta, Babeester Gor warrior, played by Stormraven
• Andrick Trollvoice, Orlanthi ?? player by Potted Plant
• Broalor Nine Fingers, Storm Bull warrior played by where’s_my_dice?
• Fingoll, Eurmali thief played by Wolfhead101
• Ivartha Orandesdaughter, Chalana Arroy healer played by Cultist of Sooty

•  ??? played by Naphthalim
• ??? played by RoadScholar

Blank character sheet https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/RQG_Character_Sheet

Recent Timeline

• 1492 – Sartar acclaimed Prince of Sartar
• 1495 – Sartar becomes King of Dragon Pass
• 1520 – Apotheosis of Sartar
• 1565 – Tarkalor becomes Prince of Sartar
• 1575 – Tarkalor becomes King of Dragon Pass
• 1582 – Tarkalor and the Feathered Horse Queen go to the aid of the Old Tarshites against the Lunar Empire. Meeting an army led by the Red Emperor himself, both die at the Battle of Grizzly Peak. The Far Point Tribes join the Kingdom of Sartar.

- Ivartha's grandfather (the merchant Roganvarth Spear Eater) and Broalar's grandfather (Bryalor Bear-Killer, Warrior) fight and die with great honour defending King Tarkalor and the Feathered Horse Queen, hence Ivartha's loyalty to the Feathered Horse Queen and Broalar's to Sartar.

- At least one of Fingoll's ancestors is also present.

- Although Andrasta's grandfather Agrath is a warrior, he is busy that year, welcoming his first daughter into the family, and does not fight.

• 1597 – Lunar assassins killed members of the Sartar Royal House in the Holy Country.

- Fingoll's ancestor dies heroically defending a member of the Sartar royal house.

- Again Agrath, now a father to many children, does not fight.

• 1602 – The Lunar Empire invades Sartar and conquer it at Boldhome. They extinguish the Flame of Sartar.

- Ivartha's grandmother (Brathe Catfinder, a thief) and Andrasta's grandfather Agrath both die with great glory at the Battle of Boldhome. Andrick`s grandfather (a thief) survives to tell the tale but is killed trying to steal from the Telmori a few years later.

• 1603-4 - The Lunar Empire dominates Dragon Pass and encourages warfare between the Sartarite tribes.
• 1605 – The Lunar Empire seeks to expand south into the Holy Country, led by General Fazzur Wideread. Andrasta's maternal grandmother Leika is in Karse and survives the Feint to the Sea campaign, avoiding such events for the next eight years. The Lunars suffer humiliating defeat at the Building Wall Battle.
• 1606 – The Maboder Tribe (to the north of the Colymar) is destroyed by the Telmori
• 1608 – The Lunar Empire now seeks to expand east to the sea, in the First Lunar Invasion of Prax. Many nomad ambushes slow the army and an accommodation is reached.

- Fingoll's mother Renna fights

• 1610 – Better prepared, the Lunars launch the Second Invasion of Prax, defeating the nomads in battle and taking Pavis. In Old tarsh Jar-Eel the razoress liberates King Moirades.

- Ivartha's Father (Hendrick Roganvarthsson, another thief) is there, likely rooting around in the baggage train, while Broalar's Haranulf Storm-Caller, a Storm Bull Priest, acquits himself more honourably.

- Back in Dragon Pass, Andrick's Father (also a thief) is killed looking for riches in Snakepipe Hollow.

• 1613 – The Sartarites rebel in strength, led by Kallyr Starbrow. Despite initial success in expelling the Lunar army, Fazzur Wideread regroups the forces and soundly defeats the rebels. He is appointed Governor-General of Dragon Pass.

- Fingoll's mother Renna and Broalar's father Haranulf aid Starbrow in her escape and Andrasta's mother Jarellyr is also present [does she aid Starbrow?]

• 1615 - War breaks out beetween the Grazelanders - aided by King Ironhoof - and the Lunars. The mobile Grazelanders frustrate the Lunars.

- Ivartha's father Hendrick is eaten by ogres!

• 1616 - Broalar's father Haranulf fights in the Lion King's Feast [he shouldn't have unless he is Esrolian]
• 1619 – The Lunars invade Heortland, taking the city of Karse. King Broyan of the Hendrikings heroically withstands a Lunar siege at Whitewall. The Crimson bat is sent to Dragon pass.

- Fingoll's mother Renna and Ivartha's mother Orande (a crafter) participate in the Hendriking Campaign.

- Broalar's father Haranulf is fed to the Crimson Bat

• 1620 – Broyan continues to resist the Lunars, even the Crimson Bat. Jomes Wulf defeats the Telmori

- Andrasta's mother Jarellyr fights in the Heortland Campaign.

- So do Fingoll's mother Renna and Ivartha's mother Orande, but they are eaten by the Crimson Bat

• 1621 – A Giant's Cradle floats down the Zola Fel to the sea; the Lunar army's attempts to take it are thwarted by defenders. Whitewall finally falls to the Lunars; Orlanth and Ernalda are proclaimed dead and the Great Winter begins

- While delivering some animals to Whitewall, Jarellyr finds herself caught in the Fall of Whitewall and is killed, an event that drives her daughter Andrasta into the cult of Babeester Gor.

- Ivartha's older brother, Karos (Healer), starves to death in the Great Winter making sure others were fed.

• 1622 – Tatius the Bright is the new Governor general of Dragon Pass. Broyan re-emerges, leading the Hendriking in rebellion. The Culbrea also rise in rebellion. Meanwhile, hordes of scorpion men emerge from Larnste's Footprint serving the Chaos demigoddess the Queen of Jab. At the Battle of Auroch Hills, Broyan ambushes and defeats the Lunars, partly reviving Orlanth and Ernalda. The pro-Lunar queen of Esrolia is overthrown, leading to civil war here. The Great Winter ends

- Fingoll pillages Red Earth supporters

- Andrick, Ivartha and Broalar participate in the Battle of Auroch Hills. Andrick fighting beside his older brother Kelf. Ivartha is wounded honourably in her left arm. Broalar aids Kong Broyan in awakening Orlanth.

- Broalar moves on to to fight in the Battle of Esrolia.

- Andrasta only survives the second year of Winter with the aid of her cult.

• 1623 - Broyan arrives in Esrolia and defeats the Grazeland Horse Army (the Feathered Horse Queen is killed by her bodyguard). He allies with the new Esrolian queen Samastina. They are then besieged in Nochet by the Lunar army. To the north, a massive swarm of Uz an, insects and darkness creatures cross Dragon Pass on their way to the Castle of Lead.

- Fingoll achieves a professional accomplishment (??)

- Ivartha takes part in the Siege of Nochet and is blessed by Queen Samastina.

- Andrik is blessed by Orlanth.

• 1624 – The Boat Planet rises in the sky, prophesizing doom and change. Harrek and his Wolf Pirates arrive in the Holy Country and ally with Samastina and Broyan to rout the Lunars at the Battle of Pennel Ford. During the battle, Orlanth is freed from the Underworld and the constellation Orlanth's Ring appeared with additional stars, rising to the top of the sky. Argrath, who has been travelling with Harrek, travels to the border of Sartar and Prax and summons the Praxian demigod Jaldon Goldentooth to recognize him as the White Bull. In the winter, Harrek and Broyan sack the City of Wonders while Humakti kill the Lunar client king Temertain of Boldhome.

- Fingoll, Ivartha and Broalar take part in the Battle of Pennel Ford, Ivartha and Broalar earning even greater glory. Andrasta remains with her temple.

- Broalar aids Harrek the Beserk in Sacking the City of Wonders and is nearly killed by Harrek, losing his finger and fearing Harrek for ever more.

- Ivartha follows Argrath, pledging undying loyalty to Argrath as the White Bull and to Jaldon Goldentooth

- Andrik befriends some Uz in a singing competition

• 1625 – Argrath liberates Pavis and is proclaimed the King of Pavis. He leads his Praxian allies to Sartar but is repelled by the Lunars. At the same time, Broyan is killed by Lunar sorcery. The Lunar army amasses thousands of magicians, priests and nobles to consecrate the new Temple of the Reaching Moon in Sartar. Kallyr Starbrow leads heroquesters to invade the Lunar ceremony and summons a True Dragon beneath the temple. The dragon devours the temple and those in attendance, annihaling Lunar might in the Provinces in an instant. It flew into the sky, circled the heavens and eventually returned. Kallyr Starbrow took Boldhome and proclaimed herself Prince of Sartar. Fazzur led a Lunar Tarsh army against the Free Sartar Army but retreated to Dunstop after learning many of his kin and supporters had been murdered in Tarsh. In Old tarsh, the Shaker Priestess appointed a new King of Wintertop over Fazzur's son Onjur.

- Andrasta and Ivartha participate in The Liberation of Pavis. Both are among those who acclaimed Argrath as King of Pavis.

- Andrik fights beside his brother again in the liberation of Sartar, with Broalar. Anrik's brother Kelf dies and Andrick and Broalar nearly share his fate, Andrick marked by long scar on his face and Broalar also scarred.

- Fingoll and Broalar witness the Dragonrise