Topic: Harem Nights (Gloranthan Freeform at Continuum)
Started by: Simon Bray
Started on: 5/26/2004
Board: HeroQuest
On 5/26/2004 at 5:40pm, Simon Bray wrote:
Harem Nights (Gloranthan Freeform at Continuum)
Hi All,
I will be running this freeform at Continuum 2004 in Leceister, UK this summer (see previous post about the convention). I am looking for sign ups.
Cheers Simon
The Cost will be £6.00 for all characters and will run on the friday night.
At present the game is designed to be run with up to 34 players in total.
Harem Nights
Although this is a game set in Glorantha most roles do not require or expect a previous knowledge of this fantasy world. What background is necessary will be provided in character packs before the game. The game is also suited to novice, experienced and veteran freeformers. The game system is very simple and straightforward, and full support is offered to those new to freeform gaming.
In the bazaar the storytellers and fakirs are chanting that the old world is dying and that Garangordos the Great Founder is returning to carve out a new one. The songs of the wise women who preach of new ways, new constellations and new moons drown their voices. In their towers and temples the sorcerers and priests prepare their potions, spells and prayers, new magic is being born into the world and they all seek to control it.
In the harem the courtesans whisper of the worries of their masters, as they anoint the brow of the bride to be. Her husband to be sits faraway waiting for his conquest to come, this wedding will change Fonrit and make him powerful and in Fonrit power is everything.
In the courtyards a blue skinned eunuch watches the rooftops, ever vigilant, ever mindful of his masters welfare. The great masarin lords sit upon their jewelled thrones counting their slaves and treasure, plotting against the changes to come.
Above the streets of the cities sit the great royal palaces, each ruler plots the downfall of the next, whilst trying to retain the stability of their own country and defend against the outside world. But the outsiders are coming, in the shadows lurks the thief, the assassin, the rebel and the pirate all-waiting for their moments to create havoc and destroy Fonrit.
To the east the dark jungles of Laskal beat to a different drum, the White Bear Warrior who came from the North has carved his empire, and now has departed leaving only his rapacious followers who look at Fonrit’s treasure with envy in their eyes. In the elf forests to the west the replanting has begun, the Umathelans and the Elves are on the march, expanding west into decadent Mondoro. To the north the seas churn, the monstrous malasp mermen rule the waters, their taxes grow stronger, their retributions worse. To the south the Nargan desert burns more deadly, and spews forth chaos, the people of Jolar, ancient enemies of Fonrit begin to move north, but in some cities they do not stand guard, but instead open their arms as if to welcome old friends.
This is Fonrit, a land of slaves and masters, where powerful tyrants dominate a huge underclass of impoverished slaves. It is a land of sowuks, bazaars, palaces and harems. It is a land of decadence that is about to crumble and be reborn; can you shape the new world to your own desires?
Please list your three favoured characters in order of preference and answer the following questions.
a) What freeform experience have you had? (e.g None, Lots, Play every week)
b) What kind of player would you describe yourself as? (e.g Scenary Chewer, Quiet, Backstabbing)
c) Give me a short description of yourself (e.g. Tall, Blonde and Voluptuous)
1) Astamanyx – Jann of Afadjann
2) Jalapkhan – The Black Shackled Lord
3) Soukari Khidri – The Seventeen Veiled Harlot
4) Al Al-Razor – The Knife Vendor
5) Chief Mankasan – A refugee from Laskal
6) Kindu Clap Clap - A Eunuch Warrior
7) Energastor – The Sister Philosopher
8) Jeren Darro – The Jann of Thieves
9) Mythra Moonwoman – The Lunar Missionary
10) Nabu Nidu the Deranged - The Bishop of St Ebbesh
11) Archidomides – The Great Tond of Kareeshtu
12) Jewelled Chained Creotus - Richest Man in all Fonrit
13) Mombi Mo - Leader of the Katele Purists
14) Red Ravaal – The Crimson Corsair
15) Hassam God-Only-Owned– The Djeli Bebi of Marana
16) Holy Molay “ Sorceror-Prophet of Garangordos
17) Saffi Purdah The Princes of Marana
18) Khamul the Hunger - Ambassador from Barueli
19) Mothaxstor The Tyrant of Fanjosi
20) Banti Kush the Grand Overseer King of Tarahorn
21) Baha Ullah - Enchantress of Thinokos
22) Dr Evaradhim Sukh - A Palamic Surgeon
23) Cardelbar the Forthcoming - A Slave Trader
24) Perul Aftal - Voice of the Sea King
25) Mira Jokim - Ambassador from Maslo
26) Jauntiman Slave-To-The-Rhythm- Wandering Musician
27) Soanakodak The Prince of Laskal
28) Sulmera - A wild boy
29) Qatar the Brand of Ikadz – A Torturer
30) Old Wakim the Word-Servant The Storyteller
31) Ennug the Slave A Male Slave
32) Jani the Slave Girl A Female Slave
33) Adunki the Slave A Male Slave
34) Shazir the Wild Man A desert maddened mystic
Please send all replies to Simonbrayuk@aol.com
Many Thanks
Simon