Hero Wars
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4500. King of Sartar
King of Sartar, How One Man Became a GodProduct Number ISS4500. Reprint edition. ISBN 1-929052-00-6. $19.95 288 pages, trade paperback size, 17 Maps and Diagrams Available: Out of Print Maps and Diagrams by Greg Stafford. Compilation of myths, stories and colorful background for the Hero Wars. This is useful as a source book for the Hero Wars game as well as a stand alone book. The author calls this an "epistolary detective novel." The mystery is, "Who was Prince Argrath?" The book consists of a series of Gloranthan documents, each with their own prejudices and biases, lies and errors, insights and secrets revealed. Table of Contents: Introduction. P 6. The Annotated Argrath's Saga. P 14. Argrath's epic story, as related many years after the Hero Wars.The Zin Letters. P 40. Correspondance from the early post-Hero Wars Era.Orlanthi Mythology. P 49. An excellent collection of tales to overview the Orlanthi mythology, as it was in the Hero Wars period.The Composite History of Dragon Pass. P 99. A document purportedly given to Argrath as a wedding present. It contains a wealth of local detail about the Dragon Pass area and history.The Argrath Book. P 163. Documents about the Lightbringers Quest, Argrath, and the EWF.Jalk's Book. P 194. Data on the Colymar Tribe, Boldhome, and the Grazers; and a most valuable anthropological overview of the Heortling culture.Conclusions. P 261. Some whacko theories by the Gloranthan compiler of the book. |
