From: MOB
Date: Thu 07 May 1992 - 09:56:33 EEST
In some of my earlier missives I mentioned that I was working on a series of RQ
adventures based in the Lunar Army. I should mention that the other co-authors
are Mark Morrison (of CHAOSIUM), Penelope Love (of Call of Cthulu fame),
David Hall (of Tales of the Reaching Moon fame) and Derek Prout (of no
fame in particular yet, but he's a hell of a guy anyway)
Anyway, SOLDIERS OF THE RED MOON (original title "Somewhere in Sartar) is
almost done, and a damn fine piece of work it is too.
Here's the introduction:
"Although there has been much windage about the struggle of the Sartar peasant
to free his land during the Lunar invasion, the story has never been told from
the other side - that of the Lunar recruit, caught up in a conflict he may not
even understand; made to bear the brunt of an oppressed nation's hatred.
SOLDIERS OF THE RED MOON is their story."
SOLDIERS OF THE RED MOON goes on to describe the Lunar Army in detail, and
will include the long version of the Seven Mothers cult with particular
emphasis on Yanafarl Tarnils. The Players experience enlistment (including
the notorious practice of "crimping"), training at the regimental depot, and
are then thrown into the thick of it in Sartar.
The bulk of the book is a series of sequential scenarios set in Occupied
Sartar, which begins with the endless drudgery of the patrol ("March, march,
march, march... that's all you seem to do . You signed up in the Empire's
Legions to see the world, and by the Bat, you've seen it: on foot.") and ends
with the characters in the midst of a bloody uprising!
We intend to have it off to Ken Rolston by May 30th, 1992.
However, there are one or two loose ends I need to tie up. One is a small
section called "Lunar Tunes". I want to have a selection of Lunar
marching/military songs, and am looking for some good material to put in.
Are there any budding composers out there who can help? Modifying existing
lyrics is fine, but I want these songs to be taken seriously, no jokey
parodies please.
As example, here's one the one song I've got done so far (thanks to Mark Robins
and apologies to the Men of Harlech). The player characters' regiment is the
New Lolin Foot. By the way, anyone got any information about the city of
New Lolin, which is apparently on the Oslir river in Tarsh?
MEN OF LOLIN (To be sung to the tune of MEN OF HARLECH)
Men of Lolin march to glory,
Dark-eyed Death is waiting for ye,
Damne'd Stormwinds hover o'er ye
Hear ye not its call?
At your sloth it seems to ponder,
Let thy death cry peel like thunder,
Burst their horne'd helms asunder
And every foe appal!
>From the rocks rebounding
Let the war cry sounding
Summon all
At Emperor's call,
The Stormwind foe surrounding.
Men of Lolin, on to glory!
See, your standard fam'd in story
Waves these burning words afore ye,
"Lolin scorns to yield!"
'mid the fray, see dead and dying,
Friend and foe together lying;
All around the rune-spells flying
Scatter sudden death!
Maddened steeds are wildly neighing,
Brazen trumpets hoarsely braying,
Wounded men to Goddess praying
With their parting breath!
See - they're in Disorder! -
Comrades, keep close order!
Ever they
Shall rue the day
'ventured cross our glowing border!
Now Orlanth flees before us;
Crimson Crescent floateth o'er us!
Raise the loud exulting chorus,
"Lolin wins the field!"
If you've got something for us, please get in contact with me via:
tsl@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Tim Leask, who's also a hell of a guy).
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