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* BlackMarket: As well as a Black Market, Glamour has a ''Blue'' Market of legally dubious items (overstock, monopoly-breaking, fradulent, etc.) caused by the Empire's complex and ever-fluctuating trade laws.
* GeniusLoci: The insula's wyter, a gargoyle-shaped water spirit named Laelaps, magically influences its inhabitants towards harmonious living and fights against intruding disease spirits.

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* BlackMarket: As well as a Black Market, Glamour has a ''Blue'' Market of legally dubious items (overstock, (resold overstock, monopoly-breaking, fradulent, etc.) caused by the Empire's complex and ever-fluctuating trade laws.
laws. Many Lunar authorities know about it, but turn a blind eye either because they profit from it, use it as an economic training ground, or understand that its existence forestalls much worse societal problems.
* GeniusLoci: The insula's wyter, a gargoyle-shaped water spirit named Laelaps, magically influences its inhabitants towards harmonious living harmony and fights against intruding disease spirits.spirits.
* PrivateEyeMonologue: Strello's character blurb consists of two. Naturally, the second includes alcoholism and a gorgeous dame.


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* UptownGirl: The private "informer" (Lunar word for 'detective') Strello has requited affections for Faleria, a senator's eldest daughter. Since he'd need ten thousand [[FictionalCurrency imperials]] just to be ''considered'' for her hand, those affections will probably go unconsummated...unless something really dramatic and adventure-worthy happens.
* WarHero: [[spoiler:The Janitrix]], of all people. After her stint as a Vexillaria in the Mother's Guard, she was honorably discharged and rewarded with a rent-free apartment [[note]]which is better than that may sound; most inhabitants of Glamour spend a '''third''' of their income on rent[[/note]] to enjoy in perpetuity. [[spoiler:However, she enjoys keeping busy and spends most of her time mopping the insula's floors and helping its residents. All of them love her.]]
-->''She has spent a lifetime in the service of Death and it is time now to devote herself to Life.''

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''[[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/344349/citizens-of-the-lunar-empire Citizens of the Lunar Empire]]'' is a sourcebook for ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha''. It was written by Chris Gidlow and released in January 2021.

[=CotLE=] is notable for its mundane focus. Rather than the great heroes and wars of Glorantha, it describes a single insula- an apartment block housing lower-middle-class inhabitants of [[EvilEmpire the Lunar Empire]]. Housewives, petty thieves, merchants, and private detectives share the insula's neighbourhood, filling out a peaceful 'home base' for Lunar [=PCs=] and providing natives' perspectives on the Lunar Way. [=CotLE=] includes adventure hooks as well as worldbuilding- the insula's location in Glamour, capital of the diverse and deluded Lunar Empire, ensure it sees its share of arson and riots.

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''[[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/344349/citizens-of-the-lunar-empire Citizens of the Lunar Empire]]'' is a sourcebook for ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha''. ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest''. It was written and published by Chris Gidlow and released in January 2021.

2021 under the Jonstown Compendium community content program.

[=CotLE=] is notable for its mundane focus. Rather than the great heroes and wars of Glorantha, it describes a single insula- an insula--an apartment block housing lower-middle-class inhabitants of [[EvilEmpire the Lunar Empire]]. Housewives, petty thieves, merchants, and private detectives share the insula's neighbourhood, filling out a peaceful 'home base' for Lunar [=PCs=] and providing natives' perspectives on the Lunar Way. [=CotLE=] includes adventure hooks as well as worldbuilding- the worldbuilding--the insula's location in Glamour, capital of the diverse and deluded Lunar Empire, ensure ensures it sees its share of arson and riots.
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''[[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/344349/citizens-of-the-lunar-empire Citizens of the Lunar Empire]]'' is a sourcebook for ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha''. It was written by Chris Gidlow and released in January 2021.

[=CotLE=] is notable for its mundane focus. Rather than the great heroes and wars of Glorantha, it describes a single insula- an apartment block housing lower-middle-class inhabitants of [[EvilEmpire the Lunar Empire]]. Housewives, petty thieves, merchants, and private detectives share the insula's neighbourhood, filling out a peaceful 'home base' for Lunar [=PCs=] and providing natives' perspectives on the Lunar Way. [=CotLE=] includes adventure hooks as well as worldbuilding- the insula's location in Glamour, capital of the diverse and deluded Lunar Empire, ensure it sees its share of arson and riots.

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* BlackMarket: As well as a Black Market, Glamour has a ''Blue'' Market of legally dubious items (overstock, monopoly-breaking, fradulent, etc.) caused by the Empire's complex and ever-fluctuating trade laws.
* GeniusLoci: The insula's wyter, a gargoyle-shaped water spirit named Laelaps, magically influences its inhabitants towards harmonious living and fights against intruding disease spirits.
* SewerGator: Cultists of the river god Oslira regularly patrol Glamour's sewers in search of crocodiles.
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