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Month: December 2021

How mythology underpins Glorantha

Posted on December 31, 2021

Heroquesting contexts

Posted on December 30, 2021

My hope with these posts over the past few weeks is to give an impression as to the context around heroquesting, and to get us away from the approach in the King…

Notes on Harrek the Berserk I

Posted on December 30, 2021

We’ve talked a lot about Argrath, Jar-eel, the Red Goddess and the Red Emperor, the God Learners, and the Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Let’s move on to the most iconic and…

God Time and the mundane world of our adventurers

Posted on December 30, 2021

When we think about the interactions between the God Time and the mundane world of our adventurers, two categories come into view. First is the regular, ceremonial interaction that every cult does…

Second Age Overview

Posted on December 30, 2021

So based on the past few posts, hopefully I conveyed the idea that the Second Age featured widespread mythic experimentation and exploration. Not only did we have God Learnerism, dragonic mysticism, and…

Notes on Ouroboros

Posted on December 29, 2021

Around 650, some of the Orlanthi of Dragon Pass learned to speak with the Dragons. This opened tremendous mystical vistas for the Orlanthi, identifying the Cosmic Dragon as the Source and expanding…

Jrustela II

Posted on December 28, 2021

The human settlements on Jrustela grew in number and population. Each settlement was free and independent. At first, this was no problem as there was land and resources enough for all, but…

Jrustela I

Posted on December 28, 2021

Jrustela was somewhere more than 400,000 square miles in area or about twice the size of Madagascar. Dwarfs, and several species of sentient insects, the Timinits, were indigenous to Jrustela. Humans came…

Posted on December 27, 2021

The Second Age So if we think about the Second Age, we have cultural transmission of ideas and secrets around the world. Around the coastal regions of the world, the Middle Sea…

The Middle Sea Empire

Posted on December 26, 2021

The most wide-spanning empire of Gloranthan history was the Middle Sea Empire, also called the Jrusteli Empire. Its core was city-states of the island-continent of Jrustela who were tightly allied with the…

Notes on Jar-eel the Razoress I

Posted on December 25, 2021

Arguably the mightiest hero in Glorantha at this time is Jar-eel the Razoress. She has loads of titles – Fourth Inspiration of Moonson, Incarnation of the Red Goddess in Time, daughter/lover/mother of…

RuneQuest Ramblings

Posted on December 25, 2021

This is an enjoyably rambling interview with me about all sorts of things gaming, RuneQuest, and otherwise!

The Empire of the Wyrms Friends

Posted on December 23, 2021

So let’s think a little bit about the Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Perhaps the most important elements of that Second Age empire is in the name- the Wyrms Friends. Here’s an…

Notes on the Sisters of Mercy

Posted on December 23, 2021

The Sisters of Mercy are the daughters of Chalana Arroy, adopted or otherwise. Malamse, Oronio, and Amprefesne are the three holy Sisters most often called upon, but there are many others. Many…

Lunar Treasury at Boldhome during the Occupation

Posted on December 22, 2021

Although the new Temple of the Reaching Moon was to be the magical and religious center of the province, Boldhome remained the administrative center for the Lunars. The Provincial Governor of Dragon…

Elder Race Memories

Posted on December 22, 2021

Something to think about with the Elder Races – memory. The green and brown elves live 200 to 300 years, and dryads even longer. There are plenty of elderly elves who remember…

Deadwood

Posted on December 22, 2021

Deadwood was the site of an Early Third Age conflict between elves and trolls. After the Dragonkill War killed all the humans, the elves tried to reclaim the Pass from 1120 to…

Pick a Tribe

Posted on December 21, 2021

The tribal information presented here helps you quickly get some of the most important characteristics of that tribe as a tribe. Pick one of the tribes from the following list or let…

Argrath History To 1627

Posted on December 21, 2021

Some fragments from a document Greg and I put together, which might interest some of you. It is part of the RQ Campaign. Born on Starfire Ridge to the Colymar Tribe Maniski…

RQ Campaign Random Events

Posted on December 21, 2021

Here’s a little something I am working on as part of the RQ Campaign that I thought people might be interested in! RANDOM EVENTSAt the start of each season, the gamemaster should…

Nochet population density

Posted on December 21, 2021

When we think about cities like Nochet, keep in mind how incredibly densely populated some of them are – like Bombay or Calcutta. Nochet’s population density averages somewhere around 18,000+ per square…

Notes on the Seven Mothers cult

Posted on December 20, 2021

People often assume that the Seven Mothers cult thinks of itself like British imperialism – they are they to bring the benefits of Lunar civilization to the benighted barbarians of Dragon Pass…

The Great Compromise

Posted on December 19, 2021

The assembled gods then created the Great Compromise, which began the recreation of Glorantha. The gods all agreed to three universal rules: First, they would concede previous claims, and mutually agree to…

The Red Goddess in Time

Posted on December 19, 2021

So let’s think a little bit about the presence of the Red Goddess in Time. She is a Greater God who appeared during Time, embraces Chaos, and her very existence violates the…

The Lunar Heartlands

Posted on December 18, 2021

As we think about the Lunar Heartlands as a place populated by people, a few dimensions are worth keeping in mind. It is about 300 miles from Jillaro to Elz Ast and…

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