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Month: March 2022

The Shadow Plateau

Posted on March 30, 2022

The Shadow Plateau is one of the great centers of trolldom in Glorantha, allthough it is now but a shadow of the former Kingdom of Night.There are some 41,000 trolls on the…

Nochet Notes

Posted on March 29, 2022

Nochet is five times the population of Furthest and ten times that of Boldhome. At 600 hectares, it covers almost twice the area of Rome within the Servian Walls. With an average…

Notes About Esrolia – Part 4 – The Holy Country

Posted on March 28, 2022

The Holy Country – for the last three centuries, Esrolia has been ruled by the God-King. Now I have written a ton about Belintar and the Masters of Luck and Death, but the…

Notes About Esrolia – Part 3 – The Shadowlands

Posted on March 27, 2022

Shadowlands – the Only Old One was the son of Argan Argar and Esrola, born in the Lesser Darkness. Argan Argar, a powerful Darkness deity and one of the commanders of the forces…

Notes About Esrolia – Part 2 – The Silver Age Heroes

Posted on March 27, 2022

During the Lesser Darkness, Ernaldela was ruled by a tribe of Air demigods (the Vingkotlings), who protected the goddesses of the land but also fought with trolls, sky people, dwarves, elves, and…

Notes About Esrolia – Part 1 – Ernaldela

Posted on March 27, 2022

When we think of Esrolia, we need to remember that unlike Sartar or even Pavis, it is an ancient land. Esrolia has a consistent history of being a settled and civilized land…

The Three Main Types of Magic

Posted on March 26, 2022

Lets think for a minute about the three main types of magic used by mortals in Glorantha and what they might mean. Arguably the oldest is Rune Magic, whereby mortals can wield…

Notes on Dendara

Posted on March 26, 2022

In history, Dendara’s cult has remained important as the primary Pelorian and Pentan women’s goddess. She was revered by the Suns of the Son and the Pure Horse People, and called La-ungariant,…

Pavis and Prax circa 1625-1626

Posted on March 23, 2022

A few thoughts on Pavis and Prax circa 1625-1626. As we all know, New Pavis now has a king – Argrath Whitebull – who is backed up by the White Bull cult,…

History of Gloranthan Art, Part V – The Lunar Empire

Posted on March 18, 2022

But, in Peloria, things are different. The EWF style are gone. And we have a long dark age. The Carmanians embrace a formal brutalism style. Them and their gods triumphing atop piles…

Thinking About Heroquests

Posted on March 18, 2022

When thinking about heroquests, I strongly recommend reading Jung’s “Red Book” aka the Liber Novus. That and “Inanna’s Descent into the Underworld“. And Gene Wolfe’s “Soldier of the Mist.” Those three books…

History of Gloranthan Art, Part IV

Posted on March 18, 2022

Belintar tries to recreate that very spread out and universal First Age Style. And of course this just goes nuts with the Opening. Because the Holy Country is now stupid rich. Now…

History of Gloranthan Art, Part III – Third Age – Holy Country

Posted on March 18, 2022

And then comes a long period of war that culminates in the Dragonkill War. Which divides the world into Kethaela and Peloria.Kethaela starts with that late Second Age Esrolian style. Sensuous and…

A History of Gloranthan Art, Part II – Second Age

Posted on March 17, 2022

This unified culture collapses in the Gbaji Wars at the end of the First Age. War and poverty. A collapse, which in turn leads to reduction in complexity in artwork. A Dark…

History of Gloranthan Art, Part I – Dawn Age

Posted on March 17, 2022

At the Dawn, there were basically two cultural centers – Dragon Pass (also known as the Theyalans or the Unity Council) and the Peloria lowlands ruled by the Horse Lords.The Theyalans had…

Windstop

Posted on March 17, 2022

During the Windstop, initiates of Orlanth and Ernalda within the affected area could not use their Rune Point pools to those gods and subcults of those gods. That includes Orlanth Adventurous, Rex,…

The Grazelanders

Posted on March 17, 2022

So when thinking about the Grazelanders, it is perhaps best to think of them as a duopoly headed by the Feathered Horse Queen. That means two groups: Semi-nomadic horse herders. These folk call…

Understanding Mythology

Posted on March 13, 2022

Here’s a snippet from what I consider to be one of the most important essays in the Cults Book. Readers will see that many of these stories in these volumes seem to…

Heroquesting and the Hero Wars

Posted on March 13, 2022

Here’s a snippet from a discussion I am having elsewhere that I think is of broad general interest: I think for almost everyone heroquesting falls into one of two categories: 1. We do…

Cities

Posted on March 12, 2022

Glorantha has many famed cities that predate the Dawn – Alkoth, Raibanth, Yuthuppa, Nochet, etc. But founding your own city is also a path to godhood as shown by such demigods as…

The Resettlement of Dragon Pass from 1250-1490

Posted on March 11, 2022

Humans returned to Dragon Pass around 1250 ST. These were the remnants of the Pure Horse People of Prax. Bands of Pure Horse People and their horses wandered about Dragon Pass, although…

Yanioth Work in Progress

Posted on March 8, 2022

Some first glimpses of the character turn for Yanioth.

Kallyr’s Short Lightbringers Quest 1625 – III

Posted on March 8, 2022

From the Glorantha Sourcebook: In Sacred Time, Kallyr Starbrow rallied her kingdom behind her to perform the Lightbringers’ Quest, a complicated heroquest that usually provided new life and health to everyone participating….

The Lunar Religion and Chaos

Posted on March 6, 2022

One of the clear distinctions made in the Compromise is that Chaos is not of this world. The deities and powers of the world had touched it, and were still afraid of…

Theyalan Terms for Rulers

Posted on March 5, 2022

I recently reposted the Pelorian terms for rulers, and realized it might be useful to repost the Theyalan terms. So here it is again! Chief Theyalan. Literally means “Great One; Most Important;…

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