Beards go in and out of fashion in Glorantha, just as they do in the real world. Let’s start with a few basics – few cults have rules for beards. With the…
Month: June 2023
Alone Sketch Map
The city of Alone was founded about 40 years as a colony for Tarshite refugees fleeing from the Lunar Empire. It was built by the rulers of Sartar, who were skilled stonemasons….
Notes on Shargash I
Shargash is the Dara Happan war god, associated with Fire/Sky, Death, and Disorder. He’s also known as Tolat, who ranged across Glorantha in the Lesser Darkness to bring war and destruction to…
Alda-Chur Sketch Maps
So a sneak peak at some of my hand drawn maps which far better artists than I have drawn up for the Guide to Dragon Pass. So let’s start with Alda-Chur. Greg…
Giant of the Rockwoods
In the Rockwoods there was a giant who sought to challenge the storm gods and conquer the skies. With an army of lesser giants, he crushed human villages and temples and then…
The Secrets of Myth Revealed
So of all the Cults books to get, this is the indispensable one. It contains our (Greg and my) approach to mythology, and how everything in Glorantha fits together. Without a doubt…
Orlanthi tribal kings
So what does an Orlanthi tribal king actually do? We know that the Orlanthi clans tend to be organized into tribes – confederations of kinship groups, led by the Orlanth cult and…
Conflict in the Middle Air
So what underlies the conflict between the Red Goddess and Orlanth? It is a weird one, as the Red Goddess’ only real fight with Orlanth during her lifetime was at Castle Blue….
The View From Furthest, Late 1625
Now let’s look at things from the vantage of Furthest, again late 1625. The Lunar position in Dragon Pass is in shambles. Glamour has tasked you with recovering Dragon Pass from the…
The View From Boldhome, Late 1625
The new Prince of Sartar and her council (or “ring”) work continuously to (re-)establish the Free Kingdom of Sartar. They’ve got a huge set of problems – first and foremost that Sartar…
Fire Top
A little more than 3km from Alda-Chur is the active cinder cone of Fire Top, which rises some 250 meters above the surrounding plains. My mental image for this is Sunset Crater…
The View from Glamour Late 1625
So let’s imagine the world from the vantage of Glamour, circa late 1625. The mundane routine of administration is not for Argenteus, and so the Red Emperor prefers to interact with his…
Princes of Sartar Art Preview
Here’s a wonderful WiP from Katrin Dirim of the Princes of Sartar, from Sartar to Argrath. Lots of information in this piece, worth carefullly looking at. These are from coins stamped in…
Notes on Tarsh II
There are approximately 360,000 humans in Tarsh. About a third of the population embraces the Lunar religion, and the remaining two-thirds follow the traditional Lightbringer and Earth pantheons. Some 60,000 in Lunar…
Dragon Pass Viewed from Glamour
Of course Glamour pays attention to what is going on in Dragon Pass. The wars there have been costing many thousands of talents a year for the past decade. True Dragon there…
Hon-Eel In Tarsh
There is no Red Earth subcult of Ernalda. In Tarsh, about 10% of the adult population are initiates of Hon-eel. About 25% are initiates of Ernalda. They are separate cults. Hon-eel tried…
Tarsh Orlanthi vs Lunar colonists
So one question I get is why aren’t the Tarsh Orlanthi in constant revolt against the Lunar colonists? Well in fact they successfully revolted from 1538-1555 when Palashee Longaxe drove the Lunar…
Notes on Founding cities
All of the cities and towns in Dragon Pass were founded in the last three centuries. The early settlements were initially just villages. The founders would draw a line around the area…
Notes on Kethaelan Architecture
By that we really mean Esrolian, since over 60% of the human population in Kethaela are Esrolian. Air-dried clay bricks, thatched roofs, with wood frames are the traditional building materials for Esrolian…
Notes on the Resettlement of Dragon Pass
When we think about the Resettlement of Dragon Pass, it is worth thinking about the groups of settlers a little. Colymar: The first group, which entered Dragon Pass around 1300. They were a…
Notes on Pelorian Architecture
So as I contemplate the look of Tarshite cities, it is clear we need to think about general Pelorian architecture. So first building materials – Peloria is a land of bricks. Air-dried…
Dragonkill 1120 ST
The Dragonkill War wiped out the Orlanthi people of Dragon Pass in 1120. For more than two centuries, the people on the north side of Dragon Pass (beyond the Deathline) had no…
The Founding of Bagnot, Dunstop and Alda-Chur
Bagnot, Dunstop, and Alda-Chur were all settled by South Pelorian refugees within a generation of Arim the Pauper entering Dragon Pass. Bagnot and Dunstop were settled around 1340 ST by different groups…
Same God – Different Name, Different Stories
Something people often get tripped up on – many gods have different names and some different stories known to different cultures. Orlanth is called Rebellus Terminus among other names in old Dara…
Sheng Seleris and Godunya the Dragon Emperor
Sheng Seleris challenged Godunya the Dragon Emperor for a second time in 1363. His Great Horde wreaked terrible havok on Puchai Province, greatly depopulating it, but all assaults upon the Bridges failed….