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Month: September 2023

Slaves amongst the Orlanthi

Posted on September 30, 2023

Orlanth, as the God of Freedom, finds slavery objectionable. His temples and Rune Masters are prohibited from owning slaves (Lightbringers p. 23). As a result, that means the Prince of Sartar, the…

Lunar Empire Seventh Wane

Posted on September 30, 2023

This map from the Glorantha sourcebook is very useful for getting an immediate feel for why the Lunar Empire largely ignores what is going on in Dragon Pass after the Dragonrise. See…

Worshiping Deities

Posted on September 29, 2023

Now being an initiate is not the only way to worship a deity. Initiates of associated deities also can worship the associated deity and sometimes even get a Rune spell for it….

Lunar Empire events 1625

Posted on September 29, 2023

With the Lunar Book getting close, it is perhaps worth thinking about what is going on in the Lunar Empire at this time. 1625 is marked by three big ongoing events: White…

The thirteen main cults in Sartar

Posted on September 29, 2023

There are thirteen main cults in Sartar, which collectively are about 95% of the population. The biggest are: Those two cults are about 68% of the population. Those 11 cults (each with…

Orlanthi clans around the Quivin Mountains

Posted on September 29, 2023

I particularly love this map of Old Sartar, showing most of the Orlanthi clans around the Quivin Mountains. One thing that I find neat is in a glance you can get a…

The Hill of Orlanth Victorious (Redux)

Posted on September 29, 2023

Repost.

Dundealos and Pol-Joni

Posted on September 29, 2023

Among my favorite Sartarite tribes are the Dundealos and their Pol-Joni kin. About a third of all the Storm Bull cultists in Sartar belong to one of these groups. They also worship…

Orlanth Cult Compatibility Chart

Posted on September 28, 2023

The Orlanth cult has one of the broadest arrays of Associated and Friendly cults, but also one of the biggest collections of Enemy and Hostile cults. Comparatively few cults are Neutral towards…

New Canon

Posted on September 28, 2023

With the Lightbringers, Earth Goddesses, Prosopaedia, and Glorantha Sourcebook out – and with the Mythology book coming out next month and the Dragon Pass and Sartar books next year – it should…

Coming Soon Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology

Posted on September 28, 2023

Coming out next month is the Mythology book. This was my favorite of the whole series and probably the most personal for Greg and I. The subject of the book is its…

Battle of Heroes Campaign

Posted on September 25, 2023

So as part of several projects I am working on, I’ve been thinking about easy entry points into the Battle of Heroes campaign. First an explanation of terms. The Battle of Heroes…

Current Reading for RQ

Posted on September 25, 2023

Some of the light work reading for the projects I am currently working on for RQ. Might give an insight into some of the inspirations for the current and forthcoming books. So…

Notes on the Holy Country IV

Posted on September 24, 2023

So the Holy Country is a little smaller than Dragon Pass but has three times the population. More than half the population lives in just one Sixth – Esrolia. Esrolian art, crafting,…

Notes on Harrek the Berserk II

Posted on September 23, 2023

By the time of the Dragonrise (1625), I suspect Harrek the Berserk is the best-known Hero of the age, even in Dragon Pass. His fame has been meteoric in the last couple…

Notes on Belintar III

Posted on September 22, 2023

In the Holy Country, Belintar largely let the locals rule themselves, so long as they kept the peace, and sent their magical and financial tribute to the City of Wonders. In exchange,…

Hendrikiland or “South Sartar”

Posted on September 21, 2023

There are about 175000 humans in the lands between the Crossline and the Syphon River. These are mostly Orlanthi, often called the Heortlings or the Hendriki. This area has been part of…

The Greatway

Posted on September 18, 2023

Yesterday we were up around the Greatway, looking at the vast mines high up in the Rockwoods. Everywhere you can see tailings from the dwarf mines. There are many thousands of dwarves…

History of Orlanthi Cities

Posted on September 13, 2023

If we think about the history of the Orlanthi, their original Dawn Age settlements were “hill fort villages” – this is where they survived the Greater Darkness and Grey Ages. The entire…

Rural Sartar / Urban Sartar

Posted on September 12, 2023

Thanks to King of Dragon Pass and the old HW books, many people have an impression that Sartar is overwhelmingly rural and isolated. I think that ends up being wildly misleading. About…

Continuity with the Golden Age

Posted on September 11, 2023

Several Gloranthan cultures claim continuity with the Golden Age – Dara Happa, Kralorela, Teshnos, and East Isles. They claim that their lands were settled by gods and men during the Golden Age…

Kralorela and the Eastern Dynasty of Light

Posted on September 11, 2023

Almost a third of the humans of Genertela reside in Kralorela-Teshnos. They don’t get a leading role in the events of Dragon Pass as they are separated by 1000 kms of Pent…

New to RuneQuest and Glorantha?

Posted on September 10, 2023

If you are coming new to RuneQuest and Glorantha with RQG, it has never been easier to get the lore, the cults, and get gaming. Grab the current RQG materials, supplement it…

New Orlanthi Adults

Posted on September 9, 2023

Traditionally, new adults in Orlanthi cultures go through a period of cult training or apprenticeship, often called the “Ordeal Years”. The newly initiated young men (which include those women chosen by Vinga)…

Watch your Red Moon Phase!

Posted on September 7, 2023

A key thing to playing a Lunar character is remembering that the phase of the Red Moon matters a LOT. So three days out of the week, your Rune magic works like…

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