[i-RIP-ee ON-tor] The Brown Man Lunar pantheon One of the Seven Mothers: Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown Man Jakaleel, the Spindle Hag…
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Lhankor Mhy in Central Genertela
There are roughly 100,000 initiates of the Knowing God in Central Genertela. This includes those that call the god Lhankor Mhy (probably about 60%), and those that call him Buserian (maybe 40%)….
Well-educated Lunars
The following is what a well-educated Lunar might learn from an Irrippi Ontor sage in the 6th, 7th or 8th Wanes: SCIENCE AND REALITY Science bases itself on sense perception. Religion uses…
Irrippi Ontor glyph
Circular Lunar glyph with externals Based on zaytenera glyph
Irrippi Ontor glyph B
Circular Lunar glyph Based on zaytenera glyph with external U-shape and dot
Lhankor Mhy Sorcery
Several Dragon Pass cults routinely play around with sorcery – Lhankor Mhy in particular. But the Knowing Priests are largely self-taught amateurs when it comes to sorcery. Temples tend to know a…
Sorcery
I’ve posted a few thoughts on the dilemma of how mortals interact with the God Time, and how to understand the gods so that mortals might wield a fraction of their power…
Lunar Deities
Here is another Work in Progress by Katrin Dirim – this shows the relationship of various Lunar deities. A few surprises here to the uninitiated perhaps, and lots of secret details for…
Imperial Nobility II
A few more numbers that may help give some context to the Imperial nobility. There are about 5.56 million people in the Lunar Heartlands. There are another 1.38 million in the Provinces….
Seven Mothers
The re-creators of the Red Goddess, The Provincial Church Lunar Pantheon Solar pantheon The Seven Mothers are: Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult
For the Slipcase set only: CHA4028 RuneQuest- Roleplaying in Glorantha (2018) (RQG) CHA4032 RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary (2019) (RQB) CHA4029 Gamemaster Screen Pack (2019) (GMSP) A Spell Source Reference Availability Reference Absorption Aldrya…
Alkoth
Let’s look a little at Alkoth. The city is the center of the Shargash cult, with roughly some 4000 cultists. It is a Lunar city and has 5000 Seven Mothers cultists –…
Lunar Imperial Finances II
Of the 14,000 to 15,000 talents a year the Red Emperor receives as revenue, about 2/3rds (let’s say around 9500 talents) of that is taxes or rents on agriculture. A little over…
Malkionism And Sorcery
Malkionism provides a set of beliefs, practices, and traditions that support the development of magical specialists in sorcery. Whether that was its original purpose or merely something that it made possible is…
Noble Patronage in Sartar & Tarsh
The ruling dynasties of Sartar and Tarsh were both reknowned for their intellectual and scholarly pursuits, or at least their patronage of such activities. So for example, Sartar established Lhankor Mhy temples…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #04
…and he, foul Osboropo, tool of Wakboth, was driven back into the Hollow whence he came, seated backwards on an ass, his severed hands tied round his neck and his privy member…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #16
[XXIX.777.49.e/2.3] “It was with some trepidation I approached the Great Temple of Peace. The austere columned facade seemed designed to over-awe by its sheer inhuman scale. Its steps, walls and pillars, of highly…
On magical battalions in the Hero Wars
What defines a magical battalion as a military unit in Glorantha? It is not raw magical power or heroic status of the individuals in the unit; Prince Argrath and his companions posses more raw…
Gloranthan Literature
Of course the Harmast’s Narrative is not the only classic work of literature in circulation. In Nochet, the Draconic Secrets, a Second Age manuscript from the Shadowlands, is widely known and read….
CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook – Index
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: A Acos 70, 71, 72, 73, 106 Aether 72, 97, 99, 104, 106, 147, 204 Alda-Chur 21, 26, 33, 41, 42, 43 Aldrya 49,…
Lunar Pantheon
The Red Goddess taught some of her followers the way to become immortal. Her pantheon is composed of mortals who have so succeeded. Lunar mythology is concerned with the apotheosis of their…
She Who Waits
Lunar Mystery Goddess Lunar pantheon One of the Seven Mothers: Danfive Xaron, the Bridge for the Seeker Deezola, the Binder Within Irrippi Ontor, the Brown Man Jakaleel, the Spindle Hag Teelo Norri,…
Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book
I am wrapping up the final text of the Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book, while making sure that it all ties into both the new Heroquesting chapters in the GM Sourcebook…
AH8577 Gods of Glorantha (Box 05 – 1985)
60 Religions for RuneQuestGods of Glorantha describes 60 major Gloranthan religions for humans and non-humans, for good guys and bad, for men and women, all from an array of different cultures. A…
Dart Wars
Something that is often underappreciated is the Dart Wars of the noble houses of the Lunar Empire. The combatants in these secret wars are spies and mercenaries, analogous to ninja, that are…