Ram and Warrior Yanafal Tarnils was an exiled nobleman from Yuthuppa who still ruled his lands. He later defeated his master, Humakt, in battle. His cult resembles Humakt’s cult in most respects,…
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War Gods in the Lunar Empire
The most important war god in the Lunar Empire is Yanafal Tarnils. All soldiers in the Lunar Army are lay members and probably a quarter of the Lunar Army are initiates of…
Lunar Army List
Introduction Howdy all – here’s a preview of something I am working on for the next issue of Wyrms Footnotes: Hero Wars Army Lists! I’m a bit of a wargamer at heart,…
Irrippi Ontor
The Brown Man Irrippi Ontor was an outlawed priest of Buserian, god of scribes. He came from Yuthuppa and was a friend of Yanafal Tarnils. He is the personification of wisdom and…
Yelmalio Adventurers
Yelmalio is the Frontier God of Civilization. He brings Light to the quarrelling Storm tribes. He is a god of honour, a god of citizen-soldiers. He has a soldier aspect, a mystic…
Honor and War
This section helps explain some of the peculiarities of Orlanth warfare: Some of the most important Orlanthi war gods demand that Death be wielded with honor and the Humakt cult upholds the…
Lives of Sedenya (2006)
Also published in parts in Rule One The Testimonial “When you speak of me, tell of yourself first,” said the Goddess. She was instructing her followers how to teach others about Her. “How…
Yanafal Tarnils glyph
Circular Lunar glyph with externals
Lunar Provincial Population Groups
Throughout the Lunar Provinces, much of the ruling class and urban population is Lunar, while much of the rural population is “barbarian” (I am using that term from a Lunar Heartland perspective)….
Air Gods in the Lunar Heartland
In the Lunar Heartlands, several Air gods are recognized. First of course is Orlanth, the Thunder God who slew Yelm and plunged the world into the Lesser Darkness. He is acknowledged as…
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…
Seven Mothers
The re-creators of the Red Goddess, The Provincial Church The Seven Mothers are: Seven individuals came together to bring about the rebirth of the Red Goddess. This group of individuals are collectively…
A few notes on Lunar Army organization.
I’m pretty sure Martin Helsdon covers this in more detail in Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass, but here are some notes for writers or GMs who want to have Lunar units…
Personalities of Glorantha – Count Julan (1999)
Count Julan of the Lunar Coders by Michael O’Brien, originally published in Strangers in Prax (1994) Left on the steps of a Foundling Home in Good Shore with a note bearing his…
CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 12 Rune Cults The Cults Q&A
Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the second part of Chapter 12, pages 289-311: For the Rune Cult Rules see the previous section: Rune Cults Q&A Babeester Gor (page 289) In my game, a Babeestor…
Notes on Alkoth II
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 –…
Notes on Shargash
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…
Circumventing Lunar Cyclism
Submitted by Markmohrfield on Wed, 02/05/2012 – 14:27 The old Hero Wars rules mentioned a ritual by which worshippers of the Seven Mothers immortals could release themselves from the cyclical effects of…
ISS1306 Champions of the Reaching Moon (2007)
Lunar Herobands, Heroes, and Anti-heroes The Lunar Empire is a vibrant and dynamic empire of numerous different peoples, leagues, associations and gatherings, and its heroes are shaped by their social interactions, from…
Hate (Lunar Empire)
It is worth contemplating that Hate (Lunar Empire) is not one of Orlanth’s Passions. But Honor is valued over all other passions by Orlanth – even Devotion, Love, and Loyalty. Most Orlanthi…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – E
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Earth Shield 45 3 Babeester Gor EG 53 Initiates Babeester Gor EG 48 Asrelia initiates (associate) Babeester Gor EG 21 Ernalda initiates (associate) Babeester Gor EG…
Sketch of three nobles (2014)
These sketches by Jan Pospisil depict three nobles – the first from Esrolia, the second from Sartar, and the third from Tarsh. Figure 1: Noblewoman This Esrolian noblewoman wears a close-fitting tube dress, sewn at the side, that…
CHA4034 Red Book of Magic – Chapter 02 Rune Magic Spells Q&A (A-M)
Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the second part of Chapter 2, (A-M), pages 10-67: It also contains the Q&A for Rune spells in: For the Rune Magic rules, see Chapter 02…
Honor and Combat
Here’s a little snippet from the forthcoming Cults Book (more good news on that soon) that might be of interest: Humakt demands that Death be wielded with honor and his cult upholds…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Contents
Pantheons Entries Bold entries appeared in the 1985 Prosopaedia