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Yanafal Tarnils

Ram and Warrior Yanafal Tarnils cult resembles Humakt’s cult in most respects, though it is less narrow-minded. High honor and bravery are upheld by the Yanafal Tarnils soldiery. He is the major…

Yanafal Tarnils Temple

Far Point Location Type Page Affiliation Alda-Chur (small city) Major Temple(closed 1625) 84 Lunar garrison and barracks fortress Tarsh Location Type Page Affiliation Furthest (large city) Major Temple 107

War Gods in the Lunar Empire

Posted on April 28, 2023

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

Posted on September 8, 2013

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…

Honor and War

Posted on January 27, 2021

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…

Yelmalio Adventurers

Posted on December 4, 2022

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…

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

Notes on Sor-eel the Short

Posted on January 11, 2024

We often underestimate how significant a figure Sor-eel the Short is. A member of the Eel-arish clan, he is the nephew of Farangold, which makes him the maternal cousin of Jar-eel the…

Lunar Provincial Population Groups

Posted on July 3, 2022

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)….

Fazzur Wideread’s Perspective

Posted on May 3, 2024

Looking at Glorantha from the perspective of Fazzur Wideread and his household. Fazzur was born during the reign of King Phargentes, to a Lunarized family that served as Phargentes right hand and…

Air Gods in the Lunar Heartland

Posted on April 24, 2023

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…

Temple of the Reaching Moon

Posted on September 29, 2021

Each Temple of the Reaching Moon is an architectural monument, a vast complex of temples, shrines, and courts that take up about 10 hectares. They follow a standard layout, that recreates the…

Lunar Deities

Posted on July 14, 2022

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

Mothers of the Red Goddess The Seven Mothers are: Seven individuals came together to bring about the rebirth of the Red Goddess. This group of individuals are collectively called the Seven Mothers….

Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – T

Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Tambour 98 2 Hombobobom (Troll spirit cult) Troll Gods 81 Note this is a RQ3 Source Tame Bull 98 1 Barntar LB 78 Initiates 3 Orlanth…

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) Full Cult write up in…

A few notes on Lunar Army organization.

Posted on July 10, 2022

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…

Notes on Shargash I

Posted on June 28, 2023

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…

Notes on Alkoth II

Posted on January 28, 2022

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 –…

Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult

For Publications: Common Magic Common Spell RQG RBM Cost Command (cult spirit) 323 30 2 Dismiss Magic 326 44 1+ Divination 327 45 1+ Extension 328 49 1-5 Find Enemy 328 51…

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…

Circumventing Lunar Cyclism (2012)

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…

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