Dragon-killing Hero and Great King Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Lightbringers 34 2023 None listed n/a Hero Cult of: Orlanth Prosopaedia 4 2023 None listed n/a The Book of Heortling…
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Alakoring-Orlanth Temple
Tarsh Location Type Page Affiliation Barnborn (small city) Minor temple 101
History of Dragon Pass in the Second Age
Here are some notes that I’ve compiled about the so-called Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Of interest here is to note that there is actually no period when they called themselves by…
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East Wilds And Dragon Pass
Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 04/10/2011 – 18:18 The Ralian East Wilderness has ancient ties to Dragon Pass dating back to the First Age when it was settled by Theyalans who brought…
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…
The Decline and Fall of the EWF
899 to 910 were the height of the Empire of the Wyrms Friends‘ magical power and wealth. The Third Council were worshiped as gods, arguably they were gods in the mundane world….
The Orlanth Cult in Peloria
There are some 225,000 Orlanth initiates in Peloria, making it the fourth biggest cult in Peloria (tied with Ernalda). Only Seven Mothers, Lodril, and Oria have bigger cults. During the rise of…
Ralios Orlanthi
The Holy Country has about 357k Orlanth initiates (and I mean initiate of Orlanth, not Orlanthi culture). Peloria has 225k and Dragon Pass has just under 100k. But Ralios has some 560k…
Cults of Differing Power
So as we have noticed, the RuneQuest cults are deliberately not balanced. Some cults have way more magic – and effective magic – than others. Now that was part of Greg’s vision…
ISS4001 King of Sartar 2nd Edition – Index
Page numbers refer to the King of Sartar 2nd Edition: Numbers (Dates) 375 ST 43, 97, 99, 171 575 ST 115, 155 700 ST 6, 156, 223, 227 920 ST 171, 223,…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – Numerals & A
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: Numerals (page 775) 1st Action 154 2nd Action 154 3rd Action 154 4th Action 154 5th Action 154 21 Tribes of Waha’s Covenant 711…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Orlanth and the Red Goddess
Here’s a popular Orlanthi tale of the rise of the Red Goddess. This is similar to the story presented in King of Sartar. Orlanth is the god who began the Great Compromise,…
Greg Sez: Orlanthi Groups Q&A (2008)
Published 15th Aug 2008 Questions from Josh Reynolds answered by Greg Stafford. Q: I’m trying to understand the relationships between the various Orlanthi cultures, but some of the material is still unclear….
The Third Age Arkat Romance
Arkat was the single most important historical hero in Glorantha. 1200 years later, he’s still the subject of legends, romances, stories. If we think of him as a military figure, he’s beyond…
CHA4043 The Lightbringers – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W Y Z
CHA4037 Dragon Pass – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X Y Z
ISS3009 History of the Heortling Peoples – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X Y Z
ISS3011 The Book of Heortling Mythology – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X Y Z
Orlanth
Head of the Council of the Gods, Storm god, Chieftain, and Warrior, one of the Lightbringers Orlanth is the King of the Gods, Master of Storms, Death Wielder, and Bringer of Light….
Culture Precedes Cults
It is fascinating how hard it is for us post-modern Westerners to disentangle themselves from the idea that culture precedes cults, even in a fantasy setting such as Glorantha. To a very…
Myth of the Month: Enemy Gods of the Orlanthi (2001)
Most deities have one or more specific, notable foes. Those foes were (usually) defeated in mythic times, resulting in the creation of the current world, and may be considered to be a…