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Barntar

The Plowman Barntar is the peaceful farmer-god, backbone of the clan, the god of the Plow, Farming, and the Free Man; worshipped wherever Orlanth is worshipped. Son of Orlanth and Ernalda, and…

Barntar Temples and Shrines

Far Point Location Type Page Affiliation Chalk Man (village) Shrine (subcult) 87 Tovtaros tribe Day’s Hope (village) Shrine (subcult) 87 Bachad Tribe Fort Engoli (hillfort) Shrine 88 Vantaros tribe Hidden Valley (village)…

Are All Orlanthi Initiated in a Cult (2012)

Submitted by Monglo on Fri, 24/08/2012 – 14:41 Reading the text on page 209, it says that almost everyone is initiated in a cult. So following the rules of HQ all of…

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Hiording Clan

Posted on July 9, 2021

This one is pretty incomplete and fragmentary as I am not sure I want to include a finished version in the Sartar Boxed Set, but I thought the Hiording might be interesting….

Sartar Book preview

Posted on January 27, 2021

As I get near to wrapping up the final text on the Sartar book and move into art, I need to say – man this book will blow some minds! Sartar with…

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)….

Notes on Filichet I

Posted on July 5, 2022

This city on the shores of lake Invaress has around 15,000 residents and is the capital of the Lunar Province of Holay. Filichet marks the end of the Daughter’s Road. From here,…

Heler cult demographics

Posted on July 25, 2022

Heler is the rain that accompanies Orlanth Thunderous. He is the water that falls from the Air. He is a minor deity in most of Dragon Pass as his blessings can be…

Spirit Magic by Cult and Associate Cult

For publications: All Spirit Magic These cults have cult shaman. Their Initiates have access to all spirit magic except cult specials and where noted: Spirit Magic only available from Shamans The following…

Excerpt – Ernalda Feeds the Tribe (1999)

By Robin D. Laws Copyright ©1999 A Sharp, LLC. This myth is drawn from A Sharp’s computer game King of Dragon Pass. An enemy once took everything that the bountiful mother Ernalda…

Orlanth Cult in Sartar

Submitted by Thomas Ufnal Cr… on Mon, 11/03/2013 – 06:56 Maybe I’ve simply not noticed something in the books, but I’m wondering why on the one hand the Orlanth cult is supposed…

Storm Pantheon art preview

Posted on January 3, 2023

Orlanth is the grandson of Earth and Sky, his siblings are the winds, a bull, a cat, violence, evil, the mountain snow, and Death. He married the Green Lady, and his offspring…

Portions of Umath

Posted on December 26, 2023

When Umath was broken, his sons (each bearing a portion of the Primal Air) emerged and began their struggle to claim their part of the world). At least six sons are known to have…

Excerpt – Some Gods (2009)

Babeester Gor Babeester Gor was born from the dead body of her mother, Ernalda, during the Darkness. She peered around and saw everything there was to see, and then set off upon…

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,…

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…

The Lightbringers and their pantheon

Posted on August 11, 2023

So let’s talk a moment about the Lightbringers and their pantheon. In Sartar, about 42% of the adult population are initiated into one of the core Lightbringer cults, and another 40% are…

Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – P

Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Pain Tooth 67 2 Aram ya-Udram (Bloody Tusk subcult) EG 68 Initiates Panic 67 2 Eurmal Fright (subcult) LB 55 Initiates Passage 67 1 Issaries LB…

Ernalda

Earth mother and Queen The bountiful mother of life is the source of all sustenance. Reverence for her should stem from every living creature. Plants and animals, both wild and domestic, are…

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….

ISS2003 Sartar Companion – Index

This is the index for the Moon Design Publication the Sartar Companion. To go to a specific section of the index, click on the letters below. A B C D E F G…

Dara Happan Depictions of the Orlanthi Gods

Posted on July 24, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 24/07/2011 – 13:58 From the Jonstown Compendium, #15,953 “Among the items I saw in the wagon train of Sor-Eel were one hundred ritual demon masks. Kolos said…

CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – B

Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: B (pages 757-760) Baba Kroos 560 Babeester Gor 30, 35, 37, 66, 119, 150, 152, 242, 244, 249, 356, 629, 636, 656, 711 baboons…

Orlanthi Worship in the Lunar Empire (2012)

Submitted by MG on Tue, 23/10/2012 – 18:44 So if the worship of Orlanth himself is banned in the Lunar Empire… what do most occupied Orlanthi do? Worship in secret? Go to…

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