This is a Brithini cosmology, recited by Horali from Brithos in the Gbaji Wars and transcribed in the late First Age. Note the importance of Wisdom (“Right Use of Knowledge”) and of…
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History of Malkioni Thought – Brithini and First Age
The following is an attempt to define Malkionism by looking at the key “core texts” . By the definition I am using, a “core text” is the ultimate source text for a…
Brithini Immortality
The Brithini have immortality because they haven’t changed since Death appeared. Here’s a Brithini story I heard: Why we live forever? When Zzabur asked his father, “How do we stay immortal?”the Prophet…
A Brithini Tale
Today was part of the Dawning Age. Before the Dawning was the Darkness. Before the Darkness was the Gods Age. In the Gods Age all was perfect. and nothing in the world…
A Brithini Story
In the Gods Age all was perfect. and nothing in the world ever died. All beings were gods. Law oversaw all. Prosperity reigned in the Kingdom of Logic. Logic demands that all…
Malkioni Q&A
Questions from David Millians, Herve Carteau and others. Answers from Moon Design. Q: After looking at the pictures in the old Genertela boxed set, I got the impression that the Malkioni broadly analogous…
Godtime Relics
Waertagi, Golden Wheel Dancers, Mistress Race Trolls, elder Giants, Brithini – Glorantha has many relics of the Godtime that exist (to the extent they still do) in defiance of the world of…
Safelster in the First Age (2013)
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 The following is part one of a series of Questions and Answers about Safelster and Ralios. The Enerali Peoples at the Dawn At the Dawn the four tribes…
Library of Londarios: The Kings of Seshnela, Part One (1999)
This list is a compilation which names the Kings of Seshnela. Sort of. It actually shows the names of the dominant overlords in the land of Seshnela. Except in the first century,…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #09
[XXIX. 21-001] To quote an old God Learners proverb, it’s better to steal the Candle of Eternal Light than to curse the darkness. [XXIX. 21-002] The Sedalpists are based in Enkloso and Vralos, and…
Excerpt – History in Glorantha (1981)
Originally published in Cults of Terror. Chaos and Compromise History in Glorantha is the sum of events occurring since Time began. Mythical events prior to Time were non-sequential and simultaneous actions happening…
ISS3006 Revealed Mythologies – Index
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Sog City
Sog City (metropolis): Called Sogolotha Mambrola in the old tongue, this ancient city controls the area called Akem around the mouth of the Janube River. This huge, decadent city is a haven…
Malkioni Culture
Submitted by Jonathan Quaife on Sun, 06/01/2013 – 10:31 Here is a transcript of a discussion with Jeff regarding Malkioni culture and its Indo-hellenic template from Earth: Jonathan Quaife: Can anybody point…
A Few Malkioni Thoughts
In thinking about Malkionism, the Invisible God can be equated to Brahman in many schools of Hindu philosophy (especially Vedanta) – the Invisible God is the ultimate reality, the source from which…
Malkionism as a “Cult”
In thinking about Malkionism for game purposes, we should probably start by thinking about what that means in terms of Malkionism as a “cult”. So what goes on in worship of the…
Notes on Zzabur
Now we all know this guy – the son of Malkion in most stories, and the First Wizard. Supposedly he’s been around for more than five thousand years and is the master…
A God Forgot Story
Here’s a little story from God Forgot: “Long ago, before the Great Night, God-forgets was wandering upon the surface of the earth. His tribes clustered about his feet, basking in the holiness…
Prince Temertain
Temertain gets a deservedly bad wrap as Prince, but let’s look at the guy a little sympathetically. Temertain was born in 1570, in the Holy Country. He was third-generation Kethaelan – his…
Community and Heresy within Malkionism.
Malkionism, unlike other major Gloranthan religious experiences and philosophies, is based on the teachings of a mortal about the nature of the cosmos, the origin of the universe, the place of man…
The Way of Hrestol
The Way of Hrestol began in the land of Seshnela in the year 2 ST, but its importance stems from the culture from which it separated, the Brithini. This prehistoric culture began…
The Leftarm Islands
Off the southern tip of Heortland is the area called God Forgot. It is associated with the Bandori valley and the Marcher Lands. Collectively this area has about 100,000 human inhabitants, roughly…
Notes on Rokarism
There are about a 1.5 million people or so who are initiated to the Invisible God and follow the Rokari rites. Of those maybe 3% are the “priestly caste”, called zzaburi. That…
Refuge
The city of Refuge is port city in God Forgot and a Brithini outpost which continues its tenuous existence using the old caste systems of Brithos. Cautious and defensive, the rulers are…
Gods are Contradictory Archetypes
After having written some million words covering more than one hundred RQ cults, I can confidently say that I find all of them fascinating in their own way. Each represents an archetype…