Masters of the cosmic mystery The exarchs, also termed Lesser Dragon Kings, are a band of divine functionaries who govern the territories of the Kralorelan empire. Each exarch rules one province and,…
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Notes on Kralorela I
Kralorela has some 8.9 million people and covers around 625,000 square km. Kralorela is a relatively narrow arable band of land, islands, and shallows seas no more than 500 km wide, between…
Myth of the Month: ShangHsa (1998)
The Reign of ShangHsa, may his name be cursed The path to liberation is fraught with temptation. The true masters taught to us the safe methods, and to wander from their advice…
Udam Bagur
The Archexarch of Hell Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Glorantha:Introduction to the Hero Wars 190 2000 None listed Religion of Kralorela
Han Majang
The First Minister Han Majang was made from the thought of the Archexarch of Heaven Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Common and uncommon runes 2004 None listed Glyph only…
Dragon People
The Seshnegi held that the rulers of Kralorela were Dragon People – a tribe of humans who were dragons and vice versa. Hykim is depicted as a great dragon, and all of…
Kralorela after Sheng Seleris
After the defeat of Sheng Seleris in 1460, the exarchs of Kralorela were able to restore imperial order over Kralorela. Official proclamations greatly understate the difficulty involved – bands of Pentans, Praxians,…
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…
Magic Systems II
The main magic systems in RuneQuest are: Rune magic (wielding a fraction of the power of the gods), Spirit magic (communication with the spirits that reside in the natural energy currents of…
Kralorela and the Eastern Dynasty of Light
Almost a third of the humans of Genertela reside in Kralorela-Teshnos. They don’t get a leading role in the events of Dragon Pass as they are separated by 1000 kms of Pent…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Index
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Notes on Kralorela II
The Closing hit Kralorela in 954, but the New Dragon’s Ring concealed this for a generation. Nonetheless, the New Dragon’s Ring managed to hold on for more than a century and a…
Notes on City Gods
Cities have a market, a degree of self-governance, and temples to the city’s patron deity and to the city god. They also have temples to other gods of importance to the people,…
AH8577 Gods of Glorantha (Box 05 – 1985)
60 Religions for RuneQuestGods of Glorantha describes 60 major Gloranthan religions for humans and non-humans, for good guys and bad, for men and women, all from an array of different cultures. A…
The Mandarins of Kralorela
Copyright © 1997 by Michael O’Brien Any Kralori citizen – men, women, even the meanest peasant – can conceivably attempt to become a Mandarin, from which all government officials, bureaucrats and functionaries…
Top Seven Drugs of Glorantha
Copyright © 1993 by Michael O’Brien (additional input: Mark Holsworth) Rainbow Grass – Pent Stigummay – Prax & the Wastes Xcori – Kralorela Cataplasis – Sog City, Fronela Lunar Tea – The Lunar Empire Malhauti Venom – Teshnos…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Contents
Pantheons Entries Bold entries appeared in the 1985 Prosopaedia
The Celestial Empire of Sheng Seleris.
From about 1360-1460, the nomads of Sheng Seleris terrorized the areas adjacent to Pent – Kralorela, Ignorance, Prax, Teshnos, and Peloria. The Celestial Empire was focused on Sheng Seleris and his Enforcers,…
ISS1103 Anaxial’s Roster – Index
PDF and corrected text of the original 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…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – E
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: E (pages 764-766) Eaglebrown Warlocks 736 Eagle People 283, 589 Eagle Phoenix Emperor 262, 682, 690, 692 Early Light 286 Early Storm Age 680,…