The Deceiver Gbaji brought about the end of the Dawn Age and destroyed Genertelan civilization. His subtle chaos infected all cults and peoples from Peloria to Seshnela. At the peak of Gbaji’s…
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Nysalor / Gbaji
The Bright One / The Deceiver Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 9112 pages 2024 Associate cults: none Cults of Glorantha Preview 404 2019 Associate cults: none Cult Compendium 319Five…
Hard-Wired Gloranthan Conflicts
There are some big conflicts hard-wired into the Glorantha setting, including (but not limited to): These conflicts are macro and microcosmic. Political conflict often echo these cosmic conflicts – for example, Sartar…
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,…
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…
Mortal Races at the Dawn
Dawn Age Seshnegi sources divide the mortal races into several categories: The Western accounts of Gbaji are pretty awful. Around the same time the Sun Stop happened and a terrible plague spread…
History Of Kethaela – The First Age
Kethaela is an ancient name for the region now called the Holy Country. The land was named for the goddess Ketha, the wife of Entru and mother of Entruli, who came from…
Rashoran
Original name of Nysalor / Gbaji. see also Nysalor, Gbaji, Nysalor / Gbaji, Rashorana
Nysalor
The Bright one, The Illuminator, God of Illumination Nysalor is not now worshiped by anything. Arkat killed and dismembered the god, and scattered the pieces across the worlds. The story of Nysalor…
So what do your adventurers know about Illumination?
So what do your adventurers know about Illumination (as opposed to players)? If you notice Illumination is pretty much unmentioned in the core rules, Lightbringers, and Earth Goddess books. There is a…
Gbaji glyph
Circular glyph Based on Light Rune and Dendara glyph
Famous Trolls of The Gbaji Wars (1999)
by Shannon Appel, Stephen Martin, Paul Reilly, and Eric Rowe Originally published in different form in The Broken Council Guidebook During the time of the Second Council, a number of trolls were…
Rashorana
Goddess of Illumination Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 102 2023 None listed n/a Prosopaedia entryAssociated withthe Black Moon Phase HeroQuest Glorantha 181 2015 n/a Moon Phase onlyBlack Moon Phase…
The Lunar Religion and Chaos
One of the clear distinctions made in the Compromise is that Chaos is not of this world. The deities and powers of the world had touched it, and were still afraid of…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – G
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: G (pages 768-771) Gabaryanga 553, 562 Gadaringer dynasty 193 Gadmus 712 Gadmusland 712 Gagark Evil Mouth 247 Gagarth 364, 651, 666 Gagarth winds 666…
Guide Art Direction – The Seven Faces of Arkat (2013)
Jun 24, 2013 Although we went a different direction in the final piece, this is the original art direction: StoryThe ambitious High Priestess of the Green Goddess is performing a magical ritual…
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,…
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…
Myth of the Month: History of the Race of Trolls (1998)
by Greg Stafford Originally published in Wyrms Footnotes #6 (1979). The Famous Dark Trolls of the Hero Wars” section was subsequently reprinted in Wyrm’s Footprints (1995). The Age of Plenty In the…
26 – The Seven Steps
25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos? 25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos?
Gloranthan History
Although the current Gloranthan Time is believed by many to have begun only 1600 years ago, its mythology and history go back much further, for thousands or even millions of years. Although…
The Book of Drastic Resolutions Index
Version 1.30: Volumes Chaos, Prax, Darkness by Shannon Appelcline This index is © Copyright 1996-2020 Shannon Appelcline. It is released under a cc-by-4.0 license, allowing reuse with attribution. HISTORY, 1996-1998 The Book of Drastic Resolutions,…
End of Ages
Without getting into the nature of Glorantha after the Hero Wars, it is worth remembering that twice before there have been widespread catastophes that are generally considered to have ended the Age….
Secrets of the Chaos Gods (1998)
What the Sword Broo Says This covers Chapter 2, pages 12-21: Where did the world come from? The world was ripped from the Void of Chaos to torment each of us forever….