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Getting up to Glamour
I recently made the comment that “it isn’t as if the Sartarites get up to Glamour very often” – but let’s not forget, it is only about 700 km from Glamour to…
Dragon Pass Viewed from Glamour
Of course Glamour pays attention to what is going on in Dragon Pass. The wars there have been costing many thousands of talents a year for the past decade. True Dragon there…
Glamour
Glamour, not the Tripolis, is the cultural, religious, and political center of the Lunar Empire. Now over four hundred years old, it was founded by a polyglot group of devotees of the…
Jerry Cornelius in Glamour
Some might view Glamour as being inhabited by investigators like Griselda. Me, I think the proper vibe for a Glamour investigator is J. Cornelius. With adventures like “J. Cornelius and the Madness…
Nochet to Glamour at 1:400,000 scale
Admittedly Glamour is not in this picture as it is just beyond the field of vision. But I see Alkoth and even Raibanth. Each sheet is an A2, so about 24 x…
The View from Glamour Late 1625
So let’s imagine the world from the vantage of Glamour, circa late 1625. The mundane routine of administration is not for Argenteus, and so the Red Emperor prefers to interact with his…
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,…
Thoughts on city size
When we think about most cities in RuneQuest, they are pretty small. New Pavis is a little over 5000 people. Jonstown, Swenstown, and Wilmskirk are even smaller – none are more than…
Notes on Pelorian Architecture
So as I contemplate the look of Tarshite cities, it is clear we need to think about general Pelorian architecture. So first building materials – Peloria is a land of bricks. Air-dried…
Oslira Rune magic
So I was recently pondering why Oslira does not provide Strongnet, unlike Engizi and Zola Fel. And I realized the answer is quite easy – the Oslira cult is not the cult…
Apotheosis of the Red Goddess
In 1247 the Red Goddess performed her final dance some 50 km to the northwest of Raibanth. A huge crimson sphere, some 40 km in diameter, rose from earth and continued to…
The Great Glamour Sit-down (2002)
by Simon Bray and Dr Mark Galeotti Freeform/LARP First run at Convulsion 2002, July 19-22, 2002
Rough Guide to Glamour (A)
Reaching Moon Megacorp 1998 Glorantha G Life of Moonson Freeform Background Book
Nochet to Glamour map
Jeff Richard sketch map
Glamour (city) glyph
Circular Lunar glyph with internals Based on Moon Rune
Lunar Deities
Here is another Work in Progress by Katrin Dirim – this shows the relationship of various Lunar deities. A few surprises here to the uninitiated perhaps, and lots of secret details for…
Magical challenges
Magical challenges to prove a truth are well accepted in Glorantha. This goes back to the Gods Age, when contests of the arts were popular among the gods – the most famous…
A Sense of Scale
Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 07/11/2011 – 14:43 Third Age Glorantha is a Bronze Age (or early Iron Age) setting, with a scale that is more comparable to the Ancient World than…
CHA4034 Red Book of Magic – Chapter 03 Spirit Magic Spells Q&A
Official Answers from Chaosium It also contains the Q&A for Spirit Magic spells in: Spirit Magic Spells (page 108) Spell Name RBM RQG Notes Befuddle 110 256 Updated description Binding Enchantment 110…
The View From Furthest, Late 1625
Now let’s look at things from the vantage of Furthest, again late 1625. The Lunar position in Dragon Pass is in shambles. Glamour has tasked you with recovering Dragon Pass from the…
CHA4034 Red Book of Magic – Chapter 02 Rune Magic Spells Q&A (A-M)
Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the second part of Chapter 2, (A-M), pages 10-67: It also contains the Q&A for Rune spells in: For the Rune Magic rules, see Chapter 02…
Imperial Nobility II
A few more numbers that may help give some context to the Imperial nobility. There are about 5.56 million people in the Lunar Heartlands. There are another 1.38 million in the Provinces….
The Lunar Heartlands
As we think about the Lunar Heartlands as a place populated by people, a few dimensions are worth keeping in mind. It is about 300 miles from Jillaro to Elz Ast and…