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Notes on Humakt

Posted on May 8, 2023

Humakt is a favorite player character cult in RuneQuest and no wonder! The cult is for the professional warrior, the mercenary, the holy killer, but is also tempered by a strict code…

Humakt Temples, Shrines and Sites

Far Point Location Type Page Affiliation Alda-Chur (small city) Major temple 84 Dinacoli, Princeros, Tovtaros and Vantaros tribes Alda-Chur (small city) Major Temple(closed 1625) 84 Lunar garrison and barracks fortress Day’s Hope…

The Path of Humakt

Posted on December 26, 2023

The path of Humakt is as sharp and severe as the edge of a sword. Humakt has no associated cults – you need to worship him directly to gain his magic. Humakt…

Humakt and Orlanthi society

Posted on June 18, 2025

The relationship between the cults of Orlanth and Humakt also help show the relationship between the initiates of Humakt and the rest of Orlanthi society. Most adults in Orlanthi society participate in…

Greg Sez: How Many Humakti?

Question both posed and answered by Greg Stafford. After finishing work on the Cults of Sartar I am left with an image like an aftervision or something. I have stared at these…

Humakt

God of Death and War Humakt is Death. He is the unyielding fate of all living creatures, both mortal and divine. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 83 2024 As:…

Greg Sez: Humakt Illuminated? (Apr 1998)

Question From NICK GRANT. Answer by Greg Stafford. Q: The Great Monomyth, published at your online site, implies Osentalka/Nysalor/G’baji was Rashoran. Presumably the freedom from fear that Rashoran is said to have…

Humakt e.V. (DEU 2017-)

Humakt e.V. has been established in 2015. (The abbreviation “e.V.” stands for a registered association in Germany.) It is a small club of roleplaying and fantasy enthusiasts. In particular the focus is…

Humakt art preview

Posted on October 14, 2020

A preview from Loic Muzy showing how Humakt gets made!

The Humakti Duel

Posted on May 15, 2021

Although this has been posted before, here are the rules of Humakti duels as presented in the forthcoming Cults Book: The nature of the Code of Humakt is such that arguments, discussions,…

Inspiration for Humakti

Posted on December 12, 2024

I’ve always had a soft spot for Humakti. Sacred killers, they live outside of normal Orlanthi society but nonetheless have an important role within it. With their code of honor, strange taboos…

Honor and War

Posted on January 27, 2021

This section helps explain some of the peculiarities of Orlanth warfare: Some of the most important Orlanthi war gods demand that Death be wielded with honor and the Humakt cult upholds the…

Humakti: Geas Must Kill

Humakti Geas: Must kill. | Moon Design Publications Jump to Navigation Forums | Glorantha Discussions Humakti Geas: Must kill. Submitted by RoM on Thu, 02/05/2013 – 06:09 Glorantha Discussions After a long…

Hate (Lunar Empire)

Posted on August 11, 2020

It is worth contemplating that Hate (Lunar Empire) is not one of Orlanth’s Passions. But Honor is valued over all other passions by Orlanth – even Devotion, Love, and Loyalty. Most Orlanthi…

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…

Indrodar Greydog

Humakti Hero Local Hero cult specialising in killing undead. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 107 2023 per Rune spell Hero cult of:Humakt (Sartar) Prosopaedia 62 2023 Subcult of:Humakt (local) Sartar,…

Yan Starcere

Humakti Hero Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 108 2023 None listed Hero cult of:Humakt Prosopaedia 137 2023 Hero cult of:Humakt Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 171 2009 Subcult of:Humakt (Local) Storm…

Esprit de Corps

Gifts and Geases for Humakt Allied Spirits by Michael O’Brien Originally published in Tales of the Reaching Moon issue #5, the ‘Humakti Special’ (Spring 1991) An allied spirit, according to Gods of Glorantha,…

Hero Wars FAQ (2000)

Version 1.2 Last revised 9 Jun 2000 Hero Wars (Player’s Book) Character Creation Q: Should we allow a character to lose an ability as one of his additional traits? Say, a Humakti…

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Li Phanquan

The Eastern Hero Li Phanquan wounded the evil vampire god Vivamort in the Underworld. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 108 2023 None listed Hero cult of:Humakt (Peloria, Kethaela, Maniria) Prosopaedia…

Makla Mann

Humakti Hero Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 108 2023 per Rune spell Hero cult of:Humakt (Ralios, Maniria, western Peloria) Prosopaedia 81 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entrySubcult of:Humakt Storm Tribedeprecated 104…

Townspeople and tribesfolk

Posted on October 29, 2020

Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…

Changing Gods

Posted on July 14, 2021

A few more notes on Changing Gods. At the Dawn, the Thunderer and the Adventurer were often worshiped as separate gods. Pretty quickly the Theyalans recognised both as aspects of Orlanth, and…

War Gods in the Lunar Empire

Posted on April 28, 2023

The most important war god in the Lunar Empire is Yanafal Tarnils. All soldiers in the Lunar Army are lay members and probably a quarter of the Lunar Army are initiates of…

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