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Kolat

Father of winds Kolat is the father of the Seven Winds: North Wind, South Wind, East Wind, West Wind, plus three secret winds (Higher, Lower, and No-wind) known only to a few…

Kolat Shrines

Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Hill of Four Winds (open-air temple) Shrine Sartar 60 Hillhaven (village) Shrine Sartar 62 Hillhaven clan, Lismelder tribe Old Top Shrine Sartar 68

HeroQuest 1 – Sample Keywords (2007)

Uncolings Homeland Latest revision: 11 Feb 2007 Short homeland writeup for the Uncolings, the reindeer hsunchen of Fronela, by Greg Stafford. Occupations Available: Entertainer, Healer, Herder, Hunter, Petty Noble, Warrior Native Abilities: Reindeer Husbandry,…

Seven Winds Spirit Society

Part of the Kolat Tradition, has six spirit helpers Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Sartar Companion 272 2010 n/a Sartar Companion 273 2010 n/a Before Me / Hhu Ho…

Kolat-Woodcut

Kolat

Portions of Umath

Posted on December 26, 2023

When Umath was broken, his sons (each bearing a portion of the Primal Air) emerged and began their struggle to claim their part of the world). At least six sons are known to have…

Kolat

Kolat glyph

Wyrm’s Footnotes #12 (1981)

32 pages. Table of Contents Art Credits Rick Becker, William Church, David Dudley, Charlie Krank, Mel Laybourn, Greg Stafford

Umbrol

Father of sylphs Umbrol has little mythos or worship, but holds an important place in the genealogy of the gods. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Gods of Glorantha, Prosopaedia 1985 None…

Shamanism in Sartar

Posted on November 3, 2023

Shamanism is known in Sartar, although it is uncommon and outside of the main cult structure. The two most common paths to shamanism are: Spirit cults are more common, although many now…

Runes & Glyphs (2004)

Note that many of these are personal not core runes. Based on the Common and uncommon runes document from 2004, with See Glyph and Notes columns added. A Deity / Name Rune Meaning…

Excerpt – Some Gods (2009)

Babeester Gor Babeester Gor was born from the dead body of her mother, Ernalda, during the Darkness. She peered around and saw everything there was to see, and then set off upon…

Storm Pantheon art preview

Posted on January 3, 2023

Orlanth is the grandson of Earth and Sky, his siblings are the winds, a bull, a cat, violence, evil, the mountain snow, and Death. He married the Green Lady, and his offspring…

Kolating Tradition

The Kolating tradition is the most important source of spirit magic for the Orlanthi of Dragon Pass and the Holy Country. Also called the Kolat tradition after its most important spirit. Write…

Spirit Magic by Cult and Associate Cult

For publications: All Spirit Magic These cults have cult shaman. Their Initiates have access to all spirit magic except cult specials and where noted: Spirit Magic only available from Shamans The following…

Orlanthi Pantheon

Write up Page Year Personal Glyph Notes Mythology 118 2923 n/a As: Lightbringers PantheonChalana Arroy, Daka Fal, Eurmal, Foundchild, Gagarth, Heler, Humakt, Issaries, Kolat, Lhankor Mhy, Mastakos, Odayla, Orlanth, Storm Bull, Valind,…

HQ2 – Daka Fal Help (2012)

aelarsen on Sat, 20/10/2012 – 18:37 I’m in the process of converting my Praxian campaign from RQ to HQ2.  This is a bit challenging, since there’s no published write-up for any of…

ISS3011 The Book of Heortling Mythology – Contents

Cults of Sartar

Posted on October 21, 2020

The primary cults of Sartar are those of Orlanth and Ernalda. More than two-thirds of all Sartarites are dedicated to one or the other cult, and the cults are so closely associated…

CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 14 Shamans Q&A

Official Answers by Chaosium This covers Chapter 5, pages 137-161 RQG Cults allowing Shaman see: Tools of the Shaman (page 351) Assistant Shaman (page 352) Discorporation Shamans can simply discorporate, everyone else…

A Few Notes on the Air Gods

Posted on June 27, 2025

Any time you look at those big abstract Celestial Court “deities” they include potential devolutions. So Umath is generally thought to have been “succeeded” by his children – Kolat, Vadrus, Storm Bull,…

Myth of the Month: Enemy Gods of the Orlanthi (2001)

Most deities have one or more specific, notable foes. Those foes were (usually) defeated in mythic times, resulting in the creation of the current world, and may be considered to be a…

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…

After the Spike

Posted on January 25, 2024

The Spike is the central pillar that holds up the sky and unites Sky, Air, Earth, Water, and Darkness. It extends from the deepest depths of the Underworld to the City atop…

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