Chaos god of Hunger and Intrigue This creature’s true name is still unknown. She is also known as the Waiting Mouth, the Hungry One, and the Devouring Mother. She invaded Glorantha with…
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Notes on Illumination in the Second Age (2015)
Ralios and Seshnela In 450 “Arkat” emerged triumphant from Dorastor, and returned to Ralios (actually Fornoar). There he lived a simple, ascetic life, farming and teaching, until his apotheosis in 500. His…
Vinga art preview
Vinga is the feminine incarnation of Orlanth. Variously described as Orlanth’s daughter, an aspect of Orlanth, or one of Orlanth’s transformations, she is revered by the Sartarites as a war goddess, and…
CHA4014 Cults of Terror (1981, 2016)
Nine Dangerous Deities for Runequest Role-Playing The bad guys of Glorantha: nine cults of the cruel and unusual, destined to enliven every campaign. Cults include PRIMAL CHAOS, MALLIA, BAGOG, THED, VIVAMORT, THANATAR,…
Excerpt – Cosmology (1981)
Originally published in Cults of Terror Before Creation In analyzing the mythos of Glorantha, four streams of belief prevail. They sometimes mingle and sometimes flow in separate channels, but they all flow…
Jaxarte and the Chaos Fiends
First published in Tales of the Reaching Moon issue #8 Copyright © 1995 by Michael O’Brien Shortly after Jaxarte’s recovery from his ill-fated mission as a Lunar emissary to the Bison tribe…
2021-07 Mob on Facebook
Micheal O’Brien (Mob) is one of the regular posters in the RuneQuest Facebook Group. here’s some of his recent RuneQuest posts, only Mob’s replies are included where relevant. Facebook membership is required…
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,…
CHA4400 13th Age Glorantha (2018)
Designers: Rob Heinsoo, Jonathan Tweet Additional Design: Greg Stafford, Jeff Richard, Cal Moore, Ash Law Cover: Aaron McConnell & Lee Moyer Back Cover Crimson Bat: Sam Wood Artists & Illustrators: Jan Pospíšil,…
ISS1608 Gloranthan Classics Vol III: Cult Compendium (2002)
Welcome to the Cult Compendium. In the fantasy roleplaying world of Glorantha, magic works because relations between the spiritual and physical planes are firm and immediate. Maintaining good ties with your chosen…
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…
AH8595 Lords of Terror (1994)
Lords of Terror The Cults of Dorastor Lords of Terror is a RuneQuest Gloranthan campaign supplement. Complete cultdescriptions of seven chaotic cults (Primal Chaos, Malia, Bagog, Thed, Krjalk, Pocharngo and Krarsht) are…
Greg Sez: Chaos Taints Q&A (2007)
Published 14th Jul 2007 Questions by Mikko ‘Adept’ Rintasaari, answers by Greg Stafford. Q: When And How Does One Get A Chaos Taint? A: First of all, let us recall that this…
CHA4041 Mythology – Index
CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X…
A Few Notes on Chaos
Chaos is not “natural”. It entered the cosmos through the cracks in the universe caused by the Gods War. Chaos does not recognise or acknowledge the limits of the natural and moral…
Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book
I am wrapping up the final text of the Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book, while making sure that it all ties into both the new Heroquesting chapters in the GM Sourcebook…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Index
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Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #19
[XXIX.loznoch.1/intr] From the “Lonely Lozenge Guide to Nochet”, by Beardless Beornie Oban (Rough Guide Scrolls, Mirin’s Cross 7/48) The Hippodrome is, to perhaps even a greater degree than the Great Temple of the Earth,…
The Nochet Hippodrome
Copyright © 1999 by Michael O’Brien [XXIX.loznoch.1/intr] From the “Lonely Lozenge Guide to Nochet”, by Beardless Beornie Oban (Rough Guide Scrolls, Mirin’s Cross 7/48) The Hippodrome is, to perhaps even a greater…
The Three Categories of Chaos
Philosophers identify three categories of Chaos in the world: 1. Intrusions from the outside: This includes entities such as Wakboth, Kajabor, Primal Chaos, Krarsht, Pocharngo, Tien, Cacodemon, etc. 2. Entities that voluntarily…
Minor Gods
Among the more interesting (and culturally important) minor gods in Glorantha include: Additionally, most Chaos gods rate as minor – Bagog, Krarsht, Krjalk, Pocharngo, Tyram, Vivamort, Xamalt, etc. Now some of these…
What constitutes “Chaos”?
A last comment on the various Chaos discussions. A lot of people seem to assume that people in Glorantha are clear about what constitutes “Chaos” – and of course, outside of the…
Honor and War
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…
Chaos deities in Genertela
When we think about the Chaos deities in Genertela, we have a few heavy hitters we all know: Primal Chaos, Bagog, Cacodemon, Krjalk, Krarsht, Mallia, Pocharngo, Thanatar, Thed, Vivamort, etc. We also…
CHA4043 The Lightbringers – Index
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