There are roughly 100,000 initiates of the Knowing God in Central Genertela. This includes those that call the god Lhankor Mhy (probably about 60%), and those that call him Buserian (maybe 40%)….
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Lhankor Mhy the Knowing God
Another remarkable Gloranthan deity is the Knowing God, Lhankor Mhy. Also found around the world, he’s generally given credit for creating writing so that mortals might store knowledge. Lhankor Mhy is the…
Grimoires for the Lhankor Mhy? (2013)
Submitted by Nohiro on Wed, 16/01/2013 – 17:28 Hello, Do Lhankor Mhy initiates have any special rules with regard to learning fragments of The Eternal Book? From the HQ2.0 rules I assumed…
Lhankor Mhy
Lord of Knowledge, Lightbringer Lhankor Mhy is the god of the Grey Lords, the sages of Glorantha. Keeper of the Laws, Scribe of the Immortals, and History Singer are his titles. He…
Notes on the Lhankor Mhy cult
The Lhankor Mhy cult are famed as the lovers of wisdom (philosophers) and knowledge (philognosis) in Dragon Pass and the Holy Country. In the First Age, the priests of the Knowing God…
Lhankor Mhy Sorcery
Several Dragon Pass cults routinely play around with sorcery – Lhankor Mhy in particular. But the Knowing Priests are largely self-taught amateurs when it comes to sorcery. Temples tend to know a…
Lhankor Mhy and Literacy
The cult of Lhankor Mhy is responsible for teaching and training scribes. The princes of Sartar have traditionally been patrons of the cult, and literacy is surprisingly widespread, with libraries in each…
Spirit Magic by Cult and Associate Cult
For publications: All Spirit Magic Initiates in these cults have access to all spirit magic except cult specials and where noted, through their cult shaman: Spirit Magic only available from Shamans The…
Dilfar the Deepsighted
This subcult evaluates jewelry and other treasures. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 74 2023 None listed Subcult of:Lhankor Mhy Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 164 2009 Subcult of:Lhankor Mhy Cult Compendium…
The Gray Ones
Gods of map making and copyists. Known also as the Gray Sages. Also spelled Grey Ones. The Grey Ones are a group of victims of the Great Darkness who found their way…
Well-educated Lunars
The following is what a well-educated Lunar might learn from an Irrippi Ontor sage in the 6th, 7th or 8th Wanes: SCIENCE AND REALITY Science bases itself on sense perception. Religion uses…
The Jonstown Library (2010)
Submitted by Claudia on Fri, 10/09/2010 – 17:31 It took me more than two weeks to write something again – we were very busy: an other archery tournament (it was a fun…
Wild Sages
Wild Sages are solitary researchers who emulate their god by becoming Seekers. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 165 2009 Lhankor Mhy subcult Cult Compendium 2002 Lhankor Mhy…
British Museum Visit V
Lhankor Mhy! What can be more sacred to Lhankor Mhy than to cover his sculpture with writing!
Going to hell (not to be read by my Stonesnake players)
Submitted by RoM on Thu, 13/12/2012 – 09:52I am running the Colymar campaign since the day the Sartar book was published. Finally we have reached the point that my group descended into…
Malkionism And Sorcery
Malkionism provides a set of beliefs, practices, and traditions that support the development of magical specialists in sorcery. Whether that was its original purpose or merely something that it made possible is…
Zzaburi in the West
There are somewhere around 120,000 zzaburi in Seshnela and Ralios. Now of them, about 79,000 adhere to the Rokari school. That’s the approximate number of trained sorcerers in that area. This number…
Irnar, Sartar’s Lawspeaker
This Hero was Sartar’s Lawspeaker. He is worshipped only in Sartarite cities (Boldhome, Jonstown, Swenstown, and Wilmskirk), for he created the laws that govern the city rings. Write up Page Year Runes…
Torvald
The Torvald Fragments are the source of Lhankor Mhy sorcery Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Cults of Glorantha Preview 294 2019 Torvald Fragments RuneQuest Glorantha 389 2018 Torvald Fragments HeroQuest…
Gorangian Bronzeguts
Gorangian Bronzeguts the chief librarian of the Jonstown Knowledge Temple. One thing I love about this is that Gorangian is not a particular heroic figure, but is an example of an important…
Gloranthan Literature
Of course the Harmast’s Narrative is not the only classic work of literature in circulation. In Nochet, the Draconic Secrets, a Second Age manuscript from the Shadowlands, is widely known and read….
Townspeople and tribesfolk
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…
Cultural changes in Genertela 350-500 ST
The years 350-500 witnessed radical cultural changes in Genertela. First the Theyalans (and trolls, dragonewts, elves, and dwarves) entered into a short-lived union with the Dara Happans. Although this union broke apart,…
Genealogy of the Celestial Court
An interesting thing about the Lightbringers Pantheon is the number of non-elemental deities are prominent. Perhaps that was a key factor in the magic of the quest? Sharp-eyed viewers might note a…
Lhankor Mhy Runes (2012)
Submitted by GianniVacca on Sat, 16/06/2012 – 12:01 My daughter is creating a Grey Sage. Now some sources give Truth & Stasis as LM’s runes. Some others Truth & Law. Are these…