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Nakala

Goddess of Elemental Darkness Nakala is the name used to describe the Primal Darkness. She has other, secret names too, but these are hidden in the esoterica of obscure cults which hint…

Barbarian “Old Gods”

Posted on October 16, 2020

At the Dawn, the Hykimi Alliance of Fronela and Ralios worshiped a myriad of ancestors, beast spirits, and other spirits, but acknowledge a loose pantheon of Old Gods including: Ehilm the Sun;…

The City of the Gods

Posted on June 16, 2021

An account from earliest records of Glorantha, probably circa 350 ST. The City of the Gods (Hrelar Amali) is located on the Crimson Plains between the lands of Ralios and Seshnela. It…

Mother of Space

The First Female Darkness Write up Page Year Runes Notes The Glorantha Sourcebook 76 2018 None listed Deities of Darkness Wyrms Footnotes #7 25 1979 None listed Deities of Darkness, The Earliest…

Father of Demons

The First Male Darkness Write up Page Year Runes Notes The Glorantha Sourcebook 76 2018 None listed Deities of Darkness Wyrms Footnotes #7 25 1979 None listed Deities of Darkness, The Earliest…

Darkness Genealogy II

Posted on March 7, 2024

The Darkness pantheon is an unusual in that most of these cults are worshiped primarily or even exclusively by non-humans. Darkness is deadly, fearsome, devouring, crushing, cold, silent, secretive, and mysterious, and…

Darkness Genealogy I

Posted on July 3, 2022

I’ve always loved the divine genealogies that Kalin Kadiev did for us for the Glorantha Sourcebook, but unfortunately they were not complete enough for the Cults Book. Fortunately, Katrin Dirim has risen…

CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Q&A

Official Answers from Chaosium Front Cover / Back Cover Figures Who are all the figures on the front and back covers, I know a few but who are the rest? Thanks to…

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…

CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – N

Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: N (pages 782-783) Na 511 Nachor 417 Naga 702 Naginata 485, 533 Naiad 103 Naiads 103, 251 Nak 531, 532 Nakala 115, 228, 373,…

Dame Darkness

Goddess of Elemental Darkness Dame Darkness was born as a defense against the Oozing Chaos of pre-creation. She is a personification of the abilities of darkness. The Order within Darkness is alien…

Notes on the Old Gods

Posted on January 26, 2024

As the Mythology book details, the primordial gods consisted of a group of archetypes that were the sources of Powers, both spiritual and physical, in the universe. These primordial gods dwelt on…

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…

Story of Thanmor-Ratesk

Posted on June 23, 2021

Here’s another fragment that is so old it is almost before the Dawn. Definitely in the WIsconsin era. It manages to combine Thanmor and Snodal into a single story, you get the…

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…

Notes on the Holy Country I

Posted on June 12, 2020

For centuries, Belintar was able to coordinate magical activity to everyone’s benefit in the Holy Country. The gods were often manifest – so you didn’t need tribal rites to have that contact….

Celestial Court

The Celestial Court was an assembly of specific deities who ruled the universe between its creation and the Gods War. Two types of deities were recognized within this assembly: the Powers and…