The Bright one, The Illuminator, God of Illumination Nysalor is not now worshiped by anything. Arkat killed and dismembered the god, and scattered the pieces across the worlds. The story of Nysalor…
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Nysalor / Gbaji
The Bright One / The Deceiver Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 9112 pages 2024 Associate cults: none Cults of Glorantha Preview 404 2019 Associate cults: none Cult Compendium 319Five…
Nysalor glyph
Nysalor glyph
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…
Hard-Wired Gloranthan Conflicts
There are some big conflicts hard-wired into the Glorantha setting, including (but not limited to): These conflicts are macro and microcosmic. Political conflict often echo these cosmic conflicts – for example, Sartar…
The Lunar Religion and Chaos
One of the clear distinctions made in the Compromise is that Chaos is not of this world. The deities and powers of the world had touched it, and were still afraid of…
Excerpt – History in Glorantha (1981)
Originally published in Cults of Terror. Chaos and Compromise History in Glorantha is the sum of events occurring since Time began. Mythical events prior to Time were non-sequential and simultaneous actions happening…
History Of Kethaela – The First Age
Kethaela is an ancient name for the region now called the Holy Country. The land was named for the goddess Ketha, the wife of Entru and mother of Entruli, who came from…
Rashoran
Original name of Nysalor / Gbaji. see also Nysalor, Gbaji, Nysalor / Gbaji, Rashorana
Gbaji
The Deceiver Gbaji brought about the end of the Dawn Age and destroyed Genertelan civilization. His subtle chaos infected all cults and peoples from Peloria to Seshnela. At the peak of Gbaji’s…
Library of Londarios: Deneskerva the Great Sister
Introduction Deneskerva the Great Sister is the demi-god daughter of the Red Goddess. Some say She was born when the island of Mernita rose during the Great Flood. Others say She was…
Rashorana
Goddess of Illumination Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Glorantha Sourcebook 152 2024 n/a AKA: Atarks, Jernotius, Nysalor, SedenyaAssociated phase:Black Moon Phase Prosopaedia 102 2023 None listed n/a Prosopaedia entryAssociated withthe…
Lives of Sedenya (2006)
Also published in parts in Rule One The Testimonial “When you speak of me, tell of yourself first,” said the Goddess. She was instructing her followers how to teach others about Her. “How…
So what do your adventurers know about Illumination?
So what do your adventurers know about Illumination (as opposed to players)? If you notice Illumination is pretty much unmentioned in the core rules, Lightbringers, and Earth Goddess books. There is a…
Nysalor glyph
Circular Lunar glyph with externals
Yelm & Chaos
For most Gloranthan religions, Chaos is something outside of the realm of gods and spirits. There are a few gods or spirits that were corrupted by Chaos or who otherwise embraced it…
Illumination and the Solar Religion
Nysalorean Illumination is associated with the Solar religion of Peloria, and perhaps we should think about how the Bright God has embraced Nysalor. Yelm is one of the Greater Gods and a…
Great Sister, a Demigoddess
Great Sister is a living demigoddess, and as such does not offer magic. She is not the head of a cult, although she is often involved with the activities of the Deezola…
Gloranthan History
Although the current Gloranthan Time is believed by many to have begun only 1600 years ago, its mythology and history go back much further, for thousands or even millions of years. Although…
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…
26 – The Seven Steps
25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos? 25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos?
Community and Heresy within Malkionism.
Malkionism, unlike other major Gloranthan religious experiences and philosophies, is based on the teachings of a mortal about the nature of the cosmos, the origin of the universe, the place of man…
Greg Sez: Heroes & Immortals (2005)
Published 10th July 2005 Question from Charles Corrigan, answer by Greg Stafford. Q: I am quite interested in the topic of very powerful people (and others) who are not apotheosized, but who…
ISS3003 The Fortunate Succession – Index
Page numbers refer to the 2013 PDF Edition: Numbers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…