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Tolat

The Red Planet, God of Love and War Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Prosopaedia 123 2023 n/a Prosopaedia entry Prosopaedia 142 2023 n/a Prosopaedia entryAs: Zolan Guide to Glorantha…

Notes on Shargash I

Posted on June 28, 2023

Shargash is the Dara Happan war god, associated with Fire/Sky, Death, and Disorder. He’s also known as Tolat, who ranged across Glorantha in the Lesser Darkness to bring war and destruction to…

Notes on Shargash II

Posted on January 22, 2024

Shargash aka Tolat is the celestial god of of war and destruction. He is a planetary god who conquered Hell and is served by fiery underworld demons. There are a lot of…

Shargash

War God, Destroyer Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Lunar Way 142 2024 None listed n/a Associated cult:Yanafal Tarnils Mythology 40, 123 2023 5th-9th Copper Plates of Yuthuppa Prosopaedia 110 2023…

Vorthan

Underworld God, War God, Red Planet Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 133 2023 Prosopaedia entry Guide to Glorantha 647 2014 None listed AKA: Shargash

Theyalan Celestial Gods

Posted on April 24, 2023

Throughout much of the Theyalan Belt, people recognize several major celestial gods: First is of course Yelm, the Sun. The Sun travels across the Sky Dome each day, only to die and…

Zolan and Anehilla

Twin Deities of the Red Planet and the Blue Streak Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 142 2023 & Prosopaedia entry

Jagrekriand

The Red Planet, Umath’s Killer Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 64 2023 n/a Guide to Glorantha 647 2014 None listed n/a AKA: Shargash Storm Tribedeprecated 90 2001 None listed…

Gods of Fonrit

Posted on September 8, 2015

A snippet from an old Jrusteli account of Fonrit. I’d date this to about 890 ST: Gods of FonritIn Fonrit, the people worship demigods who they say restored the Cosmic Court of…

Greg Sez: The Southpath Gods (Jul 1999)

by Greg Stafford, July 1999 Q: Are the Southpath Gods related? I am pretty sure that the Twin Stars are lunar heroes; but is there a relation between Artia Nightsdotter (from King…

The Gloranthan Sky (1997)

THE SKY OF GLORANTHA is made of several huge domes covering the earth. The innermost domes, closest to the surface world, are transparent. The outer one is opaque, though pierced by star…

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…

Wolf Pirates

Posted on October 22, 2020

A few notes people might find interesting: WOLF PIRATES OVERVIEW In 1621 there are some 60+ Wolf Pirate ships, before Harrek’s circumnavigation. Let’s say that losses get replaced and by 1625, we…

Common Deity Names

Posted on December 17, 2023

Something that sometimes stumps people that have read lots of Greg’s deep background material is that many Gloranthan deities have more than one name. Despite this, they are still the same entity…

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…

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;…

Greater and Major Gods

Posted on December 7, 2022

So as I check over some of the material about to go to the printer soon, I was comparing things to a list Greg had written some years ago, listing all the…

Library of Londarios: Stellar FAQ (Dec 1999)

Originally published in December 1999. 1. Why is the Sky important? Stellar movements are very important in Glorantha, as they are on earth. On one hand the celestial movements are (mostly) much…

Sheng Seleris – a Pentan version

Posted on October 2, 2022

So let’s look a little bit at Sheng Seleris. He’s almost always presented as a villain, but that’s also because our sources are Lunar or Kralorelan. Let’s try to think of the…