ISS1301 Thunder Rebels – Player’s Book for Orlanthi Barbarians (2000)

Cover art by Stefano Gaudiano

Thunder Rebels, Players Book for Orlanthi Barbarians

The barbarians prepare their rebellion! Imperial troops and enemy gods can not crush the Orlanthi.

Thunder Rebels tells what every one of them knows about their land, their gods, and their ways. The men and women worship Orlanth and Ernalda, a great god and goddess whose influences permeate everything.

Thunder Rebels is necessary for anyone who wants to play an Orlanthi hero from the Heortling people of Dragon Pass. It describes their culture, magic, religion, and mythology. Character Generation includes Cultural Keywords, the Eighteen Professions, and almost fifty Subcults of Orlanth and Ernalda. Stories and myths illustrate the people and their deities, and set the stage for the Hero Wars. The Annual Sacred Calendar details the magical holy days of the Heortling year. Maps of Dragon Pass, the Storm Realm, and the Godtime chart the lands of myth and legend.

Thunder Rebels is a supplement for Hero Wars, which you must own to fully use this book. We suggest that it will significantly enhance a narrator’s game. This book is all you need to play an Orlanthi
barbarian from Dragon Pass!

Details

  • By Greg Stafford, Robin D. Laws, Roderick Robertson, and John Hughes.
  • Ideas, Commentary, Additional Material, and Special Thanks: Jöerg Baumgartner, Dave Dunham, Allyn Glosser, David Gordon, David Hall, Philip Hibbs, Brian Isikoff, Jeff Kyer, and Stephen Martin.
  • Cover art by Stefano Gaudiano.
  • Cover Design by Eric Vogt.
  • Interior illustrations by Heather Bruton, Simon Bray, and Angelo Montanini.
  • Maps by Steve Lieb, based on originals by Greg Stafford.
  • Acquisitions Editor: Roderick Robertson.
  • Copy/Content Editor: Stephen Martin.
  • Layout by David Mitchell.
  • Runes by Scriptorium and Issaries, Inc., supplemental runes by Jim Catel.
  • Published by Issaries, Inc. 900 Murmansk St, Suite 5; Oakland, CA 94607
  • First Printing December 2000.
  • Issaries Publication ISS 1301.
  • ISBN #1-929052-03-0
  • 256 pp., Trade paperback size, Maps.

Contents

  • Contents
  • Glorantha Trading Association
  • I’m New Here: Where Do I Start?
    • We Are All Orlanthi
    • Glossary of Terms
  • Chapter 1: The Heortling Way
    • An introduction to the Heortlings told through first-person narratives. Map: Kerofinela, Center of the World
    • Your Stead
  • Chapter 2: Inside Heort’s House
    • The Centrality of Kinship
    • Individuals and Society
    • Your Clan
    • The Kinly Hearth
    • Law and Justice
    • Combat and Warfare
    • Your Enemies
    • Heortling Lands
    • Map: Sartar
  • Chapter 3: The Storm Tribe
    • Becoming People
    • Sacrifices
    • Divination
    • Divine Retribution
    • Funeral Customs
    • Your Gods
  • Chapter 4: Call the Lightning
    • Ancestors
    • Wyters
    • Your Wyter
    • The Sacred Order of Time
    • The Annual Sacred Calendar
    • The Sacred Order of Space
    • Dragon Pass Weather
  • Chapter 5: Inside Orlanth’s Hall
    • The Storm Realm
    • Map: The Storm Realm
    • The Mythic Ages
    • Map: The Storm Tribe Age
    • Map: The Late Vingkotling Age
    • The Hero Age
  • Chapter 6: Become the Thunder!
    • Cultural Keywords
    • Selecting a Name
    • Basic Occupations
    • Advanced Occupations
  • Chapter 7: Ernalda, the Great Goddess
    • Ernalda Allmother (aka Ernalda the Mother)
      • Eninta the Midwife
      • Mahome the Hearth Goddess
      • Orane the Steadwife
      • Overdruva the Forest Friend
      • Pella the Potter
      • Skovara the Entertainer
      • Vela the Matchmaker
    • Ernalda the Healer
      • Belveren the Chaos Cleanser
      • Bevara the Medic
      • Enferalda the Supporter
      • Jera the Herbalist
      • Orventili the Peacemaker
      • Vorela the Animal Healer
      • Votenevra the Earth Healer
    • Ernalda the Queen
      • Kadone the Grounder
      • Kev the Visionary
      • Orendana the Queen
      • Roitina the Ceremonialist
    • Esrola
      • Entra the Pig Mother
      • Esra the Barley Mother
      • Isbarn the Goose Girl
      • Nevala the Sheep Mother
      • Pelora the Wheat Mother
      • Suchara the Rye Mother
      • Uralda the Cow Mother
      • Usara the Oat Mother
  • Chapter 8: Orlanth, the Great God
    • Orlanth Adventurous
      • Desemborth the Thief
      • Destor the Adventurer
      • Drogarsi the Skald
      • Finovan the Raider
      • Mastakos Mover
      • Niskis the Lover
      • Ormalaya the Hunter
      • Orvanshagor Dragonslayer
      • Tatouth the Scout
      • Vanganth the Flyer
      • Varanorlanth the Wild
      • Vingkot Champion
    • Orlanth Allfather
      • Andrin the Lawspeaker
      • Dar the Leader
      • Durev the Householder
      • Harst the Reeve
      • Jarani Lawman
      • Orlanthcarl the Farmer
      • Orolmarn the Herder
      • Orstan the Carpenter
      • Poverri the Fisherman
      • Starkval the Weaponthane
      • Vingkot High King
    • Orlanth Thunderous
      • Daylanus the Conquering Wind
      • Hedkoranth, the Thunder Slinger
      • Helamakt, the Fighting Storm
      • Ohorlanth the Thunderer
      • Vingkot Victorious
    • Special Orlanth Aspects
      • Orlanth Lawmaker
      • Orlanth the Faithful Husband
      • Orlanth Lightbringer
      • Orlanth Rex
  • Index
    • Illustrations
    • Charts
    • Keywords
    • Creature Statistics
    • Listing
  • Biographies

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