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Roots of Glorantha (2007, 2015)

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This is a collection of seventeen volumes of Greg Stafford’s ORIGINAL Glorantha stories from the 1960s and early 1970s. These are the first stories about Glorantha Greg wrote and they established many of the basic foundations of the setting, especially the West. Scattered throughout the text are hand drawn maps, timelines, and genealogies. Two versions have been published, the first in 2007 as 16 individual volumes and in 2015 as 6 combined volumes plus an extra volume called the GreGarth Atlas Special edition.

The 2015 version was only available as part of the Seven Mothers / Lightbringers pledge: MoLaD reward level, plus the ultimate 15 volume “Roots of Glorantha” series of unpublished Gloranthan monographs written by Greg Stafford. Each printed volume is approximate 100 pages in length. Originally you got to pick your favorite 7 Mother or Lightbringer for the cover, but was published using colour plates from the Guide.

The 2007 individual volumes are:

  • Roots of Glorantha: Book I Encyclopedia of Seshnela (2007)
  • Roots of Glorantha: Book II: The Reign of King Froalar (2007)
  • Roots of Glorantha: Book III: The Reign of King Ylream (2007)
  • Book IV: The Reign of King Thamor
  • Book V: The Book of Jychan
  • Book VI: The Reign of King Bertalor
  • Book VII: The Vadeli Trader 
  • Book VIII: The Reigns of Kings Sonmalos, Mimtak, Bertia and Queen Annila
  • Book IX: The reigns of Kings Gothimus and Torphing
  • Book X: Genealogies of Seshnela
  • Book XI: The Book of Enemies
  • Book XII: The Book of Foreigners
  • Book XIII: The Book of Gbaji
  • Book XIV: Hero Tales
  • Book XV: Aamor The Wanderer of Ralios 
  • Book XVI: Damiliol
  • Roots of Glorantha: Book XVII The Book of Jonat (2007)

The 2007 individual volumes

  • Roots of Glorantha: Book I Encyclopedia of Seshnela (2007)
  • Roots of Glorantha: Book II: The Reign of King Froalar (2007)
  • Roots of Glorantha: Book III: The Reign of King Ylream (2007)
  • Roots of Glorantha: Book XVII The Book of Jonat (2007)

Related Pages

  • Archival 8 poster map set (2014)
  • Greganth Atlas (1993, 2014)
  • ISS2005 Argan Argar Atlas (2014)
  • ISS2005-24P 24 Map set of Glorantha (2014)
  • ISS2005-6P 6 Poster Map Set of Genertela (2014)


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