Colin and I are getting very close to being finished with the East Isles section, maybe another week max. Then I plan to circulate the current draft of the Guide to those…
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Lunar Imperial Army standards
Here’s something that may or may not go into the Guide – a sketch of Lunar Imperial Army standards (I’ve not commissioned a final on this, although it is referenced in the…
The Eight Sons of Yelm
Here’s an extremely useful (at least for me) schematic of the eight planets that Eric Vanel put together based on direction from Greg. This was posted on Google+
Orlanth’s Ring Sketch
Here’s a sketch Greg and I put together to describe Orlanth’s Ring for use in art direction. This was originally posted on Google+… Now in the Tapatalk archive
Hrestol and the Vadeli Judges
Today’s random snippet from the Guide: The Vadeli claim that the great Malkioni Hero Hrestol himself retired in the Vadeli Isles. After Hrestol went to Brithos, he was forced to flee. He…
The Gloranthan Sky
Here is a magnificent color map of the Gloranthan sky by Eric Vanel, with lots of input from Greg. We have an entire chapter on the Gloranthan Sky in the Guide, incorporating…
Snippet of Seshnelan History
Today’s random bit of history from the Guide: The history of Seshnela begins in the land of Brithos during the Great Darkness. To forestall civil war between himself and his brother, Talar…
Orlanth & Prax
by David Scott on June 12, 2013 For the last 18 months I’ve been working on the Praxians and looking at how there religion works in HQ2. This map from the Guide shows the zones…
Prax landscape art direction
For those of you who wanted the references for Cory’s Prax landscape picture, here it is! The viewer stands in the foothills of the Eiritha Hills, overlooking the oasis of the Paps,…
Praxian Nomads
Perhaps this should be “Prax Week” because I have some more Prax art to show off. This is from Jan Pospisil and will be appearing in the Guide: This was posted on…
View of sacred Prax from the Paps
For you Praxians out there, here’s a view of sacred Prax from the Paps looking towards Stormwalk done by Cory Trego-Erdner. David Scott and I had some interesting revelations about Praxian religion after…
Gigantic war games of the Hero Wars
The big map with hexes works perfectly to play gigantic war games of the Hero Wars. Here the Orlanthi begin to muster for war in the north. This was posted on Google+
The Lunar Army in the Holy Country
The Lunar Army in the Holy CountryLast little Lunar army snippet from the Guide, just to give an idea how many Lunars are actually committed to the theatre in the Holy Country….
Strength of the Lunar Army
The Lunar Army is the most powerful military in Glorantha. It numbers 64,000 soldiers, consisting of 36,500 infantry, 18,000 cavalry, 5,750 magicians (including the 1200 magicians of the Field School of Magic),…
New East Isles info
What I am working on at this minute. Lordy, there is going to be a lot of new East Isles info! This was posted on Google+… The East Isles will be detailed…
Field School of Magic
Here’s another snippet from the Guide I think people would find useful: The Field School of Magic consists of six priestly/magical units, each with some 200 Lunar priests, sorcerers, and shamans from…
Tapping
From the Guide, here’s one more foundational stone of Malkioni magic – Tapping: Tapping is the sorcerous conversion of a local manifestation of a Rune into raw magical energy, which then can…
Malkioni Wizardry
Here’s a little primer on Malkioni wizardry from the Guide: The Malkioni venerate the Invisible God who created the Runes, worshiped as gods by the barbarians. The Runes, in turn, created lesser…
The castes of Seshnela
So now that we got the contentious issue of what is canon out of the way, maybe I really should schedule that Malkioni Marathon – if enough people were interested, maybe we…
Canon and YGWV
There’s been a few questions about “what is canon,” “are these maps going to get Gregged,” and “why was Andrew using the term Greg Stafford’s Glorantha?’ I know issues of canon can…
An Ernaldan Festival
One of the defining features of Glorantha as a fantasy setting by its cults (among other things) – cult holy days are often the subject of game sessions (particularly if your players…
Dragonewt Roads Map
Morning’s sneak peak – a b&w draft version of the Dragonewt Roads map. The final will be color of course. This was originally posted on Google+… Now in the Tapatalk archive.
Vormain Map Creation – Step 2
Here’s the next step in putting Greg’s work together. Jeff’s working map details get added to the master map. I then hand this back to Jeff for further updates and error-checks.
Inspiration for the Gods Wall II
And here is Orlanth (armed with Babeester, his axe, and Lightning) and Ernalda (with her copper mirror). This was posted on Google+… You can see these stone carvings in Sen Senrenen, in…
Inspiration for the Gods Wall
Here is some the inspiration for the Gods Wall, courtesy of the Pergamon Museum. A Scorpion Man and a Triolini! This was posted on Google+… Now in the Tapatalk Archive.