Skip to content
The Well of Daliath
Menu
Menu

Issaries

Issaries

[IS-sahr-eez]

God of trade and communication, one of the Lightbringers

  • Orlanthi pantheon

Issaries is Lord of Trade, Guardian of Roads, Messenger of the Gods, and the psychopomp of the Orlanthi. Initiates of his cult are merchants and heralds, protected by their god’s reputation and power. The cult language, Trade Talk, was spread by the God Learners and is spoken as a second language in much of Glorantha. Issaries is often worshiped apart from the rest of the Orlanthi pantheon.

Issaries is rendered as a youth dressed in the local clothing style, holding one hand forward with the other behind his back. Other appurtenances are usually also added to his images as signs of his dominion.

Write upPageYearRunesNotes
ProsopaediaUnpublished
Cults of Glorantha Preview2852019
RuneQuest Glorantha2982018
HeroQuest Glorantha1592015
Guide to Glorantha1532014Notes only
Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes1552009
Book of Heortling Mythology164
186
2009Appendix A. Orlanthi Entities
Appendix D.
HeroQuest1222009Runes only
Cult Compendium1432002
Storm Tribe1092001Subcults:
Garzeen Silvertongue
Gultha Goldentongue
Harst Bronzetongue
Issaries the Guide
River of Cradles1621992Subcults:
Goldentongue
Garzeen
Herald Goodword
Gods of Glorantha, The Cults1985Subcults (Short form):
Goldentongue
Garzeen
Cults of Prax591978

  • Garzeen
  • Goldentongue
  • Harst
  • Herald Goodword
  • Issaries the Guide

Related Pages

  • Ikadz
  • Imjara
  • Individualism
  • Inora
  • Invisible God
  • Iphara
  • Ipharia Elnestratos
  • Irin School
  • Irrippi Ontor
  • Iste / Ebe
Issaries, Lightbringer, Orlanthi pantheon

Sections

  • Search Tips
  • Current RuneQuest Glorantha Publications
  • RuneQuest Glorantha Corrections and Q&A
  • Catalogue
  • References for Glorantha
    • Gloranthan Canon
  • Gloranthan Documents
  • RPG Systems & Versions
  • Gallery
  • Role-playing in Glorantha
  • About This Site
  • Get involved!

Latest Posts

  • Soap Opera themes

    Feuds, royal intrigue, temple politics, angry spirits and the grasping …
  • Defunct Sartar Tribes

    The Dundealos tribe was “destroyed” by the Lunar Provincial Government …
  • CHArisma

    CHA is arguably the most important characteristic in the game …
  • Sartarite Names

    Many Sartarite names combine prefixes and suffixes as per below; …
  • Dragon Pass Map Forest Overlay

    Just because I find it interesting, here’s that composite map …

Links

  • Chaosium
  • Glorantha on BRP Central
  • RuneQuest on BRP Central
  • RuneQuest Glorantha on MeWe
  • Glorantha Wiki on Fandom
  • Prince of Sartar Webcomic
  • Glorantha G+ Archives on Tapatalk
  • Search mailing list archive

Latest from BRP Central

  • The Legacy of Greg Stafford - An Interview with Rick Meints
  • Looking for VTT players for Pol Joni campaign
  • Sorcery Runes and Components
  • the length of spirit magic spells ?
  • 5th session in and Vishi was having a bad night.
  • The Legacy of Greg Stafford - An Interview with Rick Meints
  • Daily life expenses in Sartarite cities
  • What Prevents Dead Trolls from Self Resurrecting by Returning Back to the Surface World?
  • Shargash Crown (not Helmet)
  • Orlanthi crafting

Popular Tags

2007 Avalon Hill Boldhome Chaosium Chaos pantheon Cult demographics Cults of Glorantha (preview) Deprecated cult Doraddi pantheon Ernalda Esrolia (homeland) FR G+ post Greg Stafford Guide to Glorantha Guide to Glorantha (preview) Humakt HW Issaries Jar-eel Lhankor Mhy Lunar Empire Lunar Pantheon Magazine Map Michael O’Brien Mongoose Nomad Gods Oriflam Orlanth Orlanthi pantheon Prax (homeland) RQ2 RQ3 RQG Sandy Petersen Sartar (homeland) Solar pantheon Spirit Cult Subcult Tales of the Reaching Moon Tatou Troll / Uz pantheon Yelm Yelmalio

Recently added or updated

  • Soap Opera themes

  • Defunct Sartar Tribes

  • CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 05 Game System Q&A

  • CHA4034 Red Book of Magic – Chapter 02 Rune Magic Q&A

  • CHA4029 RuneQuest Gamemaster Screen Pack – Q&A

  • Red Emperor

  • Notes on The Red Emperor

  • Takenegi

  • Thed

  • Daak

  • Dakkalesilla

  • DonKivis the Aesthete

  • Barntar

  • Yelmalio

  • Entekos

  • Runes (2004)

  • Bagog

  • Shargash

  • Entekos in the Lunar Heartlands

  • Buserian

©2023 The Well of Daliath | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme