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The Ferryman, Guide to Hell

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One of the Seven Sacred Ancestors, the ancestors of all trolls.

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Jeset, the Ferryman of the Dead, built the first boat. He uses it to ferry souls across the River Styx to the far side. For this he charges a small copper coin, or else a small magic item of varying worth to the few living who wish to use his services.

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Write upPageYearRunesNotes
Mythology1282023Genealogy of the Darkness Deities
Prosopaedia672023Prosopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Gen Con 2019 preview342019None listedAs: Jeset Guide to Hell in Gods of Darkness.
Troll Gods, Troll Cults Book811989None listedTroll spirit cult
Gods of Glorantha, Prosopaedia1985None listedProsopaedia entryUsually a few descriptive paragraphs
Wyrms Footnotes #7261979None listedDeities of Darkness, Underworld Guardians
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Mythology
Darkness Genealogy
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Genealogy of the Darkness Deities
The Glorantha Sourcebook772018Genealogy of the primary Darkness deities
Cult Compendium
Trollpak, Uz Lore (AH)
Trollpak, Uz Lore (Chaosium)
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1988
1982, 2019
Genealogy of Darkness Deities

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