Polaris

The Pole Star, Keeper of the Stars, God of War, Armies, and Dance

Polaris led the armies of the Upper World in the Gods War. When the Spike exploded a hole appeared in the sky dome. Around that hole Polaris built a fortress to keep bad influences out of heaven. Other star captains created similar strongholds from whence the forces of light sallied to aid the dark world below. Polaris also calculated the rock and tilt of the broken sky-dome to coordinate the movements of his forces in the heavens. He sheltered the goddess of dance and thus was born the harmony of the heavens, which reflects both the beauty of dance and the precision of military drill.

Polaris is noted for his courage and unswerving loyalty, and is worshiped as the General of Heaven. Commanding officers of many large civilized armies sacrifice to him for aid in battle.

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Write up	Page	Year	Runes	Personal Glyph	Notes
Cults of Runequest		Unpublished
Cults of Runequest		Unpublished			Spirit Cult
Lunar Way	142	2024	None listed	n/a	Associated cult: Yanafal Tarnils
Mythology	123	2023		n/a	Prosopaedia entry
Prosopaedia	100	2023		n/a	Prosopaedia entry
Prosopaedia	Post	2023	None listed	n/a	As: Rigsdal
Cults of Glorantha Preview	231	2019		n/a	Subcults: Hastatus / Spear Man, Star Captains, Associated cults: Arraz, Dayzatar, Lokarnos, Ourania, Yelm, Yelorna
Guide to Glorantha	151, 649, 672, 673	2014			Gods Wall I-23, Star 1. AKA: Pole Star, Rigsdal
Pavis, Gateway to Adventure	174	2012		n/a	Prosopaedia entry
Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes	153	2009		n/a	As: Rigsdal Subcult of: Elmal
Common and uncommon runes		2004	None listed		As: Pole Star
Storm Tribe deprecated	54	2001	None listed		As: Rigsdal Subcult of: Elmal
Storm Tribe deprecated	104	2001			As: Rigsdal Subcult of: Humakt
Storm Tribe deprecated	231	2001	None listed
The Perfect Sky, revised	Greg Sez	1999	None listed	n/a	As: Pole Star Star 1
The Gloranthan Sky	Greg Sez	1997	None listed	n/a	Prosopaedia entry
Tales of the Reaching Moon #14	47	1996		n/a	As: Pole Star Praxian Spirit Cult
La Guerre des Heros		1993	None listed	Counter	As: Pole Star
The Glorious Reascent of Yelm	58, 59, 75	1993	None listed		As: Pole Star Gods Wall I-23 Star 1 Dara Happan Planetary Runes Prosopaedia entry
Gods of Glorantha, Prosopaedia		1985	None listed	n/a	Prosopaedia entry
Wyrm’s Footnotes #10	22	1980	None listed	n/a	As: Pole Star Prosopaedia entry
Nomad Gods	44	1977	n/a	Counter	As: Pole Star Fire spirit