Vengeful, violent, and ruthless are how most people view the Tarsh Exiles. The Tarsh Exiles are known to revere the grim Earth goddesses and offer human sacrifice to goddesses of Earth. Their…
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The Far Point
The people of the Far Point view the world as a dangerous place and seek whatever allies they can to help ensure their survival. Chaos, giants, and trolls are continuous threats to…
Layout of Cults of Glorantha
At the office of our layout guru Simeon Cogswell and moving forward on the Cults book!
Boldhome
Boldhome is a diverse and cosmopolitan city, far more than most Gloranthan settlements. There are young, unmarried warriors from the Adventurous cult, caravanners and merchants from all over, veteran Humakti warriors, Earth…
The Celestial Empire of Sheng Seleris.
From about 1360-1460, the nomads of Sheng Seleris terrorized the areas adjacent to Pent – Kralorela, Ignorance, Prax, Teshnos, and Peloria. The Celestial Empire was focused on Sheng Seleris and his Enforcers,…
Dragon Pass Caravans
Did you know it takes about 6 days to get from Boldhome to Karse by caravan? One day to get to Wilmskirk, two days to get from Wilmskirk to Whitewall, and three…
Elder Races in Dragon Pass
Although Dragon Pass is dominated by humans, about one in five intelligent beings there are non-human. The dragonewts are a very ancient species, descended from the great immortal Dragons of the pass….
Non-humans in Genertela
As an aside, did you know that 20% of intelligent beings in Dragon Pass are nonhuman? That’s one of the highest concentrations of nonhumans in human dominated lands in Genertela. For comparison:…
East Wilds Orlanthi in Ralios
As an aside, if you are wondering what the Orlanthi of the East Wilds in Ralios are like, the Griffin Mountain supplement is actually a good reference. The daily life of an…
The distrust of Kallyr Starbrow
One thing that is hard for some people to really grasp is how controversial and distrusted Kallyr was by many tribal leaders as Prince (and before). The distrust of Kallyr goes back…
Kallyr Starbrow 1613-1619
Are there any published sources for what Kallyr Starbrow got up to between her surrender after the failed rebellion in 1613 and her re-appearance at Whitewall in 1619/21 and the Battle the…
Notes on the Origins Of Tarsh
Let’s talk a little bit about the south Pelorian Orlanthi, as I think that they are important as a background – even though the Lunar Tarshites are not merely a Lunarized variant…
Road vs. River in Sartar
One of the reasons that far more traffic is carried by Sartar’s Roads than by river is the steep slope of the Creek-Stream River. The Creek-Stream drops some 350 meters in about…
Dragon Pass Comparative Area
One more post to get things into perspective – all of Dragon Pass (Sartar, Tarsh, Grazelands, and the rest) is roughly comparable in size to Bavaria, Andalusia, or the entire island of…
Orlanth Victorious
Orlanth Victorious is the title of Orlanth as he heads off on the Lightbringers Quest (eg Hill of Orlanth Victorious in Sartar). It can be thought of as the “fully integrated Orlanth”…
Hidden Shrine to Orlanth Victorious
Around 1619, Garrath Sharpsword aka Argrath Whitebull set up hidden shrine to Orlanth Victorious in the Big Rubble. From this shrine, Argrath and his friends and students regularly explore the Hero Plane…
Dawn population
At the Dawn, Dragon Pass was one of the strongholds of mortal beings. Thanks to I Fought, We Won and the Unity Council, it was one of the main population centers of…
Jar-eel again
So people love to worry about Harrek the Berserk or complain about Argrath being a warlord, but one of the most important Heroes in the Hero Wars is Jar-eel the Razoress. It…
What is Magic?
An act of magic in Glorantha is an exchange of energies between mortal and myth. The mythic world includes the gross intangibles, such as the Platonic ideals or conceptions such as Love,…
Becoming a Hero
Greg speculated that to become a Hero, one needed to: 1. Participate in at least two “great events” – heroquests outside of those known by cult or tradition. This would include cult…
Horsemen and Charioteers of the Yelmalio Cult
Shocking fact of the day – the Yelmalio cult did not always fight in phalanxes, let alone in pike formations. At times they have been better known for being horsemen or even…
Spread of the EWF
The EWF influence spread through the so-called Barbarian Belt in the 800s. Lakrene was EWF by 850, Anadikki by 870, and parts of Brolia were taxed around 890. The process was for…
Dragon Pass in the Third Age, part 2
The southeastern corner of Dragon Pass, roughly the area between Kero Fin Mountain and the barbaric Plains of Prax is the Kingdom of Sartar. It consists of many Orlanthi tribes that were…
Dragon Pass in the Third Age, part 1
After the genocide of the Dragonkill War, people were understandably reluctant to move back into Dragon Pass. The tribes closest to it were fanatical in their fear of the Pass, and formed…
Dragon Pass in The Second Age
Before Arkat left in 450, he placed his troll friends into positions of leadership. The Only Old One was reinstated, and Dragon Pass became part of the Shadowlands. The Heortlings chose a…