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Commonly used titles in Theyalan

Posted on December 30, 2020

Because people find titles and their meaning interesting, here’s a short summary of the most commonly used titles in Theyalan: Chief Theyalan. Literally means “Great One; Most Important; Big Man” and denotes…

At the end of any war…

Posted on December 29, 2020

One more bit from Grainger that I find very Gloranthan: “At the end of any war, a conference was held in which peace terms were worked out. This was frequently between high…

City Rex

Posted on December 29, 2020

One of the titles I truly hated using for the leader of a Sartarite city was “mayor.” Perhaps because I used to work with US mayors, but I always felt it was…

Orlanth Rex and Sartar’s Lineage

Posted on December 25, 2020

The priesthood of the cult of Sartar – that’s the Orlanth Rex for all the tribes of Sartar, aka the Prince of Sartar – is restricted to members of Sartar’s lineage. Generally…

Eurmal WiP preview

Posted on December 22, 2020

2020 has definitely been a year that Eurmal has been very active! Sacred clown societies really influenced how I view Eurmal.

Kings and Kingship

Posted on December 21, 2020

An interesting snippet from Grainger’s “Kings and Kingship in the Hellenistic World, 350-30 BC”: “For the ordinary population, the king was akin to a natural force, a power of nature. He was…

Intoxicants

Posted on December 21, 2020

For the Orlanthi, intoxicating beverages include wine (for feasts and religious celebrations), beer (for everyday drinking and enjoyment), cannabis, hazia, dreamweed, opium, and a variety of mushrooms. Wine and beer are often…

Aram ya-Udram art preview

Posted on December 4, 2020

Thats a big change from their current runes. That’s Aram, not the Bloody Tusk.

Troll Types

Posted on November 27, 2020

Lisa Free did the definitive take on Glorantha trolls back in Trollpak. You’d be surprised how often I go back to this piece:

Sartar map update

Posted on November 27, 2020

The Master Map is nearly done. All hail the mighty Matt Ryan for his tireless work on this (he’s put in many hundreds of hours of work on this). This clip represents about 8%…

Tarsh map WiP preview

Posted on November 21, 2020

Matt Ryan and I are so close to being finished with the Dragon Pass Master Map it makes my head spin. So much detail, so much information. So many layers! I know…

Muse Roost

Posted on November 21, 2020

I think Sir Ethilrist may have ended up with the most picturesque real estate in Dragon Pass. Muse Roost really is more like Neuschwanstein meets Gormenghast than I could have ever imagined….

Revelations of the Invisible God

Posted on November 16, 2020

Great revelations have been made by the Invisible God and the full contours of RQ Malkionism has now been glimpsed by a select few. And it is revelatory. And in many ways,…

Cults of Glorantha Art preview

Posted on November 13, 2020

A storm is brewing courtesy of the masterful Loïc Muzy

Mostal Art Preview

Posted on November 13, 2020

The Stasis Rune in (in)action!

The Red Goddess Triumphant

Posted on November 12, 2020

Northern Sartar & Tarsh Map preview

Posted on November 3, 2020

So to give you an idea how big this map is going to be, here’s a printout of the WIP, with the RuneQuest Core rules for scale. And that’s the scale we…

All hail the Triumphant Moon

Posted on November 2, 2020

A Tale of Two Maps

Posted on November 1, 2020

The map of Dagori Inkarth from Trollpak was IMO the best single campaign map Chaosium ever published. Even better than the Elder Wilds maps from Griffin Mountain. Clear, informative, and with loads…

Alda-Chur

Posted on October 31, 2020

With about 4000 permanent residents Alda-Chur is the second largest city in Sartar. A quick cult breakdown for Alda-Chur: Important note: Post-Dragonrise Alda-Chur is the main stronghold of the Lunar Empire outside…

The Lunar Army in Sartar

Posted on October 31, 2020

Prior to the Dragonrise in 1625, there were approximately 15,000 Lunar soldiers in Dragon Pass, with the largest camps of some 10,000 soldiers being outside of the New Temple of the Reaching…

Maran Gor art preview

Posted on October 31, 2020

For Halloween, I give you the Destructive Earth goddesses, Maran Gor and Babeester Gor, by Loic Muzy! The come to bring destruction and vengeance upon those who have earned the wrath of…

Chaos Gods WiP preview

Posted on October 30, 2020

A snippet of the Chaos gods by the amazing Agathe Pitié! BTW, are you aware that is the same name as one of the students of Wilms, and the same person who…

Seven Mothers in Sartar

Posted on October 30, 2020

Now that we know where the Yelmalio cultists are, let’s look at some ballpark numbers for the Seven Mothers in Sartar. Seven Mothers cult numbers These numbers are very approximate, and might…

Yelmalio cult in Sartar

Posted on October 30, 2020

So where is the Yelmalio cult in Sartar, one might ask. Well here is how that breaks down: And that in a nutshell, shows what happened to the Elmal cult. So most…

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