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The Great Compromise

Posted on December 19, 2021

The assembled gods then created the Great Compromise, which began the recreation of Glorantha. The gods all agreed to three universal rules: First, they would concede previous claims, and mutually agree to…

The Red Goddess in Time

Posted on December 19, 2021

So let’s think a little bit about the presence of the Red Goddess in Time. She is a Greater God who appeared during Time, embraces Chaos, and her very existence violates the…

The Lunar Heartlands

Posted on December 18, 2021

As we think about the Lunar Heartlands as a place populated by people, a few dimensions are worth keeping in mind. It is about 300 miles from Jillaro to Elz Ast and…

Hero cults

Posted on December 18, 2021

In general, when you gain Rune Magic from a hero cult, that magic comes from the god behind the hero. Where the hero is going to be apotheosised as a god, then…

Gloranthan Terrors

Posted on December 17, 2021

The Crimson Bat, Cwim, the Mother of Monsters, the Chaos Gaggle, any of the True Dragons – stopping the appearance of any of these terrors would be the plot of a world-ending…

Notes on The Crimson Bat

Posted on December 17, 2021

The importance of the Crimson Bat for the expansion of the Lunar Empire cannot be understated. We all know it is awesomely powerful in its own right, able to devour an entire…

Hair and Beard Guide reprise

Posted on December 16, 2021

I’ve posted this before (see Hair and Beard Guide, July 2021), but in the interest of helping folk out who are trying to imagine the look of their Sartarite characters, here’s the…

Vasana’s Tattoos WiP

Posted on December 16, 2021

I’ve been working the last year with the amazing Anna Orlova on concept art for many of the iconic figures of the RuneQuest Campaign. One thing we’ve done is establish their tattoos…

The experimental landscape of Lunar mythology

Posted on December 15, 2021

Few non-Lunars have ever dared explore the experimental landscape of Lunar mythology. Most celestial cults are reluctant to look into the shadows, and the Earth cults rarely look up into the sky….

The Glowline

Posted on December 15, 2021

Normally, Lunar Rune magic and Lunar magical techniques are only at full effectiveness three days out of the week. The other four days a week, Lunar magic is either underpowered or not…

Godtime Relics

Posted on December 14, 2021

Waertagi, Golden Wheel Dancers, Mistress Race Trolls, elder Giants, Brithini – Glorantha has many relics of the Godtime that exist (to the extent they still do) in defiance of the world of…

The Triolini

Posted on December 13, 2021

The Triolini are a species (actually cluster of species) that don’t get enough love and attention in our Dragon Pass, Lunar Empire, and Prax centered games. It is worth considering that there…

Notes on the World Council of Friends

Posted on December 13, 2021

At the Dawn, the World Council of Friends (centered on Dragon Pass) united five mortal species, each of roughly equal strength and numbers – humans, trolls (at the time there were no…

Magical Places in Dragon Pass

Posted on December 13, 2021

There are several places in Dragon Pass where the boundary between the mundane world and the Godtime is permeable and easily crossed. A few of the more notables: Hill of Orlanth Victorious…

Ernalda overview on YouTube

Posted on December 13, 2021

I did a video overview of the Ernalda cult with Chaosium’s own James Coquillat:

The Hill of Orlanth Victorious I

Posted on December 12, 2021

It is roughly 20 miles from Boldhome to the Hill of Orlanth Victorious – a roughly comparable distance from the Akropolis of Athens to the sanctuary at Eleusis. No trade road connects…

The RuneQuest RPG Wiki

Posted on December 7, 2021

This is perhaps the most useful online tool for RQ I know of – the RQ Wiki! This has online all the core rules presented in the Starter Set, including a Fast…

Orlanth overview on YouTube

Posted on December 5, 2021

I did a video overview of the Orlanth cult with Chaosium’s own James Coquillat:

Royal Roads

Posted on December 4, 2021

The Princes of Sartar were road builders. Each of the royal roads are four to seven meters wide and usually rests upon a foundation of rammed soil and rubble one to two…

Volume of Trade in Dragon Pass

Posted on December 3, 2021

Silk is something found among the elites in the Heartland, in Lunar Tarsh, in Boldhome, and is quite common in Nochet, Rhigos, and Karse. Assuming the Lunar Empire has roughly the same…

First Age Wenelia

Posted on December 2, 2021

At the Dawn the Elk People, the children of Pralor, were the residents here. Their population was thin at first, but the relative ease of the Dawn Age allowed for population expansion…

Chaotic features in the Lunar Empire

Posted on December 1, 2021

The Red Goddess provides Chaos Gift to many Lunar cults, including initiates of her own cult and to senior priestesses of the Seven Mothers (but also to initiates of Danfive Xaron, priestesses…

The Dark Age of Genertela

Posted on November 30, 2021

Genertela was in a true Dark Age at the start of the Third Age. Between the Closing of the Seas and the Dragonkill War, trade (and thus urban civilization) was minimal. Ralios…

Born in the Red

Posted on November 30, 2021

Around the Red Emperor are numerous powerful families (or clans) most of whom are related to the Red Emperor, descended from him, married to him, etc. Those “born in the red” are…

Original Prax and Wastes map

Posted on November 30, 2021

This map here does a good job of showing the relationship between Prax (see the Eiritha Hills) and the Wastes. Prax is much smaller, but also more fertile than the Wastes (the…

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