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Half-Elves in Glorantha
Are there are “half-elves” in Glorantha? The answer is of course yes. We know adventurers fall in love with dryads, and those spirits of Fertility and Plant no doubt produce offspring, which…
Sartarite analogies
Something worth thinking about – although the King of Dragon Pass computer game (which is ultimately about What If Sartar Never Came to Dragon Pass) and the old HW materials gave the…
Understanding the Kingdom of Sartar
The Prince of Sartar is a priest-king of the most important Orlanth Rex cult in Dragon Pass. The Prince serves as a high priest, supreme warlord, and chief judge for the member…
Commonly used titles in Theyalan
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…
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
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
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
2020 has definitely been a year that Eurmal has been very active! Sacred clown societies really influenced how I view Eurmal.
Kings and Kingship
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
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
Thats a big change from their current runes. That’s Aram, not the Bloody Tusk.
Troll Types
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 II
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
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
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
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
A storm is brewing courtesy of the masterful Loïc Muzy
Mostal Art Preview
The Stasis Rune in (in)action!
Northern Sartar & Tarsh Map preview
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…
A Tale of Two Maps
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
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
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…