So let’s talk a moment about the Lightbringers and their pantheon. In Sartar, about 42% of the adult population are initiated into one of the core Lightbringer cults, and another 40% are…
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Notes on Orlanth Lightbringer
Orlanth Lightbringer is the mystical and heroquesting aspect of Orlanth. He is a universally acknowledged aspect of Orlanth, worshiped in conjunction with the other Lightbringers. Orlanth Lightbringer is not a subcult –…
Why The Lightbringers
Orlanth is one of the great transformative forces in Glorantha. He’s why we have Night and Day, he’s why storms brings forth new growth from the Earth, and most importantly, he (and…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – F
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Face Chaos 50 1+ Storm Bull LB 132 Initiates Storm Bull LB 37 Orlanth Adventurous initiates, (associate) Storm Bull LB 140 Valind initiates (associate) Storm Bull…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – K
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Keenclaw 62 3 See MIG III, Master Lists: Rune/Divine Magic, page 240 Know Lineage (Pamalt variant) 62 1 Faranar EB 120 Pamalt initiates (associate) Faranar (Ernalda…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – M
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Madness 63 1 Red Goddess LW 123 Initiates Red Goddess LW 49 Danfive Xaron initiates (associate) Red Goddess LW 61 Etyries initiates (associate) Red Goddess LW…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – W
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Warrior of Stone 103 2+ See MIG III, Master Lists: Rune/Divine Magic, page 245 Waste Loins 103 3 See MIG III, Master Lists: Rune/Divine Magic, page…
The thirteen main cults in Sartar
There are thirteen main cults in Sartar, which collectively are about 95% of the population. The biggest are: Those two cults are about 68% of the population. Those 11 cults (each with…
CHA4041 Mythology – Index
CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X…
The Cult of Orlanth In Sartar
Orlanth is the patron god of the Kingdom of Sartar, and nowhere is his cult more fully developed. The three main subcults of Orlanth—Thunderous, Adventurous, and Rex—have temples and shrines throughout the…
Sartar’s Transformation of the Economy
One of the most remarkable transformations that Sartar made is that in less than 30 years he manage to transform the local economy from almost entirely commodity exchange to one where copper…
A Sense of Size II
Genertela is nearly 9,000,000 square km in area. That’s more than twice the size of the European Union or a little smaller than continental Europe. Or for us North Americans, it is…
Role of the Earth Goddesses
Wherever people work the soil and raise plants or domesticate livestock, the Earth Goddesses are revered. Some places, where the male ruling deities have unquestioned authority, they are little more than the…
Esrolian Culture
When we think about Esrolia as a culture, a few things to keep in mind: Esrolia is 90% rural villagers. Let’s focus on that before thinking about its urban centers. Rural Esrolia…
Visualising Gloranthan Societies
I like to think of mortal Gloranthan societies as being made of clusters of temples, with links to their associates. Some cults – like Orlanth and Ernalda – end up with big…
Notes on the Big Rubble
The Big Rubble covers about 25 square km. With 6100 inhabitants, that’s almost 250 inhabitants per square km or 2.5 per hectare. In comparison, New Pavis with 28 hectares has 5150 inhabitants…
Common Knowledge – Dragonewts
Dragonewts are both familiar and extremely mysterious in Dragon Pass. They are of course familiar to most inhabitants – there are some 20,000 dragonewts in Dragon Pass. Dragonewt Roads cross much of…
Ancient Bird Mother
As we all know, Vrimak (one of the Parts of Yelm) is the father of all avian life. His daughter-wife Avarnia is the Bird Mother, goddess of small birds, including quails, chickens,…
ISS3006 Revealed Mythologies – Index
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ISS3009 History of the Heortling Peoples – Index
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ISS3011 The Book of Heortling Mythology – Index
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White Bull Season 1 Episode 25 – transcript
0:10welcome back to another episode of tales of the White Bull the Chaosium house Runequest campaign. I’m Jeff Richard and0:18i will be your GM tonight everybody wave and because i just want…
Oldest notes on Orlanth
I’m going through some files and found some of Greg’s oldest notes on Orlanth (from about 1977): The council of gods in Dragon Pass is made of several major deities. Orlanth is…
CHA4045 The Lunar Way – Index
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