The Feathered Horse Queens are the most important Earth priestesses of Dragon Pass (and often paired with the High Priestess at the Shaker Temple – they always address each other as “sister”). The following…
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ISS1102 Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars (2000)
Glorantha, Introduction to the Hero Wars By Greg Stafford and Peter Metcalfe Glorantha, Introduction to the Hero Wars is the first book you need to learn about this fascinating mythic world. Glorantha, Introduction…
Dragon Pass – Battalia Clarifications (1983)
Originally published in Dragon Pass, Avalon Hill edition (1983) by Chaosium, Inc Battalia Clarifications The Barbarian Horde is part of the Sartar battalia. The Sylphs are the Wind Children’s physical agent. The…
1330-1387 The Carving of Tarsh
Date Event Homeland Primary Secondary 1297-1325 Previous section – The Taming of Dragon Pass 1330 Arim the Pauper enters Dragon Pass after Holay is conquered by the Lunar Empire. HoDP (GS) CHoDP (KOS)GtG…
1395-1470 The Kingdom of Tarsh
Date Event Homeland Primary Secondary 1330-1387 Previous section – The Carving of Tarsh 1395–1440 Ovartien’s son Yarandros is the fourth king of Tarsh. “Foundation” of the Kingdom of Tarsh. HoDP (GS) CHoDP (KOS)KoT (KOS)GtG…
1535-1556 The Conquest of Tarsh
Date Event Homeland Primary Secondary 1492-1535 Previous section – The Foundation of the Kingdom of Sartar 1535 Phoronestes is poisoned. Philigos becomes King of Tarsh. CHoDP (KOS) GtGHoDP (GS)RH (GS) 1535 Jarosar, son…
1557-1600 Conflict with the Lunar Empire
Date Event Homeland Primary Sources 1535-1556 Previous section – The Conquest of Tarsh 1557-1561 Reign of Jarosar as Prince of Sartar SD (KOS,GS) WF#12 1558 Moirades, son of King Phargentes, born. CHoDP (KOS)…
1613-1615 Rebellion in Sartar
Date Event Homeland Primary Sources 1602-1612 Previous section – The Fall of the Kingdom of Sartar 1613 Events of the “Sartar High Council”.The attempt to forge the Ring of Sartar fails. CHoDP (KOS)…
Lance and Laser Miniatures (2002)
Lance and Laser produce a set of Gloranthan miniatures. Lance and Laser web site at Archive.org Set One Released in March 2002 03001 Prince Argrath $2.95 03002 Harrek the Berserk $2.95 03003…
Great Captains of the Third Age
Scholars traditionally list several great captains of the Third Age. These are military leaders who consistently displayed genius with their use of the forces available to them. They are: Yanafal Tarnils –…
Patron of letters and art
We often overlook the role of the Prince of Sartar as a patron of letters and art. But of course that has always been one of the key roles of the Prince….
Cities
Glorantha has many famed cities that predate the Dawn – Alkoth, Raibanth, Yuthuppa, Nochet, etc. But founding your own city is also a path to godhood as shown by such demigods as…
Lunar Treasury at Boldhome during the Occupation
Although the new Temple of the Reaching Moon was to be the magical and religious center of the province, Boldhome remained the administrative center for the Lunars. The Provincial Governor of Dragon…
Argrath History To 1627
Some fragments from a document Greg and I put together, which might interest some of you. It is part of the RQ Campaign. Born on Starfire Ridge to the Colymar Tribe Maniski…
Raus of Rone
Raus was not of the Imperial nobility but was closely affiliated to an imperial clan. His ancestors were a local ruling dynasty in Kostaddi. They made peace with the Lunar Empire, but…
RuneQuest Campaign phases
As I work on the overall structure of the “RuneQuest Campaign” or the “Grand Argrath Campaign”, there’s some big differences between it and the Boy King campaign that I wanted to talk…
The Glowline
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…
Lunar Treasury at Boldhome during the Occupation
Although the new Temple of the Reaching Moon was to be the magical and religious center of the province, Boldhome remained the administrative center for the Lunars. The Provincial Governor of Dragon…
Notes on Alkoth I
Alkoth is a standard Dara Happan city that also happens to be an entrance to the Underworld, and is a city of the dead. That is less of a contradiction than it…
Getting up to Glamour
I recently made the comment that “it isn’t as if the Sartarites get up to Glamour very often” – but let’s not forget, it is only about 700 km from Glamour to…
Notes on Ethilrist II
A few notes on Ethilrist and the Black Horse Troop I posted elsewhere and thought might be of interest here: Sir Ethilrist was the descendant of a long line of mercenary captains…
Talastar
One of the more interesting areas in Peloria is Talastar, one of the great centers of Orlanthi culture. I’m defining Talastar broadly – including Lakrene, Anadiki, Brolia, and Skanthi as parts of…
Cosmopolitan Sartar
As I have been working on the Sartar Homeland book, I’ve been struck how much more cosmopolitan Sartar becomes if you just extend the map slightly from that of the old Dragon…
Kallyr’s Short Lightbringers Quest 1625 – I
Getting support for an attempted Lightbringers Quest is pretty much everything Kallyr does from being acclaimed Prince until Sacred Time. She pushes hard to have the entire Orlanth cult and its associates…
Top Seven Drugs of Glorantha
Copyright © 1993 by Michael O’Brien (additional input: Mark Holsworth) Rainbow Grass – Pent Stigummay – Prax & the Wastes Xcori – Kralorela Cataplasis – Sog City, Fronela Lunar Tea – The Lunar Empire Malhauti Venom – Teshnos…