The Spike held Glorantha together in the Gods Time. The Celestial Court were torn into pieces and the Spike was destroyed, leaving instead a gaping, howling Void. Things fall apart; the centre…
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Secrets of the Chaos Gods (1998)
What the Sword Broo Says This covers Chapter 2, pages 12-21: Where did the world come from? The world was ripped from the Void of Chaos to torment each of us forever….
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – G
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Ghost Dart 54 1 Glowspot 54 3 Crimson Bat LW 42 Initiates Crimson Bat LW 126 Red Goddess initiates (associate) Yara Aranis LW 148 Initiates Gnome…
Field School of Magic
Here’s another snippet from the Guide I think people would find useful: The Field School of Magic consists of six priestly/magical units, each with some 200 Lunar priests, sorcerers, and shamans from…
City Gods
Most cities have their own protective spirits. Citizens worship their city’s spirit to keep it strong and healthy, for it is the soul of the city. The city god is usually represented…
Glorantha Core Rune Font
The Glorantha Core Font is used by Moon Design and Chaosium in their publications. It is a compilation of the most useful characters from the 42 or so fonts created in the…
Gorgorma
Keeper of Secrets, Terror and Eater Gorgorma of the Two Mouths is a huge and wrinkled female horror, the awful sister of Dendara. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 9…
Orlanth
Head of the Council of the Gods, Storm god, Chieftain, and Warrior, one of the Lightbringers Orlanth is the King of the Gods, Master of Storms, Death Wielder, and Bringer of Light….
Thief Gods
Many gods, such as Orlanth, the Red Goddess, and the Trickster, have thief aspects. Many thieves worship no gods at all, depending instead on their own skills and wit to evade detection….
Where did Belintar come from? (2012)
Submitted by GianniVacca on Fri, 22/06/2012 – 09:35 OK… Where did Belintar come from? Submitted by metcalph on Fri, 22/06/2012 – 22:39. If you want a non-canonical answer, the thing is ask…
Love the new pictures on top of webpage (2012)
Submitted by fiddler on Mon, 22/10/2012 – 20:13 Is this some of the art that will appear in the guide? It looks great. Really looking forward to getting the PDF and book. …
Working on the Gods of Glorantha (2013)
Hey all, while Rick is feverishly doing the layout of the Guide to Glorantha and Ian is putting the art list for The Coming Storm before I hack it apart, I’m working…
Greg Sez: Who Are the Blue Peoples? (Mar 1998)
Question From DAVID CAKE. Answer by Greg Stafford. Originally published March 1998. Q: I’ve heard about all sorts of blue people. I’ve heard of the Veldang, the blue Vadeli, Pelorian blues, blue…
Jar-eel
Fourth Inspiration of Moonson, the Moonsword, New God of Love and War The newest New God, this demigoddess is the current incarnation of the Red Goddess in the Middle World. Write up…
Resistance for players
Forums | HeroQuest Rules Discussions Resistance for players Submitted by Michael Lewis on Tue, 28/05/2013 – 22:01 HeroQuest Rules Discussions Here’s the situation: An evil wizard(NPC) casts a spell at a PC….
8 – The Wrath of Argrath
7 – Argrath faces the Lunars 9 – Exile Characters: Argrath The most famous collection of Argrath stories, “The Annotated Argrath’s Saga”, says simply: This deed, performed by a young man filled with the…
Kallyr’s Short Lightbringers Quest 1625 – III
From the Glorantha Sourcebook: In Sacred Time, Kallyr Starbrow rallied her kingdom behind her to perform the Lightbringers’ Quest, a complicated heroquest that usually provided new life and health to everyone participating….
Allocating Your Unconscious Life II
Yesterday I posted some thoughts on thinking about the unconscious existence of characters. Now it is important to note that this is not something that underpins any game mechanics at this point….
The Far Place
There are about 31,000 permanent residents in the area centered on Alda-Chur, including the Dinacoli, Princeros, Tovtaros, and Vantaros tribes. This area, called the Far Place, speaks Tarshite but has had close…
Sacred Time 1625
Because of the magical energies released as part of the preparations for the Lightbringers Quest (and perhaps because of the awakening of a True Dragon with the Dragonrise), much of Sartar could…
Non-Chaotic cults & Primal Chaos
What cults would have a less antagonistic view of chaos (particularly seeing it as simply a part of the greater world at large rather than something ‘evil’ or inherently ‘wrong?’) Let’s put…
The Dark Age of Genertela
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…
Joining the Seven Mothers
It is easy to become a lay member of the Seven Mothers. Just tell the priestess of your desire to join. The new member’s name is then entered on the Paper Lists,…
World-Wide Deities
Most Gloranthan religions list hundreds, even thousands of gods. Some of these gods are clearly localized phenomena, deified rulers, or tribal ancestors. Others are alternative titles for gods already worshiped under a…