[XXIX.mostal/mostal/0010111010.00101.001] Solid waste is excreted by Dwarves as geometrically perfect cubes. Their latrine pits are uniformly filled, layer by layer, until full, when they are permitted to dry out and are then used…
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Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #18
[XXIX.10-drome] Excerpts from Lucky Phil’s Guide to the Nochet Hippodrome: Tips and Tricks for the Prospective Punter. [XXIX.11-drome.I/1.b] By ancient edict, women in Nochet are forbidden to gamble; ironically, also by ancient edict,…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #17
[XXIX.14-16.title] Mercenary Contract of Leonidas the Short, Wind Voice of Orlanth Adventurous. [XXIX.14-16.a] Each hired person will give his complete and utter loyalty in all matters, whether they lead unto life or death to…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #12
[XXIX. 21-011] Lunar Battalia #17: The University Guards are notorious for their inhuman savagery. The regiment originated from those followers who guarded Raibanth University when Irripi Ontor was awarded his honorary degree. [XXIX. 21-010] “Oh…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #07
*Please note that entries concerning “old Orlanthi oathes” or that old chestnut about the double-headed Salilgori coin are no longer considered worthy of gaining free entry to the Library Reading Room in…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #04
…and he, foul Osboropo, tool of Wakboth, was driven back into the Hollow whence he came, seated backwards on an ass, his severed hands tied round his neck and his privy member…
Starry Wisdom #1 – View from Zenith
by Rob Heinsoo Putting Glorantha Back on Target [8/19/97 Note: This editorial was produced in Winter of 1997 when our view of the Glorantha landscape was somewhat different. Since that time, the…
Jeff’s Canonical Corpus
So let’s talk about the books I think constitute the “canonical corpus” for official RuneQuest publications. These are the works that get referenced in future Chaosium publications with very few changes, and…
Moonson’s Number Two
First read at Convulsion 3D, Leicester, UK 1996.Copyright © 1996 by Michael O’Brien A companion piece to The Son of Light Awakens and thematically linked to Nick Brooke’s Yolanela Spurned. Long grey fingers – the…
The Son of Light Awakens
A companion piece to Yolanela Spurned (by Nick Brooke)Copyright © 1996 by Michael O’Brien Picture if you can, my dear reader, Moonson, standing before one of the vast windows of his Sacred Bed Chamber,…
Jaxarte at the Sun Dome
First published in Tales of the Reaching Moon issue #3Copyright © 1990 by Michael O’Brien This account, taken from the shelves of the Pavis Temple of Knowledge, gives the reader an insight into contemporary…
Sartar Money and War
The Kingdom of Sartar was the wealthiest of the Dragon Pass kingdoms prior to the Lunar Conquest. Its revenues were a combination of a head tax paid by the tribes (in silver),…
A Year Ago
A year ago I got the terrible news from Suzanne that Greg passed away. It seems fitting that I’ve been spending this week reconstructing his old master maps of Glorantha – some…
Notes on the Holy Country II
By 1350, the Hendriki kingdom is gone. Heortland – named after the great cultural hero who was often invoked by Belintar – was a Sixth of the Holy Country. The God-King kept…
Heroquesting 102
OVERVIEW The process by which an individual contacts the world of the gods and grows in it is slow and gradual. When mortals participate in a religious ceremony, they expend energy and…
Loskalm and New Hrestolism
In Loskalm, Malkionism developed a strong current of dualism, positing that the Invisible God’s awareness of itself created a lesser (and flawed) demiurge that in turn created lesser emanations – powers, elements…
Malkionism as a Cult
So one thing that should be obvious about Malkionism compared to other cults – it is primarily a philosophical system, rather than a connection with a god or spirit. The Invisible God…
The Conquest Of Teshnos And Kralori
This is a Second Age Jrusteli document, among the earliest records recovered in the Third Age. It chronicles the conquest of Teshnos and Kralorela. Like many texts of this time, secret knowledge…
Summoning Korgatsu (2001)
By Greg Stafford, 17 Oct 2001. Samburan. Name before finding the Spirit world. Category of novice, normal tribesman. Bukaran. Name as shaman, knower of immaterial spirit world. Korgatsu. Name after returning to the world. The First People…
Masters of Luck and Death II
A few last notes on the Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death. There’s a lot in this one, so I recommend reading it carefully and digesting each piece! The Tournament…
Malkionism
There are a bit more than 8 million Malkioni in Glorantha, most being in Seshnela or western Fronela. Malkionism is, if anything, even trickier than the Lunar Way to define. All Malkioni…
On Evil and Chaos
Most creatures tainted by Chaos are simply evil. They tend to worship the gods of Chaos – the enemies of Creation – because no one else will take them. These entities are…
Notes on Glamour
Glamour, not the Tripolis, is the cultural, religious, and political center of the Lunar Empire. Now over four hundred years old, it was founded by a polyglot group of devotees of the…
Heroquest: “What is It?”
One of Greg’s earliest manuscripts on heroquesting hits all the key points, explains what it is, and the key elements involved. I’ve added a few footnotes, but let this digest a little….
RQ Campaign Random Events
Here’s a little something I am working on as part of the RQ Campaign that I thought people might be interested in! RANDOM EVENTSAt the start of each season, the gamemaster should…