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The Entropy of Time

Posted on August 10, 2022

The Broken Council, God Learners, Empire of the Wyrms Friends, and the Lunar Empire all shared the same progression of endless new possibilities and optimistic enthusiasm that later becomes overtaken by ambitious…

ISS2003 Sartar Companion – Index

This is the index for the Moon Design Publication the Sartar Companion. To go to a specific section of the index, click on the letters below. A B C D E F G…

Machine City and God Forgot

Posted on December 16, 2022

As we all know, magic is the result of drawing upon the timeless and eternal “God Time” to affect the material world of Time. And so sorcery as a magic system is…

Path of Immanent Mastery

Mystery cult of dragon power The members of this secret organization can transform themselves into dragons. Initiates claim that their dragon powers prove the cult’s power and verify its truth. God Learners…

Library of Londarios: The Kings of Seshnela, Part Two (1999)

Library of Londarios: The Kings of Seshnela, Part One (1999) Library of Londarios: The Kings of Seshnela, Part Two (1999) Library of Londarios: The Kings of Seshnela, Part Three (1999) This list…

ISS4001 King of Sartar 2nd Edition – Index

Page numbers refer to the King of Sartar 2nd Edition: Numbers (Dates) 375 ST 43, 97, 99, 171 575 ST  115, 155 700 ST 6, 156, 223, 227 920 ST 171, 223,…

Myth of the Month: Malkioni Otherworld (2001)

The Sorcery World is the Western Otherworld Sorcery means here any magic in the material world (a.k.a. the Center World, the Shared World, etc.). whose origin is that Otherworld. Their system comes…

Myth of the Month: Enemy Gods of the Orlanthi (2001)

Most deities have one or more specific, notable foes. Those foes were (usually) defeated in mythic times, resulting in the creation of the current world, and may be considered to be a…

Hero Wars: Beyond Humanity (2000)

Originally part of ISS1102 Glorantha, Introduction to the Hero Wars – Last revision: 15 Dec 2000 Realms other than the center of the world exist. Humans teem in the center, clustered on…

History of Dragon Pass in the Second Age

Posted on June 16, 2013

Here are some notes that I’ve compiled about the so-called Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Of interest here is to note that there is actually no period when they called themselves by…

ISS1103 Anaxial’s Roster – Index

PDF and text of the original index. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Quick Summary of Gloranthan Cultures: Part 2, Westerners

Posted on December 1, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 01/12/2011 – 02:23 This is a work in process, based on several years of discussions between Greg Stafford, Dan Barker, and Jeff Richard to get the look…

Ω The Aeolian Church (2000)

Note! This cult is a work in progress. It is not complete and the details may be changed in the future. Please note this article is from 2000 and is considered deprecated….

Doom Guardians

Submitted by GianniVacca on Sun, 24/06/2012 – 11:44 The Jrusteli, most learned and least wise of the Empires, are the best example of the conquerors of nature. Their scholars were called the…

Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book

Posted on March 5, 2019

I am wrapping up the final text of the Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book, while making sure that it all ties into both the new Heroquesting chapters in the GM Sourcebook…

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…

Lhankor Mhy the Knowing God

Posted on September 24, 2022

Another remarkable Gloranthan deity is the Knowing God, Lhankor Mhy. Also found around the world, he’s generally given credit for creating writing so that mortals might store knowledge. Lhankor Mhy is the…

Manifestations of Gods

Posted on July 13, 2021

The Loki television series has me thinking about the Gods of Glorantha. One way of looking at the cults is they are groups of people who gather around to worship the named…

Empty-Head’s Tale – Another God Learner text

Posted on October 9, 2021

Another God Learner text for your enjoyment! The following is a folk tale in one form or another among the peoples of the whole continent of Genertela. Its widespread distribution is indicative…

ISS3003 The Fortunate Succession – Index

Page numbers refer to the 2013 PDF Edition: Numbers 10 Sons and Servants 17 17, Families,  17,  24 70 Families,  9,  10  700, Families  8 A accoutrements 6, 10 Adayen 86 Aegrastus…

Sorcery

Posted on July 14, 2021

I’ve posted a few thoughts on the dilemma of how mortals interact with the God Time, and how to understand the gods so that mortals might wield a fraction of their power…

ISS3004 The Entekosiad – Index

Page numbers refer to the 2015 PDF Edition: A Addi, 3, 6, 7, 25, 53, 80, 81, 82, 83 Aegrastus, 75 Agadara, 24, 81, 82 Agadelos, 75 Age of Animals, 65 Agraketa,…

God Time paradox of the Red Goddess cult

Posted on September 29, 2021

Some food for thought – Almost all of the Lunar temples outside of the Lunar Heartlands are unusual in that they do not have a ready connection with the history or mythological…

A few more notes on gods and spirits

Posted on April 6, 2014

A few more notes on gods and spirits from around Glorantha. The various ways gods and spirits are classified gives an example of the amount of diversity that exists concerning how they…

Some Ancient Commentaries on Magic and Chaos

Posted on October 9, 2021

A God Learner text annotated by Greg Stafford, recently rediscovered in a warehouse in Berkeley: The Nature of magic is in the origins of the world, wherein the gods performed the actions…

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