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Dart Wars

Posted on October 6, 2021

Something that is often underappreciated is the Dart Wars of the noble houses of the Lunar Empire. The combatants in these secret wars are spies and mercenaries, analogous to ninja, that are…

The Size of the Red Moon

Posted on July 2, 2021

Lunar celestialogists claim that the top of the Sky Dome is approximately 6000 km above Magasta’s Pool and that the Red Moon is therefore about 3000 km above the Crater (“halfway between…

Argenteus

Posted on July 6, 2021

So the Mask called Argenteus came down from the Red Moon in 1607, seven weeks after the previous incarnation was killed by the White Bear in a Dart War. Argenteus took no…

Danfive Xaron

Bridge for the Seeker Danfive Xaron is a bloodthirsty outlaw who volunteered for the most dangerous task in the ritual of recreating the Red Goddess. His partial success earned him the position…

Deezola

[dee-ZOE-luh] The Binder Within Deezola was a ruler of lands on the Arcos river and a priestess of Dendara. She is famous as a healer and is a favored patron of nobles…

Teelo Norri

[TEE-loh NOR-ee] Young Life The ritual through which the Red Goddess was restored apparently required a participant who was ignorant of the ritual’s intent. Teelo Norri was chosen at random from the…

The Third Magic System – Sorcery

Posted on January 9, 2023

Sorcery is the third major magic system, after spirit magic and Rune magic. It is fundamentally concerned with understanding the source of everything and the ultimate principles underlying reality. In the core…

So how do we play Illumination ?

Submitted by Herve on Wed, 25/07/2012 – 16:39 My humakti character, Silkinister, has been intensely looking into the Void under the bridge to deepest hell in the Orlmarthi campaign. He watched as the…

CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – I

Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: I (pages 774-775) iachigrous 610 Iano 485 Ia Rawthi 577 Ibanasu Mountain 533, 537 Ice Age 53, 210, 231, 406, 408, 414, 528, 693,…

Lunar Imperial Finances I

Posted on October 5, 2022

So some ballpark figures on Lunar imperial finances. I’m going to use an anachronistic accounting measure – the talent (valued at 300 Lunars) to reduce zeros and make possible real world comparisons….

Yanafal Tarnils

[YAHN-ah-fahl TAR-nils] Ram and Warrior Yanafal Tarnils was an exiled nobleman from Yuthuppa who still ruled his lands. He later defeated his master, Humakt, in battle. His cult resembles Humakt’s cult in…

Lunar Cities I

Posted on October 5, 2020

I salute the so-far unknown Hippodamus who aided Hon-eel in developing the standardised grid plan for Lunar cities founded or rebuilt in the Fifth Wane. Each city was laid out on a…

Dunstop

Posted on April 8, 2020

A few notes on the Tarshite city of Dunstop: Dunstop has a population of about 5k people and covers about 50 hectares. It is built on a low (30 meter high) hill…

Deezola

Posted on March 8, 2021

From the great Loïc Muzy I present to you the goddess Deezola! She gets a full long-form writeup in the Cults Book and I suspect she will be a popular cult! I also very…

RuneQuest: Gods of Glorantha previews (2018, 2019)

A small number of preview editions of Runequest: Gods of Glorantha have been sold at conventions. A UK version was also titled, Cults of Glorantha. Contents (Now Mythology) The Night Hag’s Tales…

Dunstop II

Posted on August 11, 2022

A few notes on the Tarshite city of Dunstop: Dunstop has a population of about 5k people and covers about 50 hectares. It is built on a low (30 meter high) hill…

Harrek the Berserk

Posted on December 30, 2021

We’ve talked a lot about Argrath, Jar-eel, the Red Goddess and the Red Emperor, the God Learners, and the Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Let’s move on to the most iconic and…

Glorantha Sourcebook source maps

Posted on July 23, 2022

I was going through some folders this morning and found my hand-drawn Lunar Wane maps that were the source material used in the Glorantha Sourcebook. Unlike Greg’s originals, these extended south to…

Jakaleel the Witch

Spindle Hag Jakaleel was once a priestess of Zorak Zoran in the mountains of Jord. Her cult explores the diverse horrors and solaces contained in the secrets of darkness in its many…

Lunar Legacy in Sartar

Posted on July 27, 2020

The Lunar Empire occupied Sartar for 23 years (from 1602 to 1625). For the first 11 years, they ruled directly through an appointed provincial governor, and then through a client king. During…

Sorcery Plans

Posted on February 15, 2022

I have lots of plans with sorcery. But I see no point in releasing a whole series of “generic” sorcery spells until we really have a vehicle where sorcery is more than…

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