by Shannon Appel, Stephen Martin, Paul Reilly, and Eric Rowe Originally published in different form in The Broken Council Guidebook. During the time of the Second Council, a number of trolls were…
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ISS3009 History of the Heortling Peoples – Index
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 Y Z
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Contents
Pantheons Entries Bold entries appeared in the 1985 Prosopaedia
29 – The City of Wonders
Chapter 3 – The White Bear 30 – Sideshows The Holy Country To the south of Dragon Pass lies the magical land of the Holy Country, united for centuries by its ever reincarnating…
Notes About Esrolia – Part 2 – The Silver Age Heroes
During the Lesser Darkness, Ernaldela was ruled by a tribe of Air demigods (the Vingkotlings), who protected the goddesses of the land but also fought with trolls, sky people, dwarves, elves, and…
Masters of Luck and Death I
In the Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death, participants traveled the secret pathways of the Hero Plane that tied the Holy Country together. They defined and named the powers of…
CHA4043 The Lightbringers – Index
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 Y Z
Tales of Mythic Adventure Episode 06
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadGUEST: Sandy Petersen ‘The Only Old One’ 0:00 – 3:20 Jeff and Michael introduce Sandy Petersen, the ‘Only Old One’ – cue realistic applause. MOB explains…
The Esrolian Monomyth
Some of you might find this interesting – it is a common version of the myth cycle told in the Holy Country. You might consider this the Esrolian version of the monomyth….
Sites at the Dawn (2006)
This is a draft document by Greg Stafford. Last revision: 7 Mar 2006, a complete version is available in the Guide to Glorantha. This is a listing of (many of) the significant…
CHA4044 The Earth Goddesses – Index
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 Y Z
Notes on the Resettlement of Dragon Pass
When we think about the Resettlement of Dragon Pass, it is worth thinking about the groups of settlers a little. Colymar: The first group, which entered Dragon Pass around 1300. They were a…
Notes on Belintar II
A few notes on Belintar that folk might find interesting: Belintar was a wise and beneficent being, with no grudge against the innocent, and a keen mind in marshalling his resources. In…
The Night Caravan
The Night Caravan (more commonly called the Night Train or the Argan Argar Chain) is the Argan Argar insect caravans that travel across Genertela at night. They bring goods, insects, and trolls…
The Port of Nochet
First published in Tradetalk issue #4Copyright © 1998 by Michael O’Brien The unique geography of the Holy Country is well suited to water transport. A succession of wide, sedate rivers empty into…
The Sun Dome Temple in Sartar
As part of a project, I have put together a deep background history of the Sun Dome Temple in Sartar that is likely mostly unknown even to the Yelmalio cult. So this…
Dragon Pass in The Second Age
Before Arkat left in 450, he placed his troll friends into positions of leadership. The Only Old One was reinstated, and Dragon Pass became part of the Shadowlands. The Heortlings chose a…
First Age Wenelia
At the Dawn the Elk People, the children of Pralor, were the residents here. Their population was thin at first, but the relative ease of the Dawn Age allowed for population expansion…
Hendrikiland or “South Sartar”
There are about 175000 humans in the lands between the Crossline and the Syphon River. These are mostly Orlanthi, often called the Heortlings or the Hendriki. This area has been part of…
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. Common Knowledge The Aeolian Church is a monotheistic religion of Kethaela….
History of Orlanthi Cities
If we think about the history of the Orlanthi, their original Dawn Age settlements were “hill fort villages” – this is where they survived the Greater Darkness and Grey Ages. The entire…
Argan Argar
God of Surface Darkness, Son of Night Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Mythology 129 2023 n/a Earth Goddesses 23, 94 2023 per Rune spell n/a Associate cult:Grain GoddessesHusband protector of:Ernalda…
CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook – Index
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 Y Z
1297-1325 The Taming of Dragon Pass
Date Event Homeland Primary Secondary 1237-1297 Previous section – The Inhuman Occupation 1300 Colymar enters Dragon Pass with his followers and founds the village of Clearwine. LoR:DP c. 1300 Chief Colymar leads…
Belintar the HeroQuester
We all know about Belintar’s first incarnation – from when he appeared off the shore of Kethaela in 1313 and his titanic struggle with the Only Old One that resulted in his…