The Red Goddess never made peace with the Air Gods, for there was none among her pantheon who could approach those deities on their own ground. There began, within history, a struggle…
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Notes on Pelorian Architecture
So as I contemplate the look of Tarshite cities, it is clear we need to think about general Pelorian architecture. So first building materials – Peloria is a land of bricks. Air-dried…
Organization of tribes and clans
Here’s something more recent – some notes on the organization of tribes and clans for the Sartar Book. Although individual priests might be on the tribal ring, they usually are there as…
Sartarite Tribal Assemblies
King of Dragon Pass and Thunder Rebels presented Sartarite tribal assemblies as pretty standardised events, like some small town city council meeting. However, in truth there’s little difference between a Sartarite tribal…
Sartarite coin with Prince Kallyr
Here’s another WiP from Chris Huth showing one of the silver coins made during the reign of Prince Kallyr. The ram horns are part of the Orlanth Rex iconography and give the…
Orlanth Rex glyph
Based on Mastery Rune
Concept art of Great Orlanth in all three aspects
I think this dates to Boldhome circa 1628 or 1629.
Orlanth Adventurous
One of the two primary Orlanth subcults. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Earth Goddesses 25 2023 None listed n/a Husband protector of:Ernalda Lightbringers 25, 121, 140, 159 2023 per Rune…
White Bull Season 1 Episode 24 – transcript
0:09and welcome back to another episode of the Chaosium house0:14Runequest campaign the adventures of the White Bull. I’m Jeff Richard and i’ll be your GM0:21tonight i’m joined with by uh neil robinson…
A Lunar Heartland travelogue
I recently discovered this from a unpublished Lunar Heartland travelogue. This snippet is from the discussion of Dragon Pass and Esrolia: “The Orlanthi are barely human. They rut like barnyard animals, kill…
Understanding the Kingdom of Sartar
The Prince of Sartar is a priest-king of the most important Orlanth Rex cult in Dragon Pass. The Prince serves as a high priest, supreme warlord, and chief judge for the member…
Wilmskirk II
Boldhome is a big city, at some 10,000 people it is the second biggest city in Dragon Pass. The other cities founded by Sartar and his family are smaller – between 2100…
The Decline and Fall of the EWF
899 to 910 were the height of the Empire of the Wyrms Friends’ magical power and wealth. The Third Council were worshiped as gods, arguably they were gods in the mundane world….
The legacy of the EWF
As we think about the legacy of the EWF in the late Third Age, we first need to remember that none of the humans of Dragon Pass are their heirs. All of…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – C
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Call Founder 21 6 Waha (1-use) LB 147 Tribal Khan Call Monster 21 1 See MIG III, Master Lists: Rune/Divine Magic, page 234 Call on Stars…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – S
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Safe 76 2 Argan Argar RQG 289 Initiates Scram 76 1+ Eurmal (Imp subcult) LB 55 Initiates Scum 76 1 Murthdrya 86 Flamal initiates (associate) Seastrength…
Hero Wars FAQ (2000)
Version 1.2 Last revised 9 Jun 2000 Hero Wars (Player’s Book) Character Creation Q: Should we allow a character to lose an ability as one of his additional traits? Say, a Humakti…
White Bull Season 1 Episode 25 – transcript
0:10welcome back to another episode of tales of the White Bull the Chaosium house Runequest campaign. I’m Jeff Richard and0:18i will be your GM tonight everybody wave and because i just want…
White Bull Season 2 Episode 07 – transcript
of Kallyr Starbrow doesn’t she look friendly super0:06super happy like an angry pippy longstocking informal0:13hippie long star angry long stopping that is now Kallyr’s name in my head0:22[Music]0:28forever welcome back to another…
White Bull Season 1 Episode 23 – transcript
0:09hi there welcome back to another episode of the chaosium house runequest campaign0:15the tales of the white bull i’m jeffrey and i’ll be your gm tonight with me are0:22neil robinson richard august…
CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 12 Rune Cults Q&A
Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the first part of Chapter 12, pages 268-288. For the Cults themselves, see: Chapter 12 The Cults Q&A Fundamentals of Rune Cults (page 270) Divine Intervention:…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – O
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: O (pages 783-785) Oabil 561, 687, 689, 692, 693 Oakfed 13, 120, 443, 446, 453 Oak Spirit 21 Oarz-upon-Joat 311 Oasis People 447, 451,…
Runes & Glyphs (2004)
Note that many of these are personal not core runes. Based on the Common and uncommon runes document from 2004, with See Glyph and Notes columns added. A Deity / Name Rune Meaning…
Raiders and Militia in Sartar
Most cattle raiding is done by young Orlanth Adventurous initiates during their ordeal period after initiation. They steal cattle – and try to avoid combat and starting feuds. You have these bands…
Sartarite communities
One way of thinking about Gloranthan communities is as confederations of local temples. So for example, most Sartarite communities can be viewed as a tight alliance of the Orlanth and Ernalda temples,…