Warlord, Hero of Honor and Right Action Gerlant Flamesword was a king of Seshnela during the most important war fought by the Malkioni. He was Arkat‘s liege during the Gbaji wars and…
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The Stygian Heresy II
So what do all of these Arkat sects – what we broadly call the Stygian Heresy – have in common? First and foremost they all claim to be the inheritors of esoteric…
Heroquesting 101
Heroquesting is a powerful and rare Gloranthan activity in which the participants leave the material world and enter the realm of legend and myth to interact with heroes and gods, gambling precious…
A History Of Heroquesting
There’s a lot here to unpack. Worth a very careful read! Heroquesting begins with Time, and the division of the Mundane World from the Gods World. In the God Time, there was…
Seven-Faces-of-Arkat
The Seven Faces of Arkat by Mike Perry for the Guide to Glorantha
Library of Londarios: The Kings of Seshnela, Part One (1999)
This list is a compilation which names the Kings of Seshnela. Sort of. It actually shows the names of the dominant overlords in the land of Seshnela. Except in the first century,…
Harmast’s Heroquests
This excerpt is from Greg Stafford’s unpublished Harmast Saga (1991) Here are the times that Harmast went to the Hero Plane before he returned with Arkat. First, for a glimpse, at his…
End of Ages
Without getting into the nature of Glorantha after the Hero Wars, it is worth remembering that twice before there have been widespread catastophes that are generally considered to have ended the Age….
Gbaji
The Deceiver Gbaji brought about the end of the Dawn Age and destroyed Genertelan civilization. His subtle chaos infected all cults and peoples from Peloria to Seshnela. At the peak of Gbaji’s…
Harmast’s “Lightbringers’ Quest”
I personally think it a little ironic that we still refer to Harmast’s “Lightbringers’ Quest” when after all it turned out to be a “Darknessbringer’s Quest”. Those Lightbringers were pretty shocked when…
Paslac
The Dark Emperor Paslac was the last true emperor of Arkat‘s Dark Empire. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 98 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Gods of Glorantha, Prosopaedia 1985 None…
ISS1102 Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars (2000)
Glorantha, Introduction to the Hero Wars By Greg Stafford and Peter Metcalfe Glorantha, Introduction to the Hero Wars is the first book you need to learn about this fascinating mythic world. Glorantha, Introduction…
Nysalor / Gbaji
The Bright One / The Deceiver Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 91(12 pages) 2024 Associate cults: none Cults of Glorantha Preview 404 2019 Associate cults: none Cult Compendium 319Five…
Understanding Argrath
At a very fundamental level, Greg’s Argrath IS Arkat and fully experiences and participates Orlanth myths as a mortal. Now that doesn’t mean that he is trying to repeat the deeds of…
Our School for Exploratory Heroquesting
During the Hero Wars, the Tournament for the Masters of Luck and Death was called “our school for exploratory heroquesting.” Rumored participants include Sartar, Tarkalor, Dormal, and Broyan, but likely many others….
Magical challenges
Magical challenges to prove a truth are well accepted in Glorantha. This goes back to the Gods Age, when contests of the arts were popular among the gods – the most famous…
Myth of the Month: History of the Race of Trolls (1998)
by Greg Stafford Originally published in Wyrms Footnotes #6 (1979). The Famous Dark Trolls of the Hero Wars” section was subsequently reprinted in Wyrm’s Footprints (1995). The Age of Plenty In the…
History of Dragon Pass in the Second Age
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…
Gloranthan History
Although the current Gloranthan Time is believed by many to have begun only 1600 years ago, its mythology and history go back much further, for thousands or even millions of years. Although…
ISS3009 History of the Heortling Peoples – Index
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