Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…
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Barntar
The Plowman Barntar is the peaceful farmer-god, backbone of the clan, the god of the Plow, Farming, and the Free Man; worshipped wherever Orlanth is worshipped. Son of Orlanth and Ernalda, and…
Eninta
Goddess of Birthing Eninta was one of the first daughters of Ernalda, became midwife to the new world at the Dawning. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Earth Goddesses 19 2023…
Nandan
Goddess Born in the Shape of a Man Nandan is the god worshipped by women who are born in the shape of men. Ernalda has chosen some men to serve her, and…
Cults of Dragon Pass
One thing that should be becoming clear is how much of a mixed salad Dragon Pass is. If we include Sartar, Tarsh Exiles, Lunar Tarsh, and the Grazelands, here are the three…
Hiording Clan
This one is pretty incomplete and fragmentary as I am not sure I want to include a finished version in the Sartar Boxed Set, but I thought the Hiording might be interesting….
Vasana & Yanioth’s Apprenticeship
Vasana’s Apprenticeship When she was 13, Vasana daughter of Farnan was initiated according to the tribal traditions of the Colymar. She was chosen by Vinga and pressed on to I Fought We…
Ernalda Priestess
An Ernalda Priestess by Heather Bruton
Ernalda Cult Image
Ernalda Cult Image
Ernalda glyph
Ernalda allmother
Jera the Herbalist
Jera, who keeps the healing kit. One of the traditional Orlanthi household goddesses who are the daughters and handmaidens of Ernalda. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes…
Sun County Continued part 3
July 2021 by Micheal O’Brien (Mob) Sea Season 1621 Sea Season 1621 – When word came that the Lunars had failed to stop the Giant Cradle at Pavis, Count Solanthos of Sun…
Cults of the Lunar Provinces
Vanch, Imther, Aggar, Holay, and Tarsh are a collection of Theyalan lands ruled by client kings supported by (and responsible to) the Red Emperor. For the last few generations, that was handled…
Tales of young Sartarite women
If going on a cattle raid is the defining exciting tale of young Sartarite men, what is the defining exciting tale of young Sartarite women? By young men I mean young Orlanth…
The Six Sisters (Esrolia)
Esrolian Goddesses Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 28, 29, 93 2023 None listed Prosopaedia tag:Delaeo, Delaina, Orana Glorantha Sourcebook 90 2018 None listed Delaeo, Delaina, Ernalda, Esrola, Maran, Orana Heortling…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – B
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Bat Wings 15 1 Crimson Bat LW 42 Initiates Bear Fruit 15 1 Flamal EG 85 Initiates Flamal EG 38 Aldrya Gardeners (associate) Flamal EG 23…
Faranar
Wife of Pamalt Faranar is the daughter of Aleshmara and the wife of Pamalt. Several important chieftain dynasties trace ancestry to her. Faranar’s power lies in her family. In myth she is…
Excerpt – Some Gods (2009)
Babeester Gor Babeester Gor was born from the dead body of her mother, Ernalda, during the Darkness. She peered around and saw everything there was to see, and then set off upon…
Greg Sez: Understanding Windstop and Esrolia (2005)
Prompted by discussion on the mailing lists in December 2005, Greg Stafford writes: A recent series of questions on one of the lists has prompted me to attempt an answer here, with…
Redaylda
Goddess of Horses, Goddess of Saird Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Earth Goddesses 92 2023 None listed n/a In: Pelora Prosopaedia 105 2023 None listed n/a Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes…
Lunar Provincial Population Groups
Throughout the Lunar Provinces, much of the ruling class and urban population is Lunar, while much of the rural population is “barbarian” (I am using that term from a Lunar Heartland perspective)….
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…
British Museum Visit III
Here are a variety of depictions of Ernalda, including some with Orlanth, that were mislabeled at the British Museum.
British Museum Visit I
Orlanth and Ernalda from Nochet.
Disease in Glorantha
Although I don’t make that much use of them in my campaigns, disease spirits are among the biggest dangers in Glorantha. The average disease spirit has a POW of 16-17 and has…