By Greg Stafford, 17 Oct 2001. Samburan. Name before finding the Spirit world. Category of novice, normal tribesman. Bukaran. Name as shaman, knower of immaterial spirit world. Korgatsu. Name after returning to the world. The First People…
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Some Ancient Commentaries on Magic and Chaos
A God Learner text annotated by Greg Stafford, recently rediscovered in a warehouse in Berkeley: The Nature of magic is in the origins of the world, wherein the gods performed the actions…
Malkionism And Sorcery
Malkionism provides a set of beliefs, practices, and traditions that support the development of magical specialists in sorcery. Whether that was its original purpose or merely something that it made possible is…
A short History of Jrustela
Let’s imagine Jrustela a bit. Our story begins with the end of Nralar the Old’s long reign. Nralar, as you might remember, was the son of Gerlant Flamesword (often said to be…
Malkionism as a Cult
So one thing that should be obvious about Malkionism compared to other cults – it is primarily a philosophical system, rather than a connection with a god or spirit. The Invisible God…
Top Seven Worst Magi…
…you’d least like to be apprenticed to Originally published as “The West’s Worst Magi Awards” in Tradetalk #2Copyright © 1997 by Michael O’Brien and Trevor Ackerly 1. Magnotoglist the Eternal, Stygian wizard of Ralios…after…
Community and Heresy within Malkionism.
Malkionism, unlike other major Gloranthan religious experiences and philosophies, is based on the teachings of a mortal about the nature of the cosmos, the origin of the universe, the place of man…
History of Kethaela – The Third Age
After the Dragonkill War, the Only Old One proved himself to be a troll in magical contest with Kajak-ab Brain Eater and so shared rule of Dragon Pass with the leaders in…
Notes on Hrestol and the Invisible God
Hrestol was the Ascended Man, son of Froalar, last of the Secret Keepers, and of Xemela, He is the great hero of the West and was born during the God Time. During…
Books in RuneQuest
Mechanically, a book ought to add +1D4x5% to one or more skills. Some might also provide knowledge in one or more sorcerous Runes or Techniques and even provide knowledge of specific sorcery…
ISS3011 The Book of Heortling Mythology – 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
Snippet of Seshnelan History
Today’s random bit of history from the Guide: The history of Seshnela begins in the land of Brithos during the Great Darkness. To forestall civil war between himself and his brother, Talar…
Myth of the Month: Malkioni Otherworld (2001)
The Sorcery World is the Western Otherworld Sorcery means here any magic in the material world (a.k.a. the Center World, the Shared World, etc.). whose origin is that Otherworld. Their system comes…
Myth of the Month: Enemy Gods of the Orlanthi (2001)
Most deities have one or more specific, notable foes. Those foes were (usually) defeated in mythic times, resulting in the creation of the current world, and may be considered to be a…
ISS2003 Sartar Companion – Index
This is the index for the Moon Design Publication the Sartar Companion. To go to a specific section of the index, click on the letters below. A B C D E F G…
Fan Sites
The following is an incomplete list of sites that honor Glorantha across the web. Please note that some of the sites are older and are not being updated, but provide good inspiration….
Full Map of Glorantha
Its not quite finished, and this is EXTREMELY low res, but here’s the map of the full world. Those weird dark lines are the Abysmal Trenches, formed when Zzabur nearly broke the…
Metaplot in Glorantha
Submitted by BlindGuyNW on Tue, 20/11/2012 – 00:50 Hi All, In reading over some of the various Gloranthan products I’ve obtained recently, I’ve begun to wonder a little about the metaplot aspect…
Excerpt – History in Glorantha (1981)
Originally published in Cults of Terror. Chaos and Compromise History in Glorantha is the sum of events occurring since Time began. Mythical events prior to Time were non-sequential and simultaneous actions happening…
ISS3006 Revealed Mythologies (2001)
Revealed Mythologies details the mythologies of the Malkioni (Westerners), Vithelans (Easterners), and Doraddi (Pamaltelans) of Glorantha, which previously have been obscured by the mythology of Central Genertela. Each section of the book…
ISS1103 Anaxial’s Roster: Creatures of the Hero Wars (2000)
A Compilation of Creatures for Hero Wars A million kinds of beasts live on the continent of Genertela in Glorantha. They appear in all the stories of the world. Some are friends,…
AH8577 Gods of Glorantha (Box 05 – 1985)
60 Religions for RuneQuestGods of Glorantha describes 60 major Gloranthan religions for humans and non-humans, for good guys and bad, for men and women, all from an array of different cultures. A…
Glorantha: The Gods War (2020)
Designed by Sandy Petersen and set in the mythic world of Glorantha, The Gods War is a fast moving multiplayer strategy game set in a universe on the brink of disaster. In…
ISS1001-H HeroQuest – Limited Edition Hardcover Runes (2003)
Last revision: 24 Aug 2003 The table below lists the runes that people chose to grace the front cover of their copy of the HeroQuest limited hardcover edition. Some are old favorites, others may…
Hero Wars: Beyond Humanity (2000)
Originally part of ISS1102 Glorantha, Introduction to the Hero Wars – Last revision: 15 Dec 2000 Realms other than the center of the world exist. Humans teem in the center, clustered on…