Question From DAVID CAKE. Answer by Greg Stafford. Originally published March 1998. Q: I’ve heard about all sorts of blue people. I’ve heard of the Veldang, the blue Vadeli, Pelorian blues, blue…
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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…
Empty-Head’s Tale – Another God Learner text
Another God Learner text for your enjoyment! The following is a folk tale in one form or another among the peoples of the whole continent of Genertela. Its widespread distribution is indicative…
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…
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…
AH857 RuneQuest Deluxe Edition – Contents
Book 1 – Player’s Book This is the most important of the RuneQuest rulesbooks. It contains all rules needed to play playing game. Other books and supplements will expand upon the information…
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…
Summoning Korgatsu (2001)
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…
ISS3002 The Glorious Reascent of Yelm – Index
Page numbers refer to the 2015 PDF Edition: A Abgammon 12, 58 Above World 32 adamant 9, 21, 54 Aether 6, 7, 73, 74 Aetherial 6 Aetheric 7, 42, 57 Akanimataka 30…
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…
ISS4001 King of Sartar 2nd Edition – Index
Page numbers refer to the King of Sartar 2nd Edition: Numbers (Dates) 375 ST 43, 97, 99, 171 575 ST 115, 155 700 ST 6, 156, 223, 227 920 ST 171, 223,…
Sog City
Sog City Sog City (metropolis): Called Sogolotha Mambrola in the old tongue, this ancient city controls the area called Akem around the mouth of the Janube River. This huge, decadent city is…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Campaign Log – Book Four — The City
Chapter1 Escape While other sorcerers were Flying away with their belongings, the creature Flew across to us. With something of a groan, we asked it if it could fly us back across…
Hykim & Mikyh
[HIGH-kim, MIHK-yuh] Beast Parents As the Father and Mother of beasts, Hykim and Mikyh are sometimes reputed to be the children of the earth and a dragon. With different paramours this couple…
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 also and Notes columns added. A Deity / Name Rune Meaning…
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…
ISS3006 Revealed Mythologies (2003)
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…