Big picture – We all know the basic story – in 830 after many years and preparations, Pavis and his companions snuck deep into Dagori Inkarth and animated the Faceless Statue. He…
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The Movable Ephemeris and the Gloranthan Sky (1997)
25 October 2009 The Moveable Ephemeris is the computer version of the famous “machine that marched with the sky” in Yuthuppa. Click here to see the Gloranthan sky… (maybe) If Java is…
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A few more notes on gods and spirits
A few more notes on gods and spirits from around Glorantha. The various ways gods and spirits are classified gives an example of the amount of diversity that exists concerning how they…
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…
Malkioni Heresies
Most Malkioni are far more concerned about heretical sects of Malkionism than about non-Malkioni subjects. Arkatism or “the Stygian Heresy” is considered one of the most heretical outgrowths of Malkionism. So for…
God Learner Divine Genealogies I
Having a little fun working on God Learner divine genealogies – I clearly always loved my Hesiod! Some are filled with fascinating insights if you look at them enough – for example,…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #10
More entries from Goliard’s Ten Thousand Gods of the East Isles… [XXIX. 21-014.e] The lonely Isle of Pines is a beautiful place, inhabited by the handsomest people of all the East Isles. They live…
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…
Introduction to Runes
This is an early introduction to the Runes from 2004. Gloranthans have always used various symbols to express the great forces that underlie existence. Although the meanings were kept secret, the forms…
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Barbarian “Old Gods”
At the Dawn, the Hykimi Alliance of Fronela and Ralios worshiped a myriad of ancestors, beast spirits, and other spirits, but acknowledge a loose pantheon of Old Gods including: Ehilm the Sun;…
Some thoughts on the Gloranthan gods, cults, and divine names
Most Gloranthans believe the greater gods transcend any specific culture. Ernalda, Lodril, Magasta, Orlanth, Sedenya, and Yelm are all known by many different peoples by many different names. Orlanth is the Storm…
Kralorela and the Eastern Dynasty of Light
Almost a third of the humans of Genertela reside in Kralorela-Teshnos. They don’t get a leading role in the events of Dragon Pass as they are separated by 1000 kms of Pent…
The Second Age So if we think about the Second Age, we have cultural transmission of ideas and secrets around the world. Around the coastal regions of the world, the Middle Sea…
Hsunchen Peoples of Genertela (2003)
This page by Greg Stafford and Jamie Revell dates from 2000, and was revised in Aug 2003. It will mostly be superseded by the Guide to Glorantha. In the Green Age, nothing had a definite…
Belintar’s Book: Mountain Stories (1999)
From Belintar’s Book. Belintar had a very widespread knowledge and composed a book which combined many myths from across Glorantha. He admitted that much of this information came from the notorious God…
Cults of Differing Power
So as we have noticed, the RuneQuest cults are deliberately not balanced. Some cults have way more magic – and effective magic – than others. Now that was part of Greg’s vision…
God Time and the mundane world of our adventurers
When we think about the interactions between the God Time and the mundane world of our adventurers, two categories come into view. First is the regular, ceremonial interaction that every cult does…
Introduction to Umathela (1997)
by Greg Stafford, originally published in a longer form in Breakout #34 (1989). The Land of Umathela “I am from (name) city in Umathela” or “I belong to the (name) tribe.” Description…
The Evolution of Malkionism
All Malkionism begins with the teachings of Malkion, where questions pertaining to laws of nature, the origin of the universe and the place of man in it are asked. These are incredibly…
Greg Sez: Information about Elves (Jan 2000)
Answers by Greg Stafford. Published 21st Jan 2000 Question from UNDERDARK. Q: Is it possible for a human and an elf to have a child? How about other races? A: The Gloranthan…
The Three Main Types of Magic
Lets think for a minute about the three main types of magic used by mortals in Glorantha and what they might mean. Arguably the oldest is Rune Magic, whereby mortals can wield…
History of Gloranthan Art, Part III – Third Age – Holy Country
And then comes a long period of war that culminates in the Dragonkill War. Which divides the world into Kethaela and Peloria.Kethaela starts with that late Second Age Esrolian style. Sensuous and…
Birth of the Red Goddess
It is worth repeating the key event of the Lunar religion, and let its significance sink in. In 1220, after years of searching the world and planes of spirit for the broken…