We tend to underestimate the Sea Gods. In Dragon Pass, the main water cults are Heler the Rain God (practically a subcult of Orlanth Thunderous), Engizi/Sky River Titan (because of the Skyfall…
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Food Production in the Lunar Heartlands
Most of the people in the Lunar Heartlands are directly involved with food production: Now wait – you might ask – the Seven Mothers really don’t provide squat in terms of agricultural…
CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 12 Rune Cults The Cults Q&A
Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the second part of Chapter 12, pages 289-311: For the Rune Cult Rules see the previous section: Rune Cults Q&A Babeester Gor (page 289) Full Cult write up in…
Heler cult demographics
Heler is the rain that accompanies Orlanth Thunderous. He is the water that falls from the Air. He is a minor deity in most of Dragon Pass as his blessings can be…
Heresy and the Seven Mothers
Heresy is a term that often gets thrown around, largely without thought about what that means in Gloranthan terms. So here’s a look at what might constitute “heresy” to the Seven Mothers…
Notes on Saird
The original “homeland” of the Yelmalio cult was Saird, a border land between Dragon Pass and Dara Happa. In the early First Age, this was a mixing ground of settlers from Dragon…
Varmandi Clan
The Varmandi are a small clan, and herd cattle and sheep in Stael’s Hills and the Thunder Hills, areas claimed by other clans, and this often puts them into conflict with their…
Light in the Sky
Pretty much every Gloranthan spiritual tradition says that the bright and hot Sun was killed by the Storm God, ending the Golden Age. The Orlanthi particularly emphasise this myth, as it was…
Kallyr Starbrow
Here are some of my notes on Kallyr Starbrow for the Homeland Book: Dark Season 1625, Kallyr is acclaimed Prince. In some areas she has a lot of support, in others, not…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – Dismiss Elemental
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Dismiss Elemental (type) 44 1-3 specific types RQG 326 RBM Dismiss Air Elemental 44 2 Doburdan (Orlanth Thunderous) FS 50 Entekos initiates (small or medium), (associate)…
ISS1101 Hero Wars – Contents
Table of Contents collected by Charles Corrigan. Table of Contents PrefaceChapter 1, Getting startedChapter 2, CharactersChapter 3, Character KeywordsChapter 4, Playing Hero WarsChapter 5, Basic MagicChapter 6, Theist MagicChapter 7, Sorcerous MagicChapter…
CHA4043 The Lightbringers – 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 Y Z
CHA4037 Dragon Pass – 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
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – Command (species)
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Command (Species) 31 2 Specific species RQG 324RBM 31 Command (specific sea creature) 31 2 Magasta Preview 87 Initiates Command Air Elemental 31 2 Doburdan (Orlanth…
Engizi
God of the Creek-Stream River The Sky River Titan, a River God Engizi the Sky River Titan is the god of the Creek-Stream River that runs from Skyfall Lake to the Choralinthor…
The Villages around Furthest and the rest of Tarsh
So thinking about the difference between villages around Furthest and the rest of Tarsh means thinking about the difference between Saird and lowland Peloria. Tarsh was settled by two very different waves…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – T
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Tambour 98 2 See MIG III, Master Lists: Rune/Divine Magic, page 244 Tame Bull 98 1 Barntar LB 78 Initiates 3 Orlanth (Barntar subcult) LB 31…
Kero Fin
Goddess of Dragon Pass Goddess of Dragon Pass, the ancient name of the land was Kerofinela. She is also the Mountain Goddess inhabiting the great peak in the center of the land….
Broadview Inn & Quivin Mountains
Is there something special about the Broadview Inn? Broadview Inn This stone building is high up on Ternveka Mountain at 2,100 meters elevation. It serves as a shelter and “inn” for Orlanthi…
Ernalda in Sartar
Ernalda is the main goddesses of the Earth Temple complexes in Dragon Pass and her cult has been greatly enriched by the Esrolian Earth Religion and the heroquesting of the Feathered Horse…
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…
Ω Helamakt the Warrior
Helamakt is Orlanth who fights with winds assembled specifically for combat. Helamakt is also the Fighting Storm, the Great Defender, Orlanth’s shieldthane. Helamakt uses his Four Winds to fight: Helamakt is another…
Culbrea tribe
Another tribal map I put together for a project. Here is the Culbrea tribe and its clans. Bandits. = Freedom fighters, rebels, “herders”, free warriors, etc. All those clans seem to be…
Notes on Lay Members
Most adult Gloranthans are an initiate of a cult, and a lay member of one or two others. So in Sartar, a typical woman would be an initiate of Ernalda (worshiping Orlanth…