CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) 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…
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Visualising Gloranthan Societies
I like to think of mortal Gloranthan societies as being made of clusters of temples, with links to their associates. Some cults – like Orlanth and Ernalda – end up with big…
Notes on Filichet II
So it is only about 70 km from Furthest to Filichet, at least as the vrok hawk flies. That’s not very far – that’s less than the distance between London and Oxford,…
Heroquesting and the Hero Wars
Here’s a snippet from a discussion I am having elsewhere that I think is of broad general interest: I think for almost everyone heroquesting falls into one of two categories: 1. We do…
Red Emperor
Masks of the Red Emperors Name Date(s) Source(s) Page Doskalos 1245 Takenegi 1250-1390, 1391-1415, 1428-1449 Lunar Way 106 Magnificus 1460-1506 Lunar Way 106 Artifex 1506-1522 Lunar Way 106 Voracius 1522-1529 Lunar Way…
Red Goddess
Goddess of the Red Moon Moon Goddess, Mistress of Time, Sister of Chaos, and Lurker Upon the Veil, goddess of illumination are some other titles given to this unique goddess. She was…
The Assiday in Raibanth (2012)
Submitted by cj.23 on Sat, 07/07/2012 – 09:48 The Assiday family includes Tatitius the Bright and included Euglytus the Fat,and are clearly major players in the Empire, and hial from Raibatn. All…
15 Sun Dome Temples
Throughout the entire region of central Genertela, including the Lunar provinces where the temples probably originated, there are no more than fifteen temples extant during the Hero Wars period. After reviewing the…
Working on the Gods of Glorantha (2013)
Hey all, while Rick is feverishly doing the layout of the Guide to Glorantha and Ian is putting the art list for The Coming Storm before I hack it apart, I’m working…
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…
ISS1304 Lunar Handbook Vol 2 – Under the Red Moon (2006)
Under the Red Moon Imperial Lunar Handbook – Volume 2 Under the Red Moon takes you inside the glorious Lunar Empire. Mighty and magical, decadent and dynamic, conquering and liberating, the Empire…
A Timeline of the History of the Lunar Empire to 1625 (2001)
Originally published in Wyrm’s Footnotes #14, earlier and partial versions of this Timeline were published in Wyrm’s Footnotes #11 & #12 and Heroes #2 & #6. This version is 1998 and was updated in…
ISS3003 The Fortunate Succession – Index
Page numbers refer to the 2013 PDF Edition: Numbers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…
RuneQuest: Gods of Glorantha Previews (2018, 2019)
A small number of preview editions of Runequest: Gods of Glorantha have been sold at conventions. A UK version was also titled, Cults of Glorantha. Contents (Now Mythology) The Night Hag’s Tales…
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 Glyph and Notes columns added. A Deity / Name Rune Meaning…
Great Captains of the Third Age
Scholars traditionally list several great captains of the Third Age. These are military leaders who consistently displayed genius with their use of the forces available to them. They are: Yanafal Tarnils –…
Notes on Holay
Directly north of Tarsh is Holay, which includes Mirin’s Cross, the great Daughter’s Road from Jillaro to Filichet, and several Sun Dome Temples. Holay is the most populous of the Lunar Provinces,…
Yelm & Chaos
For most Gloranthan religions, Chaos is something outside of the realm of gods and spirits. There are a few gods or spirits that were corrupted by Chaos or who otherwise embraced it…
Cult Demographics for the Lunar Provinces
Looking at Cult Distributions for the Lunar Provinces (Aggar, Holay, Imther, Tarsh, and Vanch) tells a fascinating story. There are a little less than 1.4 million humans in the Lunar Provinces. Looking…
Non-Chaotic cults & Primal Chaos
What cults would have a less antagonistic view of chaos (particularly seeing it as simply a part of the greater world at large rather than something ‘evil’ or inherently ‘wrong?’) Let’s put…
Heroquesting contexts
My hope with these posts over the past few weeks is to give an impression as to the context around heroquesting, and to get us away from the approach in the King…
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…
Notes on Redaylda – Dendara – Ernalda
In South Peloria the cults of Dendara and Ernalda overlap, often with great confusion. As we all know, Ernalda is the great Earth Goddess of the Theyalans. Her cult is centered on…
Imperial Nobility II
A few more numbers that may help give some context to the Imperial nobility. There are about 5.56 million people in the Lunar Heartlands. There are another 1.38 million in the Provinces….
The Lunar Heartlands
As we think about the Lunar Heartlands as a place populated by people, a few dimensions are worth keeping in mind. It is about 300 miles from Jillaro to Elz Ast and…