Sun god and Emperor Yelm is the god of the Middle Fire and brother of Lodril and Dayzatar. Yelm was not always bound to his path in the sky, but once traveled…
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The Geography of Dragon Pass and Sartar
A little blurb on the geography of Dragon Pass and Sartar. Not much like Caledonia at all. GENERAL DESCRIPTION Sartar is a rugged and seismically active region filled with rounded hills and…
Peloria Climate
Peloria has a continental climate for the most part. Most of it is quite dry, with warm summers and cold winters. Without humans, most of Peloria would be grasslands and ripurian wetlands,…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – E
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Earth Shield 45 3 Babeester Gor EG 53 Initiates Babeester Gor EG 48 Asrelia initiates (associate) Babeester Gor EG 21 Ernalda initiates (associate) Babeester Gor EG…
Pamalt
Earth-King of Pamaltela Ruler of the Southern Continent, is the son of the primal earth. Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Mythology 121 2023 n/a Prosopaedia entry Earth Goddesses 93…
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…
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…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – S
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Safe 76 2 Argan Argar RQG 289 Initiates Scram 76 1+ Eurmal (Imp subcult) LB 55 Initiates Scum 76 1 Murthdrya 86 Flamal initiates (associate) Seastrength…
Greg Sez: Enemy Gods (2009)
Published 15th Aug 2009 Question from Patrick Anders, answer by Greg Stafford. Zorak Zoran certainly gets around. He appears, usually as a villain, in the myth-cycles of the Orlanthi, Yelm, Praxians, and…
Excerpt – Cosmology (1981)
Originally published in Cults of Terror Contents Before Creation In analyzing the mythos of Glorantha, four streams of belief prevail. They sometimes mingle and sometimes flow in separate channels, but they all…
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…
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…
CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic – Rune Spell List
RBM – Red Book of Magic RQG – RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha (Core rules) RQB – RuneQuest Bestiary SS – RuneQuest Starter Set Book 1 – Rules All spells are Temporal (15…
2 – The Uncles
1 – The Flame of Sartar 3 – The Underworld Characters: Argrath Orlanthi children become adults after a formal initiation ceremony, parts of which are the most closely held secrets of the clan….
History of Gloranthan Art, Part V – The Lunar Empire
But, in Peloria, things are different. The EWF style are gone. And we have a long dark age. The Carmanians embrace a formal brutalism style. Them and their gods triumphing atop piles…
Cult Demographics for the Lunar Heartlands
The Lunar Heartlands are home to almost 5.4 million humans. This is the center of Lunar culture and the Lunar religion, a fact made omnipresent by the presence of the Red Moon…
Entekos in the Lunar Heartlands
The primary atmospheric deity in the Lunar Heartlands is Entekos, whose cult is largely contained to Karasal, Oronin, and the Silver Shadow). Her cult is closely associated with Dendara, and is associated…
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…
Notes on Issaries I
Issaries is one of the most widely-spread cults in Glorantha. His markets appear in Kralorela, Fonrit, and Sog CIty. He’s worshiped as an ancestor by nobles in Seshnela and Maniria, he’s one…
Sartarite communities
One way of thinking about Gloranthan communities is as confederations of local temples. So for example, most Sartarite communities can be viewed as a tight alliance of the Orlanth and Ernalda temples,…
Dara Happa cities
The urban centers of the Lunar Heartland view themselves as the most perfect human society possible, living in accordance to divine laws and capable of great spiritual development. Governance is placed in…
Cults of the Lunar Provinces
Vanch, Imther, Aggar, Holay, and Tarsh are a collection of Theyalan lands ruled by client kings supported by (and responsible to) the Red Emperor. For the last few generations, that was handled…
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,…
Same God – Different Name, Different Stories
Something people often get tripped up on – many gods have different names and some different stories known to different cultures. Orlanth is called Rebellus Terminus among other names in old Dara…
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…