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Myth of the Month: Shargash the Destroyer (1998)

Shargash is the celestial God of War. He is a great god, with power in all the worlds. In the sky, he is the Red Planet of War. On the earth he…

History of Gloranthan Art, Part V – The Lunar Empire

Posted on March 18, 2022

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…

Notes on the Origins Of Tarsh

Posted on June 10, 2022

Let’s talk a little bit about the south Pelorian Orlanthi, as I think that they are important as a background – even though the Lunar Tarshites are not merely a Lunarized variant…

The Movable Ephemeris and the Gloranthan Sky

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 installed on your…

The Lunar Empire is a universal empire

Posted on October 15, 2021

The Red Emperor does not acknowledge the existence of other peers – his sovereignty and lawful authority is everywhere touched by the light of the Red Moon (ie., the entire Surface World)….

CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – Y

Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: Y (page 799 – 800) Yaan 431, 439 Yaanek Mountain 285 Yaan River 431, 439 Yak House 459 Yak People 274, 280, 283, 284…

Use of the old name of Elmal

Posted on May 10, 2023

Elmal is the original name of the Light god that came to Dragon Pass in the 1300s. The Light worshipers among the Sartarites began offering sacrifices to Yelm quite early – likely…

Dragon Pass in the Third Age, part 2

Posted on June 2, 2022

The southeastern corner of Dragon Pass, roughly the area between Kero Fin Mountain and the barbaric Plains of Prax is the Kingdom of Sartar. It consists of many Orlanthi tribes that were…

Alkoth

Posted on January 28, 2022

Let’s look a little at Alkoth. The city is the center of the Shargash cult, with roughly some 4000 cultists. It is a Lunar city and has 5000 Seven Mothers cultists –…

Kralorelan Equivalencies

Posted on September 5, 2022

The God Learners first encountered the Kralorelan religion in the Second Age. As elsewhere, the God Learners were able to make numerous correspondences between the Kralorelan pantheon and that prevalent in much…

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Please check your spelling, nearly all failed searches are misspellings. The minimum size of search is three characters, you cannot search for ST, th, HP or AP. There are few articles in…

Temples in Sartar

Posted on May 9, 2023

In most of Sartar, your clan has a minor temple to Orlanth and Ernalda, and maybe a shrine to one other deity. Your tribe has at least a minor temple to Orlanth…

Yelm Imperator

Exclusively for rulers, the aspect of Yelm presiding over this subcult is that of Emperor. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyphs Notes Cult Compendium 246 2002 Yelm subcult

Notes on the Eel-ariash clan

Posted on January 26, 2022

The Eel-ariash come from Doblian, and were the family of Sandene, a village weaver woman who had protected the Red Emperor when he hid from Sheng Seleris. The family first appeared in…

A Timeline of the History of the Lunar Empire to 1625 (2001)

Originally published in Wyrms Footnotes #14, earlier and partial versions of this Timeline were published in Wyrms Footnotes #s 11 & 12 and Heroes Volume I #’s 2 & 6. This version is 1998…

ISS3003 The Fortunate Succession (1995)

The Fortunate Succession is an early draft of the “Official Lunar Imperial List of Emperors.” Each of the the 77 Emperors of Dara Happa are named, each with some generalized dates for their…

Associated deities

Posted on November 29, 2021

Many deities are worshiped in association with other deities. That associated deity (and often their priests and initiates) is present and participate in the primary deities rites and secrets. For example. Ernalda’s…

Solar Pentans

Posted on December 11, 2022

There are 600,000 Solar Pentans. A crude breakdown of the cult numbers would suggest that they have about: The remaining 200k are children so they are not in a cult? Yes Those…

Orlanth and the Red Goddess

Posted on June 27, 2021

Here’s a popular Orlanthi tale of the rise of the Red Goddess. This is similar to the story presented in King of Sartar. Orlanth is the god who began the Great Compromise,…

Eastern / Vithelan Pantheon

The deities of the Eastern Pantheons can be easily divided geographically into three regions: East Isle pantheon Kralorelan pantheon Vormain pantheon The people who worship these pantheons are quite civilized. They are…

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…

Entekos in the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on July 20, 2022

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…

Quick Summary of Gloranthan Cultures: Part 3

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 17/04/2012 – 06:15 One of the many things I am excited about regarding the forthcoming Guide to Glorantha is the art. We will be spending more on…

Justice in Dara Happa and the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on October 6, 2021

In contrast to the Orlanthi, the Dara Happan (and Lunar Heartland) concept of justice has two parts: 1. Proper social order. That means everyone is in their proper place, with the strong…

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…

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