God of Rain, the Blue God Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Fire & Sky 51 2025 per Rune spell n/a Associate cult: Entekos Mythology 119 2023 n/a Lightbringers 11, 79,…
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Hon-eel
The Dancer, the Lunar Earth Goddess and Mother of Maize, Third Inspiration of Moonson, lunar goddess of rebirth Hon-eel appeared after the Lunar Empire was desolated by horse barbarian attacks. She restored…
East Isles Pantheon
Insular Gods Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 32 2023 None listed As: East Isles Gods Guide to Glorantha 152 2014 None listed Araganthosas,Comb & Braid, Festatu, Govmeranen, Harantara, Hobimarong, Iste,…
Vormaino Pantheon
Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 4, 39, 51, 53, 54, 55, 68, 90, 106, 119, 124, 128, 132, 141 2023 None listed As: Vormaino Pantheon:Alafin, Fenquorr, Gosarh, Harantara, Hensarava, Henshie,…
Cults and Game Balance
One thing about RuneQuest and Glorantha that some find it difficult at first is that the cults and occupations are deliberately not balanced. Orlanth has more and better magic than Waha. Or…
Windstop
During the Windstop, initiates of Orlanth and Ernalda within the affected area could not use their Rune Point pools to those gods and subcults of those gods. That includes Orlanth Adventurous, Rex,…
Notes on Tarsh I
So let’s talk about Tarsh a little. First thing to keep in mind is that it is geographically about the same size Sartar, but it is much more intensely settled with more…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Contents
Pantheons Entries Bold entries appeared in the 1985 Prosopaedia
The Lightbringers Belt & Old Gods
In between the Malkioni lands and the Lunar Empire are two regions the “Lightbringers Belt” and the “Old Gods”. Now the Lightbringers Belt we all know – this is the area of…
The Sixes in the Holy Country
In the Holy Country, the magical energies of the Sixes work together to complement each other. All Six are recognized by all and yet, each maintain their own identity. The Sixes and…
Minor Gods
Among the more interesting (and culturally important) minor gods in Glorantha include: Additionally, most Chaos gods rate as minor – Bagog, Krarsht, Krjalk, Pocharngo, Tyram, Vivamort, Xamalt, etc. Now some of these…
Zola Fel Valley
This is another one of those posts about scale. Pavis County and Sun Dome County are where New Pavis, the Big Rubble, and the Sun Dome Temple of Prax are located. It…
Old Gods at the Dawn
Did you know that many God Learners concluded that Flesh Man was another name for Malkion? I posted this after reading some notes from Greg he wrote back in 1978 or 1979…
The Founding of Bagnot, Dunstop and Alda-Chur
Bagnot, Dunstop, and Alda-Chur were all settled by South Pelorian refugees within a generation of Arim the Pauper entering Dragon Pass. Bagnot and Dunstop were settled around 1340 ST by different groups…
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
Elder Races and Human Cults
The Aldryami and Mostali have a surprising amount of overlap with major human cults. Both have strong ties to the Earth pantheon (Aldrya is the daughter of Ernalda, and Asrelia is friendly…
The Arcos River valley
The Arcos River valley is the spiritual heart of the Lunar Religion. This river runs about 1200 km from the Elf Sea to the White Sea. It was here in that the…
ISS3011 The Book of Heortling Mythology – 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
The Syncretism of Elmal and Yelmalio
If you start from the position that these are “two divinities” you are always going to run into problems. So start with this proposition – “two names”. At the Dawn, the Orlanthi…
Conversions to the Lunar Way
So lets look at how the Lunar religion spread and who joined and how quickly Lowland Peloria. The Seven Mothers cult spread quickly here. Remember the Seven Mothers are Friendly to most Solar…
Gods of Fire and Sky and the Lunar Way
The Gods of Fire and Sky co-exist alongside the Lunar Way in a pluralistic religious landscape in the Lunar Heartlands. Rituals honoring Yelm, Dayzatar, etc. are dominant in formal, elite, and rural…
ISS3002 The Glorious Reascent of Yelm – Index
Page numbers refer to the 2015 PDF Edition: A Abgammon 12, 58 Above World 32 adamant 9, 21, 54 Aether 6, 7, 73, 74 Aetherial 6 Aetheric 7, 42, 57 Akanimataka 30…
Nochet, City of Queens
Nochet is the greatest and most important city in the world, and the greatest city for a thousand miles in all directions. It is the favorite resting place of Esrola, and it…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult
For Publications: Common Magic Common Spell RQG RBM Cost Command (cult spirit) 323 30 2 Dismiss Magic 326 44 1+ Divination 327 45 1+ Extension 328 49 1-5 Find Enemy 328 51…
Esrolian Culture
When we think about Esrolia as a culture, a few things to keep in mind: Esrolia is 90% rural villagers. Let’s focus on that before thinking about its urban centers. Rural Esrolia…