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Sheng Seleris

Demigod Ruler of Pent, New Star, Celestial Emperor Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 111 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry

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…

Choosing Leaders

Posted on July 16, 2024

Among the Orlanthi, leaders require the consent of their assembled community (who often gather with arms) before taking power (this is not the same as being elected but is somewhat similar) and…

Foundations of the Lunar Empire

Posted on May 6, 2024

When you think about the Lunar Empire, remember it is built on ancient foundations. The Lunar Empire is the most recent (and most successful) dynasty ruling the broad Pelorian grasslands, but there…

Dragon Pass Viewed from Glamour

Posted on June 18, 2023

Of course Glamour pays attention to what is going on in Dragon Pass. The wars there have been costing many thousands of talents a year for the past decade. True Dragon there…

Original Horse People

Posted on January 28, 2024

In the Grey Age, there were two main groups of horse people in Peloria. One was west of the Hungry Plateau/Jord Mountains in what is now Saird (Vanch, Terarir, and Holay). These…

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…

Cult Compatibility – Yelm, Orlanth, and Yelmalio

Posted on June 17, 2024

Although the cults of Yelm, Orlanth, and Yelmalio are rivals, they are perfectly capable of working together. The cults are Neutral towards each other – not Hostile or Enemies. At the same…

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 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)….

Following the Lunar Way

Posted on December 11, 2024

The Lunar Way is pretty darn easy for someone in the Heartlands or the settled Provinces to defend. The Red Goddess displays her power simply by existing in the Middle Air for…

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…

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…

Notes on Alkoth II

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 –…

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The Arcos River valley

Posted on January 22, 2024

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…

Jungian Archetypes and Their Gloranthan Deities

Posted on April 7, 2025

I did a little list with the Jungian archetypes from his writings and lectures, and then assigned the Gloranthan deity I thought best applies. It is a fun little exercise, and one…

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…

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…

Lunar Resettlement of Tarsh after 1460 ST

Posted on April 29, 2025

After 1460, large sections of Peloria (especially east of the Oslir River) were depopulated grasslands. To resettle and repopulate, land was assigned to nobles and temples with low initial taxes (who then…

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…

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…

White Bull Season 1 Episode 28 – transcript

0:09welcome back to another episode of the Chaosium house Runequest campaign. I’m Jeff Richard i’ll0:16be your GM and we have Neil back on the west coast of the United States0:23so he is…

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…

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