Flora During the Inhuman Occupation, much of Sartar was dotted with clumps of elf woods. These were mainly yellow pine forests with stands of beech, cedar, Douglas fir, oak, and white spruce,…
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Stranger Taxonomies
Now for some stranger taxonomies, here’s some of the animals NOT descended from Ernalda. Note that Palar and Jaskal are “aunts” or “uncles” of Ernalda and Maran Gor. How does this square…
Associated deities
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…
God Time paradox of the Red Goddess cult
Some food for thought – Almost all of the Lunar temples outside of the Lunar Heartlands are unusual in that they do not have a ready connection with the history or mythological…
Grazer Pantheon
The Grazer Pantheon is from King of Sartar (1992) Enemy Deities Vendref deities Members include:
Orlmarth Clan
This medium-sized clan herds cattle and sheep on the Starfire Ridges, and grow grain and grapes in the lowland valley. The Orlmarth are often called the “Woodpecker clan.” This clan is sometimes…
Earth cults seminar
Continuum attendees! Remember to check out Claudia Loroff‘s seminar on Earth cults in RuneQuest later this morning! She just called me up earlier to ask me a question about the eunuch dancers who…
Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha
Doing some edits and revisions to Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha. More notes on Orlanth Rex, more on the family associations of Asrelia, Ernalda, and Maran Gor, more on the Grain Goddesses…
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…
The Triceratops Queen
The Triceratops Queen is a priestess of an Earth Goddess who rules over a herd of triceratopses. From time to time, the matriarch of the herd selects a new Triceratops Queen based…
So what are dragons?
One theory is that they are manifestations of Glorantha’s unconscious – primordial beings that predate even Chaos. They are intrinsically connected with the Cosmic Egg and the birth of Glorantha. By this…
Dream Dragons
I do so love Dream Dragons. They raise all sorts of dream arguments like the Butterfly Dream of the Zhuangzi. Maybe all of Glorantha is the dream of a sleeping Dragon, and…
Notes on Lay Members
Most adult Gloranthans are an initiate of a cult, and a lay member of one or two others. So in Sartar, a typical woman would be an initiate of Ernalda (worshiping Orlanth…
Sorana Tor
Goddess of Sex and Sovereignty Orlanthi Pantheon Write up Page Year Runes Notes Earth Goddesses 25, 101 2023 None listed In: Kero FinAssociate cult:Maran Gor Prosopaedia 113 2023 Prosopaedia entry Cults of…
The Earth Goddesses
16 playable cults
Temple Children
One of the interesting customs common among the Orlanthi are the “temple children”. These are children born to Earth Priestesses (often without an identified mortal father) who are cared and raised by…
White Bull Season 1 Episode 24 – transcript
0:09and welcome back to another episode of the Chaosium house0:14Runequest campaign the adventures of the White Bull. I’m Jeff Richard and i’ll be your GM0:21tonight i’m joined with by uh neil robinson…
White Bull Season 1 Episode 29 – transcript
0:09good evening and welcome to another session of the Chaosium house Runequest campaign the adventures0:16of the White Bull uh we’re gonna just dive right in because last week we had the the0:25big…