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The Lunar Heartlands

Posted on December 18, 2021

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…

So what are Lunars?

Posted on June 30, 2021

At the most basic, they are initiates into a Lunar cult or its associates – including obvious things as the Red Goddess, the Seven Mothers, Hon-eel, Yara Aranis, and the Crimson Bat,…

War Gods in the Lunar Empire

Posted on April 28, 2023

The most important war god in the Lunar Empire is Yanafal Tarnils. All soldiers in the Lunar Army are lay members and probably a quarter of the Lunar Army are initiates of…

Same God – Different Name, Different Stories

Posted on June 15, 2023

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…

Introducing Gloranthan Gods and Cults

Posted on June 13, 2025

Gaming a lot of RuneQuest in a lot of different countries and with a lot of different cross-sections of the population as I do, a lot of people can easily get hung-up…

Chaos and The Great Compromise

Posted on May 27, 2023

The Spike held Glorantha together in the Gods Time. The Celestial Court were torn into pieces and the Spike was destroyed, leaving instead a gaping, howling Void. Things fall apart; the centre…

Gloranthan Mythology

Every culture creates myths and legends which explain man’s existence and purpose. Glorantha is no exception. Mythology of Glorantha The Creation This tale agrees in most particulars with the diverse religious sources…

Cult Demographics for the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on January 25, 2022

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…

CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Contents

Pantheons Entries Bold entries appeared in the 1985 Prosopaedia

Sartarite communities

Posted on December 22, 2022

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,…

Notes on Chalana Arroy II

Posted on April 10, 2024

Chalana Arroy has a surprisingly large cult and constitutes a widespread non-violent, merciful, and vegetarian movement throughout Central Genertela. Chalana Arroy is both supportive of the ruling gods and also constitutes a…

Conversions to the Lunar Way

Posted on May 15, 2024

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…

Pavis: Gateway to Adventure Index

This is the index for the Moon Design Publication the Pavis: Gateway to Adventure. A Adari 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 39, 42, 55, 66, 164, 167, 232, 259 Adoration 170 Agimori 36, 46,…

Glorantha cultures: cross-pollination and changes over time

Posted on April 17, 2014

As I continue to do research and background work on the Gods of Glorantha, from time to time I’ll post notes that I think might be interesting to at least some of…

CHA4501 Wyrm’s Footprints (1995)

Wyrms Footprints is a collection of Gloranthan legends and lore taken from the long out-of- print Wyrm’s Footnotes magazine and includes: plus original artwork of the famous sights of Dragon Pass, and…

Myth of the Month: The Orogeria Moon (1998)

The Red Goddess established, though her Travel and Journey experience, that She, as the goddess Orogeria, was the first planetary body to rise into the sky after the Kazkurtum. Dayzataran priests and…

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…

ISS3011 The Book of Heortling Mythology – Contents

Imperial Nobility II

Posted on June 25, 2022

A few more numbers that may help give some context to the Imperial nobility. There are about 5.56 million people in the Lunar Heartlands. There are another 1.38 million in the Provinces….

Honor and Combat

Posted on November 25, 2021

Here’s a little snippet from the forthcoming Cults Book (more good news on that soon) that might be of interest: Humakt demands that Death be wielded with honor and his cult upholds…

Notes on Boldhome under the Lunar Occupation (1602-1625)

Posted on May 23, 2023

When the city fell in 1602, the Red Emperor first appointed Euglyptus the Fat, an imperial noble, as governor. A good Yelmite and Red Goddess initiate from Raibanth, I doubt Euglyptus had…

ISS3009 History of the Heortling Peoples – 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

Fazzur Wideread’s Perspective

Posted on May 3, 2024

Looking at Glorantha from the perspective of Fazzur Wideread and his household. Fazzur was born during the reign of King Phargentes, to a Lunarized family that served as Phargentes right hand and…

CHA4038 The Pegasus Plateau & Other Stories – Index

This is the index for CHA4038 The Pegasus Plateau & Other Stories A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S…

Red Goddess

Goddess of the Red Moon Moon Goddess, Mistress of Time, Sister of Chaos, and Lurker Upon the Veil, goddess of illumination are some other titles given to this unique goddess. She was…

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