The main magic systems in RuneQuest are: Rune magic (wielding a fraction of the power of the gods), Spirit magic (communication with the spirits that reside in the natural energy currents of…
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Ancient Bird Mother
As we all know, Vrimak (one of the Parts of Yelm) is the father of all avian life. His daughter-wife Avarnia is the Bird Mother, goddess of small birds, including quails, chickens,…
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…
Good Gods and Bad
When I was writing the RQ cults book, I kept going back to Jung. Here’s a nice little quote from “Modern Man in search of a soul” that is worth pondering: “Every…
CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic – Index
Index for CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S S (cont.) T U V W…
Draconic Mysticism, the Void, and the Kralori
Just to expand upon my previous post with some bits from Cults of Terror: The Void is the mystic origin of the universe. This preexistence is said to be indescribable. “It is…
Making Sense of RuneQuest for Players
To really make sense of RuneQuest as a campaign setting, I think it is handy to give the players a short version of the monomyth and a little history. Not a lot,…
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…
The City of the Gods
An account from earliest records of Glorantha, probably circa 350 ST. The City of the Gods (Hrelar Amali) is located on the Crimson Plains between the lands of Ralios and Seshnela. It…
Waertag
Father of the Waertagi Waertag is the ancestor of an ancient, nearly extinct, race of green skinned beings who lived in floating cities carved from the bodies of sea dragons. They ruled…
What is Glorantha?
Glorantha is the mythical world that can be found on the Other Side of our consciousness. First discovered by Greg Stafford over forty years ago, Glorantha has been explored in such games…
Working on the Gods of Glorantha (2013)
Hey all, while Rick is feverishly doing the layout of the Guide to Glorantha and Ian is putting the art list for The Coming Storm before I hack it apart, I’m working…
Genealogy of the Earth Gods
The genealogy of the gods is a matter of importance for poets, philosophers, and sorcerers. These genealogies help illustrate the runic devolutions and combinations from the perfect Celestial Court to the mixed…
The Discovery of Glorantha
Just as a reminder, if you missed out on the Kickstarter, now you can Pre-Order the Guide to Glorantha and the Argan Argar Atlas. You can even pre-order Poster Map Sets (collections of maps in a 24…
MGP8120 Cults of Glorantha, Volume II (2007)
Cults of Glorantha: Volume 2 Reveals the innermost secrets of shamanic traditions and sorcery schools. Contained herein are glimpses of the sorcerous cults of the God Learners and the spirit-questors of Glorantha’s…
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…
CHA4501 Wyrm’s Footprints – Contents
Welcome Walktapus Cookery Red Moon in Prax A Village Near Alone Temple of the Wooden Sword Sea of Neliom The Carving of Tarsh The God Learners Introduction to the Surface World The…
CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook – Contents
Introduction History of Dragon Pass The Elder races Theogony Time Gods of the lunar way The Redline History of the Lunar Empire Gloranthan Magic Gods and Mortals Sartar Magical Union
ISS1102 Glorantha, Introduction to the Hero Wars – Gloranthan Art
The Cathedral of Saint Hrestol, by Jim PavelecMagic lives and grows in the churches and palaces of Loskalm. Southpoint is a large city which has thrived on the benefits of its favorite prophet…
Library of Londarios: Danmalastan (1999)
DANMALASTAN is the name for the collective territory inhabited by the people created by Malkion. LAND OF LOGIC is the common name that was given to it by God Learners. The original…
No Dragonewts in Pamaltela – Why? (2012)
Submitted by GianniVacca on Mon, 19/11/2012 – 17:12 No Dragonewts in Pamaltela – Why? Reference Submitted by David on Fri, 14/12/2012 – 07:18. From the Dragon Chapter in the Guide to Glorantha;…
Les Erudits de l’Ambiguc (FRA)
Les Erudits de l’Ambigu was a French association that published a magazine of the same name. The name is the French version of the God Learners.
Arkatism
Early Malkionism is thought to have been composed of sacrificial rituals, sorceries techniques and spells, legal proscriptions and philosophical speculations. Later Hrestolism preserved the rationalism and philosophical elements of early Malkionism and…
Greg’s one-liners
When I asked about that Greg just said, “That’s up to the reader to decide what it is”. Me: Yep. And a lot of these one-liners should not and will not get…