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Imagining the Yelmalio cult

Posted on May 12, 2023

One of the difficulties people have in imagining the Yelmalio cult is that the best described temple is the one in Prax, aka Sun County. Sun County, if you all recall was…

Notes on Shargash

Posted on June 28, 2023

Shargash is the Dara Happan war god, associated with Fire/Sky, Death, and Disorder. He’s also known as Tolat, who ranged across Glorantha in the Lesser Darkness to bring war and destruction to…

New Pavis: The Lunar Occupation

Posted on April 18, 2022

As we all know, in 1610 New Pavis resisted the Lunar Army for a single day, then opened its gates to the besiegers. There was mutiny, but the ringleaders were caught and…

Argrath’s New Pavis

Posted on April 18, 2022

As of 1625, New Pavis has a permanent population of about 5150 people, making it the second largest Sartarite city after Boldhome. Another 1500 people live inside the Big Rubble. All of…

Discuss: Kickstart the Guide to Glorantha

Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 01/11/2012 – 08:10 Want to talk about the upcoming Kickstarter campaign for the Guide to Glorantha? Here’s the place to discuss the announcement! Glorantha Qs for Moon…

Notable people of the Sable Riders

Posted on April 15, 2022

Roneer the Hue, Tribal Khan Born 1591, Roneer the Hue opposed the pro-Lunar Tribal Khan Inire the Red. He allied with the Paps priestesses to covertly resist Lunar influence after the First…

Notable people of the Bison Tribe

Posted on April 14, 2022

Akasta Ironspear, Tribal Khan Born 1582, Akasta became a Waha Khan by 1605, and became one the paramount leaders of the Bison Tribe during the 1610 Lunar Invasion. Passionately anti-Lunar, Akasta was…

Chaos deities in Genertela

Posted on March 5, 2023

When we think about the Chaos deities in Genertela, we have a few heavy hitters we all know: Primal Chaos, Bagog, Cacodemon, Krjalk, Krarsht, Mallia, Pocharngo, Thanatar, Thed, Vivamort, etc. We also…

Sketch of three nobles (2014)

These sketches by Jan Pospisil depict three nobles – the first from Esrolia, the second from Sartar, and the third from Tarsh. Figure 1: Noblewoman This Esrolian noblewoman wears a close-fitting tube dress, sewn at the side, that…

Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – T

Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Tambour 98 2 See MIG III, Master Lists: Rune/Divine Magic, page 244 Tame Bull 98 1 Barntar LB 78 Initiates 3 Orlanth Barntar (subcult) LB 31…

Nochet Notes

Posted on March 29, 2022

Nochet is five times the population of Furthest and ten times that of Boldhome. At 600 hectares, it covers almost twice the area of Rome within the Servian Walls. With an average…

The Lunar Coders – Errata

Copyright © 1996, 1999 by Michael O’Brien Who Are the Lunar Coders? The Lunar Coders were first presented in Avalon Hill’s RQ3 release Strangers in Prax (1994). The Coders are special agents of the…

The Lunar Coders – Pendragon Pass Personality Traits

Copyright © 1996 by Michael O’Brien As an aid to using the Lunar Coders in your gaming, here are Pendragon Pass-style personality traits for each character. For more information about the Pendragon Pass rules system…

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…

The Wetlands of Lowland Peloria

Posted on September 29, 2022

The wetlands of Lowland Peloria cover much of the Silver Shadow and Darjiin satrapies. A quick estimate is some 3500 square kilometers in those satrapies are marshlands – that’s about the fifth…

Notes on Founding cities

Posted on June 17, 2023

All of the cities and towns in Dragon Pass were founded in the last three centuries. The early settlements were initially just villages. The founders would draw a line around the area…

Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – C

Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Call Founder 21 6 Waha (1-use) LB 147 Tribal Khan Call Monster 21 1 See MIG III, Master Lists: Rune/Divine Magic, page 234 Call on Stars…

Art Preview: Deezola

Posted on March 8, 2021

From the great Loïc Muzy I present to you the goddess Deezola! She gets a full long-form writeup in the Cults Book and I suspect she will be a popular cult! I also very…

Hwarin Dalthippa

The Conquering Daughter, Lunar heroine Hwarin Dalthippa is the favorite goddess of the Lunar provinces. Once mortal, she founded the famous and beautiful city of Jillaro, conquered the provincial barbarians and integrated…

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…

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…

RuneQuest: Gods of Glorantha previews (2018, 2019)

A small number of preview editions of Runequest: Gods of Glorantha have been sold at conventions. A UK version was also titled, Cults of Glorantha. Contents (Now Mythology) The Night Hag’s Tales…

God Time and the mundane world of our adventurers

Posted on December 30, 2021

When we think about the interactions between the God Time and the mundane world of our adventurers, two categories come into view. First is the regular, ceremonial interaction that every cult does…

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,…

Honor and War

Posted on January 27, 2021

This section helps explain some of the peculiarities of Orlanth warfare: Some of the most important Orlanthi war gods demand that Death be wielded with honor and the Humakt cult upholds the…

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