Dan Barker 26/05/2011 – 22:54 OK, after yesterdays pitiful drivel I present you with 2 Gorrakiki rituals to show the kinds of lengths that the males go to. Contains Uz hair fashion and…
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Chaos Gods – forms of worship (2012)
Submitted by Roland Volz on Mon, 30/07/2012 – 10:09 I apologize in advance if this has been hashed out before, but I’mworking on potentially running my first HQ campaign in the near…
Sheng Seleris and Godunya the Dragon Emperor
Sheng Seleris challenged Godunya the Dragon Emperor for a second time in 1363. His Great Horde wreaked terrible havok on Puchai Province, greatly depopulating it, but all assaults upon the Bridges failed….
Glorantha Classics
Submitted by WoeRie on Mon, 16/07/2012 – 13:07Glorantha Discussions I just read the anouncement for the Glorantha Classics that :”The Gloranthan Classics are compatible with RuneQuest 6rd edition”.Does that mean that the…
The Founding of the Colymar Tribe
Colymar was the son of a farmer of the Orshanti Clan of the Hendriki, born around 1270. His wife, Hareva, was an Earth Priestess from Esrolia. Together with their boon companions Fantarl…
Notes on The Red Goddess and Chaos I
In 1220 ST, great stirrings in the world centered in the land of Peloria, presaging an event that would utterly change the world. It was the birth of the Red Goddess. Her…
The Men With the Golden Gun (1999)
The “Cackhanders” First published in The Booke of Tentacles II (German RQ Con 1999 Fundraiser Book)Copyright © 1999 by Michael O’Brien Men of Gold The elite fighting force of Sun County, the famous…
The Player Characters
Yelanda Goldenlocks A frustrated Sun Domer on the verge of rune lord status, if only her male colleagues would respect her for her mind and abilities. Yelanda is one of the few…
Parentage
Submitted by MrJealousy on Sat, 05/01/2013 – 07:05 Is there a heroquest or myth involved with revealing a persons parentage?I have an Orlanthi character in my game who is going to find…
Gloranthan events in a historical context
From time to time I try to put Gloranthan events in historical context, to help get a feel for “how long ago” something was. So here’s a history of Dragon Pass with…
Questions from a Michigan noob
Submitted by bludwig on Thu, 13/09/2012 – 00:11 Glorantha Discussions So I’ve recently discovered the world of Glorantha and I’ve fallen in love with it. I’m particularly interested in Stafford’s material, so…
Orlanth and the Red Goddess
Here’s a popular Orlanthi tale of the rise of the Red Goddess. This is similar to the story presented in King of Sartar. Orlanth is the god who began the Great Compromise,…
Story of Thanmor-Ratesk
Here’s another fragment that is so old it is almost before the Dawn. Definitely in the WIsconsin era. It manages to combine Thanmor and Snodal into a single story, you get the…
A Sense of How Long Ago Things Were
From time to time I like to dust off this and post again. Now is one of those times! see: Does this mean that more happens in a shorter time on Glorantha…
Excerpt – Cults of Prax Chronology (1979)
A Prax-centric History A Timeline of Glorantha This timeline includes many approximate dates. Even Lhankor Mhy Sages, well-learned in General Knowledge, never have pinpointed many of these events Godtime This is a…
Introduction to Runes
This is an early introduction to the Runes from 2004. Gloranthans have always used various symbols to express the great forces that underlie existence. Although the meanings were kept secret, the forms…
Archive of Pete & Loz’s Old Blogs from Moondesign.com (2011-2012)
2019 – Pete Nash & Lawrence Whitaker are the Design Mechanism. Dark Side of the Moon Submitted by Loz on Thu, 26/05/2011 – 08:27 Quite a week, with Mongoose announcing it has…
Culture Precedes Cults
It is fascinating how hard it is for us post-modern Westerners to disentangle themselves from the idea that culture precedes cults, even in a fantasy setting such as Glorantha. To a very…
Excerpt – Vingkotling Myths (2009)
Vingkotling Age Vingkot was famous for allying with the On Jorri Folks, most of whom joined the Vingkotling Tribe without any fighting at all. He also continued the great Northward Migration that…
History Of Kethaela – The Second Age
The Shadowlands continued their political existence through the next five centuries as the world changed all about them. The Waertagi were driven from seas by the navies of the Jrusteli priest-magicians of…
History Of Kethaela – The First Age
Kethaela is an ancient name for the region now called the Holy Country. The land was named for the goddess Ketha, the wife of Entru and mother of Entruli, who came from…
The Moonburn
Of all the many crimes of the Third Age perhaps the worst was the Moonburn. As we all know, back in the First Wane, Dara-Ni was refuge for the River People and…
Gloranthan Readings: Jorge Luis Borges – Collected Fiction
The Argentinian Jorge Luis Borges is my absolute favorite fantasy writer, despite not writing a single story that is classified as part of that genre. A master of the very short story…
Tales of Mythic Adventure Episode 04
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadINTRODUCTION AND REFRESHMENT UPDATE 0:00 – 2:22 No special guest today, so Jeff and MOB are discussing their own current projects. For the crucial refreshment update…
Neil’s Year in Review (2015)
Neil here. It seems that I’m often so busy with the day-to-day projects that I forget to stop and reflect about what we have accomplished over the year. My annual pilgrimage to…