NOTE: there are a lot of secrets hidden in this post so read it carefully! Yazurkial Blue Llama, Tribal Khan Born 1595, Yazurkial is the high priest of Waha for the High…
Tag: 1625 ST
Dranz Goloi and the Voor-ash
Dranz Goloi, the King of the Wings, is the leader of the Voor-ash confederation in the Redlands. They claim to know nothing of the Nights of Horror or any agreements with the…
Heresy and the Seven Mothers
Heresy is a term that often gets thrown around, largely without thought about what that means in Gloranthan terms. So here’s a look at what might constitute “heresy” to the Seven Mothers…
Pavis and Prax circa 1625-1626
A few thoughts on Pavis and Prax circa 1625-1626. As we all know, New Pavis now has a king – Argrath Whitebull – who is backed up by the White Bull cult,…
Kallyr’s Short Lightbringers Quest 1625 – III
From the Glorantha Sourcebook: In Sacred Time, Kallyr Starbrow rallied her kingdom behind her to perform the Lightbringers’ Quest, a complicated heroquest that usually provided new life and health to everyone participating….
Karse
Karse (large city): This ancient port city is an important trade center with Dragon Pass. Goods are transferred from ship to caravan here. Karse is located on the coast, a few kilometers…
Sacred Time 1625
Because of the magical energies released as part of the preparations for the Lightbringers Quest (and perhaps because of the awakening of a True Dragon with the Dragonrise), much of Sartar could…
Kallyr’s Short Lightbringers Quest 1625 – II
In Storm Season 1625, Prince Kallyr Starbrow summoned an assembly in Boldhome. Before the assembled citizens of many tribes, she formally made the Lightbringers’ Summons. Chaos stalks my world. Broos have bruised…
Leika Blackspear
Queen Leika Blackspear has got to be one of the toughest survivors in Sartarite tribal history. Once an adventurer, she became the Colymar tribal king after her second cousin King Kallai Rockbuster…
Argenteus
So the Mask called Argenteus came down from the Red Moon in 1607, seven weeks after the previous incarnation was killed by the White Bear in a Dart War. Argenteus took no…
Thirty Years War
The Hero Wars are traditionally said to have begun in 1625 with the Dragonrise and to have ended in 1655, and is said to have lasted thirty years. For comparison, the Grand…
Seven Mothers in Sartar
Now that we know where the Yelmalio cultists are, let’s look at some ballpark numbers for the Seven Mothers in Sartar. Seven Mothers cult numbers These numbers are very approximate, and might…
Cult Membership in Sartar
How many members of my cult are there in Sartar? There are about 170k people in Sartar (including the Far Point but not the Pol-Joni). Let’s assume a little over half are…
Kallyr Starbrow
Here are some of my notes on Kallyr Starbrow for the Homeland Book: Dark Season 1625, Kallyr is acclaimed Prince. In some areas she has a lot of support, in others, not…
Coinage and Value
During the reign of the Sartar Dynasty, the princes minted silver coins, called Sovereigns or Guilders, for use in trade. These were modeled on the silver coins used within the Lunar Empire…
Lunar Legacy in Sartar
The Lunar Empire occupied Sartar for 23 years (from 1602 to 1625). For the first 11 years, they ruled directly through an appointed provincial governor, and then through a client king. During…
Heroquesting 102
OVERVIEW The process by which an individual contacts the world of the gods and grows in it is slow and gradual. When mortals participate in a religious ceremony, they expend energy and…
Kallyr’s Short Lightbringers Quest 1625 – I
Getting support for an attempted Lightbringers Quest is pretty much everything Kallyr does from being acclaimed Prince until Sacred Time. She pushes hard to have the entire Orlanth cult and its associates…
1618 & 1625 Whitewall Map Previews
This is not the final map, but will be the basis for what will be commissioned as a final map. Although it is pretty awesome in its own right. Posted without further…
Sheng Seleris II
Sheng Seleris is the nightmare of the Lunar subconscious. He is trapped in a Lunar Hell, but every Lunar has nightmares of his escape. These nightmares grew in frequency and terror after…
A Sense of Scale
Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 07/11/2011 – 14:43 Third Age Glorantha is a Bronze Age (or early Iron Age) setting, with a scale that is more comparable to the Ancient World than…