After troll magic closed Old Pavis, constant struggles occurred between the dominant trolls and the remnants of humans, elves, and dwarfs. The Pavis cult held to its rituals, and their intimate knowledge…
Tag: Aldryami
Notes on the Big Rubble
The Big Rubble covers about 25 square km. With 6100 inhabitants, that’s almost 250 inhabitants per square km or 2.5 per hectare. In comparison, New Pavis with 28 hectares has 5150 inhabitants…
Elder Races and Human Cults
The Aldryami and Mostali have a surprising amount of overlap with major human cults. Both have strong ties to the Earth pantheon (Aldrya is the daughter of Ernalda, and Asrelia is friendly…
Elemental Interaction
It is easy to get a good handle on the interaction between the deities of Air, Earth, Fire, and Moon. These are of course the elemental pantheons most likely to be found…
Mortal Races at the Dawn
Dawn Age Seshnegi sources divide the mortal races into several categories: The Western accounts of Gbaji are pretty awful. Around the same time the Sun Stop happened and a terrible plague spread…
Ramalia
So the last major polity in Maniria is Genertela’s answer to North Korea – Ramalia. This is a deeply unpleasant land, where a degenerate remnant of the Middle Sea Empire rules over…
Top Five favorite Elder Races
My personal Top Five favorite Elder Races: 5. Black elves. The Dark Plant People are fungi – they are concerned about the recycling of death into life. Everyone ignores them, or assumes…
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…
The Man Rune
The Man Rune is the Form of all mortal sentient beings. The races of the Man Rune include trolls, elves, runners, dwarves, ducks, beastfolk, and triolini, as well as humans. It does…
Near the Dawn of Time
Another document from near the Dawn of Time. I believe it dates to the Wisconsin era, when the earliest Seshnegi were locked in conflict with the Pendali and long before the first…
Belintar’s Book: Aldrya’s Own Story (1998)
Greg’s Introduction from 1998 Here’s an excerpt from Belintar’s Book, most or all of whose content will be included in the first Issaries, Inc. release, tentatively title The Hero Wars, Introduction to…
Sites at the Dawn (2006)
This is a draft document by Greg Stafford. Last revision: 7 Mar 2006, a complete version is available in the Guide to Glorantha. This is a listing of (many of) the significant…
Greg Sez: Information about Elves (Jan 2000)
Answers by Greg Stafford. Published 21st Jan 2000 Question from UNDERDARK. Q: Is it possible for a human and an elf to have a child? How about other races? A: The Gloranthan…
Aldryami by Jeff Laubenstein
Here’s a selection of three elves done by Jeff Laubenstein, showing the diversity in Aldryami appearance. Archived G+ post, Tapatalk archives