Shargash aka Tolat is the celestial god of of war and destruction. He is a planetary god who conquered Hell and is served by fiery underworld demons. There are a lot of…
Tag: Alkoth (metropolis)
Notes on Shargash I
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…
Notes on Pelorian Architecture
So as I contemplate the look of Tarshite cities, it is clear we need to think about general Pelorian architecture. So first building materials – Peloria is a land of bricks. Air-dried…
War Gods in the Lunar Empire
The most important war god in the Lunar Empire is Yanafal Tarnils. All soldiers in the Lunar Army are lay members and probably a quarter of the Lunar Army are initiates of…
Alkor
City God of Alkoth References Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 103 2025 per Rune spells Subcult of:Shargash Lightbringers 84 2023 None listed Associated cult:Biselenslib Prosopaedia 5, 110 2023 Cults of…
Notes on City Gods
Cities have a market, a degree of self-governance, and temples to the city’s patron deity and to the city god. They also have temples to other gods of importance to the people,…
Oslira Rune magic
So I was recently pondering why Oslira does not provide Strongnet, unlike Engizi and Zola Fel. And I realized the answer is quite easy – the Oslira cult is not the cult…
Notes on Alkoth II
Let’s look a little at Alkoth. The city is the center of the Shargash cult, with roughly some 4000 cultists. It is a Lunar city and has 5000 Seven Mothers cultists –…
Notes on Alkoth I
Alkoth is a standard Dara Happan city that also happens to be an entrance to the Underworld, and is a city of the dead. That is less of a contradiction than it…
More on drinking
In the Lunar Heartlands, it is the Lodrilli peasantry and workers that drink heavily. And often. The Yelmites put too much importance on self-control and purity, and drunkenness is seen as a…
Shargash
War God, Destroyer References Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 15, 96ten pages 2025 AKA: Tolat, Unvoreth (Vithela)Subcults:Alkor, Senderesh, Associate cults: Avivorus / Hastatus / Spear Man, BiselEnslib, Lodril, Oakfed, Oslira,…
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…
Enclosure #1 (1997)
Produced by the Seattle Farmers Collective in 1997, this is a convention booklet for Glorantha Con V, Victoria. Highlights include: Contents Art Credits
Lunar Army List
Introduction Howdy all – here’s a preview of something I am working on for the next issue of Wyrms Footnotes: Hero Wars Army Lists! I’m a bit of a wargamer at heart,…
History of Dragon Pass in the Second Age
Here are some notes that I’ve compiled about the so-called Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Of interest here is to note that there is actually no period when they called themselves by…
Late Golden Age
Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 13/06/2012 – 08:13 Here’s a little bit of something Eric Vanel and I are working on for the Guide. Late Golden Age Map Abzered Land of Enlightenment….
A Sense of Scale I
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…