This excerpt is from Greg Stafford’s unpublished Harmast Saga (1991) Here are the times that Harmast went to the Hero Plane before he returned with Arkat. First, for a glimpse, at his…
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Arkat as Colonel Kurtz
If I sometimes imagine Argrath as a Bowie-like chameleon, I often imagine Arkat as a Colonel Kurtz figure, particularly in the last stages of the Gbaji Wars. I could imagine him giving…
Notes on Saird
The original “homeland” of the Yelmalio cult was Saird, a border land between Dragon Pass and Dara Happa. In the early First Age, this was a mixing ground of settlers from Dragon…
A few more Arkat Cult notes
As said many times before – After the long war Arkat retired with his closest confederates to Arkhome, which became the capitol of Arkat’s Autarchy. Arkat instituted formal cult procedures, created a…
A few notes on Arkat
Perhaps all of these parts are familiar to all of you, but understanding Arkat is a key to understanding the Third Age: Arkat was a man of reason who ventured into the…
A History Of Heroquesting
There’s a lot here to unpack. Worth a very careful read! Heroquesting begins with Time, and the division of the Mundane World from the Gods World. In the God Time, there was…
Nysalor / Gbaji
The Bright One / The Deceiver References Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 9112 pages 2024 Associate cults: none Cults of Glorantha Preview 404 2019 Associate cults: none Cult Compendium 319Five pages…
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…
Heroquesting 101
Heroquesting is a powerful and rare Gloranthan activity in which the participants leave the material world and enter the realm of legend and myth to interact with heroes and gods, gambling precious…
Safelster in the First Age (2013)
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 The following is part one of a series of Questions and Answers about Safelster and Ralios. The Enerali Peoples at the Dawn At the Dawn the four tribes…
AH8577 Gods of Glorantha (Box 05 – 1985)
60 Religions for RuneQuestGods of Glorantha describes 60 major Gloranthan religions for humans and non-humans, for good guys and bad, for men and women, all from an array of different cultures. A…
Notes on Illumination in the Second Age
Ralios and Seshnela In 450 “Arkat” emerged triumphant from Dorastor, and returned to Ralios (actually Fornoar). There he lived a simple, ascetic life, farming and teaching, until his apotheosis in 500. His…
Paslac
The Dark Emperor References Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 98 2023 None listed Gods of Glorantha, Prosopaedia 1985 None listed
Greg Sez: Heroes & Immortals (2005)
Published 10th July 2005 Question from Charles Corrigan, answer by Greg Stafford. I am quite interested in the topic of very powerful people (and others) who are not apotheosized, but who are…
Gerlant Flamesword
Warlord, Hero of Honor and Right Action Gerlant Flamesword was a king of Seshnela during the most important war fought by the Malkioni. He was Arkat‘s liege during the Gbaji wars and…
Gbaji
The Deceiver References Page Year Runes EntityGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 45 2023 n/a Guide to Glorantha 153, 721 2014 n/a Associate cult: Primal Chaos Heortling Mythology 165, 186 2009 None listed Appendix AAppendix…
Arkat
Ancient hero, The Traitor, The Troll References Page Year Runes Entity Glyph Notes Fire & Sky 10, 130 2025 None listed n/a As: Arkat the DestroyerConstellation Earth Goddesses,The Earth pantheon 8 2023…