Many Second Age texts hold that both Gerlant Flamesword and Talor the Laughing Warrior were sons of Arkat and Seleria of Brithos. This is held as deeply heretical, even blasphemous, by both…
Tag: Arkat
AKA Arkat Humaktsson, Arkat Kingtroll, Arkat Liberator, Arkat the Deceiver, Arkat the Destroyer, Arkat the Liberator, Arkat the Savior, Arkat the Traitor, Arkat the Troll, Arkat Chaosbane
End of Ages
Without getting into the nature of Glorantha after the Hero Wars, it is worth remembering that twice before there have been widespread catastophes that are generally considered to have ended the Age….
Arkat’s Dark Empire
From about 450 ST to 740 ST area now known as Safelster was part of a political entity that called itself the Autarchy or the Empire of Peace, but was known by…
Arkatism
Early Malkionism is thought to have been composed of sacrificial rituals, sorceries techniques and spells, legal proscriptions and philosophical speculations. Later Hrestolism preserved the rationalism and philosophical elements of early Malkionism and…
5 – Argrath Faces Evil
4 – Meeting the Second Son4 – Die Begegnung mit dem Zweiten Sohn4 – La rencontre avec Deuxième Fils 6 – Argrath the Man 4 – Meeting the Second Son4 – Die…
Harmast’s Heroquests
This excerpt is from Greg Stafford’s unpublished Harmast Saga (1991) Here are the times that Harmast went to the Hero Plane before he returned with Arkat.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…
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…
CHA4039 The Smoking Ruin and other Stories – Index
Page numbers refer to: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z
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…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – C
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: C (pages 760-762)
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – Numerals & A
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: Numerals (page 775) A (pages 775-757)
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 Notes Prosopaedia 98 2023 Gods of Glorantha, Prosopaedia 1985
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 References Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 45 2023 Common and uncommon runes 2004 None listed Entity glyph only Revealed Mythologies 30 2001 None listed Malkioni…
Gbaji
The Deceiver References Page Year Runes Notes Gods of Fire and Sky 98 2025 None listed In: Shargash Dragon Pass 7, 61, 138 2024 None listed In: First Age, Gbaji Wars, Battle…