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The Loper

Posted on December 20, 2022

One of my favorite Gloranthan critters is the fabled Loper, the mount of the Loper People, who once caused havoc from Slontos to Teshnos. They have the ability to teleport to any…

24 – Did they achieve Liberation, part 2

23 – Did they achieve Liberation, part 1 25 – Fear and the Void Q&A

2 – The Uncles

1 – The Flame of Sartar 3 – The Underworld Characters: Argrath Orlanthi children become adults after a formal initiation ceremony, parts of which are the most closely held secrets of the clan….

1 – The Flame of Sartar

Chapter 1 – Initiation 2 – The Uncles Characters: Argrath, Jar-eel the Razoress A Brief History Glorantha was created by its deities from the Primal Void of Chaos. At first, there was no history,…

Why does Orlanth have multiple arms?

Posted on August 18, 2021

So an art issue that a few grognards have raised directly or indirectly – why does Orlanth have multiple arms? The Orlanthi depict Orlanth as having four arms so that they might…

Hair and Beard Guide

Posted on July 15, 2021

One of the goals of the Sartar Book is to really show the people of Sartar, how they look, how wide the range of diversity is, down to things like hairstyles. So…

The Making of the Coming Storm cover

The Coming Storm is the next Glorantha book coming out – the first volume of a two volume epic campaign for HeroQuest set during the opening stages of the Hero Wars and leading…

Sketch of Three Nobles

Posted on May 27, 2014

These sketches by Jan Pospisil depict three nobles – the first from Esrolia, the second from Sartar, and the third from Tarsh. Figure 1: Noblewoman This Esrolian noblewoman wears a close-fitting tube dress, sewn at the side, that…

Sketch of two Ernalda Priestesses

Posted on May 20, 2014

These sketches by Jan Pospisil depict two Ernalda priestesses – the first from Esrolia and the second from Sartar. Ernalda is the Earth Queen, the goddess of sex, women, agriculture, motherhood, and society….

Sketch of a Sartarite Thane

Posted on May 16, 2014

This sketch by Jan Pospisil depicts the noble companion of a petty king. A thane is trained to fight from horseback and usually wears short trousers of leather or wool beneath the skirt. The…

Sketch of an Sartarite household warrior

Posted on May 13, 2014

This sketch by Jan Pospisil depicts a professional warrior equipped by a clan chieftain or tribal king and who serves as one of his household bodyguards. She rides a sable antelope (Praxian beasts…

Sketch of a Sartarite Clan Militia Member

Posted on May 7, 2014

This sketch depicts a member of the local clan militia. All free men (including women who are members of warlike cults) are expected to fight on behalf of their clan and follow…

Guide Overview – Fonrit

Want to know more about Fonrit? A cruel slavocracy, slavery defines and dominates Fonritan society. The descendants of Doraddi gone horribly wrong and their rulers perverted by Chaos worship, Fonritans hold that…

Strange bit of Art Description going in the Guide

Posted on September 29, 2013

Here’s the art description for a piece that Jeff Laubenstein is doing for the Guide – fourteen panels on the Lightbringers Quest. It is based on a cryptic diagram that Greg Stafford…

Seshnela Art Direction

Posted on September 6, 2013

Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 23/04/2012 – 00:27 The Guide to Glorantha will feature in-depth treatment of the Malkioni (along with the other major cultures of Glorantha). Here’s the art direction for…

Black Dragon Mountain pictoglyphs

Posted on July 5, 2013

Here’s a draft describing three of approximately twenty-eight Black Dragon Mountain pictoglyphs that will be included in the book. Several of the pictoglyphs will be included: 12. The Red Moon humans fight…

Harrek the Berserk & Gunda the Guilty Art Preview

Posted on June 20, 2013

Another lovely picture by Mike Perry. Note that these match the description from Greg (whose notes with descriptions of Harrek going back to the 70s gave a big black mustache to the guy despite…

Guide Art Direction – Pelorian (2013)

The Pelorians are a proud and ancient civilization of riverine city-states united by a divine emperor descended from the Moon Goddess. They are Bronze Age or Early Iron Age in culture and…

Guide Art Direction – Orlanthi (2013)

Orlanthi Culture Bronze Age/early Iron Age mixed agrarian-pastoralists. They are the most popular player culture. They are a heroic Bronze Age culture, organized by clan and tribe into (usually) short-lived kingdoms. They…

Guide Overview – Kralorela

Kralorela is a late Bronze Age/early Iron Age civilized empire that claims to have been civilized for 10,000 generations. The inhabitants are xenophobic and dismiss all other cultures as savages. The Kralorelans are…

Guide Art Direction – Hsunchen (2013)

Hsunchen peoples are stone-age hunter-gatherers. Small families wander about a territory while the men hunt, trap, and fish, and the women gather plant foodstuffs. The clothing of most hsunchen is of whatever…

Guide Art Direction – Aldryami

Here is some art direction for Gloranthan Elves. The picture is a full page black and white depicting three different Aldryami (Gloranthan elves) subtypes. All three are humanoid, in that they have…

Orlanth’s Ring Sketch

Posted on June 14, 2013

Here’s a sketch Greg and I put together to describe Orlanth’s Ring for use in art direction. This was originally posted on Google+… Now in the Tapatalk archive

Prax landscape art direction

Posted on June 11, 2013

For those of you who wanted the references for Cory’s Prax landscape picture, here it is! The viewer stands in the foothills of the Eiritha Hills, overlooking the oasis of the Paps,…

The castes of Seshnela

Posted on June 5, 2013

So now that we got the contentious issue of what is canon out of the way, maybe I really should schedule that Malkioni Marathon – if enough people were interested, maybe we…

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