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…
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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?
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
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 (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
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
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 a Sartarite Clan Militia Member
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
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…
Harrek the Berserk & Gunda the Guilty Art Preview
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…
Art Direction for Cover of the Guide
Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 01/11/2012 – 12:55 The Guide to Glorantha is a special book and needs a special cover. This is the story of the evolution of the cover from…
Loskalm Art Direction
Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 19/06/2012 – 05:56 Progress on the art for the Guide to Glorantha progresses rapidly, with my crack team of advisors helping me make the best use possible…
Coins of Glorantha Part 1
Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 01/06/2012 – 08:16 I’ve been working on some sample Gloranthan coins from the Guide, finishing Greg’s ancient Coins of Sartar project. Here’s the first set I’ve commissioned,…
Quick Summary of Gloranthan Cultures: Part 2, Westerners
Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 01/12/2011 – 02:23 This is a work in process, based on several years of discussions between Greg Stafford, Dan Barker, and Jeff Richard to get the look…