Greg’s initial writings of Gbaji and Chaos predated RuneQuest (or White Bear and Red Moon for that matter), and although Greg drew on many sources (including likely Moorcock’s 1965 Stormbringer novel), it…
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Chaos in Glorantha
Fear and hatred of Chaos is both instinctive and rational for all natural creatures in Glorantha. Let that sink in. Chaos is wrong and its effects are evil. Let that sink in…
Cosmos and Chaos
The conflict between Cosmos and Chaos is key to Gloranthan mythology. The gods made the Cosmos through their deeds – that is why things like air, the Sun, fish, war, love, hatred,…
Notes on The Red Goddess and Chaos II
Most non-Illuminated Lunars rationalize the Red Goddess’ association with Chaos connection by reasoning that she makes use of Chaos so that she might confound and defeat her foes. We’ve heard countless variations…
Hard-Wired Gloranthan Conflicts
There are some big conflicts hard-wired into the Glorantha setting, including (but not limited to): These conflicts are macro and microcosmic. Political conflict often echo these cosmic conflicts – for example, Sartar…
Chaos in Glorantha
From the earliest days of Glorantha, Chaos was not like the other Runes. It first shows up in Greg’s stories with Gbaji. The earliest description of the Chaos Rune places it among…
Secrets of the Chaos Gods (1998)
What the Sword Broo Says This covers Chapter 2, pages 12-21: Where did the world come from? The world was ripped from the Void of Chaos to torment each of us forever….
Chaos
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Chaos and The Great Compromise
The Spike held Glorantha together in the Gods Time. The Celestial Court were torn into pieces and the Spike was destroyed, leaving instead a gaping, howling Void. Things fall apart; the centre…
Notes on The Red Goddess and Chaos I
In 1220 ST, great stirrings in the world centered in the land of Peloria, presaging an event that would utterly change the world. It was the birth of the Red Goddess. Her…
The Three Categories of Chaos
Philosophers identify three categories of Chaos in the world: 1. Intrusions from the outside: This includes entities such as Wakboth, Kajabor, Primal Chaos, Krarsht, Pocharngo, Tien, Cacodemon, etc. 2. Entities that voluntarily…
A Few Notes on Chaos
Chaos is not “natural”. It entered the cosmos through the cracks in the universe caused by the Gods War. Chaos does not recognise or acknowledge the limits of the natural and moral…
On Evil and Chaos
Most creatures tainted by Chaos are simply evil. They tend to worship the gods of Chaos – the enemies of Creation – because no one else will take them. These entities are…
The Lunar Religion and Chaos
One of the clear distinctions made in the Compromise is that Chaos is not of this world. The deities and powers of the world had touched it, and were still afraid of…
Yelm & Chaos
For most Gloranthan religions, Chaos is something outside of the realm of gods and spirits. There are a few gods or spirits that were corrupted by Chaos or who otherwise embraced it…
Chaotic features in the Lunar Empire
The Red Goddess provides Chaos Gift to many Lunar cults, including initiates of her own cult and to senior priestesses of the Seven Mothers (but also to initiates of Danfive Xaron, priestesses…
The Lunars and Chaos
The Red Goddess – a normally benevolent goddess, who freed Peloria from Carmanian bondage and liberated their minds from fear and hate – is a Chaos deity. She has the Runes of…
What constitutes “Chaos”?
A last comment on the various Chaos discussions. A lot of people seem to assume that people in Glorantha are clear about what constitutes “Chaos” – and of course, outside of the…
Chaos Tainted
Lists of things I have heard are tainted with Chaos: The list is intended to be illustrative not comprehensive. And we KNOW Storm Bulls often have false positives (and false negatives), and…
Chaos Gods WiP preview
A snippet of the Chaos gods by the amazing Agathe Pitié! BTW, are you aware that is the same name as one of the students of Wilms, and the same person who…
Greg Sez: Chaos Taints Q&A (2007)
Published 14th Jul 2007 Questions by Mikko ‘Adept’ Rintasaari, answers by Greg Stafford. When And How Does One Get A Chaos Taint? First of all, let us recall that this is chaos,…
Rebel Gods
Destroyers and Upstarts Their leader is Orlanth, and the others include Death, Trickster, Grandfather Mortal, and the Chaos gods. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 103 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry…