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Chalana Arroy in Central Genertela

Posted on January 4, 2023

If we look at Chalana Arroy in Central Genertela, we find that it is actually a surprisingly big cult – some 140,000 members in total. The cult is most densely numbered in…

Lhankor Mhy in Central Genertela

Posted on January 4, 2023

There are roughly 100,000 initiates of the Knowing God in Central Genertela. This includes those that call the god Lhankor Mhy (probably about 60%), and those that call him Buserian (maybe 40%)….

Religion in Safelster

Posted on January 2, 2023

There are approximately 3 million people in Safelster. This politically decentralized area around Lake Felster in Ralios is one of the more densely populated areas in Glorantha. It is also one of…

The Orlanth Cult in Peloria

Posted on January 1, 2023

There are some 225,000 Orlanth initiates in Peloria, making it the fourth biggest cult in Peloria (tied with Ernalda). Only Seven Mothers, Lodril, and Oria have bigger cults. During the rise of…

Cults of the Lunar Provinces

Posted on December 29, 2022

Vanch, Imther, Aggar, Holay, and Tarsh are a collection of Theyalan lands ruled by client kings supported by (and responsible to) the Red Emperor. For the last few generations, that was handled…

Solar Pentans

Posted on December 11, 2022

There are 600,000 Solar Pentans. A crude breakdown of the cult numbers would suggest that they have about: The remaining 200k are children so they are not in a cult? Yes Those…

Zola Fel Valley

Posted on December 9, 2022

This is another one of those posts about scale. Pavis County and Sun Dome County are where New Pavis, the Big Rubble, and the Sun Dome Temple of Prax are located. It…

Notes on Chalana Arroy I

Posted on September 24, 2022

Throughout Glorantha, people worship the ever-compassionate Goddess of Mercy. She’s known by many names – Erissa, Serelaloon, etc., – but she’s known best as Chalana Arroy. Her worshipers practice TOTAL non-violence and…

Lhankor Mhy the Knowing God

Posted on September 24, 2022

Another remarkable Gloranthan deity is the Knowing God, Lhankor Mhy. Also found around the world, he’s generally given credit for creating writing so that mortals might store knowledge. Lhankor Mhy is the…

World Building Glorantha

Posted on September 16, 2022

When I am world building I think a lot about the numbers involved. And then I start asking questions: 1. What is the population of a place? This lets me know how…

Lhankor Mhy Sorcery

Posted on September 16, 2022

Several Dragon Pass cults routinely play around with sorcery – Lhankor Mhy in particular. But the Knowing Priests are largely self-taught amateurs when it comes to sorcery. Temples tend to know a…

Talastar

Posted on September 10, 2022

One of the more interesting areas in Peloria is Talastar, one of the great centers of Orlanthi culture. I’m defining Talastar broadly – including Lakrene, Anadiki, Brolia, and Skanthi as parts of…

Dunstop II

Posted on August 11, 2022

A few notes on the Tarshite city of Dunstop: Dunstop has a population of about 5k people and covers about 50 hectares. It is built on a low (30 meter high) hill…

Heler cult demographics

Posted on July 25, 2022

Heler is the rain that accompanies Orlanth Thunderous. He is the water that falls from the Air. He is a minor deity in most of Dragon Pass as his blessings can be…

Malkionism demographics

Posted on July 21, 2022

When thinking about Malkionism, keep in mind that In Genertela, there are: So it might be awhile until I get down to defining Aeolians and Trader Princes. These numbers are of course…

Notes on Filichet I

Posted on July 5, 2022

This city on the shores of lake Invaress has around 15,000 residents and is the capital of the Lunar Province of Holay. Filichet marks the end of the Daughter’s Road. From here,…

Defining Cults

Posted on July 5, 2022

In Central Genertela, their aren’t a lot of cults that more than 30% a region’s population belongs to. Such a cult strongly defines a given region and would be present nearly everywhere….

Argrath’s New Pavis

Posted on April 18, 2022

As of 1625, New Pavis has a permanent population of about 5150 people, making it the second largest Sartarite city after Boldhome. Another 1500 people live inside the Big Rubble. All of…

Refuge

Posted on January 30, 2022

The city of Refuge is port city in God Forgot and a Brithini outpost which continues its tenuous existence using the old caste systems of Brithos. Cautious and defensive, the rulers are…

Cult Demographics for Caladraland

Posted on January 28, 2022

Caladraland is one of the regions of the Holy Country, and one people don’t pay enough attention to! If we look at Caladraland as a whole (so Highvale, Porthomeka, Vinavale, and Thomble),…

The Leftarm Islands

Posted on January 28, 2022

Off the southern tip of Heortland is the area called God Forgot. It is associated with the Bandori valley and the Marcher Lands. Collectively this area has about 100,000 human inhabitants, roughly…

Notes on Alkoth II

Posted on January 28, 2022

Let’s look a little at Alkoth. The city is the center of the Shargash cult, with roughly some 4000 cultists. It is a Lunar city and has 5000 Seven Mothers cultists –…

Cult Demographics for the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on January 25, 2022

The Lunar Heartlands are home to almost 5.4 million humans. This is the center of Lunar culture and the Lunar religion, a fact made omnipresent by the presence of the Red Moon…

Cult Demographics for the Lunar Provinces

Posted on January 25, 2022

Looking at Cult Distributions for the Lunar Provinces (Aggar, Holay, Imther, Tarsh, and Vanch) tells a fascinating story. There are a little less than 1.4 million humans in the Lunar Provinces. Looking…

Cult Demographics for Civilized Prax

Posted on January 21, 2022

I’ve been fine-tuning some of the cult demographic numbers for Pavis County and the Sun County. As of 1626, there are about 25,650 humans residing in Pavis County – this includes Argrath’s…

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