Orlanth is the grandson of Earth and Sky, his siblings are the winds, a bull, a cat, violence, evil, the mountain snow, and Death. He married the Green Lady, and his offspring…
Tag: Cults of Glorantha (preview)
Gloranthan Underworld art preview
As part of a piece that Katrin Dirim is working on for us, here’s a depiction of the Gloranthan Underworld. Trolls, demons, dead gods, monsters, bats, and more. It is the doom…
Minor Gods
Among the more interesting (and culturally important) minor gods in Glorantha include: Additionally, most Chaos gods rate as minor – Bagog, Krarsht, Krjalk, Pocharngo, Tyram, Vivamort, Xamalt, etc. Now some of these…
Greater and Major Gods
So as I check over some of the material about to go to the printer soon, I was comparing things to a list Greg had written some years ago, listing all the…
Four Ways to Experience these Stories (re-post)
See also: As Cults gets closer and closer to some big and exciting announcements, here’s a little passage that I think is particularly important for this forum: Four Ways to Experience these…
Jeff’s Canonical Corpus
So let’s talk about the books I think constitute the “canonical corpus” for official RuneQuest publications. These are the works that get referenced in future Chaosium publications with very few changes, and…
Layout of Cults of Glorantha
At the office of our layout guru Simeon Cogswell and moving forward on the Cults book!
Understanding Mythology
Here’s a snippet from what I consider to be one of the most important essays in the Cults Book. Readers will see that many of these stories in these volumes seem to…
Cults of Glorantha YouTube Interview
An interview with me about what RuneQuest books are coming up! Part one I talk a lot about the forthcoming Cults Book.
Vinga art preview
Vinga is the feminine incarnation of Orlanth. Variously described as Orlanth’s daughter, an aspect of Orlanth, or one of Orlanth’s transformations, she is revered by the Sartarites as a war goddess, and…
Notes on The Red Emperor
A few notes on the Red Emperor from the Cults Book. The Red Emperor is the supreme high priest for the Lunar religion and for the Yelm cult. Within the Lunar Empire,…
Manifestations of Gods
The Loki television series has me thinking about the Gods of Glorantha. One way of looking at the cults is they are groups of people who gather around to worship the named…
Cults of Glorantha previews (2018, 2019)
A small number of preview editions of the Cults of Glorantha have been sold at conventions. Contents The Night Hag’s Tales Inner Knowledge Of The Sea Gods Wisdom Of The Earth Priestess…
Monomyth Art Final preview
I present to you the Monomyth, illustrated by the amazing Agathe Pitié. Look at this wonder and be astounded! And it will be a fold-out in the Cults Book. Along with all…
Monomyth Art WIP II
And the Monomyth is nearly complete, courtesy of the amazing Agathe Pitié.
Monomyth Art WIP I
A little preview of a world full of gods. By the amazing Agathe Pitié of course. A little less than half of the monomyth here.
Cults of Glorantha Art Preview – Raveena
I’ve been posting a few previews of art for the forthcoming Cults of Glorantha books, but there’s another beautiful book already in art production – the Sartar boxed set. And here’s just…
Uleria art preview
Why blue skin? Her name means Blue Goddess in the Entekosiad Harmony rune – I imagine it as her pleated skirt!
Yelmalio Art preview
Speaking of Yelmalio – here he is! Dispelling the tendrils of Darkness! His helmet is based on the Berlin Golden hat:
Orlanth Adventurous Art preview
This is absolutely one of my favorite depictions of Orlanth Adventurous. By the amazing Agathe Pitié. Orlanth Adventurous is a god after all. And he loves all the ladies, regardless of element. And…
The Grain Goddesses
If 30+ years of art history has taught me anything, it is that grain goddesses should have hips!
Eurmal WiP preview
2020 has definitely been a year that Eurmal has been very active! Sacred clown societies really influenced how I view Eurmal.
Aram ya-Udram art preview
Thats a big change from their current runes. That’s Aram, not the Bloody Tusk.
Cults of Glorantha Art preview
A storm is brewing courtesy of the masterful Loïc Muzy