Far Point Location Type Page Affiliation Alda-Chur (small city) Great temple 84 Dinacoli, Princeros, Tovtaros and Vantaros tribes Alone (small city) Major temple 85 Amad, Bachad,and Tres Tribes Bloated Bear (village) Minor…
Tag: Ernalda
The Sky Gods
The Sky is orderly, regular, and far removed from mortal ephemeralism. The Sun, planets, and stars move in regular patterns through the sky. Clusters of stars form constellations, associated with gods, monsters,…
Portions of Umath
When Umath was broken, his sons (each bearing a portion of the Primal Air) emerged and began their struggle to claim their part of the world). At least six sons are known to have…
The Six Sisters (Esrolia)
Esrolian Goddesses Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 28, 29, 93 2023 None listed Prosopaedia tag:Delaeo, Delaina, Orana Glorantha Sourcebook 90 2018 None listed Delaeo, Delaina, Ernalda, Esrola, Maran, Orana Heortling…
The Struggle for the Middle Air
The Red Goddess never made peace with the Air Gods, for there was none among her pantheon who could approach those deities on their own ground. There began, within history, a struggle…
La-ungariant
Goddess of the Pure Horse People Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 74 2023 n/a Prosopaedia entry Common and uncommon runes 2004 None listed Glyph only
Disease in Glorantha
Although I don’t make that much use of them in my campaigns, disease spirits are among the biggest dangers in Glorantha. The average disease spirit has a POW of 16-17 and has…
Storm Pantheon art preview
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…
Cults of the Lunar Provinces
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…
The Sixes in the Holy Country
In the Holy Country, the magical energies of the Sixes work together to complement each other. All Six are recognized by all and yet, each maintain their own identity. The Sixes and…
Ernaldan Adventuresses: Blood, Sex, and Rock’n’Roll
Claudia Loroff and Katrin Dirim did an interview with the God Learners podcast about Ernalda, Earth religion, blood, sex, and rock n roll…
The Lightbringers Belt & Old Gods
In between the Malkioni lands and the Lunar Empire are two regions the “Lightbringers Belt” and the “Old Gods”. Now the Lightbringers Belt we all know – this is the area of…
Pamaltelan Equivalencies
The Pamalting or Doraddi pantheon offer us a different perspective of Glorantha’s mythology. Pamaltela was not as badly damaged by the Gods War and Greater Darkness as Genertela, and the Earth King…
Notes on Mee Vorala
Mee Vorala is a daughter of Flamal. The Black Elves are not Aldryami, as they are not children of Aldrya. They get along with other elves in friendly circumstances, but they are…
Notes on Filichet I
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,…
Lunar Provincial Population Groups
Throughout the Lunar Provinces, much of the ruling class and urban population is Lunar, while much of the rural population is “barbarian” (I am using that term from a Lunar Heartland perspective)….
Notes on Redaylda – Dendara – Ernalda
In South Peloria the cults of Dendara and Ernalda overlap, often with great confusion. As we all know, Ernalda is the great Earth Goddess of the Theyalans. Her cult is centered on…
Cults of Differing Power
So as we have noticed, the RuneQuest cults are deliberately not balanced. Some cults have way more magic – and effective magic – than others. Now that was part of Greg’s vision…
Permala
The Gnawing Goddess Write up Page Year Runes Notes Cults of Glorantha Preview 165 2019 None listed Notes Source Page Year Tree MythologyStranger TaxonomiesThe Taxonomy of Animals 132, 133PostPost 202320222022 Genealogies of…
Ernalda overview on YouTube
I did a video overview of the Ernalda cult with Chaosium’s own James Coquillat:
4 – Meeting the Second Son
3 – The Underworld 5 – Argrath Faces Evil Characters: Argrath The Great Darkness Argrath released the Strange Gods from their Underworld prison and was welcomed by the old gods who resided atop…
Tribes of Sartar Map, 1625-1626
So there are 157 clans in Sartar (not including the Telmori and the Pol-Joni of course), with an average population of about 900 members. 600 are adults. The average tribe in Sartar…
Ernalda in Sartar
Ernalda is the main goddesses of the Earth Temple complexes in Dragon Pass and her cult has been greatly enriched by the Esrolian Earth Religion and the heroquesting of the Feathered Horse…
Magical challenges
Magical challenges to prove a truth are well accepted in Glorantha. This goes back to the Gods Age, when contests of the arts were popular among the gods – the most famous…