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The Lightbringers in New Pavis

Posted on June 29, 2024

There are some 1200 initiates of the Seven Lightbringers in New Pavis, fully a third of the adult residents in the city. Now more than half are Orlanth initiates, and Orlanth is…

Rakenveg

God of Trickery, Deceit Write up Page Year Runes Notes Guide to Glorantha 678, 679, 2014 None listed Gods Wall IV-4AKA: EurmalStar 95 The Perfect Sky, revised Post 1999 None listed As:…

Notes on Small Cults

Posted on March 26, 2023

In all of Sartar, about 2500 people are initiates of Daka Fal and worship their ancestors and eschew other cults. That’s about the same size as the Chalana Arroy or Lhankor Mhy…

Genealogy of the Celestial Court

Posted on July 15, 2022

An interesting thing about the Lightbringers Pantheon is the number of non-elemental deities are prominent. Perhaps that was a key factor in the magic of the quest? Sharp-eyed viewers might note a…

Suppression of Orlanth Under the Lunar Empire

Posted on July 2, 2022

As we all know, the Lunar Empire tries to suppress certain cults when possible. The top of the list is of course Orlanth, but also cults also officially disfavored include Storm Bull,…

Notes on Eurmal in Sartar

Posted on September 19, 2021

The cult of Eurmal the Trickster is surprisingly important in Sartar. The Orlanthi hold that clowns and tricksters are essential in contact with the sacred. Laughter and humor are a part of…

Tribes of Sartar Map, 1625-1626

Posted on August 20, 2021

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…

Eurmal WiP preview

Posted on December 22, 2020

2020 has definitely been a year that Eurmal has been very active! Sacred clown societies really influenced how I view Eurmal.

Townspeople and tribesfolk

Posted on October 29, 2020

Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…

Eurmal Inspiration

Posted on October 27, 2020

When you think about Eurmal’s cultists, a good source of inspiration are the sacred clowns of the Pueblo Indians: So pretty much every clan has a half-dozen or so “clowns”. They gather…

Barbarian “Old Gods”

Posted on October 16, 2020

At the Dawn, the Hykimi Alliance of Fronela and Ralios worshiped a myriad of ancestors, beast spirits, and other spirits, but acknowledge a loose pantheon of Old Gods including: Ehilm the Sun;…

Eurmal’s Clown societies

Posted on February 17, 2020

One thing that gets a big emphasis in the forthcoming Cults of Glorantha are Eurmal’s Clown magical societies. Don’t think of modern clowns from the circus – think the sacred clowns of…

Eurmal

The trickster, one of the Lightbringers This troublemaker is a jester and a fool, but armed with divine energy and power. His tricks change the world, his pranks create or destroy. Sometimes…

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