Here’s a draft describing three of approximately twenty-eight Black Dragon Mountain pictoglyphs that will be included in the book. Several of the pictoglyphs will be included: 12. The Red Moon humans fight…
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The making of a Hon-eel picture
Mike Perry has a wonderful blogpost about the making of his amazing Hon-eel picture for the Guide (which is one of favorite pictures in the whole book). If you want to know…
Reconstructing the Hero Wars
Just working on the Reconstructing the Hero Wars appendix for the Guide, and thought folk might be interested in what it is in it: The Hero Wars is the collective name for…
Cryptic Verses of the Yellow Calendar Plate 36
Plate 36: This plate depicts a radiant golden horseman, accepting the submission of Can Shu and the Blood Sun. This was posted on Google+…
“I am a warrior of the Pure Horse People…”
The Grazelanders I am a warrior of the Pure Horse People, may the Queen be blessed. The Grazeland Pony Breeders (who call themselves the “Pure Horse People”) are an anachronism in a…
Full Map of Glorantha
Its not quite finished, and this is EXTREMELY low res, but here’s the map of the full world. Those weird dark lines are the Abysmal Trenches, formed when Zzabur nearly broke the…
Guide to Glorantha Status report
The text of the complete draft is just about 94% done and I am working on appendixes. Expect version 8 to circulate along with the maps in the next few days. This…
Guide Art Direction – The Seven Faces of Arkat (2013)
Jun 24, 2013 Although we went a different direction in the final piece, this is the original art direction: StoryThe ambitious High Priestess of the Green Goddess is performing a magical ritual…
Getting very close with the East Isles!
This was posted on Google+
Map fact of the day
Eye opening Gloranthan map fact of the day: it is only about 250 miles by sea from Vormain to Kralorela. This was originally posted on Google+
Harrek the Berserk & Gunda the Guilty Art Preview
Another lovely picture by Mike Perry. Note that these match the description from Greg (whose notes with descriptions of Harrek going back to the 70s gave a big black mustache to the guy despite…
Kingdom of War
Another lovely piece by Mike Perry. This was posted on Google+ That is Lord Death on a Horse up on the hill, accompanied by his evil witch Ezdene, looking at the after-effects of another…
More East Isles!
Getting closer! This was posted on Google+
Sog City
Sog City (metropolis): Called Sogolotha Mambrola in the old tongue, this ancient city controls the area called Akem around the mouth of the Janube River. This huge, decadent city is a haven…
Bina Bang & Lord Lurker in Dark
One of my favorite Dan Barker pictures, this one shows the mighty Blue Moon Troll Bina Bang and her Dehori lover, Lord Lurker in Dark. This was posted on Google+, Tapatalk archive.
Kresh Wagon
One of the great Kresh wagons by Cory Trego-Erdner. This was originally posted on Google+… Tapatalk archive
Golden Mokato
What Colin and I are working on right now. This was posted on Google+
Lunar Command Standards
Here’s some more material on various Lunar command standards from Greg. This was posted on Google+
Finishing with the East Isles section
Colin and I are getting very close to being finished with the East Isles section, maybe another week max. Then I plan to circulate the current draft of the Guide to those…
Lunar Imperial Army standards
Here’s something that may or may not go into the Guide – a sketch of Lunar Imperial Army standards (I’ve not commissioned a final on this, although it is referenced in the…
The Eight Sons of Yelm
Here’s an extremely useful (at least for me) schematic of the eight planets that Eric Vanel put together based on direction from Greg. This was posted on Google+
Orlanth’s Ring Sketch
Here’s a sketch Greg and I put together to describe Orlanth’s Ring for use in art direction. This was originally posted on Google+… Now in the Tapatalk archive
Hrestol and the Vadeli Judges
Today’s random snippet from the Guide: The Vadeli claim that the great Malkioni Hero Hrestol himself retired in the Vadeli Isles. After Hrestol went to Brithos, he was forced to flee. He…
The Gloranthan Sky
Here is a magnificent color map of the Gloranthan sky by Eric Vanel, with lots of input from Greg. We have an entire chapter on the Gloranthan Sky in the Guide, incorporating…
Snippet of Seshnelan History
Today’s random bit of history from the Guide: The history of Seshnela begins in the land of Brithos during the Great Darkness. To forestall civil war between himself and his brother, Talar…