Greg’s initial writings of Gbaji and Chaos predated RuneQuest (or White Bear and Red Moon for that matter), and although Greg drew on many sources (including likely Moorcock’s 1965 Stormbringer novel), it…
Tag: Gbaji
History of the Telmori
Hated and feared, the Telmori are werewolves cursed by Chaos. They are unlike other humans, for they have joined with their beast-brothers into a strange and, to some, unnatural relationship of dependence…
So what do your adventurers know about Illumination?
So what do your adventurers know about Illumination (as opposed to players)? If you notice Illumination is pretty much unmentioned in the core rules, Lightbringers, and Earth Goddess books. There is a…
Hard-Wired Gloranthan Conflicts
There are some big conflicts hard-wired into the Glorantha setting, including (but not limited to): These conflicts are macro and microcosmic. Political conflict often echo these cosmic conflicts – for example, Sartar…
Mortal Races at the Dawn
Dawn Age Seshnegi sources divide the mortal races into several categories: The Western accounts of Gbaji are pretty awful. Around the same time the Sun Stop happened and a terrible plague spread…
The Lunar Religion and Chaos
One of the clear distinctions made in the Compromise is that Chaos is not of this world. The deities and powers of the world had touched it, and were still afraid of…
26 – The Seven Steps
25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos? 25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos?
Orlanth and the Red Goddess
Here’s a popular Orlanthi tale of the rise of the Red Goddess. This is similar to the story presented in King of Sartar. Orlanth is the god who began the Great Compromise,…
Nysalor / Gbaji
The Bright One / The Deceiver Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 9112 pages 2024 Associate cults: none Cults of Glorantha Preview 404 2019 Associate cults: none Cult Compendium 319Five…
History Of Kethaela – The First Age
Kethaela is an ancient name for the region now called the Holy Country. The land was named for the goddess Ketha, the wife of Entru and mother of Entruli, who came from…
Rashoran
Dead God Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 93 2024 None listed AKA: Nysalor (in Kralorela) Mythology 44 2024 None listed Guide to Glorantha 120 2014 None listed
Rashorana
Goddess of Illumination Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Glorantha Sourcebook 152 2024 n/a AKA: Atarks, Jernotius, Nysalor, SedenyaAssociated phase:Black Moon Phase Prosopaedia 102 2023 None listed n/a Prosopaedia entryAssociated withthe…
Nysalor
The Bright one, The Illuminator, God of Illumination Nysalor is not now worshiped by anything. Arkat killed and dismembered the god, and scattered the pieces across the worlds. The story of Nysalor…
Gbaji
The Deceiver Gbaji brought about the end of the Dawn Age and destroyed Genertelan civilization. His subtle chaos infected all cults and peoples from Peloria to Seshnela. At the peak of Gbaji’s…