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A Sense of Scale III

Posted on April 8, 2025

Something that is easily over looked is the scale of Glorantha. The Sky Dome is about 12,000 km in diameter at its base, and its apex is about 6,000 km above the…

The Dara Happan Emperor

Posted on April 4, 2024

In 1247, the Red Goddess ascended into the Middle Air as the Red Moon. She appointed her son as her temporal viceroy, and charged him with the responsibilities of her affairs in…

Communication in the Lunar Empire

Posted on April 3, 2024

The Red Emperor has a much easier time communicating with the rest of his empire than say the Roman Emperor did. Distances To begin with the distances involved are much shorter. Just…

Map of Glamour and Raibanth Area

Posted on March 31, 2024

Here’s another neat map showing the area around Glamour and Raibanth. I believe Nick and company used this as the base of a map in the Rough Guide to Glamour. Note how…

Central Genertela Map Overview

Posted on January 16, 2024

I often play around with putting different maps together in order to get a better feel for how Glorantha works. This is one of my favorite composite maps – it nicely shows…

The View from Glamour Late 1625

Posted on June 19, 2023

So let’s imagine the world from the vantage of Glamour, circa late 1625. The mundane routine of administration is not for Argenteus, and so the Red Emperor prefers to interact with his…

Dragon Pass Viewed from Glamour

Posted on June 18, 2023

Of course Glamour pays attention to what is going on in Dragon Pass. The wars there have been costing many thousands of talents a year for the past decade. True Dragon there…

Notes on Pelorian Architecture

Posted on June 16, 2023

So as I contemplate the look of Tarshite cities, it is clear we need to think about general Pelorian architecture. So first building materials – Peloria is a land of bricks. Air-dried…

Notes on City Gods

Posted on February 6, 2023

Cities have a market, a degree of self-governance, and temples to the city’s patron deity and to the city god. They also have temples to other gods of importance to the people,…

Apotheosis of the Red Goddess

Posted on January 1, 2023

In 1247 the Red Goddess performed her final dance some 50 km to the northwest of Raibanth. A huge crimson sphere, some 40 km in diameter, rose from earth and continued to…

Thoughts on city size

Posted on December 2, 2022

When we think about most cities in RuneQuest, they are pretty small. New Pavis is a little over 5000 people. Jonstown, Swenstown, and Wilmskirk are even smaller – none are more than…

Glamour

First Inspiration of Moonson, Goddess of the Capital City, New God Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Lunar Way 9 2024 None listed n/a Mythology 153 2023 None listed n/a Cult…

Oslira Rune magic

Posted on September 29, 2022

So I was recently pondering why Oslira does not provide Strongnet, unlike Engizi and Zola Fel. And I realized the answer is quite easy – the Oslira cult is not the cult…

Notes on Glamour

Posted on September 10, 2021

Glamour, not the Tripolis, is the cultural, religious, and political center of the Lunar Empire. Now over four hundred years old, it was founded by a polyglot group of devotees of the…

Jerry Cornelius in Glamour

Posted on October 1, 2020

Some might view Glamour as being inhabited by investigators like Griselda. Me, I think the proper vibe for a Glamour investigator is J. Cornelius. With adventures like “J. Cornelius and the Madness…

Nochet to Glamour at 1:400,000 scale

Posted on December 20, 2019

Admittedly Glamour is not in this picture as it is just beyond the field of vision. But I see Alkoth and even Raibanth. Each sheet is an A2, so about 24 x…

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