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Lunar Empire Seventh Wane

Posted on September 30, 2023

This map from the Glorantha sourcebook is very useful for getting an immediate feel for why the Lunar Empire largely ignores what is going on in Dragon Pass after the Dragonrise. See…

Jeff’s Canonical Corpus

Posted on October 24, 2022

So let’s talk about the books I think constitute the “canonical corpus” for official RuneQuest publications. These are the works that get referenced in future Chaosium publications with very few changes, and…

Glorantha Sourcebook source maps

Posted on July 23, 2022

I was going through some folders this morning and found my hand-drawn Lunar Wane maps that were the source material used in the Glorantha Sourcebook. Unlike Greg’s originals, these extended south to…

Dart Competitions

Posted on June 27, 2022

From the Glorantha Sourcebook: The peace and prosperity which the Goddess had promised when she rose to the sky now lay upon all like a rich, plush cloak. No hostile enemies bothered…

Kallyr’s Short Lightbringers Quest 1625 – III

Posted on March 8, 2022

From the Glorantha Sourcebook: In Sacred Time, Kallyr Starbrow rallied her kingdom behind her to perform the Lightbringers’ Quest, a complicated heroquest that usually provided new life and health to everyone participating….

Notes on The Red Emperor I

Posted on July 31, 2021

A few notes on the Red Emperor from the Cults Book. The Red Emperor is the supreme high priest for the Lunar religion and for the Yelm cult. Within the Lunar Empire,…

The Size of the Red Moon

Posted on July 2, 2021

Lunar celestialogists claim that the top of the Sky Dome is approximately 6000 km above Magasta’s Pool and that the Red Moon is therefore about 3000 km above the Crater (“halfway between…

The Mythical Synthesis Movement

Posted on June 25, 2021

This little snippet is in the Glorantha Sourcebook, and is an incredibly important tidbit. Even if the God Learners are now gone and cursed, the Mythical Synthesis Movement has already done its…

CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook – Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X Y Z

Content Comparison of the Glorantha Sourcebook with the Guide to Glorantha

A rough guide: The Glorantha Sourcebook (2018)The Glorantha Sourcebook (2024) CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha (2016) 226 pages (2.6lbs) (2018) 804 large pages (10 by 12 inches, 13lbs) Geography Genterela (2.9 pages)Pamaltela (0.1…

CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook – Contents

Introduction History of Dragon Pass The Elder races Theogony Time Gods of the lunar way The Redline History of the Lunar Empire Gloranthan Magic Gods and Mortals Sartar Magical Union

CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook (2018)

The Glorantha Sourcebook is an essential resource for Greg Stafford’s world of Glorantha, one of the most extensively developed and renowned fantasy settings of all time. A world of mythology, gods, and…

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