THE SKY OF GLORANTHA is made of several huge domes covering the earth. The innermost domes, closest to the surface world, are transparent. The outer one is opaque, though pierced by star…
Tag: Greg Sez
Introduction to Umathela (1997)
by Greg Stafford, originally published in a longer form in Breakout #34 (1989). The Land of Umathela “I am from (name) city in Umathela” or “I belong to the (name) tribe.” Description…
Greg Sez Guest: East Isles: United or not? (Jan 1999)
Occasionally Greg had guests answer the Q&As in Greg Sez. Question One From JAMES ANDREWS. Answer provided by Nils Wienander Q: “Is the whole East Isles really homogeneous?” A: The answer is…
Greg Sez: Humakt Illuminated? (Apr 1998)
Question From NICK GRANT. Answer by Greg Stafford. Q: The Great Monomyth, published at your online site, implies Osentalka/Nysalor/G’baji was Rashoran. Presumably the freedom from fear that Rashoran is said to have…
Greg Sez: Ducks and Eggs (Dec 1997)
Answer by Greg Stafford. Published Dec 1997. Q: Do the ducks of Dragon Pass lay eggs, or bear their young alive? A: Please! Some respect! If you don’t want them to call…
Belintar’s Book: Aldrya’s Own Story (1998)
Greg’s Introduction from 1998 Here’s an excerpt from Belintar’s Book, most or all of whose content will be included in the first Issaries, Inc. release, tentatively title The Hero Wars, Introduction to…
Greg Sez: Chaos Taints Q&A (2007)
Published 14th Jul 2007 Questions by Mikko ‘Adept’ Rintasaari, answers by Greg Stafford. When And How Does One Get A Chaos Taint? First of all, let us recall that this is chaos,…
Clarifying the Primal Worlds (2003)
By Greg Stafford Latest revision: 20 Feb 2003 I want to start off by re-informing everyone that people do not normally HeroQuest within the God World, Spirit Plane or the Essence Dimensions….
Accessing Eternity (2006)
By Greg Stafford 19 Mar 2006 There’s not much reason to access Eternity, or Infinity or whatever we wish to call the “mystic unity” of Glorantha. But it’s interesting to some to…
Greg Sez: Understanding Windstop and Esrolia (2005)
Prompted by discussion on the mailing lists in December 2005, Greg Stafford writes: A recent series of questions on one of the lists has prompted me to attempt an answer here, with…
Greg Sez: Rathori Creation Myth
Here is what the shaman tells you to get ready for the journey. How Our World Was Made The Golden Embryo was first. I could show you the egg that both Samburan…
The Perfect Sky, revised (1999)
Published 15 Dec 1999 by Greg Stafford As some of you know, we have been meddling with “The Perfect Sky” (a section of The Glorious ReAscent of Yelm) for several years, trying…
Belintar’s Book: Mountain Stories (1999)
From Belintar’s Book. Belintar had a very widespread knowledge and composed a book which combined many myths from across Glorantha. He admitted that much of this information came from the notorious God…
Greg Sez: Illusion (2002)
Published 6th Sep 2002Question(s) from Simon Phipp, answer(s) by Greg Stafford. I just want to remind you that Illusions are REAL. An Illusion is a Temporary reality, not a false or unreal…
Greg Sez: How Many Humakti?
Question both posed and answered by Greg Stafford. After finishing work on the Cults of Sartar I am left with an image like an aftervision or something. I have stared at these…
Greg Sez: Moon Names (2008)
Questions from the HeroQuest mailing list, answered by Greg Stafford. Published 15th Aug 2008 Q: …Moon Names A: Sedenya is a generic name that can be applied to all or any of…
Summoning Korgatsu (2001)
By Greg Stafford, 17 Oct 2001. Samburan. Name before finding the Spirit world. Category of novice, normal tribesman. Bukaran. Name as shaman, knower of immaterial spirit world. Korgatsu. Name after returning to the world. The First People…