Hsunchen peoples are stone-age hunter-gatherers. Small families wander about a territory while the men hunt, trap, and fish, and the women gather plant foodstuffs. The clothing of most hsunchen is of whatever…
Tag: Guide to Glorantha (preview)
Guide to the Guide to Glorantha
This was an update posting Here we show the current proposed contents of each of the volumes. The main text of the Guide is written and is going through editing. The stretch…
Art of the Guide to Glorantha
The Guide to Glorantha is lavishly illustrated by such artists as Jon Hodgson, Jeff Laubenstein, Mike Perry, and Jan Pospisil, as well as others. The entire Moon Design team has worked countless…
Guide Art Direction – Aldryami
Here is some art direction for Gloranthan Elves. The picture is a full page black and white depicting three different Aldryami (Gloranthan elves) subtypes. All three are humanoid, in that they have…
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+
Hsunchen (Rathori and Uncoling) by Jeff Laubenstein
Morning! Today’s sneak peak is two Hsunchen (Rathori and Uncoling) by Jeff Laubenstein. Archived G+ post, tapatalk archive See also
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…
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…
Prax landscape art direction
For those of you who wanted the references for Cory’s Prax landscape picture, here it is! The viewer stands in the foothills of the Eiritha Hills, overlooking the oasis of the Paps,…
Praxian Nomads
Perhaps this should be “Prax Week” because I have some more Prax art to show off. This is from Jan Pospisil and will be appearing in the Guide: This was posted on…
View of sacred Prax from the Paps
For you Praxians out there, here’s a view of sacred Prax from the Paps looking towards Stormwalk done by Cory Trego-Erdner. David Scott and I had some interesting revelations about Praxian religion after…
Tapping
From the Guide, here’s one more foundational stone of Malkioni magic – Tapping: Tapping is the sorcerous conversion of a local manifestation of a Rune into raw magical energy, which then can…
Malkioni Wizardry
Here’s a little primer on Malkioni wizardry from the Guide: The Malkioni venerate the Invisible God who created the Runes, worshiped as gods by the barbarians. The Runes, in turn, created lesser…
The castes of Seshnela
So now that we got the contentious issue of what is canon out of the way, maybe I really should schedule that Malkioni Marathon – if enough people were interested, maybe we…
Dragonewt Roads Map
Morning’s sneak peak – a b&w draft version of the Dragonewt Roads map. The final will be color of course. This was originally posted on Google+… Now in the Tapatalk archive.
Vormain Map Creation – Step 2
Here’s the next step in putting Greg’s work together. Jeff’s working map details get added to the master map. I then hand this back to Jeff for further updates and error-checks.
Safelster Political Map
Today’s sneak peak – a glimpse at Safelster! This is one of the most urbanized areas of Glorantha, with about a dozen city-states jostling for power and dominion, with the great kingdom…
An Esrolian painted amphora
An Esrolian painted amphora showing the Funeral of Ernalda and the Lightbringers Quest. This style of painted pottery is common throughout Dragon Pass, the Holy Country, Maniria, and even Ralios. By Cory…
The Gods Wall
Today’s sneak peek is a picture that took nearly 20 years to put together – the Gods Wall by Dan Barker! This is a greatly reduced version. This was posted on Google+…
Aldryami by Jeff Laubenstein
Here’s a selection of three elves done by Jeff Laubenstein, showing the diversity in Aldryami appearance. Archived G+ post, Tapatalk archives See also: