Silver Age Heortland Hero References Page Year Notes Heortling Mythology 176 2009 Hero cult of: Orlanth History of the Heortling Peoples 70 2007
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Ernalda Healer Hero References Page Year Notes Heortling Mythology 175 2009 Hero Cult of: Ernalda (Heortland)
CHA4037 Dragon Pass – 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
Notes on Belintar IV
For nearly three centuries, Belintar was the God-King of the Holy Country. Belintar defeated and slew the Only Old One, cast him down, and received acknowledgement from all the major cults of…
CHA4041 Mythology – Index
CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) 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…
Administration in the Lunar Empire
The Lunar Empire is divided into four administrative tiers: Satrapies. The Lunar Heartlands are divided into nine satrapies, each ruled by a noble dynast who reports to the Red Emperor. The satraps are…
Notes on Belintar III
In the Holy Country, Belintar largely let the locals rule themselves, so long as they kept the peace, and sent their magical and financial tribute to the City of Wonders. In exchange,…
Heortland in the Third Age II
So what happened to Heortland? Heortland has almost three times the population of Sartar, in approximately the same area. With over 100k Orlanth initiates, it is one core Orlanthi areas in the…
The Sixes in the Holy Country
In the Holy Country, the magical energies of the Sixes work together to complement each other. All Six are recognized by all and yet, each maintain their own identity. The Sixes and…
Esrolian fleets
I’ve been thinking a lot about the size of the Nochet trireme fleet, and clearly the number of rowers (and not finances) is the biggest limiting factor. If we assume HALF the…
Terminology: Heortling, Sartarite, Heortlander
A few notes on terminology. I rarely use the word “Heortling” to describe the Orlanthi of Sartar and Heortland, prefering “Sartarite,” “Heortlander,” or even just “Orlanthi.” When I get manuscripts with the…
Holy Country Alcohol
The connoisseur knows that the best alcoholic drinks are associated with the Holy Country. The most popular are: Beer. Made from einkorn, emmer, or barley, beer is made in vast quantities by the…
Refuge
The city of Refuge is port city in God Forgot and a Brithini outpost which continues its tenuous existence using the old caste systems of Brithos. Cautious and defensive, the rulers are…
Dragons Past #1 – Gloranthan Military Experience (1983)
by Greg Stafford Originally published in Different Worlds #28 (1983). The Dragon Pass Campaign Lands of the Campaign Most of the action, the sparks which will ignite the ferocity of the hero…
29 – The City of Wonders
Chapter 3 – The White BearDer Weiße Bär – Kapitel 3L’Ours Blanc – Chapitre 3 30 – Sideshows30 – Die Nebenhandlung30 – Problèmes mineurs Chapter 3 – The White BearDer Weiße Bär…
Heortland in the Third Age I
This is a series of maps Greg and I drew some years ago to visualize the changes in Heortland from the arrival of Belintar to the present day. One thing that is…
Durengard
Massive-fortress palace in the Nochet style built for the governor of Heortland, Main port for Heortland. Located on right bank of the Bullflood River. The port is right on the river. Ships…
History of Kethaela – The Third Age
After the Dragonkill War, the Only Old One proved himself to be a troll in magical contest with Kajak-ab Brain Eater and so shared rule of Dragon Pass with the leaders in…
Notes on The Holy Country III
Belintar was a human being who swam ashore from the deadly sea at the Rightarm Island of Sandpaper one bright morning in the year 1313. He had great bearing and power, and…
Population Density II
So Sartar has a population density of about 10 people per square km, and Lunar Tarsh about 18 people per square km. Esrolia is WAY more densely settled. North Esrolia has only…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – H
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: H (pages 771-774)
Heortland Map
Here’s a nifty map of Heortland.
Notes on the Holy Country II
By 1350, the Hendriki kingdom is gone. Heortland – named after the great cultural hero who was often invoked by Belintar – was a Sixth of the Holy Country. The God-King kept…
Dragon Pass and Kethaela Map
About 66% done on phase one! The whole of Dragon Pass and Kethaela at 2 cm = 5 miles scale. Altogether it is an A0 map. To get all of Prax in…
Representatives of the Sixths in 1616
Xoroho Hellspeaker, envoy from the Eldest Kin of the Shadow Plateau, presents herself to the immortal Belintar, God and King, the Master of Luck and Death! She is an old and powerful dark troll,…