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RuneQuest Art

Posted on June 29, 2025

So let’s talk RQ art for a moment. For the last fifteen years or so, I’ve worked hard to give RQ and Glorantha a very distinctive and unique look. Being in Berlin,…

Nochet – Sailing and Oceanic Trade

Posted on April 8, 2025

One thing I think is easy to underestimate is just how much the impact of sailing and oceanic trade is on Nochet. Probably about 40% of ALL Gloranthan maritime traffic passes through…

Outlawry and Exile

Posted on December 21, 2024

Outlawry and exile are good ways to get your adventurers out of their homeland. They might have killed someone in another community, angered their local leaders, or gotten too involved in politics…

Master Maps of Central Genertela

Posted on March 30, 2024

So these are the “master maps” for RQ – series of poster size maps that go from the Crater to Vultures Country, from the Elf Sea to Maniria. The scale is 1…

Population Movement in Dragon Pass

Posted on March 30, 2024

Apropos of my previous post – there’s a lot of interaction between the peoples of Dragon Pass, Prax, and the Holy Country. Many leading Sartarite families have married Esrolians, many Goldentongue merchants…

Notes on the Holy Country IV

Posted on September 24, 2023

So the Holy Country is a little smaller than Dragon Pass but has three times the population. More than half the population lives in just one Sixth – Esrolia. Esrolian art, crafting,…

Notes on Belintar III

Posted on September 22, 2023

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,…

Notes on Lanbril

Posted on September 6, 2023

Lanbril comes out of the tradition of fictional thieves’ guilds such as Leiber’s Lankhmar and Cervantes’ Rinconete y Cortadillo. His cult can be thought of as an approach to organized crime throughout…

Belintar

God-King of the Holy Country (1313-1615) Write up Page Year Runes Notes Mythology 74 2023 Image Prosopaedia 15 2023 Guide to Glorantha 248 2014 None listed

A Sense of Scale I

Posted on December 26, 2022

The Lunar Empire rules somewhere around 410,000 square km, including the Heartlands, West Reaches, and Provinces. That’s about the same size as Iraq or a little larger than the state of California….

The Sixes in the Holy Country

Posted on December 2, 2022

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…

Universal Rule

Posted on April 3, 2022

The Red Emperor claims universal rule based on: The Red Emperor is charged with provide peace and order to the whole world. Now that doesnt mean he needs to govern the world…

Holy Country Alcohol

Posted on February 22, 2022

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…

A Short Summary Of Argrath’s Life To 1627

Posted on February 1, 2022

So the basic story is that Argrath was exiled to Prax as a youth. He was taken as a slave by the Bison Tribe, but while a slave he found/freed the White…

Cult Demographics for Caladraland

Posted on January 28, 2022

Caladraland is one of the regions of the Holy Country, and one people don’t pay enough attention to! If we look at Caladraland as a whole (so Highvale, Porthomeka, Vinavale, and Thomble),…

29 – The City of Wonders

Chapter 3 – The White Bear 30 – Sideshows The Holy Country To the south of Dragon Pass lies the magical land of the Holy Country, united for centuries by its ever reincarnating…

Some Strange Holy Country facts

Posted on October 9, 2021

There is a “tame” version of Aldrya worshiped in Esrolia as the Goddess of the Orchards? She’s worshiped through the Ernalda cult, but still present and revered. The strangest livestock in the…

Two worlds lie close in the Holy Country

Posted on October 9, 2021

One is the mundane world of the many races and tribes of Mortals. This is a rich and powerful land, capable of turning aside the mightiest armies and fleets of invasion. The…

The Core of the Lightbringers Religion

Posted on September 7, 2021

Dragon Pass and the Holy Country are the core of the Lightbringers Religion. Now people always grasp that includes Orlanth and Ernalda, but do not underestimate the societal importance of Chalana Arroy,…

Masters of Luck and Death II

Posted on July 26, 2021

A few last notes on the Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death. There’s a lot in this one, so I recommend reading it carefully and digesting each piece! The Tournament…

Masters of Luck and Death I

Posted on July 23, 2021

In the Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death, participants traveled the secret pathways of the Hero Plane that tied the Holy Country together. They defined and named the powers of…

The Holy Country after 1616

Posted on July 22, 2021

When Belintar died and did not return in 1616, the Holy Country quickly fell apart as a unified kingdom. As not one but two Tournaments of the Masters of Luck and Death…

The invasion of the Holy Country 1619, part 2

Posted on July 22, 2021

By the end of Sea Season, the Lunar invasion of the Holy Country had stalled outside the walls of Karse. After being nearly destroyed in a Lunar assault, Smithstone had been retaken…

The Invasion of the Holy Country 1619, part 1

Posted on July 22, 2021

The Lunar Empire had never stopped eyeing the richer lands of the Holy Country to the south. But their failure at the Building Wall Battle in 1605 had made them cautious, so…

Drink in the Holy Country

Posted on July 9, 2021

Drinking in the Holy Country is a lot like in Sartar except: Most wine is red. And quite good. And also not watered down. Intoxication has divine sanction – we have Ernalda,…

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