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Storm Pantheon art preview

Posted on January 3, 2023

Orlanth is the grandson of Earth and Sky, his siblings are the winds, a bull, a cat, violence, evil, the mountain snow, and Death. He married the Green Lady, and his offspring…

Yelmalio Adventurers

Posted on December 4, 2022

Yelmalio is the Frontier God of Civilization. He brings Light to the quarrelling Storm tribes. He is a god of honour, a god of citizen-soldiers. He has a soldier aspect, a mystic…

Esprit de Corps

Gifts and Geases for Humakt Allied Spirits by Michael O’Brien Originally published in Tales of the Reaching Moon issue #5, the ‘Humakti Special’ (Spring 1991) An allied spirit, according to Gods of Glorantha,…

Filichet (large city)

Posted on July 5, 2022

This city on the shores of lake Invaress has around 15,000 residents and is the capital of the Lunar Province of Holay. Filichet marks the end of the Daughter’s Road. From here,…

Lunar Provincial Population Groups

Posted on July 3, 2022

Throughout the Lunar Provinces, much of the ruling class and urban population is Lunar, while much of the rural population is “barbarian” (I am using that term from a Lunar Heartland perspective)….

Notable people of the High Llama Tribe

Posted on April 14, 2022

NOTE: there are a lot of secrets hidden in this post so read it carefully! Yazurkial Blue Llama, Tribal Khan Born 1595, Yazurkial is the high priest of Waha for the High…

The Tribes of Sartar, 1625-1626

Posted on August 20, 2021

So there are 157 clans in Sartar (not including the Telmori and the Pol-Joni of course), with an average population of about 900 members. 600 are adults. The average tribe in Sartar…

Magical challenges

Posted on July 18, 2021

Magical challenges to prove a truth are well accepted in Glorantha. This goes back to the Gods Age, when contests of the arts were popular among the gods – the most famous…

Changing Gods

Posted on July 14, 2021

A few more notes on Changing Gods. At the Dawn, the Thunderer and the Adventurer were often worshiped as separate gods. Pretty quickly the Theyalans recognised both as aspects of Orlanth, and…

Sarostip Coldeye

Posted on June 1, 2021

This is a snippet from the Sartar Book: Born in 1572, Sarostip Coldeye is a Sword of Humakt and part of the ruling dynasty of the Malani tribe. Sarostip abdicated all clan…

Honor and War

Posted on January 27, 2021

This section helps explain some of the peculiarities of Orlanth warfare: Some of the most important Orlanthi war gods demand that Death be wielded with honor and the Humakt cult upholds the…

Townspeople and tribesfolk

Posted on October 29, 2020

Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…

The Liberation of Boldhome

Posted on October 28, 2020

Another little snippet from the forthcoming Sartar book: After the Dragonrise, all of Dragon Pass was thrown into disorder. Lergius Cassius held Boldhome with a small garrison of 300 soldiers from the…

Humakt art preview

Posted on October 14, 2020

A preview from Loic Muzy showing how Humakt gets made!

Hate (Lunar Empire)

Posted on August 11, 2020

It is worth contemplating that Hate (Lunar Empire) is not one of Orlanth’s Passions. But Honor is valued over all other passions by Orlanth – even Devotion, Love, and Loyalty. Most Orlanthi…

Makla Mann

Makla Mann means “Unfailing Bondsman.” Humakti revere Makla Mann because of his unbreakable loyalty, and sacrifice to him when they feel weak. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished Humakti Hero…

Li Phanquan the Eastern Hero

Li Phanquann wounded the evil vampire god Vivamort in the Underworld. Grazelander subcult whose worshippers guard the Feathered Horse Queen. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished Humakt Subcult Storm Tribe…

Kargan the Warrior

Kargan’s warriors are masters of not just the sword, but unusual weapons and fighting styles. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Storm Tribe 103 2001 Humakt subcult

Hu the Sword

Hu is the face of Humakt most often seen by the rest of the world. Masters of the sword, stern and grim. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Storm Tribe 101 2001…

Hiia Swordsman

Grazelander subcult whose worshippers guard the Feathered Horse Queen. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished Humakti Hero Storm Tribe 100 2001 Local Humakt subcult Tales of the Reaching Moon #5…

Efrodar Blackhands

Efrodar Blackhands founded the first all-Humakti military unit. Most simply call him the Leader of Battles. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Storm Tribe 100 2001 Humakt subcult

Yan Starcere

This Humakti Hero was a great defender of the innocent. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished Humakti Hero Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 171 2009 Local Humakt subcult Storm Tribe 104…

Inginew Redson

A son of Gustbran the Smith who in the Gods War made many famous swords. He teaches metallurgy and sword crafting. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes…

Indrodar Greydog

Local Hero cult specialising in killing undead. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished Local Humakt subcult Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 171 2009 Local Humakt subcult Storm Tribe 104 2001 Local…

Ana Gor

Goddess of Death and Human Sacrifice. Sorana Tor is a Dragon Pass subcult of Ana Gor Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 86 2009 Brief…

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