Here’s a popular Orlanthi tale of the rise of the Red Goddess. This is similar to the story presented in King of Sartar. Orlanth is the god who began the Great Compromise,…
Tag: Humakt
The City of the Gods
An account from earliest records of Glorantha, probably circa 350 ST. The City of the Gods (Hrelar Amali) is located on the Crimson Plains between the lands of Ralios and Seshnela. It…
Sarostip Coldeye
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…
The Humakti Duel
Although this has been posted before, here are the rules of Humakti duels as presented in the forthcoming Cults Book: The nature of the Code of Humakt is such that arguments, discussions,…
Monomyth Art WiP IV
Humakt with Heler and a few other Storm Gods! A tiny closeup of part of the piece by the amazing Agathe Pitié.
Honor and War
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
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
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
A preview from Loic Muzy showing how Humakt gets made!
Hate (Lunar Empire)
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
Humakti Hero Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 108 2023 per Rune spell Hero cult of:Humakt (Ralios, Maniria, western Peloria) Prosopaedia 81 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entrySubcult of:Humakt Storm Tribedeprecated 104…
Li Phanquan
The Eastern Hero Li Phanquan wounded the evil vampire god Vivamort in the Underworld. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 108 2023 None listed Hero cult of:Humakt (Peloria, Kethaela, Maniria) Prosopaedia…
Hiia Swordsman
Humakti Hero Local Grazelander hero cult Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 107 2023 per Rune spell Hero cult of:Humakt (Grazelands) Prosopaedia 56 2023 Prosopaedia entryHumakti Hero Storm Tribedeprecated 100 2001…
Yan Starcere
Humakti Hero Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 108 2023 None listed Hero cult of:Humakt Prosopaedia 137 2023 Hero cult of:Humakt Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 171 2009 Subcult of:Humakt (Local) Storm…
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
Humakti Hero Local Hero cult specialising in killing undead. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 107 2023 per Rune spell Hero cult of:Humakt (Sartar) Prosopaedia 62 2023 Subcult of:Humakt (local) Sartar,…
Arroin
God of the Healing Arts A son of Chalana Arroy, who learned how to set bones and stitch wounds; and discovered how to treat poison and ease the ravages of disease with…
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…
Safelster in the First Age (2013)
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 The following is part one of a series of Questions and Answers about Safelster and Ralios. The Enerali Peoples at the Dawn At the Dawn the four tribes…
Orlanth art preview for the Cults of Glorantha
A sneak peak at one of the pieces of art for the Cults of Glorantha. It is only appropriate we start with Orlanth, Lord of Storms, King of the Gods, and Lightbringer!…
Wyrm’s Footnotes #12 (1981)
32 pages. Table of Contents Art Credits Rick Becker, William Church, David Dudley, Charlie Krank, Mel Laybourn, Greg Stafford
Rebel Gods
Destroyers and Upstarts Their leader is Orlanth, and the others include Death, Trickster, Grandfather Mortal, and the Chaos gods. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 103 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry…
Humct
Death Humct was a western sorcerer who lusted for more power than even his fearsome magics could provide. He attempted to understand and master the ways of Death. His trial-and-error experiments killed…
Humakt
God of Death and War Humakt is Death. He is the unyielding fate of all living creatures, both mortal and divine. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 83 2024 As:…
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…