The Pavis cult is really quite small, likely less than 2000 initiates in the world. Maybe 300 reside in New Pavis, 500 or so reside in the Big Rubble. As many as…
Tag: Jan Pospisil (artist)
Esrolian Matriarchy
A few thoughts on the nature of the Esrolian matriarchy. As the core rules says, Orlanthi view men as emotional, often violently passionate, and women as more practical and vengeful. In a…
53 – Grain and Pretenders
52 – Ask the Spider 54 – Sizing up 52 – Ask the Spider 54 – Sizing up Q&A
How the Lunars Look
I know many of you are wedded to the idea of the Lunar Heartlands being Rome. But to me, this is a Lunar princess riding out of Glamour accompanied by another Lunar…
ISS2004 Pavis: Gateway to Adventure (2012)
Pavis: Gateway to Danger New Pavis is a frontier city built by the heirs of Sartar as a refuge from the wars in Dragon Pass. Recently conquered by the Lunar Empire, Pavis…
Esrolian Queens List
1. Bruvala (ruled 1461 to 1510). Called the High Queen, the Great, or the Mother of Queens, Bruvala was the greatest queen of Esrolia since the Second Age. She was born in 1441 to…
Sartar Free Army
The look of the Sartarites and Praxians really gets to be on display in our forthcoming books. These are their own peoples, and it is wonderful to be working with artists like Jan…
Kickstarter for 13th Age in Glorantha nearly over
We are entering the end-game of the Kickstarter for 13th Age in Glorantha and the Gloranthan Sourcebook. As of the time of this post, we have about 47 hours left and are…
Sketch of Three Nobles
These sketches by Jan Pospisil depict three nobles – the first from Esrolia, the second from Sartar, and the third from Tarsh. Figure 1: Noblewoman This Esrolian noblewoman wears a close-fitting tube dress, sewn at the side, that…
Sketch of two Ernalda Priestesses
These sketches by Jan Pospisil depict two Ernalda priestesses – the first from Esrolia and the second from Sartar. Ernalda is the Earth Queen, the goddess of sex, women, agriculture, motherhood, and society….
Sketch of a Sartarite Thane
This sketch by Jan Pospisil depicts the noble companion of a petty king. A thane is trained to fight from horseback and usually wears short trousers of leather or wool beneath the skirt. The…
Sketch of an Sartarite household warrior
This sketch by Jan Pospisil depicts a professional warrior equipped by a clan chieftain or tribal king and who serves as one of his household bodyguards. She rides a sable antelope (Praxian beasts…
Sketch of a Sartarite Clan Militia Member
This sketch depicts a member of the local clan militia. All free men (including women who are members of warlike cults) are expected to fight on behalf of their clan and follow…
Some thoughts on the Gloranthan gods, cults, and divine names
Most Gloranthans believe the greater gods transcend any specific culture. Ernalda, Lodril, Magasta, Orlanth, Sedenya, and Yelm are all known by many different peoples by many different names. Orlanth is the Storm…
Sartar Companion Art samples (2013)
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 The Sartar Companion includes more than 100 new pieces of art, commissioned from artists including Simon Bray, William Church, Dario Carollo, Jed Dougherty, Juha Makkonen, Gillian Pearce, Jan…
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…
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…
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…
An Ernaldan Festival
One of the defining features of Glorantha as a fantasy setting by its cults (among other things) – cult holy days are often the subject of game sessions (particularly if your players…
Sartar Companion Appetizers (2010)
Submitted by Claudia on Fri, 24/09/2010 – 16:00 It’s coming! In the last days Jeff was (and still is) very busy in finalizing Sartar Companion. Rick is doing layout like a maniac…
Sartar Companion Preview
Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 14/06/2010 – 11:18 Sartar Companion, the follow-up book to Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes is in the art phase and we are shooting for an August release. Several…