The other Lightbringers (Chalana Arroy, Eurmal, Issaries, and Lhankor Mhy) have large and well-developed cults in Sartar. These cults are primarily centered on the cities – few tribes, let alone clans, can…
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Sorcery serves only mortal will
I’ve posted a few thoughts on the dilemma of how mortals interact with the God Time, and how to understand the gods so that mortals might wield a fraction of their power…
Hiording Clan
This one is pretty incomplete and fragmentary as I am not sure I want to include a finished version in the Sartar Boxed Set, but I thought the Hiording might be interesting….
Belintar the Patron
Over his centuries of rule, Belintar attracted and patronised many visionary and unorthodox thinkers. Aggressive reincarnation, philosophies of Luck and Fate (“our Lady giveth and she taketh away”), God Learner apologists, monomyth…
Mister Bondaru
Mister Bondaru was a sage of Lhankor Mhy, and a noted philosopher in the City of Wonders. As stated before, his specialty was “The Physical Body and its Etheral Attributes” and he…
HQ2 – Grimoires for the Lhankor Mhy? (2013)
Submitted by Nohiro on Wed, 16/01/2013 – 17:28 Hello, Do Lhankor Mhy initiates have any special rules with regard to learning fragments of The Eternal Book? From the HQ2.0 rules I assumed…
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…
Redbird
This troublesome Knowing Priest comes from the far west and is of unknown age; he has claimed to have been born long before Sartar came to this land. Redbird is notorious for…
Lhankor Mhy and Literacy
The cult of Lhankor Mhy is responsible for teaching and training scribes. The princes of Sartar have traditionally been patrons of the cult, and literacy is surprisingly widespread, with libraries in each…
Torvald
Origin of Lhankor Mhy sorcery References Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 68, 72 2023 None listed Torvald Fragments Cults of Glorantha Preview 294 2019 None listed Torvald Fragments RuneQuest Glorantha 389 2018…
Wild Sages
Wild Sages are solitary researchers. References Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 70 2023 None listed Independant Sages Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 165 2009 Subcult of:Lhankor Mhy Cult Compendium 2002 None listed Subcult…
Irnar
Sartar’s Lawspeaker References Page Year Runes Notes Dragon Pass 62 2024 None listed In: Irnar’s Peak Sartar Companion 42 2010, 2012 None listed In: Irnar’s Peak Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 131, 165…
Dilfar the Deepsighted
References Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 74 2023 None listed Subcult of:Lhankor Mhy Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 164 2009, 2012 Subcult of:Lhankor Mhy Heortling Mythology 155, 177 2009 None listed Hero Cult…
The Gray Ones
References Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 74 2023 None listed Subcult of:Lhankor Mhy Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 164 2009 Subcult of:Lhankor Mhy Cult Compendium 164 2002 None listed Subcult of:Lhankor Mhy Storm…
Middle Sea Empire, Second Age
A few notes on the Middle Sea Empire of the Second Age. It was largely a naval power (with its main land power being Seshnela), and it could throw massive resources at…
AH8577 Gods of Glorantha (Box 05 – 1985)
60 Religions for RuneQuestGods of Glorantha describes 60 major Gloranthan religions for humans and non-humans, for good guys and bad, for men and women, all from an array of different cultures. A…
British Museum Visit V
Lhankor Mhy! What can be more sacred to Lhankor Mhy than to cover his sculpture with writing!
Lhankor Mhy
Lord of Knowledge, Lightbringer References Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 11 2025 None listed AKA: Buserian (Dara Happa / Pent), Chaquandarath (Vithela), Yedere (Kralorela) Mythology 119 2023 Lightbringers 11, 67nine…
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…
The Jonstown Library (2010)
Submitted by Claudia on Fri, 10/09/2010 – 17:31 It took me more than two weeks to write something again – we were very busy: an other archery tournament (it was a fun…
NPCs versus Player Heroes (2010)
Submitted by Claudia on Wed, 25/08/2010 – 15:17 As I wrote in my last blog today I will discuss characters (you know – the thing when somebody tells you about his or…
Maps and more Archery (2010)
Submitted by Claudia on Mon, 16/08/2010 – 00:31 Today was my first workday after spending a year at home to take care of our son. Orlanth sent thunder, lightning and a lot…