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Notes on Kralorela

Posted on January 7, 2023

Kralorela has some 8.9 million people and covers around 625,000 square km. Kralorela is a relatively narrow arable band of land, islands, and shallows seas no more than 500 km wide, between…

The Seventh Soul

Posted on December 29, 2022

Before the Red Goddess, people had only six souls. These had been placed in them by the gods when they made the first people. The six soul-parts, and the deity which contributed…

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…

Pamaltelan Equivalencies

Posted on September 5, 2022

The Pamalting or Doraddi pantheon offer us a different perspective of Glorantha’s mythology. Pamaltela was not as badly damaged by the Gods War and Greater Darkness as Genertela, and the Earth King…

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)….

Cults of Differing Power

Posted on April 21, 2022

So as we have noticed, the RuneQuest cults are deliberately not balanced. Some cults have way more magic – and effective magic – than others. Now that was part of Greg’s vision…

Notes About Esrolia – Part 3 – The Shadowlands

Posted on March 27, 2022

Shadowlands – the Only Old One was the son of Argan Argar and Esrola, born in the Lesser Darkness. Argan Argar, a powerful Darkness deity and one of the commanders of the forces…

4 – Meeting the Second Son

3 – The Underworld 5 – Argrath Faces Evil Characters: Argrath The Great Darkness Argrath released the Strange Gods from their Underworld prison and was welcomed by the old gods who resided atop…

Caladraland

Posted on October 10, 2021

Of course the Orlanthi know Lodril – he is the great god of Caladraland, a nation of nearly a half million people at the edge of Esrolia. Lodril lives here in a…

Other Names of Lodril

Posted on August 7, 2021

Lodril is known by many names throughout Glorantha. Here are a few of the best known: Balumbasta Balumbasta is worshiped by the Agimori of Pamaltela. He is the Strong God, Lord of…

Peasants in the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on June 30, 2021

Although the Lunar Empire bears less resemblance to the society presented in GRoY than folk often assume, one thing that has been present in Peloria since Time began is the split between…

History Of Kethaela – The Second Age

Posted on March 11, 2021

The Shadowlands continued their political existence through the next five centuries as the world changed all about them. The Waertagi were driven from seas by the navies of the Jrusteli priest-magicians of…

Lodril Art preview

Posted on January 9, 2021

Pelorian Earth Cults

Posted on October 1, 2020

One thing that writing the Cults Book has really hammered into me is how much fear the traditional rulers of Peloria (aka the Yelm cult) have for Lodril as Monster Man. But…

Lodril

[LOE-dril] Father of Peasants and Volcanoes, The Low Fire This god is brother to Dayzatar and Yelm, and father of the three Lowfires. Where Dayzatar sought mysticism, and Yelm suffered to prove…

Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book

Posted on March 5, 2019

I am wrapping up the final text of the Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book, while making sure that it all ties into both the new Heroquesting chapters in the GM Sourcebook…

White Wolf Magazine (1989-)

White Wolf 15 (1989) The Cult of Mostal, by Greg Stafford & Sandy Petersen White Wolf 16 (1989) The Cult of Yelm, by Greg Stafford & Sandy Petersen republished in Gloranthan Classics Vol…

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