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Genertelan Worldview

Posted on November 17, 2023

The first set of Cults books – Mythology, Lightbringers, Earth Goddesses, Lunar Way, Celestial Realm, etc. – largely define the Theyalan-Dara Happan-Praxian-Lunar understanding of the world. There are some exceptions – Darkness,…

Hrestol and Malkioni Religion

Posted on November 16, 2023

The most important thing about Hrestol in Malkioni religion is NOT that he transgressed against caste restrictions (he did that but that is a secondary aspect). Here’s the basic story: A year…

Mortal Races at the Dawn

Posted on June 10, 2023

Dawn Age Seshnegi sources divide the mortal races into several categories: The Western accounts of Gbaji are pretty awful. Around the same time the Sun Stop happened and a terrible plague spread…

Galvosti

Malkioni Sect Search this site for Galvosti or Galvost Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Prosopaedia 43 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Common and uncommon runes 2004 None listed As…

Henotheism

Malkioni Heresy Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Prosopaedia 54 2023 None listed None listed Prosopaedia entry Common and uncommon runes 2004 None listed As Henotheists, Henotheist Church Glorantha:Introduction to…

Degenerative Actions of Gods

Posted on March 22, 2023

The Malkioni posit the existence of something all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good (or at least all-rational) – the Invisible God. That entity is invisible to us – we can’t go “visit it” or…

Aeolian

Malkioni Henotheist Sect Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 3 2023 None listed n/a RuneQuest Glorantha 389 2018 None listed n/a Common & Uncommon Runes 2004 None listed Aeolian Church

Zzaburi in the West

Posted on January 5, 2023

There are somewhere around 120,000 zzaburi in Seshnela and Ralios. Now of them, about 79,000 adhere to the Rokari school. That’s the approximate number of trained sorcerers in that area. This number…

Malkioni Heresies

Posted on January 4, 2023

Most Malkioni are far more concerned about heretical sects of Malkionism than about non-Malkioni subjects. Arkatism or “the Stygian Heresy” is considered one of the most heretical outgrowths of Malkionism. So for…

The central story of the Malkioni

Posted on January 4, 2023

As an aside, here’s an old snippet between Nick Brooke and I from some time ago which I was just dusting off: The central story of the Malkioni is that of the…

Religion in Safelster

Posted on January 2, 2023

There are approximately 3 million people in Safelster. This politically decentralized area around Lake Felster in Ralios is one of the more densely populated areas in Glorantha. It is also one of…

The Malkioni And The Red Moon

Posted on December 27, 2022

In 1247 the whole world saw the Red Moon rise into the Middle Air. At first it could only be seen at night, but after 1275 or so, it could be seen…

The Stygian Heresy I

Posted on September 14, 2022

A key to why the Stygian Heresy is so threatening to mainstream Malkioni can be found in Arkat’s apocryphal retort to the missive of King Nralar demanding that the Hero end sacrifice…

Malkionism – a detached and abstract philosophical approach

Posted on July 21, 2022

Malkionism provides us with a detached and abstract philosophical approach to Glorantha. It is easier for us Westerners than the raw personal experiences found in most rune cults. With Malkionism we can…

Malkionism demographics

Posted on July 21, 2022

When thinking about Malkionism, keep in mind that In Genertela, there are: So it might be awhile until I get down to defining Aeolians and Trader Princes. These numbers are of course…

Malkionism as a “Cult”

Posted on July 20, 2022

In thinking about Malkionism for game purposes, we should probably start by thinking about what that means in terms of Malkionism as a “cult”. So what goes on in worship of the…

Malkioni Likes and Dislikes

Posted on January 6, 2022

A few notes about things to keep in mind when thinking about the Malkioni: Particular Likes and Dislikes The Malkioni distrust gods in general. There is a strong current of ancestor worship…

The Manirian Road and the Trader Princes

Posted on January 6, 2022

So as part of our Third Age Malkioni discussion, lets get to the Manirian Road and the Trader Princes. Remember what this is – it is a trade route between Safelster and…

Third Age Malkioni Movements

Posted on January 5, 2022

So let’s talk a little about some of the Third Age Malkioni movements. The Second Age broke Malkionism. Let’s say that again – the Second Age broke Malkionism. Most of the intellectual…

The Way of Hrestol

Posted on January 5, 2022

The Way of Hrestol began in the land of Seshnela in the year 2 ST, but its importance stems from the culture from which it separated, the Brithini. This prehistoric culture began…

Notes on the Malkioni

Posted on October 30, 2021

I was recently talking to Nick Brooke about the Third Age Malkioni of Seshnela and Fronela. I thought I’d share some of those notes, as much to remind me of them! The…

Malkionism

Posted on August 1, 2021

There are a bit more than 8 million Malkioni in Glorantha, most being in Seshnela or western Fronela. Malkionism is, if anything, even trickier than the Lunar Way to define. All Malkioni…

Sorcery serves only mortal will

Posted on July 14, 2021

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…

A Few Malkioni Thoughts

Posted on June 24, 2021

In thinking about Malkionism, the Invisible God can be equated to Brahman in many schools of Hindu philosophy (especially Vedanta) – the Invisible God is the ultimate reality, the source from which…

Malkioni Empires

Posted on June 16, 2021

Speaking of Malkioni, their two big empires are Seshnela and Loskalm. Both are about a third the population of the Lunar Empire (Loskalm a little more, Seshnela a little less). But their…

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