Pretty much every cult who Arkat interacted with as an initiate or associate accepts that Arkat certainly was telling the truth about what he did and experienced on the Hero Plane. Their…
Tag: Malkioni
Genertelan Worldview
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
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…
CHA4041 Mythology – Index
CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X…
CHA4044 The Earth Goddesses – Index
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Mortal Races at the Dawn
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 References Page Year Notes Prosopaedia 43 2023 Common and uncommon runes 2004 Entity glyphAs Galvost, Galvosti Church Glorantha:Introduction to the Hero Wars 55 2000 Entity glyphRunes of Ralios Gods of…
Henotheism
Malkioni Heresy References Page Year Notes Prosopaedia 54 2023 Common and uncommon runes 2004 Entity glyphAs: Henotheists, Henotheist Church Arcane Lore 29 2003 Entity glyphAs: HenotheistsIn: Monotheist Religions Glorantha:Introduction to the Hero…
Degenerative Actions of Gods
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 References Page Year Notes Mythology 152 2023 Cult Distribution tables: God Forgot, Heortland Prosopaedia 3-4 2023 RuneQuest Glorantha 70, 389 2018 As: Aeolianism Common & Uncommon Runes 2004 Entity…
Zzaburi in the West
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
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
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
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
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 II
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…