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So what do your adventurers know about Illumination?

Posted on May 9, 2024

So what do your adventurers know about Illumination (as opposed to players)? If you notice Illumination is pretty much unmentioned in the core rules, Lightbringers, and Earth Goddess books. There is a…

Hard-Wired Gloranthan Conflicts

Posted on May 7, 2024

There are some big conflicts hard-wired into the Glorantha setting, including (but not limited to): These conflicts are macro and microcosmic. Political conflict often echo these cosmic conflicts – for example, Sartar…

Great Sister, a Demigoddess

Posted on April 6, 2024

Great Sister is a living demigoddess, and as such does not offer magic. She is not the head of a cult, although she is often involved with the activities of the Deezola…

Illumination and the Solar Religion

Posted on June 7, 2023

Nysalorean Illumination is associated with the Solar religion of Peloria, and perhaps we should think about how the Bright God has embraced Nysalor. Yelm is one of the Greater Gods and a…

Cults of RuneQuest Cover One

Posted on March 2, 2023

The Lunar Religion and Chaos

Posted on March 6, 2022

One of the clear distinctions made in the Compromise is that Chaos is not of this world. The deities and powers of the world had touched it, and were still afraid of…

Yelm & Chaos

Posted on February 8, 2022

For most Gloranthan religions, Chaos is something outside of the realm of gods and spirits. There are a few gods or spirits that were corrupted by Chaos or who otherwise embraced it…

26 – The Seven Steps

25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos? 25 – Fear and the Void 27 – What about Chaos?

Lives of Sedenya (2006)

Also published in parts in Rule One The Testimonial “When you speak of me, tell of yourself first,” said the Goddess. She was instructing her followers how to teach others about Her. “How…

Nysalor / Gbaji

The Bright One / The Deceiver Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 9112 pages 2024 Associate cults: none Cults of Glorantha Preview 404 2019 Associate cults: none Cult Compendium 319Five…

History Of Kethaela – The First Age

Posted on March 10, 2021

Kethaela is an ancient name for the region now called the Holy Country. The land was named for the goddess Ketha, the wife of Entru and mother of Entruli, who came from…

Rashoran

Original name of Nysalor / Gbaji. see also Nysalor, Gbaji, Nysalor / Gbaji, Rashorana

Rashorana

Goddess of Illumination Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 102 2023 None listed n/a Prosopaedia entryAssociated withthe Black Moon Phase HeroQuest Glorantha 181 2015 n/a Moon Phase onlyBlack Moon Phase…

Safelster in the First Age (2013)

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 The following is part one of a series of Questions and Answers about Safelster and Ralios. The Enerali Peoples at the Dawn At the Dawn the four tribes…

Library of Londarios: Deneskerva the Great Sister

Introduction Deneskerva the Great Sister is the demi-god daughter of the Red Goddess. Some say She was born when the island of Mernita rose during the Great Flood. Others say She was…

Nysalor

The Bright one, The Illuminator, God of Illumination Nysalor is not now worshiped by anything. Arkat killed and dismembered the god, and scattered the pieces across the worlds. The story of Nysalor…

Gbaji

The Deceiver Gbaji brought about the end of the Dawn Age and destroyed Genertelan civilization. His subtle chaos infected all cults and peoples from Peloria to Seshnela. At the peak of Gbaji’s…

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