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Tag: Orlanth
Orlanth Shrine
Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Clearwine Earth Temple Shrine Sartar 51 Husband protector
An Overview of Orlanth
Orlanth is worshiped in places where there is uncertainty in the air, and a strong leader can guide others through troubled times to seek peace and safety. Orlanth is manifest in the…
The Lightbringers in New Pavis
There are some 1200 initiates of the Seven Lightbringers in New Pavis, fully a third of the adult residents in the city. Now more than half are Orlanth initiates, and Orlanth is…
Oldest notes on Orlanth
I’m going through some files and found some of Greg’s oldest notes on Orlanth (from about 1977): The council of gods in Dragon Pass is made of several major deities. Orlanth is…
Impests
Orlanth’s Spirits of Reprisal Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 30 2023 None listed Spirits of reprisal Guide to Glorantha 650 2014 None listed AKA: Whisperers constellation
Portions of Umath
When Umath was broken, his sons (each bearing a portion of the Primal Air) emerged and began their struggle to claim their part of the world). At least six sons are known to have…
Orlanth Cult Compatibility Chart
The Orlanth cult has one of the broadest arrays of Associated and Friendly cults, but also one of the biggest collections of Enemy and Hostile cults. Comparatively few cults are Neutral towards…
Humat
Storm God Was worshiped at Hrelar Amali in Ralios. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 58 2023 Prosopaedia entryAKA: Erulat
Baraku
Storm God Write up Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 11 2025 None listed AKA: Orlanth,Rebellus Terminus/Umatum (Dara Happa), Oorsu Sara / Farsanrana (Vithela), Wingkoalad (Pent) Prosopaedia 14 2023 Local subcult…
Conflict in the Middle Air
So what underlies the conflict between the Red Goddess and Orlanth? It is a weird one, as the Red Goddess’ only real fight with Orlanth during her lifetime was at Castle Blue….
The Struggle for the Middle Air
The Red Goddess never made peace with the Air Gods, for there was none among her pantheon who could approach those deities on their own ground. There began, within history, a struggle…
Air Gods in the Lunar Heartland
In the Lunar Heartlands, several Air gods are recognized. First of course is Orlanth, the Thunder God who slew Yelm and plunged the world into the Lesser Darkness. He is acknowledged as…
Mutually Hostile Cults
Some people seem to assume that mutually hostile cults simply end up murdering each other if they have an opportunity. That’s not really the case – between hostile cults, relations are strained,…
The Mountain Wind
Orlanth is sometimes called the Mountain Wind, and I can assure you that when you are in the high mountains with the wind blowing, you can sense the divine. People often focus…
Siglolf Cloudcrusher
Cloudcrusher, Demigod of Hail Write up Page Year Runes Notes Lightbringers 38 2023 per Rune spell Local Hero Cult of: Orlanth (Vesmonstran) Prosopaedia 112 2023 Local Subcult of:Orlanth in Vesmonstran Cults of…
Storm Pantheon art preview
Orlanth is the grandson of Earth and Sky, his siblings are the winds, a bull, a cat, violence, evil, the mountain snow, and Death. He married the Green Lady, and his offspring…
Ralios Orlanthi
The Holy Country has about 357k Orlanth initiates (and I mean initiate of Orlanth, not Orlanthi culture). Peloria has 225k and Dragon Pass has just under 100k. But Ralios has some 560k…
The Orlanth Cult in Peloria
There are some 225,000 Orlanth initiates in Peloria, making it the fourth biggest cult in Peloria (tied with Ernalda). Only Seven Mothers, Lodril, and Oria have bigger cults. During the rise of…
Closing Temples
Part of the reason I post demographic and economic information is it gives a sense of the resources various temples, rulers, and other groups might have. Hopefully it is clear that the…
Cults of the Lunar Provinces
Vanch, Imther, Aggar, Holay, and Tarsh are a collection of Theyalan lands ruled by client kings supported by (and responsible to) the Red Emperor. For the last few generations, that was handled…
The Sixes in the Holy Country
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…
Sky Bear
Celestial Bear God Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Lightbringers 125 2023 None listed n/a ConstellationIn: OdaylaAKA: Broken Ring, Orlanth’s RingAKA: Umath, Orlanth, Odayla (Orlanthi), Karborn (Sylila), Arakang (Peloria), Rathor (Rathori)…
Notes on The Second Council
Once the decision had been made to form a Second Council to meet the challenges of a New Time there was a nomination of potential members by all the worshippers within the…