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Some HeroQuesting Thoughts III

Posted on December 1, 2025

Now sometimes people just want cool powers. And maybe that’s what we should focus on: Now the trick with these is you either need players that say – I want X cool…

RuneQuest Art

Posted on June 29, 2025

So let’s talk RQ art for a moment. For the last fifteen years or so, I’ve worked hard to give RQ and Glorantha a very distinctive and unique look. Being in Berlin,…

A Few Notes on the Air Gods

Posted on June 27, 2025

Any time you look at those big abstract Celestial Court “deities” they include potential devolutions. So Umath is generally thought to have been “succeeded” by his children – Kolat, Vadrus, Storm Bull,…

Alakoring-Orlanth Temple

Tarsh Location Type Page Affiliation Barnborn (small city) Minor temple 101

Orlanth Shrine

Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Clearwine Earth Temple Shrine Sartar 51 Husband protector

An Overview of Orlanth

Posted on November 9, 2024

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

Posted on June 29, 2024

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

Posted on February 22, 2024

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 References Page Year Notes Lightbringers 30 2023 Spirits of reprisal Guide to Glorantha 650 2014 AKA: Whisperers constellation

Portions of Umath

Posted on December 26, 2023

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…

West King Wind

Storm King One of the Four Winds: References Page Year Notes Lightbringers 23 2023 AKA: Orlanth (Storm Pentan Nomads) Prosopaedia 32, 89, 114, 135 2023 Guide to Glorantha 364 2014 In: Pent

The thirteen main cults in Sartar

Posted on September 29, 2023

There are thirteen main cults in Sartar, which collectively are about 95% of the population. The biggest are: Those two cults are about 68% of the population. Those 11 cults (each with…

Orlanth Cult Compatibility Chart

Posted on September 28, 2023

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 References Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 58 2023 AKA: Erula

CHA4044 The Earth Goddesses – Index

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 Y Z

Baraku

Storm God References 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 of:Orlanth

Conflict in the Middle Air

Posted on June 22, 2023

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

Posted on June 8, 2023

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…

Borderlands and Beyond – Index

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 Y Z Maps Tables

Air Gods in the Lunar Heartland

Posted on April 24, 2023

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

Posted on March 18, 2023

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

Posted on March 10, 2023

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…

Cults of RuneQuest Cover One

Posted on March 2, 2023

Siglolf Cloudcrusher

Demigod of Hail References 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 Glorantha Preview…

Storm Pantheon art preview

Posted on January 3, 2023

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…

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