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…
Tag: Orlanth
The First Council
I recently ran across one of the most ancient texts describing the First Council. This was dated to the Dawn Age, when Glorantha’s mythic structure was first being defined and explored: The…
Deloradella
Dark Woman, Queen of the Darkness Tribe, goddess of the night. Mother of Orlanth’s son, Crushing Noise, the dark thunder. Goddess of Night, Queen of the Darkness Tribe, and protector of the…
Lunar Provincial Population Groups
Throughout the Lunar Provinces, much of the ruling class and urban population is Lunar, while much of the rural population is “barbarian” (I am using that term from a Lunar Heartland perspective)….
Kyger Litor Cult Compatibility table
People often forget that the cult of Kyger Litor is hostile to all of these cults: ALL the Seven Lightbringers (including Chalana Arroy) ALL the Lunar cults (except the Red Goddess who…
Orlanth overview on YouTube
I did a video overview of the Orlanth cult with Chaosium’s own James Coquillat:
Here’s a story every Orlanth initiate knows
It is worth a careful read as there are some interesting details in this (and the story is more complete than in King of Sartar): One day, at the Hill of Victory,…
How to Draw Orlanth’s thunderbolt
Here’s something Rich Fleider and I put together years ago on how to draw Orlanth’s thunderbolt. I thought folk might find this interesting.
The Tribes of Sartar, 1625-1626
So there are 157 clans in Sartar (not including the Telmori and the Pol-Joni of course), with an average population of about 900 members. 600 are adults. The average tribe in Sartar…
Why does Orlanth have multiple arms?
So an art issue that a few grognards have raised directly or indirectly – why does Orlanth have multiple arms? The Orlanthi depict Orlanth as having four arms so that they might…
Vogarth the Strong Man
Orlanthi Pantheon Demigod of Strength. Vogarth is famous for being the strongest (and dumbest) man in the world. Vogarth is also called the Big Man Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes…
Orlanth the Faithful Husband
Orlanth married Ernalda, and held their first child Barntar, he named himself Orlanthdovar. Orlanthdovar is the head of the Storm Family, the faithful husband and devoted father. Deprecated aspect. Write up Page…
Orlanth the Law Maker
Orlanth first stated the laws when he made the world, and later stated each law that resulted from one of his great deeds. He called himself Orlanthanandrin when he created these Cosmic…
Starkval the Weaponthane
Starkval is the leader of the fyrd. Deprecated. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Thunder Rebels 237 2000 subcult of Orlanth Allfather
Look of Orlanth
Recently I posted a picture of Orlanth Thunderous from the Cults book, that depicted him as having four arms (each carrying a tool or weapon). Some people were surprised, having imagined that…
Orlanth art for the Cults of Glorantha
A sneak peak at one of the pieces of art for the Cults of Glorantha. It is only appropriate we start with Orlanth, Lord of Storms, King of the Gods, and Lightbringer!…
British Museum Visit I
Orlanth and Ernalda from Nochet.
Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha
Doing some edits and revisions to Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha. More notes on Orlanth Rex, more on the family associations of Asrelia, Ernalda, and Maran Gor, more on the Grain Goddesses…
Orlanth
[OAR-lanth] Head of the Council of the Gods, Storm god, Chieftain, and Warrior, one of the Lightbringers Orlanthi pantheon Orlanth is the King of the Gods, Master of Storms, Death Wielder, and…