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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 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 Prosopaedia 14 2023 Prosopaedia entryLocal 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…

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

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

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…

Ralios Orlanthi

Posted on January 2, 2023

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

Posted on January 1, 2023

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

Posted on December 29, 2022

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…

The Sixes in the Holy Country

Posted on December 2, 2022

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 Prosopaedia 113 2023 Prosopaedia entry The Lunar Empiredeprecated 28 2003 None listed As Moon BearAssociated with The Lunar Empiredeprecated 28 2003 None…

Notes on The Second Council

Posted on August 14, 2022

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…

The First Council

Posted on August 14, 2022

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…

A Cluster of Storm Gods

Posted on July 12, 2022

Up to cause trouble no doubt! Eurmal? Eurmal is a deeper old thing. Surpassed Ratslaff as the deity of Disorder, and surpassed Tylenea as the deity of Illusion. The Trickster appears early,…

Lunar Provincial Population Groups

Posted on July 3, 2022

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)….

Suppression of Orlanth Under the Lunar Empire

Posted on July 2, 2022

As we all know, the Lunar Empire tries to suppress certain cults when possible. The top of the list is of course Orlanth, but also cults also officially disfavored include Storm Bull,…

Kyger Litor Cult Compatibility table

Posted on January 16, 2022

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

Posted on December 5, 2021

I did a video overview of the Orlanth cult with Chaosium’s own James Coquillat:

Here’s a story every Orlanth initiate knows

Posted on October 12, 2021

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,…

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