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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 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

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. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Sartar Companion 142 2010 None listed…

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,…

How to Draw Orlanth’s thunderbolt

Posted on October 4, 2021

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.

Tribes of Sartar Map, 1625-1626

Posted on August 20, 2021

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?

Posted on August 18, 2021

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…

Sartar coins

Posted on June 27, 2021

A rare golden coins dating from the reign of Sartar.

Orlanth and the Red Goddess

Posted on June 27, 2021

Here’s a popular Orlanthi tale of the rise of the Red Goddess. This is similar to the story presented in King of Sartar. Orlanth is the god who began the Great Compromise,…

Orlanth and Yelm Fresco

Posted on June 17, 2021

A fresco depicting the contest between Orlanth and Yelm. Late Third Age, Sartar. Another great piece by the amazing Loïc Muzy! Reason for Continued Existence Orlanth symbolizes and forms the elemental Air;…

Townspeople and tribesfolk

Posted on October 29, 2020

Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…

Orlanth art preview

Posted on October 16, 2020

Orlanth symbolizes and forms the elemental Air; he is a foundation of the cosmic order. He is King of the Gods by right of his strength and deeds, and his virtues maintain…

Cults of Dragon Pass

Posted on October 12, 2020

One thing that should be becoming clear is how much of a mixed salad Dragon Pass is. If we include Sartar, Tarsh Exiles, Lunar Tarsh, and the Grazelands, here are the three…

Hate (Lunar Empire)

Posted on August 11, 2020

It is worth contemplating that Hate (Lunar Empire) is not one of Orlanth’s Passions. But Honor is valued over all other passions by Orlanth – even Devotion, Love, and Loyalty. Most Orlanthi…

Vogarth the Strong Man

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 Prosopaedia 133…

Ormalaya

The Hunter One of the 49 Names of Orlanth Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 121 2009 None listed n/a One of the 49 Names of Orlanth…

Helamakt

The Fighting Wind Helamakt is Orlanth who fights with winds assembled specifically for combat. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyphs Notes Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 125 2009 n/a Local subcult of: Orlanth…

Look of Orlanth

Posted on September 19, 2019

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…

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