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On the Customs of the Sartarites and Their Barbaric Lust

Posted on March 30, 2025

I was pondering how Lunars might view Sartarite attitudes towards sex, and came up with this. I figured some of you might enjoy it. A Lunar take on Sartarite Attitudes Toward Sex…

Crime and Law in Orlanthi cities

Posted on July 22, 2024

There really aren’t police or courts as we understand it in Orlanthi cities such as Boldhome, Jonstown, or New Pavis. There is usually a city guard that guards the city gates, maintain…

Orlanthi Leaders

Posted on July 19, 2024

Orlanthi leaders need to have the ability and willingness to personally use violence for the benefit of the community-at-large and for personal considerations, and have a network of connections with other violent…

Choosing Leaders

Posted on July 16, 2024

Among the Orlanthi, leaders require the consent of their assembled community (who often gather with arms) before taking power (this is not the same as being elected but is somewhat similar) and…

Talastari Concept Art

Posted on May 20, 2024

Ossi Hiekkala has done some concept art for Chaosium about the look of the Talastari, an Orlanthi group stuck between the Lunar Empire and Dorastor. I thought many of you all might…

Central Genertela Map Overview

Posted on January 16, 2024

I often play around with putting different maps together in order to get a better feel for how Glorantha works. This is one of my favorite composite maps – it nicely shows…

The Orlanthi of Fronela

Posted on December 27, 2023

There are some 2.4 MILLION Orlanthi in Fronela, far more than in Dragon Pass and Peloria. The Lightbringers came to Fronela in the First Age, reaching what is now Charg by 238…

Slaves amongst the Orlanthi

Posted on September 30, 2023

Orlanth, as the God of Freedom, finds slavery objectionable. His temples and Rune Masters are prohibited from owning slaves (Lightbringers p. 23). As a result, that means the Prince of Sartar, the…

History of Orlanthi Cities

Posted on September 13, 2023

If we think about the history of the Orlanthi, their original Dawn Age settlements were “hill fort villages” – this is where they survived the Greater Darkness and Grey Ages. The entire…

New Orlanthi Adults

Posted on September 9, 2023

Traditionally, new adults in Orlanthi cultures go through a period of cult training or apprenticeship, often called the “Ordeal Years”. The newly initiated young men (which include those women chosen by Vinga)…

Temple Children

Posted on August 28, 2023

One of the interesting customs common among the Orlanthi are the “temple children”. These are children born to Earth Priestesses (often without an identified mortal father) who are cared and raised by…

Orlanthi tribal kings

Posted on June 23, 2023

So what does an Orlanthi tribal king actually do? We know that the Orlanthi clans tend to be organized into tribes – confederations of kinship groups, led by the Orlanth cult and…

Orlanthi Friendship

Posted on April 2, 2022

Despite (or perhaps because of) the importance of kinship ties, friendship is greatly valued in Orlanthi culture, and many stories place greater importance on friendship than kinship. One has no choice in…

Sample cultural distribution maps

Posted on October 10, 2013

The Guide to Glorantha features cultural distribution maps for each of the eight major human cultures and three of the Elder Races. Some of these maps may prove a bit surprising. For…

Art and Culture and a Fantasy World

Posted on May 8, 2012

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 08/05/2012 – 16:07 I’m posting this as a discussion piece, and a lot of this is in shorthand that makes sense to the writing and artistic group,…

Theyalan Art Direction

Posted on April 26, 2012

Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 26/04/2012 – 10:27 There’s quite a bit of different Orlanthi art styles presented in the Guide (including Esrolian temple paintings, Sartarite coins, Vesmonstran enamels, and so on)….

Quick Summary of Gloranthan Cultures: Part 3

Posted on April 17, 2012

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 17/04/2012 – 06:15 One of the many things I am excited about regarding the forthcoming Guide to Glorantha is the art. We will be spending more on…

Quick Summary of Gloranthan Cultures: Part 1, Orlanthi Dragon Pass And the Holy Country

Posted on November 29, 2011

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 29/11/2011 – 13:50 The Orlanthi are one of the four Major Cultures of Genertela (along with Westerner, Pelorian, and Vithelan). All Orlanthi share a few common features:…

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