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Polaris Shrine

Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Alda-Chur (small city) Major Temple(closed 1625) Far Point 84 Lunar garrison and barracks fortress Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Sun Dome (temple village) Shrine Sartar 73 Sun…

CHA4037 Dragon Pass – Index

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The Sky Gods

Posted on December 27, 2023

The Sky is orderly, regular, and far removed from mortal ephemeralism. The Sun, planets, and stars move in regular patterns through the sky. Clusters of stars form constellations, associated with gods, monsters,…

CHA4041 Mythology – Index

CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) 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…

Silonia

Goddess of Dance References Page Year Notes Fire & Sky 93 2025 Subcult of: Polaris Prosopaedia 112 2023 Guide to Glorantha 648 2014 AKA: OuraniaStar Wyrm’s Footnotes #10 21 1980 In: Pole…

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…

War Gods in the Lunar Empire

Posted on April 28, 2023

The most important war god in the Lunar Empire is Yanafal Tarnils. All soldiers in the Lunar Army are lay members and probably a quarter of the Lunar Army are initiates of…

Solar Pentans

Posted on December 11, 2022

There are 600,000 Solar Pentans. A crude breakdown of the cult numbers would suggest that they have about: The remaining 200k are children so they are not in a cult? Yes Those…

Cults of Differing Power

Posted on April 21, 2022

So as we have noticed, the RuneQuest cults are deliberately not balanced. Some cults have way more magic – and effective magic – than others. Now that was part of Greg’s vision…

Honor and Combat

Posted on November 25, 2021

Here’s a little snippet from the forthcoming Cults Book (more good news on that soon) that might be of interest: Humakt demands that Death be wielded with honor and his cult upholds…

Honor and War

Posted on January 27, 2021

This section helps explain some of the peculiarities of Orlanth warfare: Some of the most important Orlanthi war gods demand that Death be wielded with honor and the Humakt cult upholds the…

AH8577 Gods of Glorantha (Box 05 – 1985)

60 Religions for RuneQuestGods of Glorantha describes 60 major Gloranthan religions for humans and non-humans, for good guys and bad, for men and women, all from an array of different cultures. A…

Polaris

The Pole Star, Keeper of the Stars, God of War, Armies, and Dance References Page Year Runes Notes Cults of Runequest Unpublished Spirit Cult Fire & Sky Polaris: 8, 10, 15, 16,…

Library of Londarios: Stellar FAQ (Dec 1999)

Originally published in December 1999. 1. Why is the Sky important? Stellar movements are very important in Glorantha, as they are on earth. On one hand the celestial movements are (mostly) much…

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