Probably a dozen or more giant cradles were recording going down the River of Cradles during the Second Age. Since Godtime, the river was used by giants to send their children to…
Tag: Second Age
Notes on The Arrowsmith Dynasty (860-940)
I’ve assembled a few notes and cut and paste them together to get a good overview of the rise and fall of the Arrowsmith Dynasty of Pavis. There’s a LOT in here,…
The Arcos River valley
The Arcos River valley is the spiritual heart of the Lunar Religion. This river runs about 1200 km from the Elf Sea to the White Sea. It was here in that the…
Notes on Halikiv
Halikiv is just to the west of Dragon Pass, but it is easier to get there from southwest Peloria, as the Skyreach Mountains are pretty near impassable. From Aggar, there are a…
Before the Upland Marsh
Here’s something else to think about – the Upland Marsh is located in what was a broad and fertile river valley, some 130 km long by 45 km wide. The waters that…
Svagad
Founder of the Middle Sea Empire Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 117 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry
Hon Hoolbiktu
Doraddi Hero Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 57 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry
Garanian Auroch
Hero Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 44 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry
Notes on the Lhankor Mhy cult
The Lhankor Mhy cult are famed as the lovers of wisdom (philosophers) and knowledge (philognosis) in Dragon Pass and the Holy Country. In the First Age, the priests of the Knowing God…
Zistor
The God Machine Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 142 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry
God Learners
Second Age Scholarly Movement Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Prosopaedia 48 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Common and uncommon runes 2004 None listed Glyph only Glorantha:Introduction to the Hero Wars…
Abiding Book
Sacred Text of the Second Age Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 3 2023 None listed Revealed Mythologies 27 2001 None listed Malkioni Glossary,
Men-of-All
So the Men-of-All have a curious place in Hrestolism. They are imagined as the safety valve in society – powerful, skilled warriors (and sometimes mages) who protect the weak, uphold the Invisible…
Ralios Orlanthi
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 Machine Ruins
Past the isles of God Forgot, past Talar Hold and Casino Town, are the cursed ruins of the Clanking City, one of the most haunted places in the Holy Country. In the…
Malkionism And Sorcery
Malkionism provides a set of beliefs, practices, and traditions that support the development of magical specialists in sorcery. Whether that was its original purpose or merely something that it made possible is…
The Conquest Of Teshnos And Kralori
This is a Second Age Jrusteli document, among the earliest records recovered in the Third Age. It chronicles the conquest of Teshnos and Kralorela. Like many texts of this time, secret knowledge…
End of Ages
Without getting into the nature of Glorantha after the Hero Wars, it is worth remembering that twice before there have been widespread catastophes that are generally considered to have ended the Age….
Hachrat Blowhard
Troll hero of Orlanth Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Lightbringers 34 2023 None listed None listed Hero Cult of: Orlanth Prosopaedia 52 2023 None listed None listed Book of Heortling…
1 – The Flame of Sartar
Chapter 1 – Initiation 2 – The Uncles Characters: Argrath, Jar-eel the Razoress A Brief History Glorantha was created by its deities from the Primal Void of Chaos. At first, there was no history,…
History Of Kethaela – The Second Age
The Shadowlands continued their political existence through the next five centuries as the world changed all about them. The Waertagi were driven from seas by the navies of the Jrusteli priest-magicians of…
The Ages of The World
Here’s an interesting late Second Age document that I find deep in the Library of Nochet. Although it was written in Theyalan, I suspect it is of Jrusteli origin, given its materialist…
Moray and Telerio
Twin Priests who kept the Caladra & Aurelion cult together at the end of the Second Age. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Earth Goddesses 63 2023 None listed Spirit of Reprisal…
Middle Sea Empire, Second Age
A few notes on the Middle Sea Empire of the Second Age. It was largely a naval power (with its main land power being Seshnela), and it could throw massive resources at…
The Many Suns and the Sun Gods of Prax
Posted without further commentary. Is there a firm date for Monrogh’s revelation of the Many Suns? A few years before Tarkalor came to power.