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Serpent Kings

First Dynasty of Rulers in Seshnela Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 109 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry

Nralar

Long-lived King of Seshnela Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 89 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry

Froalar

First King of Seshnela Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 41 2023 None listed Revealed Mythologies 30 2001 None listed Malkioni Glossary,

Military Might in 1625

Posted on April 29, 2023

In 1625, the most powerful military in Glorantha is the Lunar Army. A handful of fast and powerful units offered a strong advance fighting force, and careful timing gave the empire almost…

A Short History of Arkat

Posted on February 15, 2023

By all accounts Arkat was born on the isle of Brithos in 375 ST. In 400 he accompanied a Brithini expedition to Arolanit attempting to liberate that land from Gbaji. In 410…

Seshna Likita

Land Goddess of Seshnela Write up Page Year Runes Notes Earth Goddesses 93 2023 None listed Subcult of:Ernalda Prosopaedia 109 2023 Prosopaedia entry Genealogy Page Year Tree Earth GoddessesMythology 13122 2023 Genealogy…

Zzaburi in the West

Posted on January 5, 2023

There are somewhere around 120,000 zzaburi in Seshnela and Ralios. Now of them, about 79,000 adhere to the Rokari school. That’s the approximate number of trained sorcerers in that area. This number…

A Sense of Scale I

Posted on December 26, 2022

The Lunar Empire rules somewhere around 410,000 square km, including the Heartlands, West Reaches, and Provinces. That’s about the same size as Iraq or a little larger than the state of California….

Notes on Issaries I

Posted on September 24, 2022

Issaries is one of the most widely-spread cults in Glorantha. His markets appear in Kralorela, Fonrit, and Sog CIty. He’s worshiped as an ancestor by nobles in Seshnela and Maniria, he’s one…

Lhankor Mhy Sorcery

Posted on September 16, 2022

Several Dragon Pass cults routinely play around with sorcery – Lhankor Mhy in particular. But the Knowing Priests are largely self-taught amateurs when it comes to sorcery. Temples tend to know a…

After the Middle Sea Empire

Posted on September 14, 2022

Malkionism in the Third Age is a pathetic shade of its Second Age glory. The Middle Sea Empire ended in 990 and about a half-century later, Seshnela was shattered by the Luathelans….

Malkioni Empires

Posted on June 16, 2021

Speaking of Malkioni, their two big empires are Seshnela and Loskalm. Both are about a third the population of the Lunar Empire (Loskalm a little more, Seshnela a little less). But their…

History Of Kethaela – The Second Age

Posted on March 11, 2021

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…

Heroquesting 101

Posted on July 20, 2020

Heroquesting is a powerful and rare Gloranthan activity in which the participants leave the material world and enter the realm of legend and myth to interact with heroes and gods, gambling precious…

Library of Londarios: The Kings of Seshnela, Part Three (1999)

This list is a compilation which names the Kings of Seshnela. Sort of. It actually shows the names of the dominant overlords in the land of Seshnela. Except in the first century,…

Library of Londarios: The Kings of Seshnela, Part Two (1999)

This list is a compilation which names the Kings of Seshnela. Sort of. It actually shows the names of the dominant overlords in the land of Seshnela. Except in the first century,…

Library of Londarios: The Kings of Seshnela, Part One (1999)

This list is a compilation which names the Kings of Seshnela. Sort of. It actually shows the names of the dominant overlords in the land of Seshnela. Except in the first century,…

Roots of Glorantha: Book I Encyclopedia of Seshnela (2007)

Notes on Illumination in the Second Age

Posted on February 14, 2015

Ralios and Seshnela In 450 “Arkat” emerged triumphant from Dorastor, and returned to Ralios (actually Fornoar). There he lived a simple, ascetic life, farming and teaching, until his apotheosis in 500. His…

Library of Londarios: Postcards From Glorantha (Mar 2004)

by Greg Stafford, published March 2004. I was challenged to give some illustrations to artists and seekers who need to visualize Glorantha more clearly. This document attempts to do so. You will…

Volume 2 and the destruction of Imperial Seshnela

Posted on January 15, 2014

We are well into Volume 2, having finished the layout for the Maniria, Pent, and Ralios chapters. One set of pages I am particularly pleased with is pages 402-403. On the right,…

Seshnela Art Direction

Posted on September 6, 2013

Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 23/04/2012 – 00:27 The Guide to Glorantha will feature in-depth treatment of the Malkioni (along with the other major cultures of Glorantha). Here’s the art direction for…

Hrestol and the Vadeli Judges

Posted on June 13, 2013

Today’s random snippet from the Guide: The Vadeli claim that the great Malkioni Hero Hrestol himself retired in the Vadeli Isles. After Hrestol went to  Brithos, he was forced to flee. He…

Snippet of Seshnelan History

Posted on June 12, 2013

Today’s random bit of history from the Guide: The history of Seshnela begins in the land of Brithos during the Great Darkness. To forestall civil war between himself and his brother, Talar…

The castes of Seshnela

Posted on June 5, 2013

So now that we got the contentious issue of what is canon out of the way, maybe I really should schedule that Malkioni Marathon – if enough people were interested, maybe we…

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