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…
Tag: Seshnela
A Short History of Arkat
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 Prosopaedia 109 2023 Prosopaedia entry
Zzaburi in the West
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 Size
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Notes on Illumination in the Second Age (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…
Malkioni Q&A (2011)
Published 11th Mar 2011 Questions from David Millians, Herve Carteau and others. Answers from Moon Design. Q: After looking at the pictures in the old Genertela boxed set, I got the impression that…
Art and Culture and a Fantasy World
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,…
Quick Summary of Gloranthan Cultures: Part 2, Westerners
Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 01/12/2011 – 02:23 This is a work in process, based on several years of discussions between Greg Stafford, Dan Barker, and Jeff Richard to get the look…