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…
Tag: Seshnela
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….
Notes on Rokarism
There are about a 1.5 million people or so who are initiated to the Invisible God and follow the Rokari rites. Of those maybe 3% are the “priestly caste”, called zzaburi. That…
The Middle Sea Empire
The most wide-spanning empire of Gloranthan history was the Middle Sea Empire, also called the Jrusteli Empire. Its core was city-states of the island-continent of Jrustela who were tightly allied with the…
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…
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,…
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,…
Notes on Illumination in the Second Age
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
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
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…
Guide Overview – The West
Rational, materialist, and humanist, Western culture is derived from the atheist immortal philosophers that once dominated the far west reaches of the world. They are Bronze or Early Iron Age in material…
Hrestol and the Vadeli Judges
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
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
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…
Coins of Glorantha Part 2
Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 06/06/2012 – 03:00 Part 2 of the Coins of Glorantha series. Here’s the art description for some coins from Seshnela, Ralios, Kralorela, and a troll Bolg! Let’s…
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…
Malkioni Q&A
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 the Malkioni broadly analogous…