Seven Mothers

Heresy and the Seven Mothers

Posted on April 1, 2022

Heresy is a term that often gets thrown around, largely without thought about what that means in Gloranthan terms. So here’s a look at what might constitute “heresy” to the Seven Mothers…

Notes on the Seven Mothers cult

Posted on December 20, 2021

People often assume that the Seven Mothers cult thinks of itself like British imperialism – they are they to bring the benefits of Lunar civilization to the benighted barbarians of Dragon Pass…

12 – The Slave Revolt

Chapter 2 – The Lunar WayKapitel 2 – Der Lunare WegChapitre 2 – La voie lunaire 13 – Beat-Pot13 – Topfschlag13 – Le Marmiton Chapter 2 – The Lunar WayKapitel 2 –…

The Lunars and Chaos

Posted on September 10, 2021

The Red Goddess – a normally benevolent goddess, who freed Peloria from Carmanian bondage and liberated their minds from fear and hate – is a Chaos deity. She has the Runes of…

Tribes of Sartar Map, 1625-1626

Posted on August 20, 2021

So there are 157 clans in Sartar (not including the Telmori and the Pol-Joni of course), with an average population of about 900 members. 600 are adults. The average tribe in Sartar…

Peasants in the Lunar Heartlands

Posted on June 30, 2021

Although the Lunar Empire bears less resemblance to the society presented in GRoY than folk often assume, one thing that has been present in Peloria since Time began is the split between…

CHA4039 The Smoking Ruin and other Stories – Index

Page numbers refer to: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

Seven Mothers in Sartar

Posted on October 30, 2020

Now that we know where the Yelmalio cultists are, let’s look at some ballpark numbers for the Seven Mothers in Sartar. Seven Mothers cult numbers These numbers are very approximate, and might…

Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…

Cults of Dragon Pass

Posted on October 12, 2020

One thing that should be becoming clear is how much of a mixed salad Dragon Pass is. If we include Sartar, Tarsh Exiles, Lunar Tarsh, and the Grazelands, here are the three…

Lunar Legacy in Sartar

Posted on July 27, 2020

The Lunar Empire occupied Sartar for 23 years (from 1602 to 1625). For the first 11 years, they ruled directly through an appointed provincial governor, and then through a client king. During…

She Who Waits

Lunar Mystery Goddess References Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 10, 27–29, 34, 50, 56, 85, 89, 130, 142 2024 Associated with: Black Moon phase MythologyLunar Deities 126Post 20232022 Genealogy of the…

Lunar notes

Posted on February 28, 2019

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…

Yanafal Tarnils

Ram and Warrior References Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 137(eight pages) 2024 Associated withEmpty Half Moon phaseSubcults:Regimental guardiansAssociate cults:Red Goddess, Seven Mothers, Regimental gods: Polaris, Avivorus, Sagittus, Shargash, Yelmalio Lunar Way 10…

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