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Notes on Shargash

Posted on June 28, 2023

Shargash is the Dara Happan war god, associated with Fire/Sky, Death, and Disorder. He’s also known as Tolat, who ranged across Glorantha in the Lesser Darkness to bring war and destruction to…

The Struggle for the Middle Air

Posted on June 8, 2023

The Red Goddess never made peace with the Air Gods, for there was none among her pantheon who could approach those deities on their own ground. There began, within history, a struggle…

War Gods in the Lunar Empire

Posted on April 28, 2023

The most important war god in the Lunar Empire is Yanafal Tarnils. All soldiers in the Lunar Army are lay members and probably a quarter of the Lunar Army are initiates of…

Theyalan Celestial Gods

Posted on April 24, 2023

Throughout much of the Theyalan Belt, people recognize several major celestial gods: First is of course Yelm, the Sun. The Sun travels across the Sky Dome each day, only to die and…

Tolat

The Red Planet, God of Love and War Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Prosopaedia 123 2023 Prosopaedia entry Prosopaedia 142 2023 Prosopaedia entryAs: Zolan Glorantha:Introduction to the Hero Wars…

Alkor

City God of Alkoth Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 5 2023 Prosopaedia entry

The Wetlands of Lowland Peloria

Posted on September 29, 2022

The wetlands of Lowland Peloria cover much of the Silver Shadow and Darjiin satrapies. A quick estimate is some 3500 square kilometers in those satrapies are marshlands – that’s about the fifth…

Jagrekriand

The Red Planet, Umath’s Killer Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 64 2023 Prosopaedia entry Storm Tribe, other deities 90 2001 notes only

Cults of Differing Power

Posted on April 21, 2022

So as we have noticed, the RuneQuest cults are deliberately not balanced. Some cults have way more magic – and effective magic – than others. Now that was part of Greg’s vision…

Notes on Alkoth II

Posted on January 28, 2022

Let’s look a little at Alkoth. The city is the center of the Shargash cult, with roughly some 4000 cultists. It is a Lunar city and has 5000 Seven Mothers cultists –…

Notes on Alkoth I

Posted on August 6, 2021

Alkoth is a standard Dara Happan city that also happens to be an entrance to the Underworld, and is a city of the dead. That is less of a contradiction than it…

Lives of Sedenya (2006)

Also published in parts in Rule One The Testimonial “When you speak of me, tell of yourself first,” said the Goddess. She was instructing her followers how to teach others about Her. “How…

Myth of the Month: Shargash the Destroyer (1998)

Shargash is the celestial God of War. He is a great god, with power in all the worlds. In the sky, he is the Red Planet of War. On the earth he…

Shargash

The Destroyer, underworld god, and war god Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 2023 Prosopaedia entry Gamemaster Screen Pack Back of screen 2019 None listed Gods Wall image, I-5. Cults…

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