The Storm Bull cultists are violent and dangerous, and a result are feared. But among the praxian nomads they are loved for their willingness to sacrifice themselves against Chaos regardless of the…
Tag: Storm Bull
A Few Notes on the Air Gods
Any time you look at those big abstract Celestial Court “deities” they include potential devolutions. So Umath is generally thought to have been “succeeded” by his children – Kolat, Vadrus, Storm Bull,…
Storm Bull Temples and Shrines
Far Point Location Type Page Affiliation Jaskor’s Hold (village) Minor temple 89 Tovtaros tribe New Hills (Open Air temple) Major temple 92 Princeros tribe Sartar Location Type Page Affiliation Boldhome (large city)…
CHA4037 Dragon Pass – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X Y Z
Hard-Wired Gloranthan Conflicts
There are some big conflicts hard-wired into the Glorantha setting, including (but not limited to): These conflicts are macro and microcosmic. Political conflict often echo these cosmic conflicts – for example, Sartar…
Portions of Umath
When Umath was broken, his sons (each bearing a portion of the Primal Air) emerged and began their struggle to claim their part of the world). At least six sons are known to have…
Harjoon Karsh
Storm Bull Hero References Page Year Notes Lightbringers 128 2023 Hero of: Storm Bull Gods of Glorantha Previews 331 2018, 2019 Hero of: Storm Bull Cult Compendium 68 2002 Hero of: Storm…
Valatash Walker
Storm Bull Hero References Page Year Notes Dragon Pass 10 2024 Hero of: Storm Bull Lightbringers 128 2023 Hero of: Storm Bull Gods of Glorantha Previews 331 2018, 2019 Hero of: Storm…
CHA4041 Mythology – Index
CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X…
South Rage Wind
The Desert Wind One of the Four Winds: References Page Year Notes Prosopaedia 114 2023
The thirteen main cults in Sartar
There are thirteen main cults in Sartar, which collectively are about 95% of the population. The biggest are: Those two cults are about 68% of the population. Those 11 cults (each with…
CHA4044 The Earth Goddesses – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W Y Z
Block, The
Remnant of the Spike References Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 17 2023 None listed Pavis, Gateway to Adventure 55 2012 None listed
The Struggle for the Middle Air
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…
Air Gods in the Lunar Heartland
In the Lunar Heartlands, several Air gods are recognized. First of course is Orlanth, the Thunder God who slew Yelm and plunged the world into the Lesser Darkness. He is acknowledged as…
Bisos
Bull God References Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 16 2023 Pavis, Gateway to Adventure 15 2012 Runes only Common and uncommon runes 2004 None listed Entity glyph only The Lunar Empiredeprecated 39…
Storm Pantheon art preview
Orlanth is the grandson of Earth and Sky, his siblings are the winds, a bull, a cat, violence, evil, the mountain snow, and Death. He married the Green Lady, and his offspring…
The Taxonomy of Animals
The taxonomy of animals in Glorantha is quite unlike our own. It is based on divine genealogies and has some interesting results! It is something I particularly enjoy about the setting –…
A Cluster of Storm Gods
Up to cause trouble no doubt! Eurmal? Eurmal is a deeper old thing. Surpassed Ratslaff as the deity of Disorder, and surpassed Tylenea as the deity of Illusion. The Trickster appears early,…
Suppression of Orlanth Under the Lunar Empire
As we all know, the Lunar Empire tries to suppress certain cults when possible. The top of the list is of course Orlanth, but also cults also officially disfavored include Storm Bull,…
Notable people of the High Llama Tribe
NOTE: there are a lot of secrets hidden in this post so read it carefully! Yazurkial Blue Llama, Tribal Khan Born 1595, Yazurkial is the high priest of Waha for the High…
Original Prax and Wastes map
This map here does a good job of showing the relationship between Prax (see the Eiritha Hills) and the Wastes. Prax is much smaller, but also more fertile than the Wastes (the…
Tribes of Sartar Map, 1625-1626
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…
A Few Sketches
Here are few sketches that people might find of interest:
What constitutes “Chaos”?
A last comment on the various Chaos discussions. A lot of people seem to assume that people in Glorantha are clear about what constitutes “Chaos” – and of course, outside of the…