When we think about the spread of the Lunar Way, we can break it into two waves. The first is in the Heartland of Peloria, where it took at least a full…
Tag: Sylila (Lunar satrapy)
The Husband-Protectors of Ernalda
Ernalda has taken many husbands, most notably Orlanth, Yelm, Yelmalio, Argan Argar, Flamal, Magasta, Storm Bull, and even Pamalt. So who is her “favorite”? The short answer is “usually Orlanth”, but here’s…
The Growth of the Lunar Way
We’ve all got access to the Lunar Way now and to the Glorantha Sourcebook, so we have access to the history of the Lunar Empire. But how did the Lunar Way grow…
Diet in the Lunar Heartlands
When we think of the staple diet in the Lunar Heartlands (especially Silver Shadow, Darjiin, Kostaddi, and Sylila) think of rice. Not the domesticated white rice Oryza sativa) but North American wild…
Prax and the Wastes
Prax is the more fertile part of the Wastelands, although to outsiders even Prax is pretty inhospitable. There are stretches of scrubland in the Wastes that can support herds, and there are…
Top of the World
In Dragon Pass, Kero Fin is the mother of Orlanth, but for much of Peloria, Fronela, and Ralios, Orlanth resides atop Top of the World. This high peak is some 10,000 meters…
Seraba
Earth Goddess of Sylila References Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 108 2023 Guide to Glorantha 321, 711 2014 None listed In: Old or Larger Cafol (large city)
Peloria Climate
Peloria has a continental climate for the most part. Most of it is quite dry, with warm summers and cold winters. Without humans, most of Peloria would be grasslands and ripurian wetlands,…
The Lunar Satrapy of Sylila
The Red Emperor’s daughter, Hwarin Dalthippa, conquered the lands south of Henjarl in a series of military and magical campaigns between 1309 and 1349. In 1325, the Red Emperor proclaimed her and…
Ranoo Longlegs
Sylilan Dawn Age Odaylan Hero References Page Year Notes Heortling Mythology 183 2009 Odayla hero cult Storm Tribedeprecated 152 2001 Odayla hero cult
Odayla
Hunter and Bear God References Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 136 2025 None listed As: The Hunt constellation Mythology 119 2023 Lightbringers 11, 122four pages 2023 Associate cults:Daka Fal, Foundchild,…
Hwarin Dalthippa
The Conquering Daughter, Lunar heroine References Page Year Runes Notes Lunar Way 6, 9, 18, 35, 70–77, 114, 127(7 pages) 2024 Associated with Crescent Come Moon and (in Jillaro)Subcult:JillaroAssociate cults:Hyalor Horsebreaker, Iphigios, Red…
A Sense of Scale I
Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 07/11/2011 – 14:43 Third Age Glorantha is a Bronze Age (or early Iron Age) setting, with a scale that is more comparable to the Ancient World than…