Skip to content
The Well of Daliath
Menu
Menu

Tag: tribe

Orlanth Rex is the God of Tribes

Posted on August 19, 2025

Are all tribal queens and chiefs part of the Orlanth Rex cult? So think about how Enlil, Baal, or Odin/Woden were the tribal patron gods of many different tribes/cities at the same…

Tribe and Clan Structure

Posted on August 18, 2025

I think there is a tendency to take how “fixed” the tribe and clan structure was in King of Dragon Pass and apply it where it probably shouldn’t be. Lets start here:…

Orlanthi tribal kings

Posted on June 23, 2023

So what does an Orlanthi tribal king actually do? We know that the Orlanthi clans tend to be organized into tribes – confederations of kinship groups, led by the Orlanth cult and…

The Size of a Tribe

Posted on December 10, 2022

Let’s try a little to get a sense of scale of an Orlanthi tribe. Let’s start with one of the biggest – the Colymar. The tribe has about 13,000 members. Most are…

Tribes & Clans

Sartar Tribes Tribe Clans Settlements / Affiliation Ruler Notes References Aranwyth 6 clans Toena Fort (hillfort) King Jonatos 1621- Swenstown tribe Tribe locationPick a TribeCoR-DP 39, 75RQG 108 Big Horn Clan location…

Aranwyth Tribe

Posted on September 6, 2022

Pick a Tribe

Posted on December 21, 2021

The tribal information presented here helps you quickly get some of the most important characteristics of that tribe as a tribe. Pick one of the tribes from the following list or let…

The Culbrea Tribe II

Posted on October 1, 2021

Another tribal map I put together for a project. Here is the Culbrea tribe and its clans. See also Bandits. = Freedom fighters, rebels, “herders”, free warriors, etc. All those clans seem…

Kheldon Tribe

Posted on September 27, 2021

Some notes on the Kheldon Tribe that might be of interest: The Kheldon or “Red-Haired” tribe came into Dragon Pass circa 1400, as part of the Second Wave of settlement. They were…

The Culbrea Tribe I

Posted on September 9, 2021

The Culbrea are an example of a Sartarite tribe under considerable distress as a result of the Lunar Occupation and Rebellion. There are four “stable” clans – the Elk, Jotaring (aka Two…

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…

Organization of tribes and clans

Posted on July 4, 2021

Here’s something more recent – some notes on the organization of tribes and clans for the Sartar Book. Although individual priests might be on the tribal ring, they usually are there as…

Sartarite Tribal Assemblies

Posted on March 16, 2021

King of Dragon Pass and Thunder Rebels presented Sartarite tribal assemblies as pretty standardised events, like some small town city council meeting. However, in truth there’s little difference between a Sartarite tribal…

Extract: The Silver Age and the Dawn

Taken from Heortling Mythology pages 128-130. The Silver Age Heort’s great successes inaugurated a period of twilight that preceded the actual first sunrise. This is called the Grey Age, or often the…

Sections

  • Search Tips
  • Current RuneQuest Glorantha Publications
  • RuneQuest Glorantha Corrections and Q&A
  • Catalogue
  • References for Glorantha
    • Gloranthan Canon
  • Gloranthan Documents
  • RPG Systems & Versions
  • Gallery
  • About This Site
  • Get involved!

Latest Posts

  • A bit more insight on the RQG revised project
  • Why I Simplify Names at the Table
  • Appendix N
  • The fundamental difference between RuneQuest and 5e
  • Update on what’s happening with RQ
  • A European View of Sartar
  • You don’t need deep backstory to play RQG
  • Initiation in Multiple Cults
  • Pavis is a Large City…
  • Views of Arkat

Links

  • Chaosium
  • Chaosium’s RuneQuest RPG Wiki
  • Glorantha on BRP Central
  • RuneQuest on BRP Central
  • Prince of Sartar Webcomic
  • RuneQuest on Discord
  • Glorantha G+ Archives on Tapatalk
  • Search mailing list archive

Latest from BRP Central

  • Shamanic questions
  • Bonus for shooting a mass of targets
  • What RuneQuesters are saying about our new release Cocaine Jack-o-Bear
  • Corrections Thread - A Darkness at Runegate
  • New Adventure for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha! A Darkness at Runegate
  • Dakori Inkarth Troll population
  • Arkat questions
  • A Glorantha Campaign 45th anniversary
  • Sartarite shortsword
  • Carmanian Gods in the Lunar Empire

Popular Tags

Boldhome (large city) Chaosium Contents Cult demographics Cults of Runequest (preview) DEU Entity glyph FRA Furthest (large city) G+ post GBR Gods Wall Greg Stafford Guide to Glorantha (preview) Humakt index Jar-eel Lunar Empire Lunar Pantheon Magazine Malkioni pantheon Map Michael O’Brien Mongoose MRQ1 New Pavis (small city) Old Glorantha Q&A Orlanth Orlanthi pantheon Photo reference Population demographics Prax (homeland) Q&A RQ3 RQG Sandy Petersen Sartar (homeland) single ref Spirit Cult Star Subcult Tarsh (homeland & Lunar province) Yelmalio Yelm Pantheon Youtube
©2026 The Well of Daliath | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme