To me, one of the more interesting celestial phenomena in Glorantha is the relationship between Lightfore and the Sun. Lightfore rises each dusk in the east, and sets each dawn in the…
Tag: Yelm
Notes on Shamans
Shamans are an “elect” found in many Gloranthan religions. They are often outside but adjacent to the cult structure, although some cults do make use of shaman-priests (for example, Aldrya, Daka Fal,…
Notes on the Black Sun
The Black Sun is a strange one. Its origins are quite old, as I have found handwritten versions of the Basko story from around 1979. It then got infused with Sandy’s love…
Antirius
God of the Sunspear, Upholder of Justice and Protector of Emperors Antirius is the son of Yelm See Yelmalio Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Prosopaedia Unpublished Guide to Glorantha 673…
Notes on Kralorela
Kralorela has some 8.9 million people and covers around 625,000 square km. Kralorela is a relatively narrow arable band of land, islands, and shallows seas no more than 500 km wide, between…
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 Seventh Soul
Before the Red Goddess, people had only six souls. These had been placed in them by the gods when they made the first people. The six soul-parts, and the deity which contributed…
Deep Lunar Synthesis
One of Greg’s deep background notes that I refer to an awful lot when I think about Glorantha is this chart that he put together to try to think about the basic…
Celestial Sons of Yelm
Eight Celestial Sons of Yelm Derdurnus Deumalos Falsoretus or Makestina Ghelotralas Ghevengus Reladivus, see Kargzant Shargash Verithurusa Zaytenera
Kazkurtum
God of the Abyss Yelm Pantheon One of the Portions of Yelm Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished
Bijiif
God of the Dead One of the Portions of Yelm Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished
Berneel Ashagorn
One of the Portions of Yelm Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished Guide to Glorantha 667, 673 2016 As BernEel Arashagern at I-15 The Fortunate Succession 68 1995 As Berneel…
Lunar Deities
Here is another Work in Progress by Katrin Dirim – this shows the relationship of various Lunar deities. A few surprises here to the uninitiated perhaps, and lots of secret details for…
Yelm Disintegrates WiP
Several important solar deities are generally thought of as the children or lesser parts of Yelm, said to be created when Yelm was murdered by Orlanth. The God Learners called such entities…
New Mythic Symbolism
These illustrated divine genealogies were product of the New Mythic Symbolism school that first appeared in the Nochet and Boldhome Knowledge Temples around 1624. The Mythic Symbolism school was a God Learner…
Filichet (large city)
This city on the shores of lake Invaress has around 15,000 residents and is the capital of the Lunar Province of Holay. Filichet marks the end of the Daughter’s Road. From here,…
Lunar Provincial Population Groups
Throughout the Lunar Provinces, much of the ruling class and urban population is Lunar, while much of the rural population is “barbarian” (I am using that term from a Lunar Heartland perspective)….
Cults of Differing Power
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…
Yelm & Chaos
For most Gloranthan religions, Chaos is something outside of the realm of gods and spirits. There are a few gods or spirits that were corrupted by Chaos or who otherwise embraced it…
12 – The Slave Revolt
Chapter 2 – The Lunar Way 13 – Beat-Pot Characters: Beat-Pot Aelwrin Oraya Satrapy: This satrapy in the eastern Lunar Empire was founded by the demigoddess Hon-eel as a buffer state between the…
4 – Meeting the Second Son
3 – The Underworld 5 – Argrath Faces Evil Characters: Argrath The Great Darkness Argrath released the Strange Gods from their Underworld prison and was welcomed by the old gods who resided atop…
Vashanti
Solar Emperor, God of Righteous Knowledge, Patron God of Mandarins See also Yelm Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia Unpublished Guide to Glorantha 153 2014 Notes only
Who loves the Sun?
Yelm often gets a short-shrift by many fans. But the Sun God is one of the Great Gods of Glorantha, with oodles of Rune spells, subcults, and more associated gods than you…
Orlanth and Yelm Fresco
A fresco depicting the contest between Orlanth and Yelm. Late Third Age, Sartar. Another great piece by the amazing Loïc Muzy! Reason for Continued Existence Orlanth symbolizes and forms the elemental Air;…
History Of Kethaela – The First Age
Kethaela is an ancient name for the region now called the Holy Country. The land was named for the goddess Ketha, the wife of Entru and mother of Entruli, who came from…