There are 600,000 Solar Pentans. A crude breakdown of the cult numbers would suggest that they have about: The remaining 200k are children so they are not in a cult? Yes Those…
Tag: Yelm
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
Kazkurtum
Empty Emperor , God of the Abyss References Page Year Notes Prosopaedia 71 2023 The Glorious Reascent of Yelm 56, 62, 63 1993 Entity glyphParts of YelmThe Tortured VictimsGods Wall IV-23 The Glorious…
Bijiif
God of the Dead References Page Year Notes Fire & Sky 17, 34, 48 2025 In: The Young God, EntekosAs: Bijiif the Descender, Bijiif the Lord of Bones Mythology 125 2023 In:…
Berneel Ashagorn
References Page Year Notes Prosopaedia 15, 98/99, 100 2023 In: Portions of YelmAs: BernEel Arashagern Guide to Glorantha 117, 667, 673 2014 Entity glyphAs: BernEel Arashagern, Gods Wall I-15, Star 12, glyph…
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 –…
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…
Notes on Filichet I
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)….
Stranger Taxonomies
Now for some stranger taxonomies, here’s some of the animals NOT descended from Ernalda. Note that Palar and Jaskal are “aunts” or “uncles” of Ernalda and Maran Gor. How does this square…
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…
Honor and Combat
Here’s a little snippet from the forthcoming Cults Book (more good news on that soon) that might be of interest: Humakt demands that Death be wielded with honor and his cult upholds…
12 – The Slave Revolt
Chapter 2 – The Lunar WayKapitel 2 – Der Lunare WegChapitre 2 – La voie lunaire 13 – Beat-Pot13 – Topfschlag13 – Le Marmiton Chapter 2 – The Lunar WayKapitel 2 –…
4 – Meeting the Second Son
3 – The Underworld3 – Die Unterwelt3 – Le Monde Inférieur 5 – Argrath Faces Evil5 – Argrath stellt sich dem Bösen5 – Argrath affronte le Mal 3 – The Underworld3 –…
Vashanti
Solar Emperor, God of Righteous Knowledge, Patron God of Mandarins References Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 129 2023 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…
The Sun Dome Temple in Sartar
As part of a project, I have put together a deep background history of the Sun Dome Temple in Sartar that is likely mostly unknown even to the Yelmalio cult. So this…
Honor and War
This section helps explain some of the peculiarities of Orlanth warfare: Some of the most important Orlanthi war gods demand that Death be wielded with honor and the Humakt cult upholds the…
A Fragment of the Celestial Realm
I present to you a fragment of the Celestial Realm for your amazement and edification! Thanks to the remarkable Agathe Pitié for this! Hey, who is that in the lower center? It…