Troll god dedicated to Destroying Elves, Aldryami, and forests Write up Page Year Runes Notes Arcane Lore 41 2003 None listed Subcult of: Zorak Zoran (Halikiv)
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Sunset in the Big Rubble
Sunset in the Big Rubble is a fearful time. Long shadows fall over the ruins. Although there are some faint lights of lamps and fires in the Real City, Mani’s Fort, and…
Darkness Genealogy II
The Darkness pantheon is an unusual in that most of these cults are worshiped primarily or even exclusively by non-humans. Darkness is deadly, fearsome, devouring, crushing, cold, silent, secretive, and mysterious, and…
Notes on the Big Rubble
The Big Rubble covers about 25 square km. With 6100 inhabitants, that’s almost 250 inhabitants per square km or 2.5 per hectare. In comparison, New Pavis with 28 hectares has 5150 inhabitants…
The Night Caravan
The Night Caravan (more commonly called the Night Train or the Argan Argar Chain) is the Argan Argar insect caravans that travel across Genertela at night. They bring goods, insects, and trolls…
Notes on Halikiv
Halikiv is just to the west of Dragon Pass, but it is easier to get there from southwest Peloria, as the Skyreach Mountains are pretty near impassable. From Aggar, there are a…
Hell
Hell has many guardians and denizens, although comparatively few have well-established cults. Of those who do, the best known are perhaps Annilla, Asrelia, Daka Fal, Gorgorma, Humakt, Jajagappa, Kyger Litor, Lodril, Shargash,…
Notes on Shargash I
Shargash is the Dara Happan war god, associated with Fire/Sky, Death, and Disorder. He’s also known as Tolat, who ranged across Glorantha in the Lesser Darkness to bring war and destruction to…
Human Sacrifice
How much of a thing is human sacrifice in Glorantha? Human sacrifice is pretty rare among the Orlanthi. The tusk riders perform it, which is one of the reasons they are so…
A Short History of Arkat
By all accounts Arkat was born on the isle of Brithos in 375 ST. In 400 he accompanied a Brithini expedition to Arolanit attempting to liberate that land from Gbaji. In 410…
Notes on Issaries I
Issaries is one of the most widely-spread cults in Glorantha. His markets appear in Kralorela, Fonrit, and Sog CIty. He’s worshiped as an ancestor by nobles in Seshnela and Maniria, he’s one…
Notes on The Second Council
Once the decision had been made to form a Second Council to meet the challenges of a New Time there was a nomination of potential members by all the worshippers within the…
Darkness Genealogy I
I’ve always loved the divine genealogies that Kalin Kadiev did for us for the Glorantha Sourcebook, but unfortunately they were not complete enough for the Cults Book. Fortunately, Katrin Dirim has risen…
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 Morokanth
The Morokanth are nonhumans, and they outrage the other people of the Plains by herding human-descended Herd Men, who are, in fact, herbivorous and unintelligent. Man being a social animal by instinct,…
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…
Great Temples of Sartar
I believe these are the great temples around Sartar. As an aside, Eiritha is an important cult for the Pol-Joni, but Ernalda is still more prevalent. The Pol-Joni are very atypical Praxians….
Amanstan
This spirit of fire houses the magic which Zorak Zoran stole from Yelmalio Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 5 2023 Cults of Glorantha Preview 72 2019 Subcult of:Zorak Zoran Arcane…
Zorak Zoran
God of Hate, God of War Titled Lord Demon of the Legions of Death, Zorak Zoran is the primary war god for trolls, and his worship is even found among humans. Zorak…
Greg Sez: Enemy Gods (2009)
Published 15th Aug 2009 Question from Patrick Anders, answer by Greg Stafford. Zorak Zoran certainly gets around. He appears, usually as a villain, in the myth-cycles of the Orlanthi, Yelm, Praxians, and…