Tell me about Theya.
How did a Sun goddess become so important to the Orlanthi and why did she fade?
View ArticleAges of the World
Here's an interesting late Second Age document that I find deep in the Library of Nochet. Although it was written in Theyalan, I suspect it is of Jrusteli origin, given its materialist nature. THE...
View ArticleOasis in the Wastelands
I have read somewhere that oasis in the Wastelands are neutral grounds. So what actually happens when someone comes to an oasis already occupied by a clan ? Do they fight each other out ? Do they...
View ArticleTricksters in Orlanthi society; How to make them playable. lol
So I get that Tricksters are frowned upon in Orlanthi society, and for good reason and that for the most part they are killed unless they are bound to an Orlanth Rune Master - who takes on the...
View ArticleVingans: marriage and childbirth
In the beginning, I visualized Vingans as men inside women jackets, but after I tried to learn more about them (damn my players) my vision is changing. At the moment, and knowing that Vingan is a...
View ArticleWho is the sartarite sun god right now?
This is not about the eternal debate of Elmal against Yelmalio, nor the state of those cults in current Sartar. Straightforwad: In modern Glorantha canon, who is the sun god of the sartarites? Who...
View ArticlePaludal aka Shark Frog?
Hi all I picked up some old Hero Wars miniatures blisters recently and one is listed as Paludal (Shark Frog). Great mini sculpted by Bob Murch I have no idea what it is and my search of Glorantha...
View ArticleNon-Gloranthan Media That Reminds You Of Glorantha
Pretty straightforward: what's some non-Gloranthan media (games, TV shows, comics, novels, paintings, graffiti, advertisements, whatever) that evokes Glorantha to you? For me, the webcomic Kill Six...
View ArticleAny precedent for sub-tribes in Sartar?
Is there any precedent for a group of clans to be organized into some kind of sub-tribe (or super-clan) with a leader inside a larger tribe? I don't just mean a marriage triarchy, but an actual...
View Article"Time" in the Underworld
Hi, I am wondering how heroquesters deeper in the Underworld/Hells would perceive "time" (small 't'; any meaning; not the big Arachne Solara concept). In the Sky Realm it's easy, seeing the stars and...
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Some observations and theories on Zolan Zubar
Zolan Zubar ‘Lord Demon of Death’, the Hellwind, was an ancient cave bear spirit connected to Sky Bear and Odayla. He is a spirit of the Cave Bear; the wind that howls out of the deep earth. Runes =...
View ArticleIs the Kingdom of War a Lunar Plot?
Hi! In one of Sandy Petersen's talks at the German convention, he said that the Kingdom of War is essentially a plot by someone: "There is a secret about who controls the Kingdom of War, but I think...
View ArticleWhat is canon?
Is one year since I started to study Glorantha. There is so much material, even from older RQ editions. I have seen somewhere that some RQ3 materiale is "not canon". Glorantha is so huge that I'd like...
View ArticleOrlanthi Clan Fission
From what I understand, the common reaction to an Orlanthi clan becoming too big (above 1500 or so, if I recall correctly, but I might be off) is for a portion of it to organize into a new...
View ArticleInvesting in Clan Creating & Feminine Story telling
I started this thread because I didn't want to Necro-post my month old "Women in Glorantha Thread". So, it's occurred to me that Women in Glorantha have a lot of lee way in some respects in what...
View ArticleBuilding a Clan from scratch
So as I learn about Glorantha from the tribe, I began to do an exercise and began building a clan. This folder contains the ramblings of my feverish mind, I present the piecemeal forming of The...
View ArticleWomen in Glorantha
(phone posting draft) Initiation of Women, of the Feminine and of Glorantha and storytelling there in. So i see much of the Gloranthan materials do the whole "male role as default " which is a...
View Article3D Flyover and Guided Tour of the Hittite Capital of Hattusa
Saw this and immediately thought of this forum. This place kinda feels like it could have been an Orlanthi highland city. The house-complexes also look vaguely like the Ernaldan square houses we've...
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Art in the Cults Book
For those who don't have Facebook accounts: Uleria by Loïc Muzy A Yelornan, by Loïc Muzy: Lodril, by Loïc Muzy: Grain Goddesses, by Loïc Muzy: Humakt, by Loïc Muzy:
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