Silver Shields
Does anyone have a source for the Silver Shields, their founding, their activities up until the invasion of Prax. I think I have all that follows that including the Heortland invasion, the 2nd Battle...
View Article“Issaries convinces the Storm Tribe” and “Ernalda calms the Warriors”
I was reading in Gloranthan Adventures 1 about the Hero Quests “Issaries convinces the Storm Tribe” and “Ernalda calms the Warriors” that the Silverwinds (known as a Peace Clan) who's heroes have...
View Articlemore specific dates for 1602's Sartar campaign
Has anything more specific than "1602" been stated anywhere for the conquest of Sartar (I need to figure out what rough season the Hendriki left their tulas to die at the Battle of Caroman Pass, but...
View ArticleLunar Retribution
Let's say the PC's ambushed and massacred a full file of the Lunar Pavis Garrison or say the Lunar Survey Team with Dalamides and Hazphar? Maybe they kill Erianda the Red and her cronies? (Forget...
View ArticleLodri Great Temple
I assume there is a Great Temple to Lodri at/near/under Vent? Caladraland, a nation of nearly a half million people at the edge of Esrolia. Lodril lives here in a great volcano, and is sometimes...
View ArticleRefuge and Karse
Jeff posted notes on both Refuge and Karse recently on FB: REFUGE The city of Refuge is port city in God Forgot and a Brithini outpost which continues its tenuous existence using the old caste systems...
View ArticleElmal/Yelmalio in Holy country
So the Elmal cult became the Yelmalio cult in sartar with the revelations of Monrogh but did these changes extend to heortland and esrolia? Is Elmal still going strong in Heortland or is there minor...
View ArticleYelm and the Red Goddess
I have read that you must be a priest or lord of a Lunar cult, and an illuminate, to become an initiate of the Red Goddess. I wonder if Yelm (and other solar cults that are worshipped in the Lunar...
View ArticleSartar LARP Narrator Wanted in Chicago-Milwaukee area
I am in the process of setting up a largish (30-40 players) Sartar LARP campaign and I'm looking for some help running it. About the game: The campaign as currently envisioned will be running...
View ArticleEthilrist
Jeff posted over on the RQ FB page, and I thought it would be useful to cross-post here since he is a fascinating character, and there are some great tidbits within. More notes people might enjoy....
View ArticleDraconic Orlanth
Hello, The Glorantha Wiki talks about Obduran and how he taught his followers to awaken Orlanth's Inner Dragon (Arangorf). Evidently Alakoring killed Arangorf and freed Orlanth. So I have two...
View ArticleCentaurs - Arachne Solara as nature deity
I was looking at the Gloranthan bestiary and it mentions that centaurs worship Arachne Solara in her role of nature deity. I was curious what form this worship took and what the benefits were to...
View ArticleAre Gloranthan Counting Systems Decimal?
Since a real world friend is having a "significant" birthday, it begs this exceptionally nerdy and geeky question: In Glorantha, do most cultures use base 10 for their counting and math? Base 12 like...
View ArticleGriselda Stories
What is the canonical order of the Griselda stories including the extra ones from the Kraken chapbooks?
View ArticleJack O'Bear stories please
I'd like to hear your stories of how you've used/experienced Jack O'Bears effectively in a Glorantha game. I've never put them to great usage as a GM but they sure do have potential to be more than...
View ArticleAre there any male nature spirits in Glorantha ?
The nature spirits presented in the bestiary are all ( as far as I can see ) modelled on the idea of Greek nature spirits: Oreads,Dryads and so on. And so are all female. Which begs the question are...
View ArticleGlorantha technology and Glorantha material technology
over in Esrolian Merchant ships (https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/7379-esrolian-merchant-ships/) the discussion eventually got to X was invented in y BC, so we can have it in Glorantha. I'm not...
View ArticleGeneology of Gustbran ?
I was reading about Gustbran in the Gloranthan Sourcebook and over at the Well of Daliath and i was curious about Gustbrans place in things. His father is of course Lodril, and Lodril starts off as a...
View ArticleZorak Zoran: Mother of Us All
Spun off from Lodri Great Temple to avoid threadjacking. It is all just playing with the pieces, not the word from on high. On 1/8/2023 at 4:27 AM, Joerg said: That would make the Darkness trio...
View ArticleSun Wheel Ruin
Does anyone have info on the Sun Wheel Ruin. I didn't see anything when I searched but may have missed it, please post the thread title if I did. Sun Wheel Ruin: These ancient ruins are associated...
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