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  1. The Pol-joni have been full Praxians for 200 years, they herd cattle, that are descended from Storm Bull and Eiritha, the same parents as Waha himself. While Orlanth is the Leader of the Pol-joni (25%), Waha (7%) is still the culture hero of the Praxians. Living in the Marches, rain is more important to the cattle, so Orlanth is dominant. 10K Pol-jon gives 3K men x7% = 210 Waha initiates, which gives them two minor temples each and likely a single shaman and khan. For big stuff, they'll have to go to a major temple, likely, the Paps or a nearby tribe's for major events. No, they are Praxians. See Pol-Joni box in the Guide page 446
  2. Note that Uralda was the Old Heortling name of a cow goddess from the period before contact with Prax was resumed. David Dunham thought that would be a better name for the 1330-era settlers in King of Dragon Pass than Eiritha. But it is now 1625, and we have more than a century of intensive interaction with the Praxians. And so Eiritha is her more commonly used name in Sartar. (See Cults of Sartar post).
  3. In short, yes there are other local masks of Storm Bull, like Bisos who is the god of free men. I've always seen these other bull gods as the counterpart of whoever is the cattle goddess (mask of Eiritha). Free resources: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/?s=bisos https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/?s=bemur https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/?s=Tawar https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/?s="bull+god" See also https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/swish-wrap.cgi?query=bisos&submit=Search!&metaname=swishdefault&sort=swishrank
  4. Yes. Bisos in the Yelm pantheon is a mask of Storm Bull, see the Prosopaedia page 16. Lightbringers also mentions another mask, Bemur (see Enclosure 1).
  5. The Northern Sartar map in the Starter is based directly on Greg's master map, so is now the de facto standard. The GM Screen pack are art maps, giving a general idea, but not really accurate, but good enough to game with. As a side note, remember the Rotroots are Varmandi, not Hiordings and that the hamlet is shared. I put the Rotroots on the northern side of the hamlet, closer to the Varmandi (the border is the river).
  6. The Heler glyph appears on page 98 of Lightbringers. It's not mentioned as a rune in the text, hence referred to as a glyph
  7. In an old game the Sartarites called Pavis Gay Pavée...
  8. Personally I don't think i've ever said Yelmalion, as Yelmalian rolls out much easier...
  9. In Cuentos de la MilIcIa del Condado Solar, the Spanish translator used yelmalita, yelmalitas. Is that from the Swedish Sun County?
  10. Yelmalion, Yelmalions. RQG 409. Yelmite, Yelmites. Upcoming fire / sky book Vingan, Vingans Praxians, Beast riders, Animal nomads Esrolian, Esrolians. RQG 24 Ernaldan, Ernaldans. RQG 86 Pavisite, Pavisites. Pavis Classic 19, et al.
  11. PDF page 96, Umath’s Ruins, and each took part of him before sending out into the world. -> spreading PDF page 98, and the stars become increasingly visible the stars.
  12. Start a thread on Alastor's Skull Inn.
  13. Sure, these are Jeff's notes from ten years ago, I'm just going by what's recently published. The correct link is: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/history-of-malkioni-thought-brithini-and-first-age/
  14. The Blue book is the genealogies and synonyms of the gods (Prosopaedia 123, GtG 53)...
  15. It's called the Divine world glyph. It's had a number of uses and meanings over the years, in addition those above. It appears in the Glorantha Core Rune Font as the place holder for Godsday (now replaced by fate ) Note that the Khodavan version is a square shape and opposed to the rounder version above (and has a different meaning inverted) The Theya glyph is much uglier:
  16. Loads of great material: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/home/catalogue/publishers/chaosium/chaosium-magazines/wyrms-footnotes/wyrms-footnotes-15-3/
  17. Given they were only ever flimsy softbacks, the PODs are great buy them here: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/MoonDesign
  18. It's in the RQ Bestiary 71 (2019), Sourcebook 63 (2018) Guide page 91 (2014)
  19. Helering is now only used for gender (RQG 81, Starter Set also) and you don't need to be blue. It isn't used as a name of those who worship Heler and as such is not include in Lightbringers. It's also name of the children of the water god Heler and their followers in the Godtime (Mythology). The Helerings were then destroyed by Chaos, save for a few surviving colonies along the Manirian shore (Heortling Mythology 65). Given the small number of survivors at the Dawn, they are now likely mixed into to the Orlanthi populations of Maniria where an occasional blue person is born. Greg Sez that Being blue shows that these people have more water in their physical makeup than all of the other elements combined. Which gives us a straightforward rule on who is blue!
  20. Where I just see waves... (and Greg's repurposing of the Aquarius glyph)
  21. David Scott

    Donandar

    Avatars, like Sorana Tor is Kero Fin.
  22. David Scott

    Tapping

    See the Q&A: Steal Breath (page 400) Tap Body (page 400) Jeff Richard says: Using Tap [Steal Breath] against humans, is going to mark the caster as an outlaw by pretty much all other Malkioni. That means no allies, no cult support, nothing. If he is a Lhankor Mhy cultist, his temple is going to get plagued by angry wind spirits and maybe even get a visit from the local Orlanth Rex. The kin of his victims may complain – even if they are nonhumans like dark trolls, that is the sort of “evil magic” that might get you outlawed from your tribe or city. It is the sort of spell that identifies you to everyone as an Evil Sorcerer – the sort of bad guy that adventurers get hired to kill. Why would Malkioni look down on tapping? Jeff Richard says: Nearly all Malkioni accept the Law of Malkion as the keystone to the faith. Sadly, the ease with which this law can be misinterpreted has led to many different sects of Malkionism. The law is summarized below: 1. The Invisible God is the God beyond the gods. 2. Follow the righteous path of your caste. (This is usually defined as imposing different rules for each caste.) 3. Love that which the Invisible God has created. 4. Do not ruin that which you love. (This is usually defined as including a proscription against use of the Tap Technique.)
  23. Yes, must be 7th edition. I think most CoC monographs were per 2014, so all would need updating. https://support.drivethrurpg.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005751243-Chaosium-Miskatonic-Repository-
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