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I've been waiting to see if anyone noticed the doves in the painting - doves being the preferred vessels for Ulerian allied spirits...

Identical to the entry in the original Borderlands Referee Handbook quoted above.

Primarily Agimori (though not Praxian Agimori) - dark skinned but with more variation than you'll find on the plains further south: black, dark red, dark brown, a few with grey/pale blue skin. Hair, probably black or dark brown. Size: normal human. Be warned that in terrestrial Africa and Mesoamerica, there's a significant variation in skin tone, so it is hardly surprising that the same is true in Glorantha.

Jaldon Goldentooth being an exception, which is why the White Bull secret society brought him back to lead the war against the Lunar Empire.

Purely the Praxian Agimori. I am unaware of any canonical stats for the inhabitants of Pamaltela.

In Wyrms Footnotes#12 and Borderlands Referee Handbook the Praxian Agimori are defined so: STR 3D6+6 CON 1D4+14 SIZ 3D6+6 INT 3D6 POW 3D6 CHA 3D6 This makes them on average a bit tougher and taller than the average non-Praxian Agimori but not literally 'man-and-a-half' sized.

True: that's pretty much what I stated in my earlier comment. It is also mentioned in the Guide.

Whilst the God Learner maps in the Guide must be treated with caution (being God Learner constructs) from them it is apparent that Thinobutu and its inhabitants are not descended from the Agi or the Agimori. See the map on page 683, where the Thinobutu People are both distinct and distant from Pamalt's Fields. The map on page 684 makes it clear they are not Artmali either. The text on page 690 states that some people escaped from Thinobutu on the ships of the Blue People... From this I draw the conclusion that whilst the majority of people in Maslo are pure Agimori, there is a relic population from Thinobutu of an undefined racial type (one of those 'Other minor human or semi-human races' mentioned in the Guide).

The people of Maslo are dark-skinned, but, as with the Wareran of Genertela, who are a fair to olive-skinned race (though blue and other hues are not unknown) there's considerable variation. Their appearance and range of coloration might be gleaned from their myth of origin in Thinobutu where Soli made men and women out of red earth, brown sand, gray earth, and black mud. For example, the people of Thinokos have pale-blue skin and also claim to have come from Thinobutu.

Yes and no. Esrola is the Land Goddess of Esrolia and also treated as an aspect of Ernalda. Esrola Uleria is worshipped only in a few places in Dragon Pass, and it is probable that her priestesses wear a different costume to purely Esrola clergy. Esrola Uleria is viewed very differently to Esrola: Uleria is viewed as one of the enemy gods - the goddess of all-consuming passion, whose influence drive men to fight with or abandon their own kin, whereas Esrola is the manifest Earth and the Earth mother. So in both Storm and Solar cultures Uleria is a goddess who must be restricted.... The Dara Happans think Orlanth is the son of Uleria... In Esrolia, there is a temple to Uleria at Ezel, and I imagine lesser shrines in Nochet (if Seseine has a temple there then Uleria can hardly be excluded). I doubt it, as different cultures will have different views as to what is alluring or seductive. I would not be surprised if the Ulerians who travel around Sun County aren't fully clothed and veiled so as not to scandalize the social mores of the Yelmalions, but remove a layer or two in a sacred setting, and several more for worship. Conversely, given that Esrolians aren't going to be shocked by Minoan styles, a Ulerian might 'cover up' in gauzy silks or linen, which both conceal and display. Whilst the Holy Country has lost much of its 'Egyptian' feel (though kohl-rimmed eyes, close-fitting tube dresses and linen are still present), I suspect Ulerians favor diaphanous fabrics, especially thin silk and the sort of fine linen the Ancient Egyptians called 'royal linen', or even wear 'bead-net dresses' either sewn onto a linen dress or worked into a separate net worn over the linen, or lacking any backing at all... Perhaps a scene in a Nochet temple to Uleria...

I wouldn't be surprised if, in Esrolia, Ulerian initiates and priestesses aren't more demure in their costume that others. The costume of Samha on page 244 of Pavis:GtA might be imported from Esrolia: certainly the linen and perhaps the silk are.

If you peruse HeroQuest: Glorantha, you'll find Minoan-style dresses are common in Esrolia; less common in Sartar because of the climate.

The description in GRoY describes the center as occupied by the 'fifth quarter', the 'head quarter'. Then he created the first war formation, which was arranged like his city. It was round, for in the ranks each soldier stood shoulder to shoulder with his fellow, curving around to form a circle. The men were divided into four groups, each facing a different direction. And in the center was a fifth quarter, the head quarter. This formation is called the Sunstand formation. There is no mention of magicians in the regimental organization, though doubtless a regiment included regimental priests.

Gagarth is primarily a member of the Orlanth pantheon though he fights his kin as eagerly as he fights anyone else, and appears in the Praxian pantheon; Inora is also a member of the Orlanth pantheon but appears in Praxian and Troll pantheons; the Horned Man is universal. Like other deities, these can appear in the myths of other pantheons, and the Horned Man appears in all shamanic traditions, though often with a local name or title. Inora is known as the White Princess in Prax; Gagarth is the Wild Hunter in Prax.

Sidana, the Black Goat, has several paragraphs in the AH 'Lords of Terror' page 86. She is the goddess of incest.

They are usually quite tough, and most initiate into the cult of Mallia. Even male broo can catch diseases they are not immune to...

It contains far more than is in 'Gods of Glorantha'.

I can't find any references to a phalanx adopting a circular hollow formation, though a hollow square is described. You may be referring to the circular schiltron, which may or may not have been hollow, but it wasn't a Classical or Macedonian phalanx formation so far as I am aware...

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There's a full write-up of the cult of Uleria in Different Worlds #38.

Probably not, as they are happy in daylight.

Then they may encounter the Ulerian entourage that follows a regular circuit around Sun County to minister to lay worshippers...

Underworld creatures, and not Chaotic. Their black coloration, glowing eyes and nostrils snorting smoke indicate their origin in a Hell, but they are no more Chaotic than a Mistress Race Troll.

Yelmalions certainly visit Uleria temples - see Sun County by MOB. Approximately one in a hundred women in Sun County are members of Uleria's cult, and the High Priestess of Uleria in Pavis is an orphan of the Yelmalion 'quarter' Sun Town. Her temple in Pavis lies within the borders of Sun Town. In Sartarite and Yelmalion custom (at least in Pavis) attending her priestesses is not adulterous and does not violate marriage contracts. Sartarites view Uleria as a guise of Esrola. The Solar cults of Dara Happa recognize Uleria but don't like her. In the Guide, she is present upon the Gods Wall but described thus: The Goddess of Lust, Lewdness, Nakedness, and Fertility. She was allowed into Heaven because she had been Love, a member of the Celestial Court. But when the rest of Glorantay rightfully fled she remained behind and so was perverted by the world and destroyed it. She is also called Celestial Body 69. She is also called by many names unfit for ink and papyrus. However, as a recognized goddess, she has temples in Dara Happan, but probably very discrete ones off the main streets. The sources you need to look at are: The Guide to Glorantha, Pavis: Gateway to Adventure, and the long out-of-print Sun County.

Broo-on-broo mating is unusual, because female broo are rare, and have a sense of self-preservation and so avoid being impregnated. Male broo-on-broo is also atypical, because it reduces the population of a tribe by replacing an adult with small and weak young. Both kinds of reproduction generally only occur when a powerful broo institutes a breeding program, and even then the results can be variable.