i'm throwing my little thunderstone in this furious debate by quoting Amazon on three Mongoose future publicaions named "Blood of Orlanth".
Seems that GAG, official, one-true Glorantha is taking a heavy blow on its head. Quite teasing anyway:
"Blood of Orlanth:
1-Revelation
Book One - Revelation There is a legend that few Gloranthans will
ever know. It tells how during the Godswar, in the land which is now
called Dragon Pass, Orlanth was almost slain by one of the vile Chaos
Gods that rose from the Void and threatened to extinguish all life in
the world. To the Orlanthi, this is a foul lie. Yet to a minor, lone
cult of the barbarians, it is a terrible truth and a secret shame - a
secret they guard forever. The God Learners have learned a shard of
this hidden truth. Arch-sorcerers of the Alliance have mastered a
ritual that can use the blood of the wounded Storm God to achieve
their own unknowable ends, perhaps even rewriting history and
altering the life of Orlanth himself. But the blood must come from
this secret myth. Jrustelan agents make their way to Dragon Pass now,
seeking to prise the secret legend from the Orlanthi that live there.
Delecti the Inquirer, the traitorous sorcerer, is aware of his former
brethren's machinations. He employs his own agents, Dragonspeakers
and mercenaries allied to the Empire, to watch over the conquered
Orlanthi of Dragon Pass and ensure the God Learners do not learn the
full truth of this legend.
2-Insurrection
The God Learners are entrenched in Dragon Pass. Their agents weave
their tendrils of influence through the Orlanthi communities there,
sowing seeds of rebellion among the conquered barbarians in order to
destabilise and distract the Imperial agents sent to the region. As
villages threaten to break into revolt, the Jrustelan sorcerers come
ever closer to enacting the ritual that will allow them to violate
Orlanth's secret myth. It is down to the EWF warriors and magicians
in the area to quell the uprisings in the population by any means
necessary. If they are successful, only then can they defeat the God
Learners' ambitions before the sorcerers enter the Hero Plane and
steal a god's blood.
3-devastation
The God Learner plan moves into its final, most desperate stage. With
their rituals broken and their schemes crushed at every turn, the
sorcerers of Jrustela plan to magically tear the secrets they need
from the souls of the hidden Orlanthi cult. One way or another, war
is coming to Dragon Pass - a secret war, a Shadow War - that will
play out away from the eyes of mere mortals. The Imperial agents must
stop the God Learners' final mystic rites else all the struggle and
bloodshed so far will be for naught. In every battle there is a
crucial moment: a fulcrum upon which all hope and despair balance. It
is in that moment that the fate of each conflict is decided. That
moment has come."
BTW, I just can't wait for your nex tome on heortling knowledge jeff, your Glorantha is definitely the one I feel in my veins !
Fred the french Grognard
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