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FRONELA

Credits

Contents

Introduction

Author

Lawrence Whitaker

RuneQuest Logo

Anne Stokes

A History of Fronela

Editor

Nick Robinson

Interior Illustrations

Andrew Dobell, Carlos

Martins, German Ponce, Leonel

Domingos da Costa, Marco

Morte & Phil Renne

Lands of the West

Layout

Will Chapman

Loskalm

Janube City States

Special Thanks

Greg Stafford, Roderick

Robertson, Mike Dawson, Jeff

Richard, David Hall, Jamie

‘Trotsky’ Revell & Adam

Gullwell

Charg and Golaros

Cover Art

Iñaki Gonzalez Ormaetxea

The Hsunchen Lands

Cover Design

Bob Cram, Dan Howard &

Jeff Koch

Cults of Fronela

All Thanks to the Martyr

Index

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F R O N E L A

INTRODUCTION

It is quite something to encounter the peculiar ways

of those who think all men are equal or should be

made that way. A cursory perusal of the Abiding

Book shows this to be a borderline heresy as it is

quite clear that the Invisible God did not intend

men to be equal, and nor does he seek for men

to establish any kind of equilibrium under their

own devices. Nature and myth exist because of

hierarchies; because of superiorities. Some may

delude themselves into believing that equality offers

some form of divine state of being, but, ultimately,

they are fools who will wreck themselves in pursuit

of their own egalitarianism.

Chapter Three – Loskalm and Junora

A gazetteer detailing the western region of Fronela;

the kingdom of Loskalm and its semi-independent

neighbour, Junora. This is the Fronelan heartland;

civilised, sophisticated, but coming to terms with a

new era after the God Learner retreat.

Chapter Four – The Janube City States

A gazetteer detailing the diverse city states of the

Janube river valley, including Sog City and Galastar.

The Janube City States are diverse and confused – a

potential crucible for unrest as residual God Learner

and EWF interests compete for this inﬂ uential region.

Chapter Five – Charg and Golaros

The Orlanthi regions of Fronela, both Old Ways

Traditionalist and Draconic are detailed in this chapter.

The Orlanthi are relative newcomers to Fronela, and have

faced their fair share of difﬁ culties as a conquered people:

ﬁ rst by the EWF, then by the Carmanians, and now with

the threat of the Galininni Horse People from Ralios.

There is no such thing as equality. There is no such

thing as perfect balance. If there was, we would

have found it by now and, most likely, broken it.

Prince Ullmal of Jrustela: ‘The Unorthodox

Orthodoxies’ (Sog City Edition)

Chapter Six – The Hsunchen Lands

Rathorela, Tastolar and Winterwood, home to hsunchen

tribes of Fronela, are detailed here. The beast people of

the north are wild and reclusive; this chapter overviews

their society and the tribes of the forests and tundra.

This book describes the realm of Fronela, the lands

north of Ralios and west of Peloria. This extensive

region is home to Malkionist, Hrestolists, Wyrmfriends

and Orlanthi and is contested to a lesser extent by all

although none has the appetite to make Fronela a

front for concerted warfare. These westerns lands are

ﬁ lled with city-states, isolated kingdoms, vast forests

and peculiar ruins that harken back to the God Time.

Fronela is, at once, divorced from and wedded to the

greater imperial conﬂ icts of Second Age Glorantha,

yet caught in its own, strange, idealistic miasma.

Chapter Seven – Fronelan Cults

New cults covering the Hrestoli religions, draconic

mysticism and draconised Orlanthi.

Chapter Eight – All Thanks to the Martyr

In which the characters ﬁ nd themselves on a quest

to retrieve the bones of the martyr, Galastar, but ﬁ nd

themselves caught up in the agendas of the remaining

God Learner factions of the Janube city states.

An overview of the book’s contents, chapter by

chapter, follows.

Chapter One – A Brief History of Fronela

From the Dawn Age to The Closing – an overview of

Fronelan history and timeline of its key events.

What Else Do I Need?

To make the most of Fronela , access to the following

other RuneQuest books will be helpful:

Players Guide to Glorantha

Cults of Glorantha volumes I and II

Magic of Glorantha

RuneQuest Spell Book.

Chapter Two – Lands of the West

An overview of the major lands, peoples and cultures of

Fronela. Essential information pertaining to the region.

I N T R O D U C T I O N

Introduction

A HISTORY OF FRONELA

Loskalm is founded on heresy. When

Hrestol was butchered in Sog City, the

world was favoured that day. All those that

revere his name should be similarly treated.

Akem was formed in the south of Fronela, arising from

fragmented Junora and assimilating the small kingdoms

around the Ozur Bay. Akem could have become the

prevailing nation across Fronela, uniting all under its

banner, and, for 265 years, it was a powerful seat of

Malkionist and Hrestolic belief. However, sorcerous

experiments opened the Gate of Banir in Akem, which

allowed Gbaji to enter the kingdom, and, for almost

two centuries his agents work tirelessly to establish

Gbaji as the challenger to order and the Invisible God.

Gbajists turn Akem’s benevolent rule into a tyrannical

power intent on subjugation along the Janube. Heroes

working from outside and inside Akem, such as

Varganthar and Talor, eventually closed the Gate of

Banir and defeated the Gbajists, but at a terrible price:

Akem ceases to exist as a kingdom and is absorbed

into the relatively new kingdom of Loskalm.

Fluilea Gencourt, Proselytizer of Dangk

In the Dawn Age, the land that came to be known as

Fronela was in turmoil. Barbarians ruled from the

forests of Winterwood and Rathorela, through the

Janube Valley and down to the Nidan Mountains. The

land was in a constant ﬂ ux of war and murder, with

hundreds of pagan gods driving their tribes to acts of

mindless slaughter. Life was short; true belief was

lacking. Civilisation? None that could be discerned.

Fronela was a land of perpetual war. Pockets of civility

existed; Agria in the north, Sog City at the mouth of

the Janube, but elsewhere there was turmoil.

Loskalm represented an alliance of small states who

opposed the tyranny of Akem. As others joined its

cause, its territories increased, coming to include Junora

and, following the closing of the Gate of Banir, Akem.

Following Akem’s demise, Loskalm ruled peacefully

for two hundred years but it eventually plunged into

its own, introverted mess as the Wars of Succession

threatened to wreck the kingdom completely. Noble

families struggled for the throne of Loskalm and even

though peace was reached, after 25 years of war, it

was at considerable cost. One faction had accepted the

support of the God Learners; this secured them power,

but also cemented God Learner inﬂ uence into western

Fronela. Loskalm joined the Middle Sea Empire in 727,

forcing some generals of the Wars of Succession out

of Fronela completely. One such exile was Syranthir

Forefront, a challenger for Loskalm’s crown who was

forced, by Jrusteli forces, across the Janube valley and

out through Charg. Leaving Fronela forever, Syranthir

eventually reached Peloria and formed Carmania,

becoming its ﬁ rst Shah.

Things changed when Hrestol, a prince of the Seshneg,

experienced the revelations of the Invisible God and

decided to unite the western lands through union with

the Invisible God. Hrestol’s task was to teach Solace in

Glory to the heathen masses and he undertook several

great pilgrimages, undergoing further revelations along

the way. His teachings invigorated the stale, static

Malkionist cults that were scattered in the midst of the

pagan gods, and they began to see order emerging from

the disruption. As Hrestol preached, he was accepted

as the Prince, the Judge and the Prophet. His ideas

spread; idealism replaced stagnation; the word of the

Invisible God challenged and replaced the pagan gods,

who faltered and died. Hrestol’s ideas of chivalry

and unswerving devotion to the Law of the Invisible

God replaced the chaos of unchecked war. Kingdoms

coalesced and found direction; logic through worship

replaced undirected political ambition. Steadily,

Fronela became civilised.

The God Learners ruled for 140 years, launching

campaigns along the Janube and replacing Hrestolism

with the True Malkioni Church. At ﬁ rst, Jrusteli

inﬂ uence was benign, but as the Middle Sea Empire

consolidated its power across Glorantha, and prevailed

Following Hrestol’s martyrdom in Sog City, Hrestolism

as a religion took hold across Fronela. The kingdom of

A H I S T O R Y O F F R O N E L A

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