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The Greatest Giant of the Wastelands.

  • He was one of the Four Corners and a son of Gata
  • He was the first leader in Brilliantia
  • He was a Namer
  • He named everything in Brilliantia and so the continent is named after him.
  • He ruled Genert's Garden in the Godtime
  • He had seven daughters with the Bountiful Earth
  • The most prominent of his daughters are:
  • Some legends name him as the father or maker of the Elder Giants who fought against the Dragons.
  • He was killed by Chaos at the battle of Earthfall
  • His body devoured by Hyena.
  • Because his body was gone, he was not resurrected at the Dawn
  • The Wastelands are barren because he is dead.
  • No images of him are known.
  • Likstrandros claimed that Gods Wall figure III-1 as an image of him.
  • Some cliff carvings deep in the wastelands show a snake-bodied giant before whom bow known nomad gods.

Sources: Guide to Glorantha, Glorantha Sourcebook, Cults of Runequest: The Prosopaedia, Pavis: Threshold to Danger

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