Shannon Appelcline:
Good news: I'm working on an Elf Pack for RQ:G right now. We've got a nine-month schedule for it, which will hopefully see it in a complete turnover draft by the end of September.
(And after that's done and published, I find it likely some more material will appear on Jonstown Compendium, for material that doesn't fit in the Elf Pack. It will probably be a 2022 project, after Elf Pack is thoroughly put to bed, but my head is bubbling with red elves, black elves, hero cults, and the forest overviews from Oak & Thorn, all things that are out-of-scope for a Dragon Pass focused Pack.)
(I also handed RPGnet over to a new editor-in-chief last year, and I've now got 2-3 personal writing days on my schedule every week for my own projects, which at this point are primarily Designers & Dragons: The Lost Histories and Elf Pack.)
A Listing of Aldryami Deities
I collected them together in a format that I hadn't used before that better represented some of my early discussions with Greg about them being sequential "plantings".
It also let me connect up some material from different sources, and led me to discover some diagrams that I drew 15 years ago and had since forgotten about.
So here you go, a listing of the Aldryami's spirits/songs/themes/gods.
Missing: heroes and some of the Iri fragments.
Dramatis Prospaedia: The Grower
Potential. The unworshiped potential of the universe.
The First Planting
The Grower. Potential reborn as the unworshiped creator of all things.
The Second Planting
Eron. The healing waters. A piece of the Grower, and one of the Protectors.
Gata. The broken earth. A piece of the Grower, and one of the Protectors.
Halamalao. The warm sun. A piece of the Grower, and one of the Protectors.
Falamal. The Grower reborn in the world, father of all plants.
The Pure Seeding
Aldrya. The first seed planted in Gata.
Haldrya. The first seed planted in Halamalao.
Murthdraya. The first seed planted in Eron.
Seyotel. The song that connects all life.
The Sundering of Seyotel
Eirennor. The first Seer: Aldryami perception.
Larayse. The first Mover: Aldryami mobility.
Trileme. The first Doer: Aldryami action.
The Third Planting
Bengara. Death-to-live, the power to prune, the Grower reborn to embody the Balance.
Veratha. Life-after-life, rebirth, the Grower reborn to embody the Cycle.
The Hybrid Seeding
Mee Vorala. The first plant grown in Trigora, a life in death.
Slor. The first spore, equal parts life and death.
Dramatis Prospaedia: The Taker
The First Planting
The Taker. Potential reborn as the unworshiped destroyer of all things.
The Second Planting
Ekeem. The sterile stone. A piece of the Taker, and one of the Pretenders.
Iri. The enshrouding dust. A piece of the Taker, and one of the Pretenders.
Zasara. The dark sun. A piece of the Taker, and one of the Pretenders.
Bebester. The unworshiped Taker reborn in the world, the great pruner.
The Sundering of Iri
Iniri. The freezing snow. A fragment of Iri, and a lesser Pretender.
Kitipah. The burning flame. A fragment of Iri, and a lesser Pretender.
The Third Planting
Ferotha. Live-to-die, natural death, the Taker reborn to embody the Cycle.
Trigora. Death-after-death, the Underworld, the Taker reborn to upset the Balance.
Notes suplémentaires:
> Which of these survived the Darkness? Which are still worshipped?
The Protectors are all wounded: Halamalao isn't as bright (and isn't at the top of the Sky Dome), Gata is broken into thousands of pieces; and Eron has definitely been damaged, but different myths give different descriptions of that (he took some fire into himself, he wept, he bled, he gave control of the oceans to Magasta).
Haldrya is lost, along with all the white elves.
As for "survived", that's a funny question, because Glorantha and Trigora (the Underworld) are just two parts of the Cycle. I know that at least one of the "spiritual songs" dwells in Trigora. Maybe Larayse. But that doesn't stop Aldryami from communicating with him/her/it. (Technically, all three of the spiritual songs died, because they were normal plants that developed the ability to sense, to move, and to act, but I don't know if they're all still in Trigora or not.)
And there's certainly been a lot of movement between the Underworld and Glorantha: all of the Mreli and all of the Makisanti for a start. And there have definitely been rumors and prophecies that the Vronkali who were planted during Aldrya's Woe will be returning.
Oh, and worshipped? The vast majority of Aldryami worship Aldrya (or Murthdrya). After that, small minorities probably follow Falamal, Eron, Halamalao, and Gata. Then Bengara and Veratha. There are also some very few "dark" elves who follow Ekeem, Iri, and Zasara. The others (the "spiritual songs" in the top triangle) are more abstractions and powers.