Hyalor

Hyalor (center) as depicted in *Ride Like The Wind*.

Hyalor was born a human man, but through his invention of riding and his role in founding Hyaloring culture, he became a god. Hyalor married and outlived seven human women during his mortal life, including Bayya, Shileva, Zervu, and, lastly, Vashya. Hyalor's children by them formed the ancestral lines of the Rider clans. He is now one of the most important Rider gods, although the Wheels disdain and despise his worship.

Hyalor is close to Gamari, was a mentor to Osara, and his household took in Zarlen as a child. However, Hyalor, by then old and weary of outliving people, had little to do with the boy, leaving him to be raised by his wife, Vashya. Samnal, god of the Wheels, is his rival. His father was Yamsur the Shining, a now-dead solar god. As his last act before ascending to the Sky Court as a god, he fathered a daughter, Cenala, by the elf goddess Aldrya.

After he left his people, he left many secrets for them to find later, as they explored the world. If you're lucky you may find some of them.

## Ride Like the Wind

### Worship

You can build a shrine or a temple to Hyalor. His blessings are:

* Horsebreaker: Allows taming wild horses.
* Horsefriend: Prolongs the life of our horses.
* Law: Keeps unresolved disputes from souring clan mood.

Additionally, if you accept Cenala as his daughter and have built a shrine to Hyalor, vines will grow on the shrine and impart a Wilds blessing as long as it stands. Note that if you lose the shrine (or temple) for whatever reason, you will not be able to regain the vines and their blessing, even if you build a new shrine.

### On the Circle

    Having a worshipper of Hyalor on the clan circle allows you to put an extra point of magic in both Harmony and Diplomacy at Sacred Time.

In noble selection screens and the clan circle, his worshippers' portraits are marked with the Mastery Rune.

### Lore

The last of Hyalor's wives, Vashya, was the mother of Basikan, the ancestor of your clan.

### Ride Like the Wind

Over the course of *Ride Like the Wind*, you will hear of Hyalor's half-elf daughter, Cenala. It's up to you whether your clan accepts this revelation or denounces it as heresy.

Naturally enough, your people have a great deal to say about their god-hero:

* "Hyalor told Osara, 'When you are right, argue. When you are wrong, throw a feast.'"
* "Elmal taught us to feast together. Gamari gave us her milk, and Hyalor showed us how to ferment it."
* "Trolls beset Hippogriff, devouring her wings. Hyalor came to her when she was wounded, and led her to a people in need."
* "Hyalor would still embrace Gamari, if she became Hippogriff again."
* "Hyalor saved Gamari by changing the rules that governed her existence."
* "Hyalor refashioned us twice: when he saved Gamari, and when he helped us flee Nivorah."
* "When Gamari lost her wings, Hyalor adopted her into his clan."
* "In Nivorah every noble house owned slaves. We gave up this practice when Hyalor and Gamari showed us the freedom of the trail."
* "The first stories came about long before Hyalor was born. But he made sure we took some with us on the exodus."
* "When Samnal denied Hyalor’s holy blood, Hyalor held his tongue, for the good of the city."
* "When Hyalor captured the Law Beast, he put it on a leash, so it would serve without biting."
* "Hyalor never told us to have kings, so we must solve disputes by feuds and parleys."
* "Hyalor took Raven in. In exchange, Raven said she would perform harsh but necessary acts, preserving Hyalor’s divine purity."
* "Don’t take this wrong, but sometimes I think Riders make such a huge fuss over Hyalor because he’s the god who separates you from the Wheels."
* "Wheels portray Hyalor as a mortal who sped the Golden City's doom with radical changes."
* "Hyalor’s mother did not need to be married to give birth to a man of divine destiny."
* "When we declined to enslave the goat herders, Hyalor held up his tablet, and we saw ourselves reflected in it."
* "Hyalor said, 'Whatever rules you write on your tablets, remember you are still one people.'"
* "Hyalor said, 'Here's a tablet with the rules on it. You see that I left it blank.'"
* "When Hyalor gave us the blank gold tablets, he said, 'Let this be your only emperor.'"
* "Hyalor said our elders should solve disputes, so that clan members would not raise their hands against one another."
* "The Wheels accept Hyalor as a hero who learned horse secrets, but deny that he ascended to the sky as a god."
* "When Hyalor was still a man, his renown grew, and all learned to call on him for aid."
* "This would surprise Hyalor, but unlike other gods he likes surprises."

### Myths & Rituals

Hyalor's main myth is the Tablets of Hyalor, which is the basis of his ritual, Hyalor Tablet Maker. Depending on your choices, you may discover an additional myth about him, Hyalor's Long Ride.

He also appears in Raven and Hyalor, Hippogriff Reborn, and Zarlen's First Wander. And although the myth of Nyalda's Bride Price does not involve him, he appears in the ritual Nyalda Marriage Maker as one of Elmal's kinsmen.

## Lights Going Out

Due to his prohibition against kings, by the time of *Lights Going Out*, your clan had to give up their worship of Hyalor to crown Beren and become the royal clan of the Berenethtelli tribe. They even melted down their copy of Hyalor's Tablet into the Crown of Beren.

Over the course of the game, it is possible for Hyalor to visit the valley and gift those clans who remember the prohibition against kings a gift of magic. Curiously, despite your clan no longer worshipping Hyalor and, at least nominally, being ruled by a king, he will bless your clan as well. Similarly, yours is the only Ram clan to benefit from the possession of the Tablet of Hyalor treasure.

### Lore

Despite no longer worshipping Hyalor, your clan ring in *Lights Going Out* still has quite a few things to say about him:

* "Hyalor was a mortal man when he taught the Riders to survive. When he died he became a god."
* "Hyalor died as a man but remains as a god. A Rider could explain it better."
* "Hyalor urged the Riders to seek balance in all things."
* "Hyalor said, 'Choose your enemies carefully.'"
* "Hyalor said, 'Choose your foes with care.'"
* "Hyalor said we should not have kings. We melted down his tablet to make Beren's crown."
* "Hyalor said we should not have kings. We had to give up his tablet when Beren was crowned."
* "Hyalor disdained kings, and has been justly left behind."
* "Hyalor disapproved of kings and that would go double for regalia."
* "Hyalor, guardian hero of early Riders, taught them that kings were unnecessary. To have an Elmali king, we had to become Rams."
* "Beren's law code harmonized the traditions of Hyalor and Vingkot."
* "No other Ram clan, and no Wheel clan, will gain magic from a Hyalor tablet. All Rider clans already have one."
* "When Hyalor First Rider healed Horse Mother, the Wheels tried to chain and enslave her."
* "Hyalor's horse goddess was First Horse, a role Redalda performed for us."
* "When Hyalor First-Rider went to Samnal to show him his horse, Samnal reached for his chains."
* "Like ancient Hyalor, we must travel far, seeking the change brings survival."

### Myths & Rituals

Hyalor makes an appearance in the myth How Horses Came To Orlanthstead.

## Other Stories

Hyalor is mentioned in other stories of Glorantha:

* Hyalor on the Glorantha wiki

## Images

Hyalor comforts the maimed Gamari.The elderly Hyalor bids a final farewell to Gamari.A newly transformed Gamari resists Hyalor's efforts to ride her.Hyalor offers a reward to a noble who has successfully completed his ritual.Hyalor argues with Raven.Hyalor joins Relandar in presenting Elmal to Nyalda and her kinswomen.Depiction of Hyalor leading his people out of Nivorah.