Who are the ten heroes of Ten?

I think the Heroes of Ten were first mentioned in the ZGG books. Before that, it was assumed that the Duchy of Ten was named after ten nobles who founded the Duchy. Of course, I guess it would be quite possible that they were both heroes and noble.

If so, they would probably have been the leaders of the families Walcheron, Stuveyant, Degern, Gladstone, Rotherman, Campbell, Hubal, Van Rijn and two more.

Of the two unknown families, you could use Astonwood and Arrowdark, two noble families from the BMPG.

-Havard

Yeah, what Havard wrote.

Personally, of course, I favor one of the families to be the Messinas. :wink:

Cool. Those sound good to me. I thought, but wasn't certain, that the ten heroes originated in the zgg material.
I had just read the background in DA4 and that given in ZGG players guide and 4e book.

There's a notable difference in the origin story and I'd guess that's what Dave meant when said the ZGG material was more what he had in mind for Ten.

The ZGG write up describes Ten as a "wild west" of outlaws and bandits, not so much the escaped slaves and social rejects of DA1. The Ten Heroes appear to be bandit leaders (ala Jenkins types) who rise to prominence in the "pirate insurrection" against the Great Empire/Thonia, not a bunch of noble carpetbaggers as in DA1.

The rest of the account seems about the same though.

The noble families are mentioned in the ZGG books as well.

But I don't see them as carpetbaggers, assuming I understand that term correctly. :)

Although they were nobles, I doubt that would mean they were particularly wealthy. Rather, they were part of the group known as the Unwanted, people who for various reasons were persecuted during the more repressive parts of Thonian history.

Pirates and bandit lords are probably more prominent in the coastal cities like Robinsport, which were originally part of the Duchy of the Peaks.

-Havard

Heh, yeah carpetbaggers is a pretty obscure american term. Basicaly referred to northerners who went to the south right after the Civil war "carpetbags" (suitcases) in hand and to take advantage of cheap land or scarcity of goods or whatever to make money or take over in the war ravaged south. The term came to to mean basically anybody who moves into a new place and starts throwing their weight around or takes advantage of the locals.