Question here is: What sort of world was Blackmoor around the founding of Thonia? I believe this was the end of the era that DoCBM called the Age of Giants, when Giants ruled the north. I don't have DoCBM with me, but one of the races mentioned there are Fire Giants. I am thinking that these Fire Giants would be followers of Zugzul. Perhaps Zugzul had a following in that part of the world a milennion before his Afridhi are lead there?

More on Zugzul's relations to Fire Giants here:
http://www.pandius.com/zugzul.html

Anyway, I imagine that Halgred would have done a great deal of Giant Slaying in his youth...


-Havard

DA 3 has the Fire Giants of Windhoek practising the obscure religion of Shokai a cult of sacrifice by burning. AC10 has war between the Gundirrim (Fire Giants) and Bromdignags (Cloud Giants) which the Gundirrim win driving the Cloud giants into the mountains and clouds.

The old Frisii, still in the iron age, could be attempting to establish tribal lands, likely foes would be fomorian like swamp dwellers, prehaps related to the later Gatormen. The picts would also be more prominent.

Looking at the Company of the Maiden Timeline, I found some interesting ideas for the life of the young King Robert of Geneva. As he was contemporary with Halgred Forestwalker, I think it could be interesting to weave these tales together a little.

-Havard

We might differ there completely, but you do a lot of things with the Valemen and that Highlander race :) that might be reconcilable with my idea of the Genevans.

When did Genevans become Thonians? Are Valemen old Genevans? Stuff like that would be interesting to explore!

The only thing is, I think I canned King Uhlmar for the LFC timeline,
because the concept would not be compatible with the WL timelines.

:) Okay, I see.

Now, the problem I personally am having through the nature of the LFC is that everything is naturally three times as old - the Dragon Kings (think FR Netheril), the Macrab, the Thracians, all of them had full-fledged D&D societies.

The notion of something being "first" in the North, which, in my timeline was populated relatively late, and even then already marked as snakemen and Thracian territory. Our past is supposed to have had Wizard-Kings, the Red Coven, and thousands of years of history. That is why I'm always pretty defensive about this stuff. :)

But, obviously, you have no obligation to work solely based on the WL/BM connection.
- Go on with this! I'm excited to hear more. (And to mine it for myself.)