02-02-2010, 05:07 AM
Very interesting topic gentlemen! 
This is pretty much correct. However, the name Thonia originally appeared on the map in the D&D Master's Set by Frank Mentzer. Ritchie linked Blackmoor to Thonia, suggesting that the "Thonia" on the Mystara map was where the inhabitants of the Great Kingdom fled to after the Great Rain of Fire. This is all part of Ritchie's project of connecting Mystara and Blackmoor. IIRC Bruce Heard was already Product Manager of the Classic D&D line at this time, so he may have played a role in this as well.
Very little is known about the Mystaran Thonia, though Frank Mentzer suggested he may have had the word "Cthonia" in mind when he came up with that name. This is interesting since the word Cthonia also pops up in Dungeons of Castle Blackmoor....
Havard
Rafael Wrote:Not exactly. In Arneson's campaign, Thonia was always just "The Great Kingdom". I think Thonia would actually have been one of David Ritchie's additions.
This is pretty much correct. However, the name Thonia originally appeared on the map in the D&D Master's Set by Frank Mentzer. Ritchie linked Blackmoor to Thonia, suggesting that the "Thonia" on the Mystara map was where the inhabitants of the Great Kingdom fled to after the Great Rain of Fire. This is all part of Ritchie's project of connecting Mystara and Blackmoor. IIRC Bruce Heard was already Product Manager of the Classic D&D line at this time, so he may have played a role in this as well.
Very little is known about the Mystaran Thonia, though Frank Mentzer suggested he may have had the word "Cthonia" in mind when he came up with that name. This is interesting since the word Cthonia also pops up in Dungeons of Castle Blackmoor....
Havard
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