Lost civilization in Dismal Swamp

[Havard]

Hmm. Starting to flesh out this idea a little further. The civilization should have a name, of course....

I thought I'd make a nod to Arnesson's Scandinavian ancestry so I looked up some words for frog. Maybe "groda" (sweedish) has promise, but I don't know how best to use that. I mean (and I'm looking mostly at you Havard) should it be the Groda; Grodan; Grodoan; Grodian; Grodalin?

Maybe Groda from the Grodan empire? I dunno.

Or maybe some other name entirely? Suggestions?

I like Grodian

I agree that there is something about the Sar Aigu/Froglin relationship that does not entirely make sense. I do believe that the origin of both races is tied to the entity known as The Frog though. It is perfectly possible that he is neither a Frog nor a Lizard.

It occurs to me that the Eras described in the Dungeons of Castle Blackmoor are named after whoever controlled the Blackmoor Peninsula (the location of Castle Blackmoor later) at the time, not who controlled the entire North or the world at large. It is perfectly possible to have multiple races and civilisations existing at the same time as the ones controlling the Peninsula.

As to the Sar-Aigu, I do not see them as primitive, but rather just alien in the Lovecraftian sense. Their purposes and behaviour is nearly impossible to understand to a human mind. At the same time, they would have been able to evoke powerful magic, including the ability to summon demons. I would not have them be slaves of the Froglin, but I agree that the Froggies are more likely to build the kind of structures that humans could identify.

BTW, sorry for the late response. I've just been a bit busy again

-Havard