09-15-2019, 02:02 PM
Working on some timeline stuff and its been forcing me to think about Baron Jenkins and Fant.
Here we have them listed as houses, but there are a couple problems doing that.
The obvious one is that in other cases, we use the baron's first name - for example, Baron Alvarez, Baron Calvin and so on. We never say Baron Andahar.
So theoretically, it should be Baron Jenkins of house x and Baron Fant of house x, etc.
Here is the other thing. Jenkins was, from the start, in control of Glendower and the surrounding land.
If you look at DA1, the description of the Baron of Glendower really sounds a lot like Duane Jenkins and his character. There is even the bit about being bitten by the undead (a lycanthrope in DA1, but a vampire in the original campaign).
DA1 clearly has a lot of name changes, and they all do have a kind of similar style, which probably means they were done by David Ritchie or somebody at TSR. I think "Bascom Ungulian" was an editorial change to Jenkins. The other thing to note is that the Ungulian family has had control of Glendower for some time.
In any case "Jenkins" makes more sense to me as a first name, and that would apparently make him an Ungulian - presumably the father of Bascom.
Same reasoning applies to Fant.
When the elves take over Blackmoor castle after the second Coot invasion and the invaders are defeated, CoTT 4 #6 says Fant "has returned to Bramwald".
So apparently Baron Fant was from Bramwald. Sometime not long after his return there he becomes the Vampire Sir Fang.
The Baron of Bramwald in DA1 is given as Bram Tagus. So I think it makes sense to suppose that Baron Fant was also a Tagus.
Something to consider anyway.
Here we have them listed as houses, but there are a couple problems doing that.
The obvious one is that in other cases, we use the baron's first name - for example, Baron Alvarez, Baron Calvin and so on. We never say Baron Andahar.
So theoretically, it should be Baron Jenkins of house x and Baron Fant of house x, etc.
Here is the other thing. Jenkins was, from the start, in control of Glendower and the surrounding land.
If you look at DA1, the description of the Baron of Glendower really sounds a lot like Duane Jenkins and his character. There is even the bit about being bitten by the undead (a lycanthrope in DA1, but a vampire in the original campaign).
DA1 clearly has a lot of name changes, and they all do have a kind of similar style, which probably means they were done by David Ritchie or somebody at TSR. I think "Bascom Ungulian" was an editorial change to Jenkins. The other thing to note is that the Ungulian family has had control of Glendower for some time.
In any case "Jenkins" makes more sense to me as a first name, and that would apparently make him an Ungulian - presumably the father of Bascom.
Same reasoning applies to Fant.
When the elves take over Blackmoor castle after the second Coot invasion and the invaders are defeated, CoTT 4 #6 says Fant "has returned to Bramwald".
So apparently Baron Fant was from Bramwald. Sometime not long after his return there he becomes the Vampire Sir Fang.
The Baron of Bramwald in DA1 is given as Bram Tagus. So I think it makes sense to suppose that Baron Fant was also a Tagus.
Something to consider anyway.