Who was the First King of Blackmoor? (Split from Erwin Andah

[aldarron]

1007 Blackmoor Castle is subdued enough that the king may reside there again.

In the context of the 4E FC, this leaves us with two possibilities.

1) Uther became king between 1005 (when he was named Baron of Blackmoor) and 1007 (when Blackmoor castle was subdued enough for the king to return);

or

2) There was a king before Uther who is unnamed in the timeline and is not referenced before the 1007 entry.

heh, well to argue against myself, there is a third possibility; the writer might have assumed Uther had grown up in Blackmoor castle, and simply referred to him anachronistially as "king". But yeah it is a good observantion and this:

However, in the Kingdom of Blackmoor section on p. 149, we have this line:

In light of Uther’s impressive leadership, the region’s other barons supported his claim to Blackmoor’s throne.

This implies that there was an existing throne to which Uther was making his claim. Otherwise, they wouldn't be supporting a claim to the throne: they would be supporting his desire to be crowned king: the first king of Blackmoor.

is a really nice observation and great point!

But all of this is still a bit confusing when you consider the passage you quoted from p. 21 of the FFC. Yes, Ra-All was promoted to king, but it was King of Vestfold. Isn't Vestfold only an earldom in the Blackmoor setting? Or was it possibly a separate kingdom or the seat of power while Blackmoor was overrun? The 4E timeline says Vestfold was the center of Blackmoor politics for a time, but there's no mention of a king residing there.

Oh, I'll discuss that a bit below.