Noble Houses of Blackmoor (Updated)

[aldarron]

Is Hercebeiner's first name actually Von? Von means "of" in German so German noble names are typically formed by "First Name" von" "Family name". Thanks for sharing this story about Megarry's characters though (or were they played by someone else)?

-Havard

Megarry played them and I think all three were created in a single session according to David.

Von was probably not intended to be a first name, but I figure it might as well serve as one. Von is used as a first name here in the US sometimes and the other two Hercebeiner's are just called "Hero Herk" and "the Bastard Herk" . They are the last characters on the first sheet. On second sheet, David also has "Captain of Herc. Guards" and "Herc. Administrator"

From that it seems Hercebeiner could and did stand on its own with "Von" so it doesn't conflict to see it as a first name. It also seems that the Hercebeiner family was somewhat important to Megarry. David din't have any suggestions about what they might have been barons of, but I would guess it should be somewhere in the south not too far from the New Lands. I'd suggest Southport but that causes problems with the TSR material I think.