08-21-2010, 09:02 AM
You read my mind! Actually, I have been thinking about the same thing since beginning to write about King Uhlmar.
Actually, not that much is known about the first centuries after the founding of Thonia.
The Duchy of Ten will not exist at all at this time. The Duchy of the Peaks is founded just about around the time when the Temple of Id is destroyed (link?), and there will be several centuries untill enough people move into that duchy so that their southern provinces can declare themselves a separate Duchy.
Dwarves also begin their colonization in the decades following the year 500. You could still have dwarves there, but it might more likely just be scouting parties led by Uberstar to see if the lands are viable.
The lands are covered by huge forest realms, inhabited by elves and darker creatures, including demons (see our Balrog discussion elsewhere).
Skandaharians to the North will be here already at this time, but perhaps their ship building skills have not yet developed enough for them to be a threat to this area?
I am not sure about Vestfold and Maus. I think we have dates for when these settlements were founded, but I need to check. Certainly the Thonian population will be fairly small. You will still have Peshwa however, and perhaps also Valemen who have since been driven westwards. Some of these human tribes will likely be demon-worshippers.
If you want to draw on Mystara canon as well, Beastmen, ancestors of Orcs and Goblins were created around the time when the Temple of Id is destroyed, because "Hel felt that the world needed more death and destruction". Perhaps the creation of Beastmen was a response to the destruction of Id?
Havard
Actually, not that much is known about the first centuries after the founding of Thonia.
The Duchy of Ten will not exist at all at this time. The Duchy of the Peaks is founded just about around the time when the Temple of Id is destroyed (link?), and there will be several centuries untill enough people move into that duchy so that their southern provinces can declare themselves a separate Duchy.
Dwarves also begin their colonization in the decades following the year 500. You could still have dwarves there, but it might more likely just be scouting parties led by Uberstar to see if the lands are viable.
The lands are covered by huge forest realms, inhabited by elves and darker creatures, including demons (see our Balrog discussion elsewhere).
Skandaharians to the North will be here already at this time, but perhaps their ship building skills have not yet developed enough for them to be a threat to this area?
I am not sure about Vestfold and Maus. I think we have dates for when these settlements were founded, but I need to check. Certainly the Thonian population will be fairly small. You will still have Peshwa however, and perhaps also Valemen who have since been driven westwards. Some of these human tribes will likely be demon-worshippers.
If you want to draw on Mystara canon as well, Beastmen, ancestors of Orcs and Goblins were created around the time when the Temple of Id is destroyed, because "Hel felt that the world needed more death and destruction". Perhaps the creation of Beastmen was a response to the destruction of Id?
Havard
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