The Adventures of Halgred Forestwalker

[Havard]

Okay, I see.

Now, the problem I personally am having through the nature of the LFC is that everything is naturally three times as old - the Dragon Kings (think FR Netheril), the Macrab, the Thracians, all of them had full-fledged D&D societies.

My timeline isnt too different from yours. I have a Glacial period lasting until ca -5000 NC, meaning that before this there is little activity in the Blackmoor area before this. That does contradict your ideas about Thracia, but it does not prevent activity to have taken place to the South, ie in the Wilderlands region long before this. From my reading of your timeline, most events prior to this (except mentioned Thracia stuff) mainly involves the Wilderlands.

The notion of something being "first" in the North, which, in my timeline was populated relatively late, and even then already marked as snakemen and Thracian territory. Our past is supposed to have had Wizard-Kings, the Red Coven, and thousands of years of history. That is why I'm always pretty defensive about this stuff.

"First" should not be taken too literally. I have Uhlmar be the first elven king in the North (Blackmoor map region), not the first elven king ever. I have Halgred be the first Druid, but this could easily be read as the first in the modern druidic tradition. There could have been druid-like people before, but modern druids in the North follow Halgred's ways.

But, obviously, you have no obligation to work solely based on the WL/BM connection.
- Go on with this! I'm excited to hear more. (And to mine it for myself.)

I also use the WL, but it is adjusted to my other ideas rather than get in the way. That said, I don't think there is much conflict with WL canon either.

The story of King Uhlmar was a way to explain the origins of the divide between Westryn and the Cumasti. However, if the Maiden Timeline assumes that this split occurred earlier (I can't find anything about this?), Uhlmar could simply be the Cumasti King ruling between the years 1-500, ending up being betrayed by the humans in his war against the Temple of Id.

Back to Halgred
I'm still searching for ideas on this one. I picture Halgred sort of like how Beorn appears in the Hobbit. Since many of the stories I have presented so far have been tragic, I think Halgred's story should not be. His tale should be about exploring the wilderness, defeating monsters and building the druidic tradition. His adventures take place in the first decades of the Thonian Empire, witnessing the founding of Blackmoor and so on. My current idea is that he would spend most of his time in the North, not going much to Thonia oir

Taking a look at my Peshwah Timeline, I found this:

YEAR 5
Hurghast and Herutu become the first leaders of the Peshwah

YEAR 20
Calelrin conspires with the Thonians and kill Hurghast and Herutu. Calelrin is cast out by Hak and forced to seek shelter among the devils of the Hells. Cult of Calelrin is founded

This is something I could see Halgred getting into! The main problem is that I don't see the Thonians doing something like this while Robert I is king. OTOH, there could be Thonians acting against Robert's wishes. They were in league with fairly nasty deities afterall. I could see Robert I and Halgred helping the Peshwah get rid of these murdering Thonians, possibly even being instrumental in driving Calelrin off to the Hells.

Side note: There are pits near Blackmoor said to contain a gate to Hades. Was that where Calelrin was bannished?

-Havard