Rulers of Blackmoor

[Havard]

Yep, part of the reason I assume that Blackmoor was formerly controled by Dwarves and Elves prior to significant human settlement following the "conquest" (annexation really) of Blackmoor by Robert I.

Elves yeah. Dwarves did not settle in the North until after the war with Id according the the DA modules.

I see both groups, particularly Elves as only humouring the humans while still considering Blackmoor to be thier territory. What's left unexplained is why the elves turn Blackmoor back to human control under Uther, given that the elves seem to have decided humans can't be left in charge of the Castle and Dungeons in particular. Perhaps Uther is part elvish....

RobJN presented a similar theory in his Thorn's Chronicle series. In any case, Uther's close friendship with Menander Ithamis, is likely also a part of the background for this as well as the continued good relations between the Blackmoorians and the elves. (This is described as a sometimes challenging task for Menander). The presence of powerful common enemies could also be a good reason for the demi-humans to appreciate human presence in the North. As to the dwarves, they have been in more or less a continual state of war with Orcs over the last centuries so

The list of Barons seems pretty well done, although I'm not too keen on equating names to non BM sources and I'm personally sticking with the Baron Regscott/Egg of Coot story for the ID traitor in my SWA campaign, but that's just me. :

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Thanks! For the record, none of the sources referred to above are non-Blackmoor ones. They are just a combination of ZGG and FFC sources.

In the case of the Egg of Coot, the Egg was not noticed in the North untill 470 years after the conflict with the Cult of Id, so even if a Blackmoorian Baron became the Egg, wouldnt it make sense to have him be a ruler at a later time? Possibly make him the Bloody Duke? I am linking the Bloody Duke to the appearance of the Egg, but perhaps in a slightly different way.

-Havard