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[Havard]

...while Blackmoor may have been founded during the reign of King Robert, it is possible that the Northern Marches were not recognized as a province until much later.

-Havard

Havard you may be on to something here. I'm not seeing any published statement that Robert the 1st was from the Great Kingdom/Thonia in particular and n hints whatsoever that he founded it. FFC just says "king of all Geneva". Even the timelines seem to just indicate sometime between 0-500.

Geneva is a reference to the old C&C Society Map. Rob Kuntz was based on Geneva and ruled the Great Kingdom. He was "king" of the C&C Society. There are some further references to this in the Domesday Book #13, of which excerpts are available on the acaeum. Dave recognized King Robert as founder of the Kingdom as a nod to his friend Rob Kuntz. The name Thonia was introduced in DA1 to avoid references to RW locations. Also the Great Kingdom could not be used since that had been adopted for Greyhawk (and is also a bit generic if you ask me). King Robert founded the Thonian Empire/Great Kingdom and "within a few years" he also founded Blackmoor.

OTOH, founding Blackmoor does not necessarily mean that the Northern Marches are immediately recognized as an imperial province.

-Havard