In Earth's "Age of Magic" / Age of Atlantis (Alphatia) / Jurassic Earth / Pangaea / Urt (The pre-Mystaran, Mentzerian setting of the original Master Set world map and other pre-Gazetteer BECMI products):.In Ærth: (WotC reportedly owns the rights to Gygax's Ærth setting.).Land of N'Tshane (no cultural equivalencies were given by Howery for this and the following three cultures).DMs will have to draw up an extended map of Oerik to include the Dark Continent." It would be difficult, but not impossible, to set up trade routes to this area. With this knowledge, the best place for an African continent is southwest of the Sea of Dust. Recent events on Oerth (detailed in Greyhawk Wars and From the Ashes), invalidated this set-up by revealing that Hepmonaland is a backwater area that had been conquered by the Scarlet Brotherhood. Leopard Men' (see DUNGEON® Adventures, #15 and #22). This was the original setting for 'The Elephant's Graveyard,' and 'The "The Dark Continent" by David Howery, DRAGON #189(p10), AD&D2e: "For my original WORLD OF GREYHAWK campaign, I drew up an extended map of Hepmonaland, making it into a vast and wealthy continent of spice traders, ivory hunters, warring natives, lost cities, and all that wonderful African flavor.The Touv of Hepmonaland, which they call Melavi, "The Bountiful Place.".In Blackmoor: the settlement of Windhoek is named after Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.~Afrotropical / Tropical African / Pan-African: Gullah is the traditional Black culture of the Lowcountry in the U.S. The city of Zinda in the nation of N’war (~Louisiana+Haitian+ Gullah +Caribbean.Fox Harrell (African American) (author interview) The modern coastal realm of Djayna (~Gullah-Geechee / African Diaspora, in addition to West African aspects) in "The Nightsea's Succor" by D.South / Southern Gothic) in "Written in Blood" by Erin Roberts ( author interview) In the Concord Worlds of the Radiant Citadel:.An illustration of a Black male member of House Cannith:.An illustration of a Black female artificer in Keith Baker Presents "High Level Adventures" ( here).His wife is ~Caucasian-featured, so their children, Crown Prince Wrogar, Prince Jurian, and Princess Corrine would have blended ~Black/Caucasian-features. Dalin d'Vadalis, patriarch of House Vadalis.In Eberron: (Since real-world motifs are so throughly blended in Eberron, we're listing Black Eberron characters in this Diaspora section.).In Ravenloft: Souragne (~French Louisiana).In the Realm of the D&D Cartoon Show: Diana the Acrobat is an African American from Earth.
In the absence of further cultural origins, given her ~English name "Molliver = Molly + Oliver", she might represent a ~Black British motif, since her name is likely inspired by the roguish tale of Oliver Twist. In the BECMI reality, Molliver the Thief is a ~Caucasian cis woman, yet in the 5e reality, Molliver is a ~Black trans woman.In the unplaced Kingdom of Ghyr (the homeland of the LJN action figures):.In Izmer (the setting of the first D&D film): Snails the rogue, played by Marlon Wayans.Nouvelle-Rendardie is a post-TSR creation by Mystaran-designer Bruce Heard, expanding upon the published Savage Coast gator-folk culture of The Bayou. Nouvelle-Renardie (~French Louisianan dog-folk) and the Gurrash of The Bayou (~Cajun gator-folk!).Given the explicitly African cultural sources for Malatra, there's a slight chance that the "Butu" kobold race was somehow named after the Jamaican Creole word butu ('an uncouth, boorish person'), which itself comes from the Akan language of West Africa: butu ('to overturn, to stoop down).An unnamed iconic male hero depicted in the illustration of Phandalin in the Essentials Kit.Cultural motifs: given his Anglo surname "Raskin" and Anglicized Spanish given name "Don-Jon" (
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