Thinking more, I've come to like the idea that while most Ixians look like someone you can meet in real life, there are Ixian sorcerers who are actually grey, but in a monochrome kind of way. Thinking about the "grey dust of corroded planets" found in Sharath, I think people who spend enough time messing with the weird energies and radiations at the edge of the world might find their colour draining away until they look like they're out of a black and white movie. I imagine this is a weird effect that will even affect their clothes and other wearables, or at least as long as they're worn. Laboratories in Sharath end up looking like a scene from the '31 Frankenstein.

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Was curious if anyone here has converted any of the genies, particularly the Djinni and/or Efreeti?

I know I can just use them out of the Rules Cyclopedia or the 1e/2e Monster Manuals pretty much as is, but it would be cool to see what others may have done.

Not sure if it's quite what you're looking for, but seeing as I have adventures that use them and I needed to convert them over anyways, here are fairly direct, quick and dirty conversions from the MM:

Djinni: #E 1|AL CG|SZ L|MV 30 (fly 90)|DX 14|AC 4|HD 7+3|#A 1/1 (pummel)|D 2d8|SV 13|ML 12|XP 1480|TC Nil| Special:
Beneficent Host: Once per day can cast Create Food and Water, Hallucinatory Terrain, Major Creation, Invisibility, and Alter Self (CA 12).
Whirlwind: A djinni can create a whirlwind and send it up to 50 feet away. Creatures caught in the whirlwind are buffeted by powerful winds and whatever debris has been picked up, taking 2d6 damage and having to make a transformation save or be blown off their feet and knocked 1d10 feet away in a random direction.
Lord of Air: If attacked by creatures of the air, enemies suffer -1 "to Hit" and -1 damage. Further, a djinni subject to air based spells recieves a +2 to its saves.
Noble Djinni: 1% of djinni encountered are nobility, and are in most respects treated as an efreeti. Noble djinn's pummel attack deals 3d8 damage, while their whirlwind deals 3d6 and transformation saves are made at -2. XP 2350.

Efreeti: #E 1|AL N (LE)|SZ L|MV 30 (fly 90)|DX 12|AC 2|HD 10|#A 1/1 (pummel)|D 3d8|SV 12|ML 12|XP 1900|TC Nil| Special:
Born of Fire: Once per day can cast Wall of Fire, Hallucinatory Terrain, Enlargement (self only), Invisibility, and Alter Self (CA 10).
Master of Flame: At will can cast Pro

Just seeing the bolded "Lotus Bear" before actually reading the post, I thought it was going to be a monster, some kinda undead bear with lotuses growing from it, scattering pollen wherever it goes. Maybe if they don't deal with the necromancer and he decides on revenge.

Going back to 1e AD&D, the MM entry for type VI demons notes that "[e]ach type VI demon has its own name. (Balor is a type VI demon of the largest size.) Six are known to exist." which tracks with the entry in the Hype3e Referee's Manual for both type VI greater daemons and Thaumagorga. The DMG appendix E then lists out the following names under the entry for type VI demons: Alzoll, Balor, Errtu, Ndulu, Ter-soth, and Wendonai.

Of course, I have a fondness for the classic named fiends, Orcus and Anthraxus and the like, though choosing six and Hyperborea-izing them could be tricky and some of the big ones feel like they'd fit in elsewhere (Demogorgon feels like something to do with Xathoqqua to me, and Juiblex might be an appendage of Yog) so probably not saving oneself too much time going that route. Still, raiding an ancient Hyperborean temple to Orcus, general of Thaumagorga sounds pretty good. Could even keep the first option as like, Thaumagorga's praetorian guard or whatever, in case this fractious set of princes steps out of line.

How's running it go? I'd heard that the funnel adventures could be a little rough even for higher level characters just due to their inherent lethality, was that an issue?

That'd be a particularly naturalistic approach, though entirely reasonable depending on your approach to the setting.

Excellent. I'm interested in the Helios cult, they seem like a good way to have a little bit of variety in a very sea-dog heavy adventure site.

I do love me a hook horror.

White Pine Island sounds good. Probably a sign of something funky down below, albino plants as I understand it generally only survive if they can get some way of stealing nutrients from other plants, so a large stand of albino pines is probably not growing totally naturally.

Sounds entirely reasonable to me.

I picked it up recently. It's not quite 1e, being designed for Adventures Dark and Deep, but it's all compatible anyways. I'd probably recommend using the standard Hyperborea stats for monsters when there's overlap, but that still leaves some fun creatures (I was glad to see stats for the winged things from The Festival). It was written as an adaptation to a D&D style so there's some stuff in there that might need some slight reflavouring for a pure Hyperborea game, like elven translations of the Necronomicon becoming Keltic or something. Some fun spells in there that'll fit right in too. I'm not quite sure how necessary the new classes are for Hyperborea, and same with the madness and skills rules, but if you're looking for a way to expand your game it's a very solid choice.