
Jorth—the planet on which rests the continent of Talamhir—is Earthlike, of much the same size as our own planet, rotating counterclockwise through the days and seasons. This heat generates currents and prevailing trade winds, sometimes in opposition to one another, funneled by and affecting the landmasses that intersperse the seas. Given the relatively small bodies of water (there is no mighty Pacific or Atlantic to deter would-be adventurers, it's small wonder that oceangoing trade developed early on, encouraging cross-pollination of cultures and the spread of diverse races.
It's also worth noting that (unlike on Earth) the decidedly diagonal slant of many of these bodies of water and tracts of land has led to the use of equilateral triangles as the basis for mapmaking, instead of the squares we use to describe our own planet's surface. Thus, east and west are the primary directions; the lack of any sort of Polestar also swayed the early cartographers of Jorth away from setting North as the anchor for their compass roses.
This document is sized to print on an 8.5"x11" page, and can be cut and assembled as any papercraft icosahedron would be. It's come a long way since https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31493852/
A black and white version of this map can be viewed here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48878372/
An animated version of the globe can be viewed here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48878464/
Climate information can be found here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48879438/
It's also worth noting that (unlike on Earth) the decidedly diagonal slant of many of these bodies of water and tracts of land has led to the use of equilateral triangles as the basis for mapmaking, instead of the squares we use to describe our own planet's surface. Thus, east and west are the primary directions; the lack of any sort of Polestar also swayed the early cartographers of Jorth away from setting North as the anchor for their compass roses.
This document is sized to print on an 8.5"x11" page, and can be cut and assembled as any papercraft icosahedron would be. It's come a long way since https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31493852/
A black and white version of this map can be viewed here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48878372/
An animated version of the globe can be viewed here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48878464/
Climate information can be found here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48879438/
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