
The map of my fictional world, found while rummaging through drawers. Judging from the doodles on the other pages of the sketch book, it must have been drawn about seven years ago.
The topography and toponyms are unimaginative, unrealistic, and cringeworthy, but since I have already posted it on twitter, I might as well post it here.
The topography and toponyms are unimaginative, unrealistic, and cringeworthy, but since I have already posted it on twitter, I might as well post it here.
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Eh, I believe I can feel you on that front to a point, but I *DO* find this quite charming.
And I don't find the names cringey myself; I imagine this map as a more-or-less "really just for the author, but he/she is sharing it with the world" tidbit, so I view parts like "semi civilized horse herders" as more of a "note to self" than a "legit" map, which might instead be the "*something* Plateau/Steppe" or the like.
I see myself fragmenting my own setting's map(s) into "in a nutshell" style for cultures and such at some point, such as "this is like Renaissance Florence and Rome at this point in time," or "blend Norse and Scottish here," etc. XD
Also, I think your inclusion of several crater-made bodies of water to be pretty neat. I'd be interested in hearing the story behind them.
And I don't find the names cringey myself; I imagine this map as a more-or-less "really just for the author, but he/she is sharing it with the world" tidbit, so I view parts like "semi civilized horse herders" as more of a "note to self" than a "legit" map, which might instead be the "*something* Plateau/Steppe" or the like.
I see myself fragmenting my own setting's map(s) into "in a nutshell" style for cultures and such at some point, such as "this is like Renaissance Florence and Rome at this point in time," or "blend Norse and Scottish here," etc. XD
Also, I think your inclusion of several crater-made bodies of water to be pretty neat. I'd be interested in hearing the story behind them.
Well, apart from the largest one in the southern part of the continent, made by an asteroid impact, the craters are byproducts of a terran autonomous terraforming device struggling to remove the civilizations native to the planet, which the device, due to its limitations, could perceive only as obstacles.
Several tweets I made in past might provide more context (please don't mind the typos).
Several tweets I made in past might provide more context (please don't mind the typos).
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