(For those who came in late: these “Gazetteer” entries are a tourist’s guide to a fantasy world I created in a previous series of posts, using this procedural system. You might want to check out the complete world map, or the other gazetteer posts. Enjoy!) Valiroth A militaristic land governed by a caste of… Continue reading Gazetteer: Mighty Valiroth!
(For those who came in late: having completed the initial sketch of a new fantasy world, I’m now reflecting on how it went.) In the last post, I mentioned that I wasn’t quite comfortable with the Hawkfolk, since generally I prefer to keep the central civilized areas of the world “low fantasy” – and yet… Continue reading Reflections: Solving the Hawkfolk Problem
(For those who came in late: having completed the initial sketch of a new fantasy world, I’m now reflecting on how it went.) The Hawk-folk of Valiroth I’m not yet sure whether or not I like having these guys in the world. On the one hand, “People with Wings!” is a pretty cool schtick, and… Continue reading Reflections: Parts of the world I’m not so sure about….
(For those who came in late: having completed the initial sketch of a new fantasy world, I’m now reflecting on how it went.) Here are two parts of the world I really like: The Wolfkin of Volbad. I like these guys a lot, for three reasons. Firstly, my considered opinion is that there aren’t enough… Continue reading Reflections: Parts of the World I Really Like
(For those who came in late: having completed the initial sketch of a new fantasy world, I’m now reflecting on how it went.) This series of posts took two and a half weeks. I think I averaged about 30/45 mins work on it every day. If that estimate is right, then I spent about 9-12… Continue reading Reflections: How long did it take?
So after two and a half weeks of posts, I’ve now completed the initial sketch of our fantasy world. The world map is now effectively complete (for now!) Behold! Here is a bigger, zoomable version of the complete world map. This seems like a good time to sit back and take stock, so over the… Continue reading Behold! The Complete World Map!
(Note: this post is part of my Example of World Creation series. For a full index to the series, head here. ) (If you want to see where we are, the full world map is here. ) The far North of the Map is very cold: in fact, it’s all Arctic terrain – an endless… Continue reading World Creation 18 – The Frozen North
(Note: this post is part of my Example of World Creation series. For a full index to the series, head here. ) (If you want to see where we are, the full world map is here. ) We’re now heading into the Mountains that form the Eastern and North-Eastern border of the map. Take a… Continue reading World Creation 17 – The Eastern Peaks
(Note: this post is part of my Example of World Creation series. For a full index to the series, head here. ) (If you want to see where we are, the full world map is here. ) Today we have a simple but important task: to find out what kind of evil festers in that… Continue reading World Creation 16 – The Great Swamp
(Note: this post is part of my Example of World Creation series. For a full index to the series, head here. ) (If you want to see where we are, the full world map is here. ) Today we’re exploring a vast stretch of hill country. It’s a big area, but it won’t take too… Continue reading World Creation 15 – The Hill Country
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