Lands of Gold and Shadow

[Diamond]

This is something I started early last year and finally finished! (And it only took two years...) The style changed quite a bit in the process, for the better, I think. You can see some early stages here. The setting is an alternate-Earth where magic works, the place where Cibola, El Dorado, and a host of other myths originated, as well as being home to some lost Earth folks (the Roanoke settlers and others). The idea is that the Bermuda Triangle is a portal between our Earth and this one, and that over the centuries, various people have wound up somewhere far afield from where they intended to go. The seven bishops that fled Spain ahead of the Saracen hordes in AD 714 ended up here, and founded Antillia and Cibola. The Roanoke settlers, on the other hand, woke up Something Not Meant To Be Awakened, and -poof!- new home. There's lore behind the other locations too, but that's all the reveal you get for now.

Fonts used were Orotund and Tom's Handwriting, both found on dafont.com. The parchment overlay is from here.

[- Max -]

Nice map as usual I would have decreased the spacing between the capitalized F and the o in Fort something labels.

[Diamond]

Nice map as usual I would have decreased the spacing between the capitalized F and the o in Fort something labels.

Noted. That does look a little odd; I'll fix it.

[Bogie]

Beautiful map Diamond!

[Sapiento]

Fine map and an interesting setting!

[lepracauno]

Amazing! I like so much!

[Eilathen]

Always good to see another Diamond map. I like it.
Although i am always more interested in your own world-designs, as you have such a good landshape-eye (at least for my tastes ). Hope to see one soon

[fabio p]

Always good to see another Diamond map. I like it.
Although i am always more interested in your own world-designs, as you have such a good landshape-eye (at least for my tastes ). Hope to see one soon

I agree wit Eilathen, you are a master in world building: usually, your maps are credible from a geographical point of view, but above all they give off an umparalleled sense of political tension between the various powers.
In these terms, I believe that the maps in the WIP you linked were closer to your awesome world building skills than the current map, which is fine but is less clear about the political-geographical dynamics of your scenario.

[Diamond]

I agree wit Eilathen, you are a master in world building: usually, your maps are credible from a geographical point of view, but above all they give off an umparalleled sense of political tension between the various powers.
In these terms, I believe that the maps in the WIP you linked were closer to your awesome world building skills than the current map, which is fine but is less clear about the political-geographical dynamics of your scenario.

That's a great critique; thanks!!

[Ilanthar]

Great map! There's always something about your maps that is very appealing to me (a general "style" I suppose, along with the land shapes), and this one is no exception .