I tried some things to get a better look of burnt wood, but I decidet to go with the old design instead, because the readability of the letters is better.
The maps I draw are made to be used during games for orientation and information. Therefore information is more important than style. So I left the line art as clear as it was.

Instead I pimped the map with a nice background and border.
And I added the look of the sun god to indicate south.
And I oriented the whole map to south instead of north.
Now I call it finished.

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