Profantasy Community Atlas Project - City of Sanctuary

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In this thread I will be showing progress shot extracts of the work I am doing as a contribution to the Profantasy Community Atlas Project.

While the world of Nibirum has already been very beautifully mapped by a group of dedicated CC3 mappers, as a CC3 mapper myself I have been invited to create a map of the City of Sanctuary, which lies on Lorelei's very beautiful continent of Malajuri.

Inspired by the legend of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which were allegedly built by a Mesopotamian king for his beloved queen, Sanctuary has its own hanging gardens - a palace built on a mesa at the heart of the city, fed by a canal that traverses the lower valley to the mesa by aqueduct.

This first extract is of the unfinished 'Garden of Heaven' where the spirits of children who have been slain by evil may roam and find peace - Sanctuary from the ills of the world.

The grand gazebo is where grieving visitors to the palace may sit and be tended by the palace servants. The elaborate roof space houses a dove cote full of hand tame pure white doves. The water is yet to be worked on, but will flow through the garden and fall from the cliff in a (hopefully) spectacular waterfall. The map doesn't do it justice, but this is one of the most beautiful and peaceful parts of the city, and famed in its own right within the Hanging Gardens of Sanctuary.

For those on a personal pilgrimage seeking peace, there will be a pontoon traversing the lake at the base of the falls to a grand staircase built up the cliff at the side of the falls to the top - directly into the garden. There is a Buddhist-style chime column at the top of the ascent that may be rung for assistance, and to let the palace staff know they have guests to serve with freshly prepared food and drink - all organically grown within the Hanging Garden itself.

Garden of Heaven 01.JPG

The atlas is an open resource of CC3 maps being built by the Profantasy community, starting at world level (already completed) and going right down to dungeon level, so if you are a CC3 mapper and you fancy joining in the fun by doing your own regional, city or dungeon map, just click the link at the top of this comment and come and have a look and see what we have already done - maybe find a spot you would like to claim to make your own CC3 map