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    Here's the next map in the Atlas Elyden series. Slowly but surely I'm filling out the lands around the Inner Sea 😀

    This map details 3 regions with a close history - Ahrishen, Virahan and Baatan (from right to left, respectively). The seas of Elyden are slowly retreating, and this is one of the areas hit hard by the advancing coastline - so the map includes an inset map showing what the coastline looked like 1,000 years ago.

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    Ahrishen as we know it has existed for less than 250-years, though the region has a long history going back millennia, to the dawn of the Fifth Age. Until a thousand years ago the region bordered the Sea of Pyrea, an extension of the Sea of Propontis that allowed merchant and fishing fleets to ply their trade of the eastern Inner Sea, but the slow retreat of the Inner Sea saw the Sea of Pyrea dwindle, leaving behind a flat expanse of wetlands and saltpans in its wake. This destroyed the economy and way of life that had sustained the region for centuries. The region crumbled into disparate townships and no-less than a dozen separate states that struggled to survive in their changed world. Piracy and slave-raids from Korachan did not help the situation much, either.

    This state lasted until the arrival of the so-called Child-Prince, an unageing infant of prodigious supranatural ability, who managed to unify the region in 3763 RM, supplanting an ancient sky-based religion with worship of its own unchanging form. Though its fleets were no-more, the region came to be dominated instead by the river Aresh, which flows for over 2,500 miles west, feeding already rich soils with nutrients due to its yearly flooding. This has led to the region’s adoption of farming of a pastoral and arable nature. Rich cities thrive along the floodplains of this river, each surrounded by dykes and canals that defend against flooding. Between cities live gigantic herds of wildlife, relatively untouched by mortal interference.

    The Ahrisheni people have a reputation for hard-work and the land is known far-and-wide for its beauty, which is even recognised by the Korachani empire. Living on the doorstep of Korachan has seen Ahrishen fend off many crusades and incursions into its land, though it’s wet coastline makes invasion from the sea difficult.


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    The detail on this is outstanding.
    These could be easily mistaken for topographical maps of real place on earth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Josiah VE View Post
    The detail on this is outstanding.
    These could be easily mistaken for topographical maps of real place on earth.
    thanks I am spending a while on the topography and labels (i;m already noticing some parts i forgot to label... though I'm done with this for now

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    Your work truly has no equal. So amazing. If you every put all these together into a atlas and publish it, I for one will certainly buy it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tainotim View Post
    Your work truly has no equal. So amazing. If you every put all these together into a atlas and publish it, I for one will certainly buy it!

    Cheers,
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    thanks, that's the idea with some background foir each region, though I need to finish a lot more maps to do that!

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    As always, very impressive work V.

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    Great map, the depiction of the lakes is excellent! I love the inset about the ancient coasts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arsheesh View Post
    As always, very impressive work V.
    thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by Ilanthar View Post
    Great map, the depiction of the lakes is excellent! I love the inset about the ancient coasts.
    thanks it took a while to get it the way i wanted though i;m happy with the result. now onto the next one

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