Map 04 - Cayad, Realm of the Carnelian God-Empress

[Abu Lafia]

Greetings mortals,
i present you Cayad, an empire ruled by the otherworldly God-Empress Yshtar. Since she set her aetherial feet on the dusty plains of Duun hundreds of years ago, her first worshippers the insectoid "Ktlaq" swept away the surrounding kingdoms making them bow to the will of the Carnelian Empress. In the heartlands of Cayad, the otherworldly decent of Yshtar is impacting the landscape in sometimes bizarre ways, defying the laws of nature.

If and how the God-Empress decided to participate in the wars waged around the Cheesy Sea will be part of the next post i guess . For now, there is only a peace treaty with the fey country to the east.

This is just a placeholder for now, working out the landscape atm.
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Cheers,
AL

[J.Edward]

Just after I placed the 'new updated' map... ugh, now it needs editing
The south is a dangerous place. Maybe we were right to form this northern alliance
Is there a chance for peace in this world? Can we not all share the Peace of Cheese?
[Must come up with a new line ]

[Abu Lafia]

Well, after gimp crashed and the so far sketched realm went into sweet sweet nothingness, the God-Empress is in the mood for (maybe a bit short-tempered...) diplomacy!

[ChickPea]

Oh no! You'll have to make some suitably cheesy sacrifices to the God-Empress to get back in her good books.

[SteffenBrand]

Peace of Cheese? Come on... XD

"Shortly after what is now known as 'The Pact of the Titans' - a gathering of the ancient and mythical founders of the realms - there is said to be peace throughout the world. Even though there are smaller struggles going on, the will of our forefathers is said to have laid the foundation for prosperity, peace and communication. A time of the muses to reign once more over mankind to unite in creativity and ideas for common greatness."

Maybe your 'Titan' is still alive, having declared himself a god

[Abu Lafia]

God, Titan or even Tilsiter (who'll ever understand these northerners!^^), someone will always reach out for power...

Btw. this myth sounds really nice, but i fear it might be only one myth among thousands

[SteffenBrand]

Btw. this myth sounds really nice, but i fear it might be only one myth among thousands

The beauty of interpretations! None of us will ever know the truth since there are as many as there are people inhabiting the world (or creating them, for that matter) =)

[Abu Lafia]

The beauty of interpretations! None of us will ever know the truth since there are as many as there are people inhabiting the world (or creating them, for that matter) =)

Absolutely, As Diamond mentioned the other day: Vive la différence!

[Abu Lafia]

Oh no! You'll have to make some suitably cheesy sacrifices to the God-Empress to get back in her good books.

After the ritual killing of my software, Yshtar the God-Empress showed some mercy, sparing the poor cartographer-drone's life... in the end the northern mountain ranges, keeping the tropical breeze away from the arid hinterland, were back again (in a "slightly" different version ofc^^).
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I have no idea about the river-borders yet, as my neighbours are going to do their detailed versions of them too. Trying to leave them open as long as possible (until we can find a common solution).

[Chashio]

This is looking nice