Map 42 - Wuqiong, the Eternal Land

[Goombac]

I've chosen to go an East Asian inspired route and honor my (half) Chinese ancestors. The territory is called Wuqiong, and in our world (based on latitudes) it would stretch from about the south of Vietnam to mid-Mongolia.

The south is dominated by harsh jungles and pirates, mystical forests in the center and rugged plains to the north, cut off from the rest of the continent by its mountain range. Haven't been able to read too far in depth in everyone else's stuff yet, but I'm thinking the pirates take advantage of the death cults and volcanoes in the south as well as the zombies from Cocarne which tend to keep authorities away from the area. And the city centers definitely take advantage of Losnivanian tea and wool to the east, as well as Gorgomothan exports to the southeast, since the Wuqionese tend to not venture too deeply into their own jungles.

Gonna go an illustrative map, still working everything out first though. I haven't gone too deeply into names and mythology but I've gotten some stuff done.

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The North: Tribe eat tribe, where the strongest survive. If you can't make it in the horselands, perhaps you will find hope in the desert.

Central: The collection of trade cities has been ruled by the Qian Dynasty for a millenium, and they grasp their power strongly, not that others haven't tried to usurp them.

Mountains: A rough life, in the wilds or in the monasteries, which produce powerful thinkers and mages.

The South: If the jungle doesn't eat you, someone else will. The land is full of dark cults with dark magic. Maybe a passing Pirate will pick you up, if you can escape the jungle.

[Abu Lafia]

Your notes and sketches are looking very promising Goombac!

[Goombac]

Thanks! Hopefully it turns out well, I'm still not sure exactly how everything's gonna look, just kinda winging it as I go.


### LATEST WIP ###
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Trying to go for a style that emulates Chinese art, but with more cartography thrown in, plus inspiration from other sources. Still need to work out colors, and how the forests and other terrain and stuff are going to look, but I want to try and incorporate watercolor in it somehow, and more illustrations like the junk ship.

[J.Edward]

Yes, this is going to be cool.
I like that you're using that style of mountains.
What a wonderful start.

[Josiah VE]

That's a very cool style, I love the sketchiness of it.

[Will Phillips]

Heya neighbor - like what you're building out so far.

Perhaps there are some cultural ties to the giants of Gorgomotha to the east in the mountains, the jungles, and the southeastern peninsula?

[Chashio]

I love it already

[Goombac]

Heya neighbor - like what you're building out so far.

Perhaps there are some cultural ties to the giants of Gorgomotha to the east in the mountains, the jungles, and the southeastern peninsula?

Thanks everyone! And totally, I was considering moving the map a bit more east to include Gorgomotha like I did in my first wip, so I'll go ahead and do that here too. But definitely love the idea of incorporating something around/in the Twin Cities!

[Lingon]

This looks awesome!

[Goombac]

Thanks Lingon!

Experimented a bit with the cities, and I think I got something that looks good zoomed in or out. Of course this is the biggest city so the others won't be quite like this.

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