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Really nice work, vorro. Astounding world building.
I'm guessing there's a key someplace else [another page of this impressive work] for all the symbols scattered around? Do you have a link for where that could be viewed?
the Prefecture of Mharokk
I was able to get another map done (3 in a month - certainly a record!). Again, most of this map was already finished thanks to me having already worked on surrounding regions earlier on in the year, so I just had to update the parts I haven't touched on before.
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Like its neighbour Vaalk, Mharokk is descended from an ancient Fourth Age nation known as Sallon. Late in the Fourth Age the region was beset by a barbaric people known as the aati, who terrorised Sallon’s southern territories. Sallon, already beleaguered by a waning government and a corrupt decadent people, could not weather the attacks and fragmented. Its major cities were looted and the remained splintered into scion-nations, one of which would later become Mharokk.
Mharokk is a waning nation. Abused of its resources by the Korachani empire, its is now a waning state, its borders slowly shrunk even as its parent state - the Low-empire of Sarastro - did little to aid it. Its people, much like its lands, have been exploited over their millennia of vassalage to both Korachan and later Sarastro, though have managed to maintain their culture through all this.
Mharokk is land known for its great oral traditions and its mythographers, whose memories are considered to be amongst the most prodigious across the Inner Sea. Its cities are characterised by sandstone walls and large vaulted semi-subterranean markets, which are designed to keep them cool. Its people have, since before the coming of the Korachani empire, been breeders of animals and are known for their ‘tame’ hippopotmoi and their soldier-caste who ride them and Mharokk is probably most known to outsiders for its mercenaries, the famed Simhaluans, despite their culture having died out centuries ago.
The sundering of Korachan in 3705 RM left Mharokk an independent place, unwanted by Sarastro, but the emergence of the nation of Harappa in 3754 RM from its north-eastern-most territories, caused Sarastro to take control of its territories to safeguard what resources remained there. The capital of Nuthachan was lost to Harappa, causing the city of Takuh to become capital instead.
Shar Suryah, a saurholm (lizardfolk) became kratocrat of the city of Hitta 3893 RM, becoming a popular leader there. He openly defied the Sarastroan administration in Takuh in 3901 RM, winning many settlements over to his cause. His forces were attacked outside Hitta in 3913 RM, losing the battle, with the city retaken by Sarastro. The remaining forces disappeared alongside Shar, though they later reappeared from the south in 3919 RM, where he crushed many cities in the south of Mharokk, becoming autocrat of Takuh in 3920 RM, expelling the remnants of the Sarastoran administration within 2 decades. Hitta remains a Sarastroan territory to this day.
This is really impressive! I would like to know more about your world, is there a place where I can find info?
here you go:Originally Posted by Chashio
Really nice work, vorro. Astounding world building.
I'm guessing there's a key someplace else [another page of this impressive work] for all the symbols scattered around? Do you have a link for where that could be viewed?
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its not 100% updated with some of the icons on this map, but it's close-enough
Three in a month and all of such high quality, that's an impressive production line you have going there!
Another perfect gem in your collection!
You must be close to finishing the entire planet by now!
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Your maps continue to be awesome, Nate. And even more than the maps, I admire your dedication to this project. Also, this was funny:
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Crime as an industry/resource? Is Detroit on one of these maps?
This is just one region (and a smallish one, if I recall) of the entire planet! He'll be doing this until he's 90. Then he'll be dissatisfied and start all over again (if he's anything like me).
thanks. It's not very pretty in terms of coastlines and features, but that's what that region looks like
Another perfect gem in your collection!
You must be close to finishing the entire planet by now!Diamond's right! The maps I've finished so far are roughly equivalent to the roman empire surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. I don't really plan on detailing other regions as thoroughly as these atlas maps (for now) and might do some older-looking maps, like age of discovery style, but not for now.This is just one region (and a smallish one, if I recall) of the entire planet! He'll be doing this until he's 90. Then he'll be dissatisfied and start all over again (if he's anything like me).
And I'm already dissatisfied with most of the results, so... :p
Your maps continue to be awesome, Nate. And even more than the maps, I admire your dedication to this project. Also, this was funny:
vorrocrime.png
Crime as an industry/resource? Is Detroit on one of these maps?think of it as organised crime (like Sicilian mafia) or just places with horrible crime rates or even civil strife.
Another nice one, Vorro
Once again, an inspiring model to follow.
