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Tag Archives: worldbuilding
Culture Composites: Amandon
Book 2 features the protectorate of Amandon as one of its settings, though since Cob is constitutionally incapable of actually going into a city, it spends more time as backdrop. Nevertheless, it has its details like all of the other … Continue reading
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Culture Composites: Wyndon
Another week, another look at the dysfunctional kingdoms, city-states and protectorates of the northern continent. Today we have Wyndon, the second protectorate to be actually visited in the series — as opposed to being seen in flashbacks and dreams.
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Culture Composites: Illane
Erica asked me to do Riddian next, but I had to veto that — we don’t see the province of Riddian until Book 3, whereas we start Book 1 in the city-states of Illane. And I actually have a map … Continue reading
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Culture Composites: Kerrindryr
Next in our clean-up-my-image-folders culture series: the homeland of Our Brick-Headed Hero, Cobrin, even though he hasn’t lived there in a (comparatively) long time.
Culture Composites: Jernizan
I have small stockpiles of images collected from various places on the web that I use as references for my cultures’ looks. Since I’m starting to composite some of the pics for my artist friend to look over, I figured … Continue reading
Building Bahlaer, Part 1
In my previous post, I talked a bit about how I’m jealous of other people’s fancy maps. As you probably know by now, I have lots and lots of my own maps, but the one I was specifically jealous about … Continue reading
On Obsession (and Bahlaer)
This is partially by request of the husband of the lovely Erica Dakin (whom I link to all the time because she is awesome) and partially because it seems to be what makes my blog interesting to some people: my … Continue reading
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Influences: EverQuest (and other Online Roleplaying Opportunities)
I’ve mentioned before, though briefly, that I’ve played my share of MMORPGs. I think I should confess that the only reason I’m not still playing them (and thus slacking on my writing) is because I started raiding so much that … Continue reading
Technology Levels (In Map Form)
One of the things I have always been certain about with my world is that it is not a Standard Medieval Setting. In fact, the first version I worked on was maybe 300 years in the future of the current … Continue reading
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More Maps!
Some of you are probably tired of my maps, but that’s okay. You don’t have to read about them! For those that like them, I have some…uh…interesting ones this time.
