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Photo 7 of 8 from Arya

I have not yet decided if Arya will be the name of the world, or of the main continent only. Perhaps the two can coincide from the point of view of the inhabitants.
I used leagues because I am still uncertain on the dimensions of the world; according to FT, this map would span around 26500km W-E, perhaps a bit too much.

Photo Added: 08-04-2011, 11:03 AM
Album: Arya
Added by: feanaaro

Photo Comments

njordys - 10-31-2011, 08:07 PM

Very nice landmass
Selca1803 - 11-16-2011, 10:08 AM

Looks nice!
If I were you I should name only the main continent Arya (sounds good, by the way) and give the remaining islands other names!
feanaaro - 12-25-2011, 08:22 AM

thanks for comments and (undeserved) praises
Realmwright - 07-07-2012, 03:02 PM

I really like the rivers. Leagues is a bit much - maybe scale it down to 100 miles instead. What are your plans for the inhabitants? I like the idea that they could be similar, but different - like the Britons on the mainland, Scottish on the western island with the large mountain, and the smaller less mountainous island in between could be like Ireland. Just a thought.
feanaaro - 07-09-2012, 06:50 AM

Leagues is what is needed, what is in this map is like 3/4 of the world so it is really big. Plus, as Tolkien taught us, a "league" is an imprecise distance, thus very useful for lazy mappers like me.

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