WIP: North Marches

[Green-Pilgrim]

Ah... so that's two rivers, that are unnaturally merged.. but then the question is: since rivers form from rain runoff (or springs), are these mountains representational of a fairly large mountain chain enough create a deep enough channel for navigation? ie, is there enough water flowing into the newly formed channel to keep it filled from natural sources (or unnatural for that matter, such as a bound water elemental) Also, how do they deal with the currents(ie, going against them), especially if part of the route is underground(rowing, steam power, etc)?

We, the other world-designers and I, hadn't given it much thought but I would imagine that the Dwarves could have either used unnatural means to move people through the tunnel or possibly a locks / damns set up like the Erie canal where the boats were drug along from side roads. In this stage, however, that's more of a note in the description more so than a feature on the map. It does raise an interesting question that I can bring up at our next meeting. It should get them talking for a while. Thanks!

Or, perhaps I am missing it since your description seems to indicate an unseen source of water above the map where at least one of the rivers originate.

As for the waterfall, once you get an idea for placement(you need either a cliff or two mountains joined together to form the "lip" as well as a mountain behind to form the water source), let us know... I see a few places that might fit the second approach with a small bit of moving around.

The first waterfall is at the site where the second river on the right side 'emerges' from a mountain and flows, eventually, to the sea. This waterfall comes directly out of the cave entrance (again, cut by dwarves) in a style similar to the entrance to Lonely Mountain from the Hobbit.



There's not much that I can do to show it on the map and I think that it will be one of those details that's added in later in the description or for a close-up map. I know, however, that there will be several watefalls in a map tile more to the south - but I haven't made those yet.

Oh yea, there is a "river" that splits from the top river, goes through forests and then joins another river near the bottom that empties into the sea.. Again, not a likely natural occurring formation.

That river, we call it the "Dragon Tongue River" is probably going to be rerouted so that it looks like it's fed from mountain run off on the left-hand side of the mountains. Rather than connecting to the large river at the top that wraps around from the inland sea to the coast (through the mountain tunnel) it will turn right and head into one of the small 'nooks' of the mountain range.

Thanks again for the feedback. Keep 'em coming!
-Gp