The City-kingdoms of the Haréshk by vorropohaiah

[Battlecat]

This map is absolutely spectacular. I wish you the best of luck in outdoing it, that's going to be a heck of a challenge.

[vorropohaiah]

Have you thought about writing blazons for the various shields?

what exactly do you mean by blazons, i was under the impression a blazon is the iconography itself?

This map is absolutely spectacular. I wish you the best of luck in outdoing it, that's going to be a heck of a challenge.

hehe, thanks. I'll certainly try!

[Adolon]

what exactly do you mean by blazons, i was under the impression a blazon is the iconography itself?

A blazon is a formal description of a shield and any attachments (crown, supporters, etc.). It's used so that an artist can read it and know exactly what the contents of the shield look like without ever seeing the shield.

For example...

• Alamut: Argent, standing atop a tower tripled-towered Or, a lion passant Gules.
  I couldn't tell if the lion was facing the viewer (guardant) or had two tails (queue-fourché).
• Arraton: Argent, a chevron Gules between two escallops of the first and a bull's skull Sable.
  This shield actually breaks the color/tincture rule. The rules of heraldry state that you never put a metal on a metal or a color on a color (unless they're labeled "proper"). I also didn't really know what the thing at the bottom was.
• Fala: Per pale, Argent, three scythes Sable; Gules, a cockatrice of the first.
• Faulala: Orange, two scythes Sable in saltire charged with a laurel Vert, atop an escroll Tawny.
  Breaks the color rule.
• Luraiel: Argent, a tree Sable; on a chief Vert, three plates.
  A roundel Argent = a plate. There's no need for a color in the blazon.
• Orul: Vert, three roses Gules above a double-headed eagle displayed Argent.
  Breaks the color rule.

[mapposer]

Very detailed, I love the folds and rips along the edges!

[Troy Grice]

Uh, wow. The "feel" is like medieval parchment. Nioce work.

[vorropohaiah]

Uh, wow. The "feel" is like medieval parchment. Nioce work.

Thanks! It's been a while since I've done a map like this one