The Early Ashor Kingdom

[Gowienczyk]

I like this, and was going to say it has a very 'atlas-like' style to it, but you beat me to it.

I'm also curious as to what the triangles are supposed to represent.

My guess is outposts and camps.

[Torq]

The triangles are ruins. The different colours represent ruins from different historical epochs. The red ones are ancient statutes of dragons, now weathered beyond recognition, that used to mark the boundary of an ancient kingdom.

There has recently (about 500 years ago) been a catastrophic flood of biblical proportions. This has altered much of the original geography. The Ashor Sea is largely a flood creation and some of the original watercourses have, as yet not completely eroded away. One of these is the canal which used to form part of a more complex river system, but now forms an extra link with the wider channel between the seas. Those to channels will eventually erode away the area between them turning it into an island.

Torq

[Gandwarf]

I agree, the map has a realistic feel to it (something I would expect in an atlas). Very wel done!

The only thing that looks weird to me is the positioning of the text "Huidas". I probably would have positioned it horizontally.

[ravells]

The mountains and forests really rock. Beautiful work, Torq. I almost prefer this to your usual style, the understatement makes it really easy on the eye and makes the labels the centre of attention.

[torstan]

Its lovely, and the colour palette is really great.

I'm curious about the dry river in the SE - was that intentional?

I'd also recommend emphasising the mountain shading a little more - I found them a little too subtle to pick out.

Otherwise - very lovely indeed. You certainly deserve rep for this one.

[Karro]

Its lovely, and the colour palette is really great.

I'm curious about the dry river in the SE - was that intentional?

I'd also recommend emphasising the mountain shading a little more - I found them a little too subtle to pick out.

Otherwise - very lovely indeed. You certainly deserve rep for this one.

I agree that the mountains (and also forests) are perhaps a little too subtle. But you can't amp it up too much, or it'll mess with the overall style and palette of the map. But perhaps it could be tweaked ever-so-slightly?

Even so, it's a very nice looking map!

Also: I too noticed the dry riverbed...