Greystone Abbey at Brynehall, A Pilgrim's Guide

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My completed maps and brochure of Greystone Abbey, the result of a monthly challenge to map a location generated at random (I got “somewhere in the towering mountains”). All of the maps and illustrations were drawn by hand (pencil and paper), then scanned in and edited slightly in Photoshop. The abbey picture was colored digitally.

WIP thread is here.

In the mountains surrounding Brynehall sits Greystone Abbey, sacred to the Mountain Gods Kő, Sziklák, and Föld. Over 400 years ago, Sir Arthur Bryne and his companion Sir Jules Grey attempted a daring rescue of the Crown Prince from the Dark Fey Mithrielye, who had stolen the prince from Tarynth, the capital of Shannara, in the hopes of driving the recently peaceful realm back into civil war. Sir Bryne was eventually successful in his quest, but Sir Grey fell in a great battle on the Northcliffe Peaks. When the Mountain Gods told Sir Bryne that he should establish an abbey and a town to protect it, he decided to name the abbey in honor of his departed companion. Each year hundreds of pilgrims make the long trek north to Brynehall, at the very northern part of Shannara, to visit the Abbey and give thanks to the Mountain Gods for the continued peace across the realm.