Into the Wyld

[Karro]

Thanks for the reply.

There's no hidden reason actually. Settlements form near resources and on resource routes. Resources constitute food, water, building materials, and valuables. A resource route of course is the route that these resources take in trade between multiple settlements. If an area is neither resource rich nor a crossroad, there will be very few if any settlements. That area happens to be barren and out of the way.

I always just kind of mentally assume, when looking at a map (especially one without clear climate boundaries marked), that an area sparse of settlement is in fact a desert or barren region.

[Diamond]

I really like the look of those mountains. That's one thing I need to play around with some more on my own maps; my mountains are kind of... generic.