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Published: 2016-08-13 02:25:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 619; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 2
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It is said that Humanity have suffered four Blights: One of Nature, that allowed our Rise; One of Plague, Created from lack of knowledge; One of War, fought for glory and collective greed; And one of Desire, of selfishness and ignorance. It is after the fourth where we are now.

This is the Land of Lords, Saynts, and Men, one of the first places to become civilized again after the Fourth Blight. It is sadly cut off from the world, it is unknown to the Land of Lords, Saynts and Men (Also known as the Nation of Taurs) if there are any more civilized regions that have risen again. To their west is vast, endless wastes. It is confidently believed that no one lives in them, but further beyond, it is unknown. To their east is a group of Barbarians, known as the Viskonen. Luckily, it seems these Barbarians will leave the Taurs alone, as it seems they have other things to deal with. To the North is emptiness, endless woods that eventually turn into ice. Everyone is confident no one lives there or beyond. To the south is the only people outside of Taurs that are known to be, well, not savage murders. These are simple farmers known collectively as the Ioa, but they don't seem to have redeveloped a much more complex society, just being based on local collectives.

Taurs is set up in the ruins of a city built before the Fourth Blight (and some say even before the Third). This city seems to have been divided into 3 major boroughs, known as the Towers: The Towers of Saynts, the Towers of Men, and the Towers of Blumtun. No one is certain why it was divided into these three boroughs, but it was nonetheless. In the center of the Towers is a fortress, whose old name (and name taken after) is believed to be Seling. It is at Seling where the government and town has been set up, with 'farms' surrounding the town, mostly set up in the suburban area of the old city.

There is also another city that is part of the Nation of Taurs: The City of Lords, named after the Lake of Lords that it's founded on (nobody's quite sure where that name comes from) and has become a popular pilgrimage sight, as the Lake of Lords, the Woods of Lords, and the Road of Lords are all believed to be symbols of survival of the First Three Blights, with the City of Seling being the symbol of the survival of the Fourth Blight.

The City of Lords has also been busy constructing an exploration fleet, to go and search out any new, recivilized lands.
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Comments: 8

Todyo1798 [2016-10-20 11:39:27 +0000 UTC]

Another question, when you were making this map did you use google maps or anything similar as a base?  Or did you just draw a rough map from memory?

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Spiritswriter123 In reply to Todyo1798 [2016-10-20 14:46:28 +0000 UTC]

I did this mostly from rough memory (although I might have had Google Maps up so that I could compare and make sure I wasn't skewing it to much)

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theSuricateProject [2016-08-14 08:32:42 +0000 UTC]

I really love this. I like how simple it is, yet it tells its story really well - I can already imagine this post-apocalyptic society and the only guy there who can do maps isn't able to spell English properly.

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Spiritswriter123 In reply to theSuricateProject [2016-08-15 05:14:22 +0000 UTC]

Na, ᚦa Anglis is just fiyn, ᚦay noe Anglis betr ᚦan aniwun els

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theSuricateProject In reply to Spiritswriter123 [2016-08-15 10:00:36 +0000 UTC]

Haha ya ma bad, aye wuln't dubet ᚦa Anglis of kurs. 

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Todyo1798 [2016-08-13 03:33:49 +0000 UTC]

I felt it'd be better to ask here, don't know why.  But what'd you use to make this map?  It's so good it's making me want to revisit my own post-apocalyptic local map.

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Spiritswriter123 In reply to Todyo1798 [2016-08-13 03:49:53 +0000 UTC]

Plain old simple GIMP with an extra special dose of the Ink tool

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Todyo1798 In reply to Spiritswriter123 [2016-08-13 03:57:48 +0000 UTC]

Huh, I'll have to do some experiments then and see what I can come up with.  It's a damn good effect.

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