Here's the 9th Encyclopaedia update for your perusal!
Please let me know what you think and let me know if there's any mistakes or typos as these entries are heading straight to the Encyclopaedia at the end of the month :)
You can keep up with these by looking for the 'Encyclopaedia Entries' tag.
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A crusader, veteran of wars against the Old Forest, has travelled to north-eastern Bassorah, to a wooded region said to be occupied by twisted trees that are said to have grown from seeds brought from a distant tainted realm.
In the city of Karalla he seeks the advice of ...
2018-12-05 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A prospector is searching in the tainted plains of Hotutaer in southern Tartak. He observes an Atramental Aurora at dusk just before finding a half-buried religious symbol of a deity he does not recognise.
The next morning he crosses paths with a merchant wearing a softsuit travelling in an ambulant. The two trade supplies, as is common in the region, before parting ways.
Acid rain forces the prospector to find she...
A tutor and their student have braved mountains in the harsh snowy winter of northern Skaros and are excavating the ruins of an ancient temple there. The tutor has gifted the student with their masterwork tools, though the two are attacked soon after by an attercop.
The encounter does not end well for the two...
A nervous vat-born oddity travels to a dream-like Atramental realm in the deserts of Kharkharadontis and, after being injured by a wounded chiter is forced to take shelter in a caravanserai before being able to penetrate the deepest reaches of the dreamlands.
There, it is ridiculed by a group of uncouth Knights Ferrous, and leaves for its homeland in Laaskha. On the way it encounters an old itinerant who teaches it...
2018-12-02 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm going to be trying something new in December - posting a random plot line every-day based in the world of Elyden, with character archetypes that feel at home there, and events befitting the world, in locations that I have spent years detailing.
These are going to be quick, short and just a taster of what full plots are possible. Perhaps they can help spawn some ideas for short stories and even RPG adventures. Use them as you wish :)
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Well, not completely different...
Here’s the latest map from the Atlas Elyden, depicting its constellations in both the southern and northern hemispheres. It features some generic information about constellations in general, as well as more details about each constellation.
You can find an updated key to the map 2018-11-28 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, here's the High-res version of my latest map, exclusively for patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thanks so much for your support :)
2018-11-28 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: June 2024
I received a message from a Patron asking for more details regarding the relationships between the maps I’ve been posting. And that got me thinking. I've been living in this world for so long now that I've come to take a lot of things for granted, things that might need more explaining to those of you looking from the outside in.
Though I have posted some maps of 2018-11-26 08:51:44 +0000 UTC
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I was going through my records and found that I had never posted the low-res version of this map, which should be available to everyone, so, here it is :)
EDIT: 05/10/2020 updated the map
I was going through my records and found that I had never posted the low-res version of this map, which should be available to everyone, so, here it is :)
You can find an updated key to the map here.
This is the low-res version available to everyone. Become a Patron at the Acolyte tier for access to my back c...
2018-11-26 08:41:41 +0000 UTC View Post
An ageless wind sweeps across that land, carrying the dust of dead civilisations with it. Beneath sands and knolls stripped bare by tireless storms lie buried and forlorn the tombs of a people whose name history has forsaken. Within are the desiccated husks of what can only be imagined to be their leaders, their priests; their hierarchs – cocooned by sand, their eyeless lids ponder the passin...
2018-11-23 17:54:30 +0000 UTC View Post
I love choose your own adventure (CYOA) stories, which I originally experienced with the Fighting Fantasy books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Whenever I see a revivial with an IP I like, I always sign up for it (I’m currently awaiting some H. P. Lovecraft based ones - can;t wait to get them!)
I’ve been toying with making my own versions for Elyden. I had actually made a sprawling once ages ago for an 2018-11-16 20:00:06 +0000 UTC
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I've been using reddit for a few years now, posting maps a week-or-so after I've uploaded them here (gotta give patrons some exclusivity!) and commenting on the worldbuilding, mtg and 40k subreddits sporadically (I'm mostly active on the /r/magictcg subreddit adding snarky comments.
I've decided to link my Patreon with a new subreddit I crated specifically for Elyden, which you can find 2018-11-16 09:11:02 +0000 UTC
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Here's the 8th Encyclopaedia update for your perusal!
Please let me know what you think and let me know if there's any mistakes or typos as these entries are heading straight to the Encyclopaedia at the end of the month :)
You can keep up with these by looking for the 'Encyclopaedia Entries' tag.
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As always, here's the textless version of my latest map, exclusively for patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thanks so much for your support :)
2018-10-31 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, here's the High-res version of my latest map, exclusively for patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thanks so much for your support :)
2018-10-31 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the latest map in the Atlas Elyden series - Tzallrach or, as it is known to its natives - Char Mathi. This is a companion piece to the map of Venthir, as the two share a common ancestry and ancient heritage as both were territories of the early Fifth Age Venathi Empire.
You can find an updated key to the map 2018-10-31 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the 1st finished 2-page spread from the Atlas Elyden, detailing a handful of nations that will appear in the atlas, in alphabetical order. Some of the nations have already been detailed in maps, whereas others are yet to be detailed (hence the TBD under some of the informative text for some of the regions - some details, like total populations and square-area, need a finished map).
Each A3 spread will have around 10 - 12 similar entries, each containing the state...
Here's a sneak at a 'map' I'm working on for the Atlas. Not really a map but a series of entries detailing the nations and states of Elyden.
Each A3 spread will have around 10 - 12 of the above entries in it, each containing the state flag, a territory map, generic info, and a small history/travelogue detailing the region. Some of he info (such as the square-area) is precisely calculated from my Photoshop files, where others (such as the populations) are estimates - though every city deta...
Here's the 6th Encyclopaedia update for your perusal!
Please let me know what you think and let me know if there's any mistakes or typos as these entries are heading straight to the Encyclopaedia at the end of the month :)
You can keep up with these by looking fo...
2018-10-17 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This post may be a bit technical, so I’ll try to keep the jargon to a minimum.
The problem with not using GIS software is the fact that there’s a lot of back-and-forth going on in my maps. I don’t think this is something that can be helped, whether its in raster (Photoshop) or vector (Illustrator) software. Were I using vector software id have to convert everything to raster for the purposes of changing the projections.
This stems from the fact that I’m using a...
2018-10-10 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, here's the High-res version of my latest map, exclusively for patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thanks so much for your support :)
2018-10-03 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a map detailing the various states of the Surrach, their banners, capitals, populations and exports/industries.
The banners took a while get done, but, on the whole, I'm pretty pleased with the result. I tried to give many of them a bit of a subtle (or not-so subtle) middle-eastern or African feel to them, to fit in with the culture that the Surrach is meant to evoke.
You can find an updated key to the map 2018-10-03 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, here's the Textless version of my latest map, exclusively for patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thanks so much for your support :)
2018-10-03 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a the complete Surrach map, combining both the West and East portions of the map together, reoriented so that they can both fit on an A2 size (exactly twice the area of the normal A3 size I use for the Atlas Maps).
Anyone interested in checking out any of the entries can look at the 2018-10-03 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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As always, here's the High-res version of my latest map, exclusively for patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thanks so much for your support :)
2018-10-03 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another of my random heraldry + mini biographies, available in high-res exclusively to all my patrons. Thanks for the support :)
2018-09-26 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an excerpt from a new A1 infographic poster I'm working on that's not part of the Encyclopaedia or Atlas Elyden. It includes a lot of text about the history of Elyden and will also include many maps and other graphics, including the above map.
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An ancient empire in an even more ancient world, Known in the Fourth Age as Korachan millennia before its disparate iron-age tribes were...
2018-09-19 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a sneak peak of my work so far on editing the Encyclopaedia - page 1 of about 450. I'm getting stuck working on all the hyperlinks (just look at them all!) - these will be essential for ease of reference when I eventually get the thing finished as a PDF :)
It's going to be slow work, but hopefully well-worth it!
I've coloured them black and removed the underlines to make them less stark - though each link wil be denoted with italicised text
Edit: I noticed that the la...