in a veritable Myoshima frenzy, I'm opening yet another thread, to show you the map I've drawn, based in part on Arcanda's previous map (I've tinkered heavily with the distances, though, to have it conform to the surface proposed in the Patera Project).
It's 24 miles/hex, so I couldn't put too much detail:
Now, what's on the map:
Cities: apart from the capitol, Mara (a veritable metropolis, on par with Thyatis), we've got 3 (much smaller) imperial cities:
- Byakkyo: founded less than one century ago as the new capitol, it fell afoul of a curse and was abandoned less than a year after the court moved there. It is now inhabited by priests trying to contain the curse, and those inhabitants who are too poor to relocate.
- Kamakura: siege of the ancient Kamakura shoguns, it was partially destroyed when the last Kamakura shogun was detroned. Emperor Hirameki took control of the city at the foundation of the empire, and never allowed it to be assigned to vassals.
- Minato: an harbor town founded after the end of the Myoshiman isolation to host the fleet that would support the (failed) invasion of Selimpore.
The towns marked on the map are the provincial capitols of the thirteen largest provinces. There are 20-odd smaller province, but it's impossible to mark them all (also, I haven't designed or even named most of those yet).
I'll double check when I get somewhere I can look at the source material. I'll also look at some of the old preliminary sketches I'd done and see if I can offer any other suggestions.
[EDIT- I should really read and look at things before I respond. This is just a map of Myoshima, not Patera itself, so it doesn't really matter. :p]
[EDIT- I should really read and look at things before I respond. This is just a map of Myoshima, not Patera itself, so it doesn't really matter. :p]
I noticed Arcanda's map has some discrepancies w.r.t. known data on Myoshima, so I only used part of it. Basically, I've used the shape of Myoshima itself, though I changed the distance between the major islands.
The map above (assuming I did everything correctly) should have the right land surface, and can be inserted pretty seamlessly into Arcanda's map, or any other map we may devise for Patera -- since Myoshima is definitely an island (Myo-shima might mean "excellent island" or something like that -- shima means island in Japanese, myo has several meanings).
GP
BTW: I couldnt find Arcanda's map anywhere. Linky?
Havard
Nice map! It makes it much easier to visualize the locations you are discussing. Where would the other nations be in relation to the sites shown on this map? Are you planning on including a "planetary" map of Patera as well?
BTW: I couldnt find Arcanda's map anywhere. Linky?
http://www.pandius.com/patera.jpg
Thanks. I'll have to trace better coastlines at some point, and add some more places names.
The other nations are (more or less) in the same position as they are in Arcanda's map.
I don't think I'll put a planetary map -- I prefer leaving space for people who wish to work on those area and make something compatible with my work.
OTOH, I'd like to put a smaller scale (8-miles) map of a single province.
This is the final version (or close to that).
GP
Geoff
Looks great! Are you planning on producing a Myoshima sourcebook at some point, based on your posts?
Indeed. Actually, I've already written a 55-pages Myoshima sourcebook this summer.
I'm finishing up some details, and applying corrections based on the comment I'm receiving. A draft of the sourcebook will come up during the week-end or at the beginning of next week.
GP
I'm looking forward to seeing the finalized gazetteer!
Havard
Nice updates on the map Giampaolo! The coastlines and rivers really improve the map.
Indeed!
I'm looking forward to seeing the finalized gazetteer!
Thanks
GP