Nate Mangion

Encyclopaedia Elyden #25 - Aethios

Here's the 25th Encyclopaedia update for your perusal, based on the map of the latest Atlas map of Aethios. I've also added a simple PDF, aswell as just listing all the entries here.

Please let me know what you think and let me  know if there's any mistakes or typos as these entries are heading straight t...

Atlas Elyden #56 - the Holy Republic of Aethios

Here's map #56 of the Atlas Elyden, depicting the Holy Republic of Aethios.

You can find an updated key to the map here.

This is the low-res version available to everyone.  2020-05-13 09:52:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Make the Nation part 9 - resources and industries

It's been a while coming, but here is the next part in the make the nation activity. after the last round of suggestions, I've added to the history and come up with some culture, which revolves around cannibalism - lovely! But don't let that dissuade you - Cisnerians are no base savages. In fact they are a nation that is rapi...

Atlas Elyden #56 - the Holy Republic of Aethios (high-res)

As always, here's the high-res version of my latest map, showing the Holy republic of Aethios, exclusively for Acolyte patrons and above - thank you so much for  your support  :)        

This is available to use as per the 2020-05-06 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Atlas Elyden #56 - the holy Republic of Aethios (textless)

As always, here's the textless version of my latest map, exclusively for Acolyte patrons and above - thanks so much for your support     :)

This is available to use as per the CC licence on the image itself.&...

Fact Box for Aethios

Here's the fact box for the next Atlas map to be published, detailing a region that has already been featured in a fact box before. This is an updated version of a fact box I shared last year, and takes into account changes made to the region as I created the new map. 

This is also the first of my new-style fact bo...

the Strait of Nárthel art: the Chasma Dracona

Become a Patron at the  Acolyte tier for access to my back-catalogue of High-res, PSD and textless maps. 

Its a few weeks late, but here it is - new art for Elyden! A simple landscape designed to show what the ...

A Map of the Inner Sea and Surrounding Nations (textless)

Here's the textless high-res version of the Inner Sea map, exclusively for patrons at the Acolyte tier and higher. thanks for the support! 

A Map of the Inner Sea and Surrounding Nations (high-res)

This should make a few patrons very happy :)  

So, after having to upgrade my RAM to be able to work on this map, and still having to wait for ages every time I opened the map or did any changes to it, the Inner Sea map I started a few years ago is finally done.

I had stopped a while ago after flattening the ...

The Chasma Dracona

The art was made by Everette Brown, working on commission. this was made possible thanks to your help. I really hope to get more art posted over the coming months. I just need to find more artists who match the vision I have for Elyden.  &nb...

Atlas Elyden #55 - the Strait of Nárthel

Here's a bit of a different map to the usual maps focusing on nations,  currently available in high-res to patrons at the Acolyte Tier and  higher. 

I imagine the Atlas to have many different maps in it, of which the  atlas maps are just a(n albeit significant) part. I've got the 2020-04-01 19:17:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Atlas Elyden #55 - the Strait of Nárthel (High-res)

Here's a bit of a different map to the usual maps focusing on nations, currently available in high-res to patrons at the Acolyte Tier and higher. 

I imagine the Atlas to have many different maps in it, of which the atlas maps are just a(n albeit significant) part. I've got the 2020-03-25 11:11:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Inner Sea WIP

Here's a sneak peek at what I'm working on at the moment - the A0 (841 x 1189 mm) at 400 dpi.
    The map itself is done (but I'm saving that for the finished map!), and I've been working slavishly for the past week on the labels, which are, to put it lightly, a slog to get done!
  &nbs...

Encyclopaedia Elyden update #25 - miscellaneous

It's been a while since I had a miscellaneous encyclopaedia update that's not directly related to maps, so thought I'd post some stuff I've recently added. I've commissioned my first landscape are specifically for Elyden and hope to have it posted with a related map over the next weeks while I work on the gigantic Inner Sea m...

Encyclopaedia Elyden update #24 - Mulciber

Here's the 24th Encyclopaedia update for your perusal, based on the map of the Growing Mountains of Mulciber. This is a long entry, at around 14,000-words, it's by far the largest update yet, so I just added the PDF rather than post all the entries here.

Please let me know what you think and let me  know if th...

Atlas Elyden #54 - the Growing Mountains of Mulciber

Here's map #54 of the Atlas Elyden, depicting the 33 different tribes of Mulciber.

You can refer to the companion post from today detailing all the regions named in the map, if you're interested in the map. This is one of the most label-intensive maps that I've made in a long time and there's loads of settlements making...

Encyclopaedia Elyden update

What would that horrid image possibly be?

That's all 466 current pages of the Encyclopaedia Elyden. I'm still going through it, editing and standardising the text across entries, as well as hyperlinking all pertinent entries. It;s taking a while :)

The yellow highlights are finished text. The sporadic appearan...

Atlas Elyden #54 - the Growing Mountains of Mulciber - (High-res)

As always, here's the high-res version of my latest map, showing the 33 tribes of Mulciber, exclusively for Acolyte patrons and above - thank you so much for  your support      :)        

This is available to use as per the 2020-03-04 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Atlas Elyden #54 - Mulciber - (Textless)

As always, here's the textless version of my latest map, exclusively for Acolyte patrons and above - thanks so much for your support     :)

This is available to use as per the CC licence on the image itself.&...

Atlas Elyden #23 - Mharokk (High-res)

Here's an updated high-res image for Mharokk. Enjoy :)