Here's some flash fiction and the fact-box about the next Atlas Elyden Map, which I'll be posting next week. I didn't get any feedback about flash fiction :( but will start posting a little something with each region anyway. Perhaps I'll go back and do the same for each region I've done so far too :)
Pl...
2019-02-06 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The attached image is from the taxonomical section of the Encyclopaedia Elyden and is a continuation of what I hope will be MANY such entries detailing the varied fauna of the world.
Please let me know if you like these as I put more up if they prove to be more popular.
Thanks :)
2019-01-30 17:47:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I've just reached 1,000 likes on my fb page! Thank you all so much to those of you who like the page :)
To celebrate, I’ve decided to do a contest - the winner will get a physical copy of my 'Globe of Elyden' map, sent anywhere in the world. All you ...
2019-01-26 19:43:31 +0000 UTC View PostI've started work on laying out the Atlas Elyden and am thinking about how I can layout the maps to make them easier to read - in other worse, where can I change the orientation of maps from portrait to landscape.
In most cases this can't be done as the shape of a nation dictates the way its presented on the page - you...
Here's the 11th Encyclopaedia update for your perusal, based on my most recent map
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
2019-01-23 20:00:00 +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 :)
This is available to use as per the CC l...
2019-01-16 20:00:00 +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 :)
This is available to use as per the CC ...
2019-01-16 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
here's the latest map on the Atlas Elyden, the Kingdom of Saua, or Nakhé as it is known in Korachan.
You can find an updated key to the map here.
This is the low-res version available to everyone. 2019-01-16 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an update on the progress of the Encyclopaedia Elyden.
I'll go out and say it - work is slow. It's also quite tedious and boring, and is normally something that you'd hire copy-editor to do, but I have neither the money nor the level of trust needed to let someone else close to my work, so have to do it myself....
Here's some flash fiction and the fact-box about the next Atlas Elyden Map, which I'll be posting next week. Would you be interested in seeing something similar to this for future entries (and, maybe retroactively, for past entries?)
Please let me know by liking or commenting below, thanks :)
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just a quickpost to say that I;m on Instagram now if you want to follow me - I'll be posting stuff regarding my worldbuilding as well as random (crappy) photos of what I come across during my travels :)
you can follow me here - https://www.inst...
I thought I'd share a WIP of the city-map I'm working on with my patrons - as a sneak peak to my loyal followers/acolytes/shapers/demiurges, and to get feedback.
The gist of it is there, and I don't see the final thing changing much from this. Some details: - government/religious buildings are black. Sh...
The attached image is from the taxonomical section of the Encyclopaedia Elyden and is a continuation of what I hope will be MANY such entries detailing the varied fauna of the world.
Please letme know if you like these as I put more up if they prove to be more popular.
Thanks :)
I went through some of my posts from 2018 and there's all sorts of things, including maps, the first of (hopefully) many animal descriptions, and some other ephemera, as well as writing, background and encyclopaedia entries.
I got a lot of new patreons, particularly towards the end of the year, which has really given m...
Here's the 10th Encyclopaedia update for your perusal, based on my recent map 'Ataraxia and Ahka'!
Please let me know what you think and let me know if there's any mistakes or typos as these entries are heading straight ...
A counsil of magnates and patricians in Wychan in c South-Eastern Mharokk meet to debate the treatment of local slaves that negatively affects their influence in the city and beyond.
They come to a unanimous agreement, and resolve to apply political pressure to solve their problem. They hire a flamboyant gigan...
Spies have attacked an undefended dross pipeline in Azazem. Nearby forces have been mobilised to meet this threat, though they are too late to be of any help.
The aid of foreign mercenaries has been req...
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 :)
This is available to use as per the CC licence on the image it...
Here's the latest map for the Atlas Elyden, detailing 3 regions - Ataraxia, Ahka and the Mull City-states.
You can find an updated key to the map here.
This is the low-res version available to everyone. ...
2018-12-19 20:01:00 +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 :)
This is available to use as per the CC licence on the...
A group of exiles leave their home in Soruto in the west of Parthis to undertake the Shadow March. The caravan is made up of a half-dozen different groups, all of them looking for forgiveness.
They are led by a cancerous ecclesiast and his 2nd in-command, a worried cenobite. Various private guards...
2018-12-17 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A solitary explorer has made his way to the metropolis of Almagest. He is wandering in a vaulted district, taking in the atmosphere of the wrought iron supports and concrete designs of a saintly shrine, when he finds himself surrounded by a gang of youths - homeless scavs by the looks of them.
&nbs...
A bookish cartographer joins an assembly of Imperial diplomats who have been given a rare opportunity to explore the length and breadth of the Parthisan Empire and catalogue their findings. The adventure truly begins before they even set foot in Parthis, when they cross paths with a sanctimonious diplomat...
2018-12-13 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been mulling over doing some animal technical drawings for the world the past few weeks and finally tried my hand at one the other day.
The attached image is from the taxonomical section of the Encyclopaedia Elyden and is the first of that will be MANY such entries detailing the fauna of the world.
Some entri...
I'll be posting the larger version of the animal technical drawing to all my patrons giving $2 or more -
This has the normal [CC BY NC licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/).
Thanks for the support everyone...
The diminishing coastline in Laaskha has revealed a once-submerged island. Adventurers and opportunists are quick to investigate the site, but their actions stir the attentions of Korachani operatives, who are eager to claim the find in th...
2018-12-11 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A wealthy giganri Firmamentist is trained in using the Atramenta and has become notorious for his ability to shoot shadowy darts from his hands, which are perfect for assassinating people without leaving evidence. He operates from a dark vaulted district in the city of Skarosia is the N of 2018-12-09 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In the city of Ba’aton in N-W Suma’ya, an out-of-favor patrician is accused of murder. She overcomes the accusations and leaves, heading north-west into 2018-12-08 20:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
A scared magnate and owner of a manufactory in the city of Vepar in Lyridia Dhai has disappeared, and amid a biased investigation by local Iron Guardians, the manufactory-...
2018-12-07 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
On the peripheries of a war in Arkos, a solitary knight of the white league stops for a rest. He removes the helmet of his softsuit and observes the distant Mountains of Ehbot. 2018-12-06 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
