Plan for the map?
I couldn't find a visual plan for the map so I made my own proposal including all the territories that were listed in the Gods of the North mod, along with a few extra areas that could not be excluded (mainly because Ophir extends below them and I can't just crop them out).
I also included part of the Vilayet Sea and its surrounding areas because I thought the map needed more water.
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Here is a map I found of the world:
http://content.answers.com/main/cont...boria_1024.jpg
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I revised the map a little more to try and enlarge the main areas and get rid of some unneeded territories.
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Well, thanks very much for the proposal Volkmar. Your proposal is pretty close to the original concept for Gods of the North, but because I felt it seemed a bit lonely (and I agree it needed a bit more water) I decided to include a few more factions and a bigger space, since the mod's been progressing a little faster than expected. I've been using Vincent Darlage's fantastic work to build a new and (hopefully) more accurate map, where the Zaporoska River's in the right place and Stygia's a more reasonable size.
Here's the new map for GotN (sans names, settlements and other bits):
As you can see there are a heapload more factions: Zingara, Argos, Koth, Pelishtia, Stygia, Zamora, the Zuagir and Turan all get in the map now. Only a portion of Stygia and Turan's empires are on the map, but since there's no-one to really challenge Stygia from the south and the east is so vast not much is lost.
The new map for The Dreaming West:
This adds Kush, Tombalku, Iranistan, Keshan, Zembabwei, Ghulistan and Vendhya. This allows players to have some fun exploring the Black Kingdoms and a bit of the East, plus it shows the whole extent of Stygia and Turan. This is probably the "ideal" Hyborian Age map, as it shows the most major kingdoms of the saga in the most efficient way, without having too much or too little free territory for expansion. I might cut out Keshan and Zembabwei and leave them for the next mod so Kush/Tombalku/Iranistan doesn't explode into a vast southern empire.
The new map for Jewelled Thrones of the Earth:
This adds Kosala, Khitai and the Hyrkanians. In the first two mods the Hyrkanians will be a horde in the corner of the map so that they can be playable, but this "Hyrkanian Empire" is based on studies by Howardian Scholars (or just bored folk with too much time, heh). There's a pretty big expanse north of Hyrkania, which I'm still not entirely sure what to do with, but I'll think of something.
"Know, O Prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world, like blue mantles beneath the stars...Is fhearr fheuchainn na bhith san duil.
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Could you tell me where to find the images without the borders and names? I'm thinking about making a map for GotN for you to check out and see if you like it, and I need the unedited one for the height map and campaign map.
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Here you are, go down to "Vincent's World Maps" for them. Specifically, this one has no borders or names on it.Originally Posted by Volkmar
"Know, O Prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world, like blue mantles beneath the stars...Is fhearr fheuchainn na bhith san duil.
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