Plan for the map?

[Taranaich]

Did you add the islands in the Vilayet Sea by yourself?

I did, mostly because the TW map will require the islands to be a bit bigger than in real life in order to fit a settlement on.

Also, do you have any quicker form of communication like AIM or MSN?

Unfortunately not. The area I live in is one of the few places in Scotland that has no internet, meaning I have to go to a friend's or relative's house to use their computer for access. Usually I can get round frequently, but unfortunately I can't use any of the chatroom programs due to limited control over said computers.

[Volkmar]

Well if you need any help with anything you know who to come to.

[Taranaich]

Here's the region map. The first release will be just the upper left quarter, the second from north Kush (olive splodge) to west Vendhya (pink splodge), and the third the whole map.



Not 100% finished in regards to province/settlement names, but this is pretty much the layout. The northwest might look extremely crowded and the east awfully sparse, but I'd rather include as much Howard material as possible rather than make up too much. So far I'm up to 195 of the 198 provinces (two for seas, though I don't know if I should make it just the one), I'm undecided on the last three, though they'll probably be used to fill out Iranistan, Vendhya and Kosala.

A height and river map will follow, and then a wonders/resource map.

A thousand lunas to whoever guesses the name for the settlement in the northeast (hint: read the Phoenix on the Sword draft.)

[keravnos]

W.O.W. (and it doesn't mean world of warcraft)

[Volkmar]

Great map. If you need any help with region and settlement names just ask.

[Spartan198]

I'm as Howardian as anyone can get,but you've got the right idea for the map. REH's maps are great,but the above one is much more geographically correct. Plus it puts in more water around the continent,making naval supremacy a far more tedious task. But here's a idea: maybe consider puting in some channels,so as you can send ships from the Western (Atlantic) Ocean,to the Southern (Indian) Sea,and into the Valayet Sea?

[Taranaich]

I'm as Howardian as anyone can get,but you've got the right idea for the map. REH's maps are great,but the above one is much more geographically correct. Plus it puts in more water around the continent,making naval supremacy a far more tedious task. But here's a idea: maybe consider puting in some channels,so as you can send ships from the Western (Atlantic) Ocean,to the Southern (Indian) Sea,and into the Valayet Sea?

There are quite a few water channels not shown on the map which would allow access to ships: The Styx (already on the map) allows travel from the Western Sea to the Eastern Desert; the Alimane and Khorotas rivers allow Aquilonia to access to the Western Sea, as well as the southern reaches of the Black and Thunder rivers; and the Zaporoska River connects the edge of Brythunia to the Vilayet. In addition to these known rivers, a few others placed by Vincent Darlage for geographical reasons might also allow a little more room for naval maneuvers, particularly Khitai, which is riddled with them.

[Andrik]

What nation sits between Zamora and Turan on the map?

Is that the Kozaki?

Or is that supposed to be Khauran?

I was thinking it should be the Kozaki...but I'm not sure what your plan is; and I didn't notice anything else that could be the nation of Khauran.

[Helgi]

What nation sits between Zamora and Turan on the map?

Is that the Kozaki?

Or is that supposed to be Khauran?

I was thinking it should be the Kozaki...but I'm not sure what your plan is; and I didn't notice anything else that could be the nation of Khauran.

There is nothing but desert/stepes between Zamora and Turan,
The Kozaki are raiders in that general area,
And Khauran is south of Zamora and north of Shem and east of Koth

[Taranaich]

What nation sits between Zamora and Turan on the map?

First of all, I must point out that this map is now out of date: a new map is being used, but hasn't yet been revealed due to some cool stuff I don't want to show off just yet. So the following isn't going to be 100% relevant to the mod as it is now.

Now, the original plan was for the orange area to be the "Kozak-Zuagir Horde", basically a union between the Kozaks and the Zuagir under Olgerd Vladislav. Olgerd's exit in "A Witch Shall Be Born" was certainly ominous enough to ensure that this wasn't the last we've seen of this desert wolf, so I was working with the idea that Olgerd returned to unite the Kozaks and Zuagir to terrorise Turan.

However, the current mod has different plans for the Kozaks and Zuagir, and especially Mr. Vladislav.