The capital city of Impexis, Akos’ homeland is called Ipaferi Iferissoa Al Seir which is derived from an old version of the modern language spoken there in Akos’ time and like the convention for naming places literally everywhere, it was basically called ‘Icy Cliffs’ back in the day and hasn’t changed since.
Its home to a huge palace complex where Akos lives, here’s a tiny little diagram of it:
Gonna improve that diagram at some point but basically yeah palace.
Vampire piston diagram
Continent changes? wanted to make it less ‘blob-like’ and I think this might take a while. Still one continent but you have to cross water to get from side to side although it gets super shallow in places/there’s bridges.
Thermonuclear bomb
map progress. Moved onto Sabasda Rejüsis now and redone a lot of its shape. You might have noticed the style change slightly and I’ve sort of moved away from the hyper detailed coastlines. I can add in additional stuff later I just think I’d rather have good looking landmasses rather than super detailed coasts right now.
It does mean there’s a pretty noticeable break here where the style changes
But its fine, honestly this map is just so I have something to build on and reference rather than perfect artwork.
Akos’ nation has in the year 1018 eight major cities. There are many more settlements, some quite large, but these eight cities held a higher status above the others.
These were:
Ipaferi Iferissoa Al Seir
Esvogg El Crie
Ettzen El Crie
Ishak El Seir
Kald El Veirn
Retzez El Fery
Seris El Crie
Melggrir El Fery
Before the Stamstani War there was also Fren El En Val
The capital city of Impexis, built on a clifftop as originally as a military fortress. Now a hub of scholarly pursuits. It sits on the edge of the Great Frost Plain, which means that in terms of resources its pretty barren, however its close proximity to the city of Ishak means it has a steady supply of food from the west to support it.
A coastal fortress city in the north of Impexis. Served as the base of operations for the military of the nation during the Stamstani War, which was moved away from Ipaferi Iferissoa for security reasons. Other than its role as am military base, it is also a huge trading hub as due to the barren nature of Impexis they rely heavily on imports from western nations.
Although close by to the Great Frost Plain, the western lands here have more food as the ice desert ends and great expanses of rock and tundra begin. Due to this, it is not suitable for growing crops but the lichen, mosses and shrubs can feed the hardy livestock that provide most of the food for both Ishak and Ipaferi Iferissoa
A remote and northern fishing city to the north of the Great Frost Plain. Few people live on the northern coast this side of the lakes, but those that do usually rely on the great variety of fish that can be found in the northern seas to survive. Hunters and nomadic people who live on the northern coast often head to Kald to trade their goods away to the merchants willing to brave the dangerous and long journey south to Ishak or Ipaferi Iferissoa
The historical oldest city in Impexis which is named after the people of the Riaaya Etze. Connects the eastern and western cities together and is in a prime location. Despite being quite far north, being by the shores of Lake Neriposorensa has its advantages, with surrounding forests and fertile land providing a much greater variety of food than would be found elsewhere in the nation.
Okay more tomorrow probably idk
lol found this tool by NASA called gProjector. My map doesn’t render great right now but it lets me compare it with Earth which is neat//look at loads of different map projections.
A western hunting city in amongst the lakes and forests to the west of the nation. It sits in quite an isolated spot on the shore of Lake Retzez and historically was a capital city of a long gone Riaaya Etze nation.
Another lakeside city between Ettzen and Ishak. Relies heavily again on fishing and isn’t bordering the forests so doesn’t have a reliable source of food from there, although similar to Ishak it is suitable for livestock.
The westernmost city and warmest port in Impexis. Although the nation reaches further south into warmer waters (as well as to the far east after Stamstani was destroyed) these are not suitable for cities due to mountains and the sheer distance from the rest of the Impexis population. Due to this, the city sees greater activity during the winter when ice prevents access to Esvogg and rivers inland.
The city of Fren El En Val was a major city to the south of the Great Frost Plain and north of the great range of mountains separating Impexis from the southern world. It was a hub for those coming in the land routes from the Daesálir Perliti nations, hunters from the Plain and miners from the mining villages scattered throughout the miners heading to Ipaferi Iferissoa Al Seir.
more continent (done with continents??? I could add more islands but I think I’d rather work on actual content now.)
That’s a big ocean to the left of it
Can’t say Earth isn’t also guilty of this.
There isn’t really a reason for the map to be centered there and in reality maps in world would be centered where they originate from, just the way I drew/imported the map and I guess just familiarity with how I look at maps made me orient it that way.
That ocean is called the Amagrathei Ocean and it used to be home to another continent in a time long passed, that was destroyed and sunk (yes okay Beleriand I get it) in a war called the Forseen War (because, they predicted it).
One of my biggest inspirations is Forma, the world in which the Roblox games Dead Ahead and Centaura are set in and they have huge oceans, but also giant underwater megafauna and sea monsters and stuff, and I can imagine there being some dangerous things in the Amagrathei.
(Forma for reference)
Honestly I wonder how my continent maps might look when put into this thing, but I’d probably have to redraw them since they’re all in google sheets
What’s the website you’re using to draw your continents again?
App not a website but I’m sure there’s alternatives
You could probably also use Krita
Also came to the realisation that the underwater people have underwater countries
