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Post by Beelzebibble on Feb 24, 2016 12:44:33 GMT -5
What a great font.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Feb 24, 2016 12:47:15 GMT -5
So I'm thinking for the finalized template we'll use for each location in the reference topic: Town/City NameSingle line summary of the location and its plot hooks. Population: (straight up number of people living there) Terrain: (describes the location and general weather) : (General description of the city's structure, populace, plot hooks, etc.) Important Locations: (gives a list of locales relevant to RPer, such as the Demitasse, Ansonia, and so forth for Winstone) Important People: (Gives a list of characters who people should know in a locale, such as the G-Bros in Winstone, Thyra in Salcester, Ivan in Gulo, and so forth.) Location: Probably an image tagged centered map showing where it is in the Archipelago Relevant RPs: A list of all RPs taking place in that location.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Feb 24, 2016 13:20:56 GMT -5
Anybody who wants to do some of those here would be very welcome, because it'll help format the finalized topic. WhelkshoreA quaint coastal city where Powers aren't just welcomed, but upheld as heroes and role models. Population: 17,000 Terrain: Whelkshore is right on the shoreline of the main island of the Archipelago, adjacent to the bitter-cold deep sea currents that flow into Bryn Tawel. As such, they've got mild weather tending towards the brisk, with low hills full of scrub pines and other coastal plants. The streets are largely cobbled in brick, and the homes are primarily Capes. Most businesses are in stout but well-kept brick buildings, dating back to the 1960's. Society: Due to having a number of famous and benevolent Powers among their populace for over a decade now, Whelkshore is the most Power-friendly city in the entire Archipelago. Powers are treated as minor celebrities, and it's not uncommon for the local tabloids to keep tabs on all of their comings and goings. This fame isn't without a price however; expectations of Powers run high, and they're expected to constantly be interceding in emergencies and conflicts. Because of this constant societal pressure, very few Powers find themselves willing to settle down in Whelkshore for the long term. Important Locations: +Zebedee Taylor's Home: A repurposed warehouse at the fringe of the city, Zebedee Taylor lives here. He bought a neighboring house in an adjacent lot, where he frequently has other Powers staying as guests. Natalie Ulima, Rie Nepas, and Thyra Russell can commonly be found hanging around here. +The Vitreous Coast: A section of coastline that was melted into black glass by a clash between Powers years ago. Though initially seen as an eyesore, it was soon adopted as a prime tourist attraction and is a frequent must-see spot for visitors to the Archipelago. Important People: +Zebedee Taylor: A youthful Power from another dimension, he quickly won the hearts of the populace with his self-sacrificing heroics and constant compassion. He managed to spin this appeal into a seat on the city council, which he held for several years, until being framed for a murder of his aide. Though he was proven innocent, he still proves to be a largely polarizing figure to the people of Whelkshore as a whole. +Sly: Another traveler from another world, Sly is less well known, but arguably the organizing force behind the Powers in Cherrygrove. He frequently takes young Powers under his wing, and helps them find their way in life. Though he seemingly only has a small home across the street from Zebedee, he actually has a sprawling underground laboratory that extends beneath much of the surrounding city. +Sylvia Natalie Ulima: The third of the well known Powers in Whelkshore, and arguably the one with the best public relationship in the present day. She's known for vehemently believing all Powers should be held accountable for their own actions, and a staunchly opposed stance to any organizations of Powers looking to creep into the Archipelago and gain influence. She's gained some measure of international fame as a Summoner hunter, having singlehandedly chased off their dreaded warriors on several occasions. Location: COMING SOON Relevant RPs: This may take a while Trivia: +People from Whelkshore are referred to as "'shorers" +The main newspaper is Whelkshore is the "Whelkshore Gazetteer", but there are a variety of gossip rags as well, frequently dealing in information and rumors about various Powers and other figures of interest in the Archipelago. +Whelkshore and Winstone City are on fairly negative terms with eachother; Whelkshore sees Winstone as complicating their own lives by starting trouble with Powers in their territory, whereas the general populace of Winstone views Whelkshore's pro-Powers stance as precariously embracing a bunch of fickle and dangerous individuals that'll inevitably come back to haunt them.
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Post by Loogs on Feb 24, 2016 13:51:04 GMT -5
Bryn TawelA quiet little coastal town a stone's throw away from Whelkshore where the people mostly mind their own business, but things are always a bit... uncanny... Population: 6,000
Terrain: Rocky cliffs and hilly terrain here. There's also a strange, perpetual fog in the area. Seems like no matter the time of year the place is always misty somehow?
Flavor: Bryn Tawel is very quiet. Nothing big goes down here, nothing like Winstone big, but things are never quite what they seem. Any other unsuspecting person would think there aren't a lot of Powers or magical presence here, but then you hear the mysterious singing out at sea on the nights where the fog is at its thickest, and you see the unidentifiable bones wash up on shore, and the ghostly black fox on the hill at the corner of your eye that vanishes when you blink, and, well... you start thinking twice a little more. Otherwise, Bryn Tawel locals are usually very kind and hospitable, though perhaps a bit passive-aggressive if you don't fit the reserved and demure model that they hold as standard. Powers are treated just fine, again, as long as they don't start causing big problems or attract too much attention to themselves.
Important Locations: +The Salty Siren: A quaint little grill on the coast. The locals recommend the lemon cod, it's really quite exquisite. +Taliesin Lighthouse: This lighthouse has been abandoned for decades, but for some reason... it's always lit up at night???
Important People: no one yet.
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Relevant RPs: -Smooth Sailing
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Post by Loogs on Feb 25, 2016 2:37:51 GMT -5
because I love yall so much (also because Lee is paying me) I've started on a map of the Archipelago: what a beauty! I'm rather proud of this thing, and this is actually just kind of an outline to mark boundaries and stuff. I want to emphasize that this is in no way finalized. These are merely WIPs. let's zoom in though, shall we? Makes sense that this half is kind of densely populated, save for Brightmeadow over there, I mean there's a river here. People love rivers. Anyway, an important idea I wanted to put out there is Winstone being sort of bifurcated by the river, kind of like Minneapolis, so you've got an east bank and a west bank which can make for interesting territorial culture idiosyncrasies and the like. Pohatu lmk what you think, I can move it around if need be We can do some fun in this eastern portion, mostly I just need like... cities and towns and stuff to put in there. shrug Again, lots of opportunities to have fun on this island, but I need stuff to put in there. And then there's this little island chain that I added in myself, because I'm the cartographer and have any of yall ever looked at a map for once in your life like. Do you have any idea where you have put the Archipelago and why haven't any of yall thought to use this when you name your areas. Guys. The Marshall Islands are like right there. Polynesians also did a lot of spreading out. This is an official PSA to please please start looking at names that don't derive from straight-up English words for the sake of not boring me half to death This being said, I want this little sub-archipelago region to have a name. We were trying to look into something in Tagalog, but if any of you have any good ideas for names, go ahead and throw your hat into the ring. The only catch is that you gotta use something from a language that's from somewhere in the Ring of Fire and that is also not English. so there's that
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Post by Tout-Perd on Feb 25, 2016 13:49:40 GMT -5
How would we feel about taking the big island off the West coast of "Johto", and making our version of "Goldenrod" into an island city connected by bridges to the mainland? You know, the really big one out by Lincliff- I kinda like the flavor of it having two huge suspension bridges connecting it, one to the "Hoenn" island, and one to the "Johto" island (presumably with most traffic coming from Paymarble (Violet) or Winstone) Not sure what we'd do with the little island in between "goldenrod island" and the mainland, though I'm sure we could come up with some interesting flavor.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Feb 25, 2016 13:57:15 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_pillar_of_DelhiI kinda want to change Paymarble's name to something to do with either this, or Damascus Steel, since it's been largely a plotpoint for the area that the make tons of cash doing super-advanced metallurgy (with some of their tricks stolen from the various super-human techs that have shown up in the area, courtesy of alien invasions, Sly, Obsidian Hearts, etc.)
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Post by Loogs on Feb 25, 2016 13:57:40 GMT -5
Let me also mention this real quick: Not every one of those islands has to be inhabitable. In fact, more than a few islands in the typical archipelago are uninhabitable, for one or more reasons. Setting aside a few for wildlife refuge purposes would actually be kinda cool. idk use your imaginations
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Post by Beelzebibble on Feb 25, 2016 14:09:54 GMT -5
"Paymarble"'s a better name than "Mudbloom" if you ask me.
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Post by ch00beh on Feb 25, 2016 15:35:47 GMT -5
i learned a lot about mapmaking and geography when redoing the Aleta one, so if you wanna touch things up a bit in the name of realism, one thing to keep in mind is that rivers generally don't split and they never go from coast to coast. Usually there is a distinct lowest point where a body of water is and it will always choose that direction, give or take some meandering. On the flip side, rivers love joining together.
Exceptions to this are deltas like the Mississippi or the Nile, and they flow out because the outlet is a flat, boggy area. Rivers also squiggle based on elevation--the steeper the elevation and thus the faster the water is moving, means straighter rivers while flatter terrain means super windy rivers and probably lots of bow lakes.
A lake with no outflow to the ocean results in lots of mineral deposits which gives you places like the Great Salt Lake.
Judging from the island chain running from the northwest corner to the southeast, you probably have a tectonic plate actively subducting so you could have a craggy mountain range through the Lincliff area and volcanos and shit. Unsure if there's an active plate boundary also under the biggest island, but if there is, I'd imagine the mountain range would run a bit longer. If the island was built elsewhere and migrated to its current position, I'd still imagine the mountain range to be a bit longer, though weathered, since the island would have had to survive a millennia of erosion.
IIRC, prevailing winds at this latitude blow from east to west. Maybe when I get home I will think about drawing the weather diagram, which informs rainfall and whatnot.
Those are just some thoughts on future iterations, though I get that realism isn't really necessary so feel free to just throw them away. Still a dope map.
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Post by Loogs on Feb 25, 2016 15:42:57 GMT -5
Judging from the island chain running from the northwest corner to the southeast, you probably have a tectonic plate actively subducting so you could have a craggy mountain range through the Lincliff area and volcanos and shit. Yeah, DL mentioned something about hot springs so that little brown spot next to Lincliff? That's a volcano. I have to go ahead and lay out a small mountain range there too. Rivers are hard dude, I was actually looking at the Mississippi and the Nile making this map. I imagine that southern delta to be really marshy and shit, as deltas are wont to be. I'll probably get rid of some of those smaller divergences, and be making edits tonight. thnx for the feedback
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Post by ch00beh on Feb 25, 2016 16:01:49 GMT -5
the main weird river is the one running from the northeast delta , along the mountain range, and out the southwest delta. it makes sense if you just erase the river parts that trace the mountain range, though.
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Post by Loogs on Feb 25, 2016 16:17:18 GMT -5
fuck it I moved the mountain range. it's just that Gulo needs to be where it needs to be and so we need a mountain range. idk!
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Post by Loogs on Feb 25, 2016 16:23:59 GMT -5
Island chain now has a name For future reference, the key is: Red: BoundariesBlue: Bodies of waterGold: MountainOrange: VolcanoesGreen: Cities/towns with finalized or semi-finalized namesBlack: Cities/towns that are unnamed, or places I want to put a city in but have no good name yet
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Post by Loogs on Feb 25, 2016 16:28:57 GMT -5
ONE MORE NOTE: I'm working at 13x19, 350dpi. So this map is actually going to be printable, for those of you who want to hang one up at home!
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Post by Loogs on Feb 25, 2016 16:54:28 GMT -5
class sucks and we're doing nothing so have some more map. an uninhabited desert area like the Australian Outback would be fucking awesome, guys y/n (the answer is y) but seriously what do yall think
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Post by Tout-Perd on Feb 25, 2016 19:30:36 GMT -5
Certain ideas that we'd established for uninhabited islands: -Drinker Island: A desolate island with a dormant volcano in its center. It's barely visited by the authorities, making it a favored party locale for teens. However, mysteriously, various extinct creatures have been spotted on occasion. Due to the nature of the crowds there, however, these sightings are treated with pretty much no real credibility. Ironically, it was named after its discoverer, not the constant binging in the present day. -I kinda like the idea of some island that's nothing but an immense library of a potpourri of subjects. Like a lighthouse of Alexandria thing. Not sure where we'd put it though- And it might be redundant with the Crescent Mage library? But still, think of how cool of an idea that would be! -There should be an island that keeps giving troubling hints that it's alive, and people try to avoid it because they're afraid of waking it up. (Okay, this might be a bit outlandish, but I kinda dig the "predatory island"/turtle island concept. A lot.) -One of the stops in Summoner Style was an island that negates the powers and magic of everybody on it (basically, it's a titanic mana-sink). I'm not sure if we want that anywhere near the Archipelago though? It's probably unhealthy as hell to be near, since it slowly drained the life force of anybody on it. But I get a feeling Williams would see about establishing a prison there?
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Post by Loogs on Feb 25, 2016 23:39:15 GMT -5
quick update on the map situation: I'm revising the map to have that main river flow from that mountain range right there. idk!! rivers are still hard dude close-up of west "johto". man, yall better do something good with that delta, I love deltas west "johto" closeup. starting to drop in forests, idk shrug "hoenn"'s looking pretty cool! this one is still free game, folks, start thinking of names and concepts and shit Salcester and its big bad desert outback. that little isolated island is the fortress city Lee and I were talking about discus
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Post by ch00beh on Mar 8, 2016 21:19:34 GMT -5
does this still need to be an announcement instead of a sticky?
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Post by Tout-Perd on Mar 15, 2016 8:39:09 GMT -5
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Post by Loogs on Mar 16, 2016 17:00:12 GMT -5
That dot marked (Halley's Fortress City) has an actual name now, for those of you who didn't catch my Sailing post. the name of that city is Pagong City, and think of it as being something like Kowloon Walled City where it's just this fortress of buildings and very densely packed and being largely de facto ungoverned despite being administered by the Archipelago on the books.
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Post by Loogs on Mar 17, 2016 2:06:36 GMT -5
hey yo it's ya pal Loog here, with a list of cool names that are certified Not Anglo™: Aguablanca Cienaguita Andaran Prostrel Magnolia Asmaradhana (this one would be a good name for a body of water) Gerisek Kagopon Vedishchevo Vasil’yevskoye Gyegol also check this thing i found, it's fucking awesome. random name generator where you can input a country and it throws some names of cities from that country into a blender. good shit
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Post by SHADOWMASTER89 on Mar 17, 2016 11:19:47 GMT -5
I'm curious where Lilly Cove City is on the map since that's supposedly where Terminer Academy is located. Just searching for a sense of location for Dis.
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Post by Lady Kara on Mar 18, 2016 19:35:09 GMT -5
Seeing that map brings tears to me. I love making maps and you did a brilliant job, Loogs. ^__~
As for my own contribution, still working on naming villages, towns, cities, and other locales. For the most part - the Todoroki Isles (Kamineko, Rorazold, and Lunavista) will be placed in the lower right of the main map (region south-east of Mudbloom) once I've figured out how they look and what sizes they are in relation to each other. Also, the large island nation of Drakon'vyaz (home of the Drakyan elves, some sencient dragons, and a few other interesting creatures I've yet to detail) will be located to the lower right of Todoroki and will have a small bit of it's eastern half show on the left side of the map (unless you feel better just extending the right side of the map further for it...LOL).
If I have time by the middle or end of April to work on it (got other stuff going on between now and then), I -hope- to try and get my stuff finished.
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Mar 18, 2016 20:00:38 GMT -5
Shoheki-cho (Replacing Goldenrod)
A mainland city, and a hub of activity. Being one of the biggest cities of the Archipelago, it has business, it has tourism and it has recreation. It's widely known for being the site of the battle against Pandora and the sacrifice of one young girl who gave her life to save the entire world. A statue was erected close to, but not on, the site of the final battle. The site of the final battle remained left in its ruined state as a tribute.
Population: 1,000,000 Terrain: Shoheki-cho was built as a city. While it follows the natural rise and dip of the hills, it's mainly a flat area that is made up of concrete and tarmac. The buildings have elements of their original architecture, but the interiors have been modernized as per demand, nowadays. It's mostly tall buildings with small parks dotted around, and the outskirts have the buildings shrink slightly for the residential areas (mostly rent-only).
Society: It's a social hub of the Archipelago with a massive tourism trade. It has the typical tourist trademarks that are tributes to Times Square and Shibuya Crossing, so every other person there is a tourist who wants to visit the area. The residents of the area are relatively open-minded and accepting of this, and of Powers, since their lives were saved thanks to a small group of Powers. The society runs itself, outside of tourism, with major technology companies based in the area and the almost self-managing retail pulling in the big business. The city, as a whole, has superstitions regarding the still-ruined area that once housed the Crescent Mage Library, and barely anyone stops by to look at it any more.
Important Locations: - Crescent Mage Library Ruins. While the only people who visit are typically tourists wanting to see the site, not many stay longer than a few minutes. Some of the mystically-versed tend to linger, but even they disappear rather quickly. Local superstition say the area is taboo, mystical for some reason and it's an area that even the hardiest of veterans feel unease when visiting. - Memorial Statue. A statue erected to celebrate the young girl who played a part, and gave her life, to save the city. It is always kept in pristine condition, even by the kids who were born after the cataclysm that nearly ruined the city. It's not uncommon for people to lay flowers by the statue as their own way of paying tribute. - Residential Area. Mostly on the outskirts of the city, though there are pockets within the city itself. Rent in the city is extortionate, and it's not exactly cheap on the outskirts but it is an affordable rate providing the average person didn't mind putting in extra hours at their job. - Commercial District. The shopping area. While not limited to this area, what with shops and streets of shops intersperced across the city, this is the most successful and highly visited shopping area of the city. From thrift to high-street to couture, old technology like phonograms and record players to the newest phones and television sets, this is the place to get it. - Business District. Adjacent to the Commercial District, this is the SRS BSNS area of the city. As expected, it has the tallest buildings and the older architecture, closer to the centre of the city. Inside the buildings were not just typical office buildings, but research and development labs, testing facilities and on-site gyms for most of the companies operating. Location: Mainland. I'll leave it to Steph's discretion.
Pretty much deleting the below from this template since... There's nothing to fill it out with.
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Post by Loogs on Mar 19, 2016 1:37:25 GMT -5
just a quick update on the map situation, mostly just cosmetic as I work to make this displayable and look like a real map. most important real changes here are just dropping in a few more cities, notably Prostrel (I guess our Cerulean analog according to Lee??) in the far north, Shoheki-cho being moved to East Mainisland, and Pagong City having a name now. Hephzibah is a name I picked out in response to Lee wanting a Jewish community, so there it is, there on that island which is gonna get a name I swear hey that's the other thing, let's start naming things that aren't cities, notably: regions, islands, rivers(!!!!), forests, bays, channels, etc etc etc etc (bodies of water for sure!!! come on yall) because if yall dont want to, i will exercise my privileges as cartographer and do so myself
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