Atlas Elyden map #9 - Hololach
You can find an updated key to the map here.
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2016-06-28 16:17:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Nate Mangion posts
ATLAS ELYDEN #8 - the Free Lands of Vârr
Vârr is an unfortunate place, haunted by the echoes of a past tainted by the actions of a mad god. Vorropohaiah, he was once known as, though his name is now whispered only amongst the most learned of scholars. He was one of the Two-and-Twenty worker gods – the Demiurges. They ...
2016-06-08 13:18:38 +0000 UTC View Postthe Idol of Baphomet
This is the first of hopefully many short stories/flash fiction that will be loosely linked around a mystical artifact known only as the Idol of Baphomet, which spans millennia and empires. The short stories will feature a partially recurring cast of characters that span...
2016-06-06 20:36:03 +0000 UTC View PostAtlas Elyden #2 - Pelasgos
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2016-06-04 09:04:52 +0000 UTC View PostAtlas Elyden #7 - Laaskha
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2016-06-01 06:16:41 +0000 UTC View PostAtlas Elyden #6 - Skaros (High-res)
This is a higher res version of the Skaros map for my patrons. Thanks for supporting me!
2016-05-11 16:14:12 +0000 UTC View PostAtlas Elyden #6 - Skaros
Skaros is a land with a long history, dating back to the dawn of the Fifth Age of mortal life, where the lascar people settled the eastern coast of the Gulf of Skaros. They prospered, spreading to the south and east before outside powers in the east stalled their growth. They would dwindle, their an...
2016-05-11 16:11:44 +0000 UTC View PostA Timeline of the Ancient Inner Sea
Elyden is a large world of many cultures and civilisations, some neighbours, and some divided by many thousands of miles. Though those around the Inner Sea share at least a modicum of history - shared ancestry, languages with common roots, linked histories - those on the other side of Elyden are bar...
2016-05-06 08:34:40 +0000 UTC View PostA Timeline of the Ancient Inner Sea
Elyden is a large world of many cultures and civilisations, some neighbours, and some divided by many thousands of miles. Though those around the Inner Sea share at least a modicum of history - shared ancestry, languages with common roots, linked histories - those on the other side of Elyden are bar...
2016-05-06 08:11:02 +0000 UTC View PostAtlas Elyden #5 - Almagest (High-res)
Here's a higher res version of the Almagest map for patrons only. If you;re interested in a .psd, let me know and i'll send you a link (too big to upload here!)
2016-05-02 13:28:03 +0000 UTC View PostAtlas Elyden #5 - the Republic of Almagest
Here's the fifth map in the Atlas Elyden. Work slowed down due to illness, some commission work and writing. I was hoping for 2 maps a month, though I don't think I'll be able ...
2016-04-29 16:21:32 +0000 UTC View PostPelasgos - (High-res)
I'm continuing to upload the Atlas maps, for patrons only. If any of you are interested in versions of the maps without labels or editable PSDs, just let me know (the PSDs are a bit too large to upload to Patreon though can be shared through other means),
thanks :)
2016-04-25 08:41:09 +0000 UTC View PostKorachan Hi-res jpg
I'm starting to upload the high-res Jpg files, starting with Korachan.
2016-04-21 09:51:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Atlas Elyden #4 - the City Kingdoms of the Haréshk
This is the forth map I finished in the series, and I'm including the full-res version for download for all my paying patrons. thanks for supporting me!
The City-kingdoms of the Haréshk are relics of a feudal system, still known for their heraldry and duchies. The region is on the ...
2016-03-25 08:08:23 +0000 UTC View Postthe Path Travelled - part 5
part 4
Part 5 - the Holy City of Mern
The city was large, and its limestone towers and blue domes glinted wonderfully in the afternoon sun. Though they were still some miles away, Chronicler could...
2016-03-24 13:12:45 +0000 UTC View Postthe Path Travelled - Part 4
Part 4 – the Eshed Plains, north of Ras
They stopped in the shade of a ruined aqueduct.
They had been following its toppled s...
2016-01-01 09:41:59 +0000 UTC View PostKorachan map
o work on the Korachani map for the Atlas Elyden is close to completion....
2015-12-14 06:55:51 +0000 UTC View Postthe Prime Meridian
Yesterday I completed an atlas entry that’s been waiting to escape the confines of my mind for quite some years. I’m busy adding labels and the key to the map of
The Path Travelled - part 3
Part 2
Part 3 - Leaving Ras
Mahr got his wish. For the next few days, things were relatively quiet as Farad and his apprentices busied themselves with offloading the last of their...
2015-11-29 07:47:03 +0000 UTC View PostElyden Star Map
An old map I had designed showing both hemispheres of Elyden's skies, including notable stars and constellations.
2015-11-23 16:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostShibboleth: the Torrent, Eleventh of the Demiurges
Amongst the most esoteric of the ancient Demiurges, Shibboleth was once the patron of wanderers, travellers, portals and crossroads. Parts of these aspects remain, though have been absorbed by various cultures or might remain in some regions, embodied by saints or other re...
2015-11-19 17:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostA Map of Venthir and Tzallrach
I finally finished the map I was working on.
EDIT: I noticed there were some fragments around some of the mountain text so removed it and added a n elevation key to the cartouche to give an idea of the heights. I also want to add spot heights to the peak icon...
2015-11-15 14:51:38 +0000 UTC View PostWhy Do I write?
here's a link to a post over on my blog, where I ask myself why I write
2015-11-10 08:52:33 +0000 UTC View Postthe Shadow and the Helix
a discarded poem that I had come up with for a novel that was itself discarded some time ago. Well, I say discarded. What I mean is evolved into a different novel, which in turn changed into something else...
2015-11-07 05:32:40 +0000 UTC View PostAGYNUR of NEKODA
I've always been interested in heraldry and have tried working it into my work on Elyden where I can. Readers might remember a recent map of the Haréshk, which includes many shields, representative of the...
2015-11-02 15:55:06 +0000 UTC View Postthe Haréshki City-kingdoms and Neighbouring Nations
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_M2DZ7XPAcuRFJoWDVjc1czSDA/view?usp=sharing
To those amongst you gracious-enough to pledge $5 or more a month, here is a the full-...
2015-10-30 08:04:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe Path Travelled - part 2
Part 2 – Ras
“They are really quite spectacular,” continued Chronicler.
He’d woken up in high spirits despite the restless night, thoughts of the heavens a...
2015-10-25 18:56:10 +0000 UTC View Post