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Map of Elemental

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Here is the map of Elemental (map made for Random House’s Elemental: Destiny's Embers novel).

A cloth map (made of canvas specifically) will be included in the Limited Edition.

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Reply #26 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting John_Hughes, reply 24

Quoting TheProgress, reply 18How large of a landmass is this representing? It looks fairly big, but then you're calling what looks to be an ocean a bay...

A quick screen based measurement would indicate roughly 1300 miles across West to East.

 

To give a mental picture, From Washington State to Florida is about 2,800 miles.

 

Also - Can we get a super high resolution version of that map?  It'd be fun for D&D purposes.

Reply #27 from Sins Forums Top

Um... that map looks extremely similar to Arda... even the mountain ranges are nearly the same.

 

 

As to the size of Elemental's world... it's actually quite similar to the size of the "known world" of the time of Alexander the Great.  Which is just perfect, IMO.

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Reply #28 from Elemental Forums Top

Hammerfell... What about Hammertime?! :andrew:

Reply #29 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting PyroMancer2k, reply 6

I might be over analyzing this but Lake Gandru doesn't seem that realistic. It has two rivers leaving it both of which go to the sea and on opposite sides of the continent. Water flows down hill and takes the first available opening so which ever river exit was lower would take precedent except maybe in times of heavy rains when the lake rises enough to poor into the 2nd river.

I'm not that familiar with every lake/river in the world but I don't know of any cases of this happening naturally. I say naturally because humans have dug canals to link of several lakes and rivers to create shipping lanes, and those don't really count.


Other wise it's a nice map though. ;)

 

Well, I'll join you in the overthinking but point out that lake Gandru is east of the Imperial Spine. Therefore, you have a single source in the mountains that flows both east and west and both downhill, and one side feeds into lake Gandru while the other flows directly to the ocean.

Your sense of reality can be restored ;)

Reply #30 from Elemental Forums Top

maps are close but not that close 

the idea of two connected continents is not that unique...

Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top

maps are close but not that close 

the idea of two connected continents is not that unique...

Two connected continents isn't unique, but the mountain ranges are largely the same, the shape of the continents is largely the same, they even have an island between them in exactly the same position.  This really jumped out at me, to the point at which I thought this was a map of Arda until I read the place-names and realized it was different.

Reply #32 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Darvin3, reply 27

Um... that map looks extremely similar to Arda... even the mountain ranges are nearly the same.

 

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I don't see the extreme similarity that you see. There's the general similarity of two larger landmasses connected by a land bridge, but the mountain lines are significantly different. For instance, Arda's western mass is nearly completely boxed in with mountains on the edges.

Reply #33 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting kyogre12, reply 2
I've always wondered, were do you come up with the names for the factions, locations, etc? Just random things that pop into your head? Also, is there going to be any significance to the island in the middle of the Bay of Calder? It seems to me like it should.

Dave Stern at Random House came up with a lot of it.

I have had a sketch of the general map since back in the early 90s along with a handful of the key places (Altar, The Henge, Magnar, Umber) and from there, Dave and I collaborated on expanding the mythology and the world.

Reply #34 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting TheProgress, reply 18
How large of a landmass is this representing? It looks fairly big, but then you're calling what looks to be an ocean a bay...

It's actually not that big.  This continent (Anthys) is actually only one of many continents which hopefully we'll be able to expand upon over the next several years.

Reply #35 from Elemental Forums Top

I don't see the extreme similarity that you see. There's the general similarity of two larger landmasses connected by a land bridge, but the mountain lines are significantly different. For instance, Arda's western mass is nearly completely boxed in with mountains on the edges.

Considering all the fantastic maps out there, I'm not surprised that its possible to find a similar one. Shoot a lot of arrows, you see one that falls near the bullseye, and go 'aha! see? A veritable copy!' ignoring all the other arrows that are sticking out of the wall that fell well short. Some map had to have two land masses connected by a bridge above an island.

http://www.google.com/images?q=fantasy+maps

 

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Reply #36 from Elemental Forums Top

So is this the map in which the campaign of Elemental will take place on?

Reply #37 from Elemental Forums Top

I only see four each, empires and kingdoms.  Wasn't there five each?

Reply #38 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Frogboy, reply 33



Quoting kyogre12,
reply 2
I've always wondered, were do you come up with the names for the factions, locations, etc? Just random things that pop into your head? Also, is there going to be any significance to the island in the middle of the Bay of Calder? It seems to me like it should.


Dave Stern at Random House came up with a lot of it.

I have had a sketch of the general map since back in the early 90s along with a handful of the key places (Altar, The Henge, Magnar, Umber) and from there, Dave and I collaborated on expanding the mythology and the world.

Good to know:thumbsup: I've always been curious where fantasy authors (and sci-fi and anyone who isn't using real places) comes up with names for people, places, etc. It doesn't seem like it would be fun:P

Reply #39 from Elemental Forums Top
The first strangeness I've noticed in the map isn't about the lake (that is weird, I have to admit), but about rivers! There are 3 rivers generating from the plains (or an upland at most) in Altar, The Northern Wastes and near the city of New Pariden. This fact alone is a bit unusual, but the odd thing is that they flow THROUGH the mountains before reaching the ocean!!!! How can you explain this?
Reply #40 from Elemental Forums Top

Ugg, more of the **** from the "lore". I hope this obsession with the selling the book doesn't totally cripple the game. We already lost any chance of decent races because of that.

Reply #41 from Elemental Forums Top

Looks very nice! I can't wait to play on the huge insane size map of Elemental.  :thumbsup:

Reply #42 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting endofdayz, reply 40
Ugg, more of the **** from the "lore". I hope this obsession with the selling the book doesn't totally cripple the game. We already lost any chance of decent races because of that.
No chance of "decent" races was lost because from the very beginning there was no consideration for others?o_O (as I understood all the "affair")

Reply #43 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting endofdayz, reply 40
Ugg, more of the **** from the "lore". I hope this obsession with the selling the book doesn't totally cripple the game. We already lost any chance of decent races because of that.

Did they actually decide to cut the races?  I don't remember there being a final verdict.

Reply #44 from Elemental Forums Top

Thank you for this nice map. I'll be sure to steal interesting geographical features for my PnP RPG campaign.

Which reminds me, i'm going to make a map of it in Elemental. And... maybe i'll make a mod based on it too. Maybe. Depends if modding Elemental is easy enough. Plus on bunch of other stuff.

I really like the map. It is interesting. I love maps.

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Reply #45 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting endofdayz, reply 40
Ugg, more of the **** from the "lore". I hope this obsession with the selling the book doesn't totally cripple the game. We already lost any chance of decent races because of that.

 

By chance are you the guy always running around as Drizzt<insert_number> or Legolas<insert_number> on every MMO I play?

But yea, better not let that lore/story stuff ruin a good game, that happens all the time!!!.

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Reply #46 from Elemental Forums Top

This map looks to me like Ireland and Alaska connected by a bridge :)

Reply #47 from Elemental Forums Top

To me it looks like some of the original maps of East Asia and S. America.

Reply #48 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting endofdayz, reply 40
Ugg, more of the **** from the "lore". I hope this obsession with the selling the book doesn't totally cripple the game. We already lost any chance of decent races because of that.

The Map shows 8 Races. The game has 10 Races.

How can the Book Lore *** up over the game if we get 2 more Races in the **** game?

Seriously. Are you in need of "Bitch Miles" somewhere else?

We don't offer "Bitch Miles" here thanks.

 

Reply #49 from Stardock Forums Top

Wintersong-

Tidal land bridge?

FutileEmotion-

Did anyone else get a sudden urge to use supply depots to block off and siege tank up the Henge?

Gwakamoli-

I don't know about you, but I'm picturing some epic battles over the bridge connecting the 2 land masses if 2 armies reach there at the same time ^^

Fardeil-

Me thinks that it would be rather pointless battles for those who don't bother for soldiers, just a pointless bloodbath ^_^'

MorganDeWitt-

The Henge looks vitally important, but that's only if the inner coasts of each continent aren't beached up much, I guess.

 

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Reply #50 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting John_Hughes, reply 48



Quoting endofdayz,
reply 40
Ugg, more of the **** from the "lore". I hope this obsession with the selling the book doesn't totally cripple the game. We already lost any chance of decent races because of that.


The Map shows 8 Races. The game has 10 Races.

How can the Book Lore *** up over the game if we get 2 more Races in the **** game?

Seriously. Are you in need of "Bitch Miles" somewhere else?

We don't offer "Bitch Miles" here thanks.

 

I'm pretty sure there are only 8 factions now, and factions=/=races.