More early thoughts on the saga.

I am not really that great when it comes to creating fictional maps, not sure why, but I prefer to take an existing real piece of the globe and adapt it for my needs. This has a few advantages, for one it actually exists, though I have added or deleted minor parts. Secondly, the hills, rivers, lakes and mountains as well as logical pathways through the country are shown, I don't have to create them for these all formed naturally over millions of years.

As in my Imagi-Nations campaign I have gone for Ireland, it just lends itself as being a perfect continent, and continent it is going to be.

On my trusty A3 sketch pad I recreated my version, it has been rotated through ninety degrees, the outline of the coast and some lakes have been added so far. Most of the map, will for the moment, remain a blank canvas the details will only be added as and when needed.

Now the island is conveniently divided up into 32 counties, for my purposes each will be a different region/country in this vast continent. I will of course be changing all of the names, one of them will become Yolare. At the present time, the county of Meath is looking favourite. With the map flipped it will be located to the north of the continent in an almost central location. The whole continent will be named Culm.

So the Saga of Yolare will merely be a small part of the Chronicles of Culm.

I have a working list of alternative names, which may, or may not appear on the map.

I also have a list of towns/cities not too many yet and most are based on English place names, in this vast continent other more exotic names will need to be thought up.

So if indeed Meath becomes Yolare, a larger map of that area will be drawn out separately showing far more detail than the large map will show. I will of course draw other larger scale maps as other regions come into play. All the while keeping the physical map close by to show the major geographical features which can be added and altered as required.

So with magic and strange creatures afoot in a vast and so far hidden continent, this exercise should prove to be fun and interesting.