The Battle of Gelor Ridge

[mbartelsm]

So, I've been wanting to make a map for the battle of Gelor Ridge--from Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson. I really like how Erikson narrates the battle, its exciting and interesting. But, with all that's going on during the battle, it can be hard to piece everything together. So I've set out to make a battle map for it.

The battle location is described as a dry lakebed through which the river P'atha now runs. The lakebed is 2000 paces east-west and 4000 paces north-south. To the north there's a serrated ridge of bone white hills, to the south there's a "knotted jumble of arroyos, basoliths, screes and jagged outcroppings" as well as a pinnacle upon which a monastery sits.

This is a basic sketch of the location, contours and shading are rough because I'll replace them later with hachures



The final map is to be of a similar style to this one: