Atlas Asdel | The Tribes of Saurkar

[morne]

Hi all!

This is my first finished map post, so let's see how it goes.



Sourcegate | The Word of Iron
This map is a part of a larger world that started off as a homebrew DnD campaign, and has since evolved into a series of novels.

In this world, magic, known as Entra, has become increasingly rare and weak. The once-great magi that could move mountains with their will either died off or were forgotten about, resigned to live in solitude.

That is, until the Antuzan Empire, ruled over by an Emperor said to be the mouthpiece of a god known as Odeth, waged war on the world. The empire claims that when the sun rises and sets on the empire, Entra will be restored to the world.

The Tribes of Saurkar
The Saurkar region of Kador is a place of isolation and solitude. Those who migrate to these desert lands are often ignored and forgotten by the world at large.The tribes of the Saurkar region have roamed the deserts for over 700 years. In 1572 S.E. (Sovereign Age), a Suynan by the name of Udidh Myimagh, along with his cult of followers, was banished from Suyna for being one of the first groups to reject the Suynan god Mar, their name for the Caeteran god Teth.

Udidh and his followers were forced into the northern deserts of Saurkar, a desolate and uninhabited place, interposed between the Amratis mountains to the west and the Sinidar mountains to the east.

Today, Udidh's descendants live in small settlements scattered across the most habitable places in the desert, along the Makhet river or near seasonal lakes and rivers. Each village is lead by a Myith, or chieftain. Once a year, the Myith gather in Sunyi for Samyota Myi Mimyithit.

Geography and Climate
This entire region is a hot desert climate, with average yearly temperatures reaching 90 degrees, and yearly rainfall less than 8 inches.

Mapmaking
The process for making this map involved using GMTED2010 SRTM heightmaps to create the base terrain in photoshop, GDAL for projecting high resolution heightmaps to various projections, World Machine and Wilbur for some minor terrain manipulation and locating rivers and lakes, G.Projector for figuring out projections and creating graticules, and affinity designer for the final touches.

I have started a thread documenting my process that you can find here.

Feedback is always welcome.

[Naima]

Very nice work.

[Slylok]

Looks good

[Michi il Disperso]

Wow! That's fine! And what a resolution!
You're going to explain lots of things in the tut