Fantasy Map Illustration in Progress

I’m deep in the planning stages for our fourth RPG set in the Fallen Cycle mythos. This campaign, set in the dream-world of Alterran, will explore the early conflicts between Chernaya and the Feyn, predating the events of Tales From When I Had A Face by a couple of centuries.

I have some of the initial setting notes for players up on the blog for those curious to get a peek at setting material that won’t be public for several years.

For now, here’s a map of the northern regions of Alterran. This is taking an evocative approach, as obviously the major locations are essentially enlarged, and perspective is somewhat surreal, matching the nature of the setting. That made sense to me since for the most part the story is likely to take place either in those locations or in the travel between them, so their relative position is much more important than making sure the Skalliheim tower is the correct proportion to the scale of the map.

The Kingdom of Chernaya

I’m still working on this, about 12 hours in now. Textures and patterns are generated, but I’ve done the bulk of the work from there by hand, including a great deal by hand with watercolor, pencil and ink brushes. So many tiny lines!

In intend to share the PC setting document I get together on the Fallen Cycle website when I’m done with it… something I’ve wanted to do for prior campaigns but never quite got around to it. I should be able to get back around to BLACKOUT 2054 at the least, as I took pretty copious notes back in 2020.