Sorry everyone I had to take a few days due to illness but I'm back and I will do my best to respond to everyone's contributions! If I didn't respond to something I may have forgotten so don't be afraid to ask me again!
@Cards Thank you for doing that!! It definitely helps with visibility since it's a bit difficult to make out the lines of the continents because the colors are so faded and the lines get in the way.
@DoubleO I see what you mean, thanks for clarifying! And it sure would be nice to know the exact locations of things, but I can't imagine any kind of clarification anytime soon lol. I can still dream though. I haven't used blender but I have used Google Earth and more recently maptoglobe which have worked just fine for me so far.
@Natron BEAUTIFUL! I actually came across your Science of Sornieth thread a while ago on my quest to collect information and was inspired that other people think about these things too! The main reason I was so surprised to learn that Dragonhome is canonically around the north pole was because I'd always imagined it to be somewhere near the horse latitudes since that's where deserts typically are (I'm a geek for deserts). With the lush tropical forests in the far north I also looked into the hottest periods in earth's history when the poles were warm enough to host temperate rainforests... which honestly makes me more inclined to imagine the canonical locations of Dragonhome and the Viridian Labyrinth, because midnight sun and polar nights with auroras would be so cool in those domains.
(As a side note, I love what you've done with the ocean currents and I'm envious because I've been working on this sort of thing for another fictional world, but I can't seem to get the currents right so kudos to you!)
Oh and you updated it, even better!! I'm seriously amazed at the detail you put into this map! I'll have to check out your entire lore thread sometime when I have the chance because from what I've seen so far it's exactly the ecological stuff I love to think about.
@Acetheaxolotl I'm on board with the idea that "Carl" is creating a map of the ancient world! It would certainly be in keeping with the archaeological theme Arlo has brought about. I added this theory to the list of theories I'm collecting in the main thread if that's okay with you.
Regarding another continent, as far as I know there hasn't been any confirmation about whether other non-elemental lands exist or not, but there is one interesting thing I noticed and I don't know what to make of it.
I've never heard anyone else talk about this (so if you know of anything, lmk). A trip across the sea? From where? Other lands outside of the elemental continent? Or does the continent just wrap around the planet so that the isles between the Arcane and Ice domains are within flying distance of the eastern coast of the Light domain? We know that Imperials are physically capable maintaining flight for weeks on end, so at the very least there is a landmass of some sort within several week's flight of the eastern cliffs of the Sunbeam Ruins. I personally would love to see an extension of the lore where dragons can explore unknown lands around the planet outside of deity influence, but it does appear as though the continent takes up a large portion of the planet so I don't know how much room there is for other landmasses.
A bit of math now since it's topical: we know that Sornieth's radius is roughly one and a half times the radius of the earth (source), and the earth's equatorial radius is approximately 3,963 miles. That means Sornieth's equatorial radius is around 5944.5 miles, so Sornieth's circumference would be roughly 37,350 miles at the equator. For reference, the earth's circumference is 24,901 miles at the equator. Unfortunately we don't know the flight speed of an Imperial so we can't calculate anything in that area (yet)!
@wanderingworlds Bookworm must be hydrophobic his map makes the Sea of a Thousand Currents look like a puddle. And also did he take bites out of it? On a serious note, thanks for finding more maps! The more maps I see the more I'm inclined to believe all the canonical maps are largely wrong but we can find small truths in all of them.
@Cards Thank you for doing that!! It definitely helps with visibility since it's a bit difficult to make out the lines of the continents because the colors are so faded and the lines get in the way.
@DoubleO I see what you mean, thanks for clarifying! And it sure would be nice to know the exact locations of things, but I can't imagine any kind of clarification anytime soon lol. I can still dream though. I haven't used blender but I have used Google Earth and more recently maptoglobe which have worked just fine for me so far.
@Natron BEAUTIFUL! I actually came across your Science of Sornieth thread a while ago on my quest to collect information and was inspired that other people think about these things too! The main reason I was so surprised to learn that Dragonhome is canonically around the north pole was because I'd always imagined it to be somewhere near the horse latitudes since that's where deserts typically are (I'm a geek for deserts). With the lush tropical forests in the far north I also looked into the hottest periods in earth's history when the poles were warm enough to host temperate rainforests... which honestly makes me more inclined to imagine the canonical locations of Dragonhome and the Viridian Labyrinth, because midnight sun and polar nights with auroras would be so cool in those domains.
(As a side note, I love what you've done with the ocean currents and I'm envious because I've been working on this sort of thing for another fictional world, but I can't seem to get the currents right so kudos to you!)
Oh and you updated it, even better!! I'm seriously amazed at the detail you put into this map! I'll have to check out your entire lore thread sometime when I have the chance because from what I've seen so far it's exactly the ecological stuff I love to think about.
@Acetheaxolotl I'm on board with the idea that "Carl" is creating a map of the ancient world! It would certainly be in keeping with the archaeological theme Arlo has brought about. I added this theory to the list of theories I'm collecting in the main thread if that's okay with you.
Regarding another continent, as far as I know there hasn't been any confirmation about whether other non-elemental lands exist or not, but there is one interesting thing I noticed and I don't know what to make of it.
Beacon of the Radiant Eye wrote:
A crumbled, but welcoming tower that resides on the eastern seaboard. From this cliff, the Lightweaver watches and waits for any dragon that may be making a trip across the sea. It is an important vantage point; she can survey the golden rolling hills speckled with ruins and redwoods, and see everywhere the light touches.
A bit of math now since it's topical: we know that Sornieth's radius is roughly one and a half times the radius of the earth (source), and the earth's equatorial radius is approximately 3,963 miles. That means Sornieth's equatorial radius is around 5944.5 miles, so Sornieth's circumference would be roughly 37,350 miles at the equator. For reference, the earth's circumference is 24,901 miles at the equator. Unfortunately we don't know the flight speed of an Imperial so we can't calculate anything in that area (yet)!
@wanderingworlds Bookworm must be hydrophobic his map makes the Sea of a Thousand Currents look like a puddle. And also did he take bites out of it? On a serious note, thanks for finding more maps! The more maps I see the more I'm inclined to believe all the canonical maps are largely wrong but we can find small truths in all of them.
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