Cartographs of the known world

 

The world of Crotan is split into three main landmasses - Ukaru, the Kasmadorn Expanse (home to The Vanguard, The Hierarchy and The Devout) and Dashwan. The latter two feature heavily in DESCENDANT, with Ukaru becoming important in the second book and onwards. I created these maps for three reasons - to visualise the major conurbations in relation to each other, to plot out the major rivers and seaways (water transportation features very heavily in the books) and to plan out the rejuvenation lattice on which The Vanguard depend for their power. It's an old technique when writing fantasy to start with a map (if it's good enough for Ursula K Le Guin it's good enough for me) and these continue to prove their worth as I work through the development of the second novel.

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