Happy American Thanksgiving to All Who Celebrate

[merlinscribe]

I see I posted this in entirely the wrong place and most of you won't have seen it. Ah well. Copypasta to the rescue.

A happy day to you all, and I hope it is spent with the family and friends you wish.

No further word on the Dragon Prophecy IX book, but I'm a third of the way through an English Civil War book and making good time. I don't actually expect to hear a peep out of Tor before February, but they could surprise me.

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Map

[chichiri]

Happy New Year!

This is really off topic, but I was doing a reread of the original Obsidian Trilogy, and frustrated by the lack of a map was comparing it to the one from Crown of Vengence when it struck me that the bay/sound in the upper left corner of the map is very similar to Puget Sound. Curious, I compared it to Google maps of the western USA and I think it's a match with House Amrolion being LA, Graythunder Glairyrill being the Mississippi River, and Celephriandullias-Tildorangelor being somewhere in north/central Texas. Are all of these stories meant to occur in the real world at some point in the past?

Re: Map

[merlinscribe]

While none of these stories is meant to occur in the real world (because if they did it would mean I was extremely peeved at Canada), I will definitely admit to swiping a bit of geography to save myself from drawing up maps (or trying to, anyway; I am really bad at maps).

As you know, Armathalieh is north of when Amrolion used to be (since in Kellen's time it is about 10,000 years since the Elves occupied the area). After the Second Endarkened War they did move west of their previous lands, as much of that area had been rendered uninhabitable. I figure Sentarshadeen is due east from Armathalieh as the unicorn flies.

Re: Map

[chichiri]

Maps are hard to get right but so important for stories. Even Tolkien's and Robert Jordan's maps were strange. I think it's smart to choose existing geography.

Thanks for the pointers on where Armethalieh and Sentarshadeen are on the map. :) Am I right in thinking that all of the Obsidian series occurs west of the Bazrahil mountain range and south of House Aramenthiali?

Re: Map

[merlinscribe]

Most of the series does, yes, except for the Less House Rebellion on the Grand Windsward. This book pretty much wraps up the First Endarkened War, but the second will violently rearrange the landscape. At least the parts that are liveable.

And yes, I'm lazy.I want to start the story instead of getting the maps right.