Wold Map

Wold Map
Originally uploaded by WlfSamurai.

I thought I might start discussing my Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting with a map of the world. I have created quite a bit for this world already, but there is still so much work to be done. Everything in it, save for the rules in the book and most monsters, is original. I started creating this about a month ago and have just built on it ever since. It is called The Eight Towers setting based off the eight towers in the center of the world. I run this world every other Friday for a group of friends who all play characters in it (I will discuss their characters in another post).

For this world, I have only developed three continents: Arcadia, the continent directly south of the middle continent, Xiora, the big continent in the Northwest (that is where the players are) and the middle continent with the eight towers on it. The names of the other continents will be posted as they are created. Also, I will go into greater detail about each continent as the players explore them or there is more spoiler free information.

As for general statements about the world, the world is taught to hate dragons. The mortals of the world feel abandoned and tricked by the dragons after the Dragon War when a large group of dragons forged a war upon the entire world. There weren't any dragons to help the mortals, so the mortals had to fight the war themselves. Even though this war occurred 1,122 years ago and there is no one to remember many things about it, it is still taught to the children that dragons are terrible beasts that should never be trusted.

Obviously this is a fantasy world, and in fantasy worlds, there are fantasy gods that are created for the world. The gods play a big role, and are the driving forces of the mortals within the world. The major ones are:
-Bahamut, god of dragons
-The three sisters, Anu, the sun goddess, Mania, goddess of death, and Freya, goddess of magic.
-Aegis, god of the elements
There are also 5 lesser gods and a number of other gods that are the children of the greater gods on the list but they do not need to be listed out.

For now, that is the general overview of the world. Short but sweet. Obviously, I have left out quite a bit, but there might be players watching and I would rather not ruin it for them ;). I will post a discussion of the characters the players are running in my next post of the world.