A Map of Wayfarer's World

This is a first draft of Wayfarer’s global map. I always struggle with full world maps because it’s hard not to compare continent placement to the real world. There is also a lot of information that needs to go on a full map and it can start to look very crowded, very quickly. I decided to focus only on the continent names and the names of major seas, forests, mountains, and other landmarks. I also wanted to avoid country and capital names simply because most of the countries outside Rhesainia are not named yet.

There are five continents on this planet:

• Sivalen, a small self-contained continent in the north-west
• Vergelnar, a larger but self-contained continent in the south-west
• Istaran, a large western continent bordered by the Istaran Ocean in the west, the northern ice flats in the north, Rhesainia in the south, and the Vannor Forest in the east.
• Rhesainia, a central continent that bordered by the Frostmark Mountains in the south, the Calanth Plains in the north, and the Varfalen Sea in the east
• Erethar, an eastern continent separated from the rest by the Varfalen Sea

Wayfarer’s world is fully explored and settled. Travel between continents is fairly common, usually with the assistance of magic (though the Pallaedrion system cannot extend to moving people between cities or countries). Goods from Eretharian nations are highly prized in Rhesainia, namely because of their scarcity. Erethar is difficult to travel to due to the Astran wastelands to the south and to the north of the Varfalen Sea. The only options are to sail across the sea to the Kalranth Desert or take the long road south of the Forest of Brennath and up the coast.

A few points of interest:

• The Kalranth Mountains are some of the tallest in the world
• Rainforest occur primarily in the Maribian Basin, on the (currently unnamed) islands west of Calantha, and in the Erethar Forest.
• The grey patches on the map represent Astran wastelands, barren wastes saturated with dangerous levels of uncontrolled magic. They are considered exclusion zones and are extremely dangerous and difficult to cross. They are thought to be the result of a natural disaster that occurred several millennia ago.
• Some Astran wastelands occur underwater.
• The Calanth Plains stretch from the coast of the Istaran Ocean to the Varfalen Sea. It is highly strategic territory and the Arathian Empire is currently at war with several nations on its northern border, fighting for control of the plains.

These details are heavily WIP as there hasn't been much need to flesh them out fully in the game yet. I will likely redo the map at some point as I'm not entirely happy with the shape. Many of the place names outside Rhesainia are WIP as well.