MAP: The Tree Sees - For Cutlass by Emilieee
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About the Fanfic Behind the Map
I'm a huge fan of the pirate fanfic Cutlass written by Emilieee and had the honour to create a map for it.
The story itself follows Song Hei, a girl who has been told her entire life that she is weak, useless, and a mistake to begin with. However, everything changes, when one day the most notorious pirate of The Three Seas shows up in her room and kidnaps her - Byun Baekhun.
Really, do check it out. It's a masterpiece.
Explorable Map in High Resolution
AFF has a size limit for the files that are displayed in the chapter image. Which is why the resolution for the map is not as good as it could be. For example, it is quite difficult to read the names of the some of the islands. Therefore, there I included an enlarged map (with a vertical scroll bar though) with better resolution for those who want to explore in more detail.
TIP: Especially on a bigger display, you can also zoom in on the webpage itself to get an even closer up view (e.g. via the browser zoom tool or in Chrome on Windows by pressing ctrl and then scroll.
Other Versions
Because I had a hard time deciding on the final version, two more versions with different colouring below.
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| Completely uncoloured version | Version with coloured compass rose and title |
Credits
In general, Emilieee gave me the general outline on what is where and I then drafted the shapes and exact placement. She, of course, also gave me feedback on my drafts, e.g. what needed to be changed or adjusted etc. :)
Naming
| Name | Credit | Inspiration / Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Vasileia | Emilieee | |
| Ezentia | Emilieee | |
| Hua | Emilieee | |
| Sileion | Emilieee | |
| Xiyuan | Emilieee | |
| Liang-Do | catheyes | means "two/a pair of islands" (CN & KR) |
| Chaoyun | Emilieee | |
| Lijuria | catheyes | |
| Pachun | catheyes | |
| Yio | catheyes | inspired by the Greek island Ios, but with sort of Pinyin spelling |
| Gyeoul | Emilieee | KR: winter |
| Kalrun Islands | catheyes | |
| Tillio Island | catheyes | |
| Oadao | catheyes | CN: dao = island |
| Aesta | Emilieee | |
| Baomu | catheyes | CN: mu = wood --> there's lots of wood around that town |
| Castra | Emilieee | |
| Dahu Island | catheyes | CN: da huo = big fire --> it's an ancient volcano that's sunken into the sea (over the years, huo has been reduced to just hu) |
| Furumido | catheyes | KR: do = island |
| Himaeri | catheyes | |
| Misun | catheyes | |
| Guang Ze | catheyes | CN: guang ze = wide river --> it's a really wide river |
| West River | Emilieee | |
| Sandoven | catheyes | KR: san = three, do = island --> it's three islands |
| Galando | catheyes | KR: do = island --> island of Galan |
| Galan | catheyes | |
| Shanjian | catheyes | CN: shan = mountain, jian = between --> between mountains |
| Csjall | catheyes | |
| Lingbei Mountains | catheyes | CN: ling = cold, bei = north --> it's a mountain range in the north and it's cold there |
| Sea of Ice | catheyes | |
| Great Forest | catheyes | |
| Northern Sea | catheyes | |
| Western Sea | catheyes | |
| Southern Sea | catheyes | |
| The Three Seas | catheyes |
Sources
On the artistic level I used Photoshop brushes from Brusheezy.com and images from Shutterstock.com. Also, the inner part of the compass rose in the upper right corner is by Feivelyn on DeviantArt.com.
Thanks
Well, once again just a big thank you to Emilieee who let me contribute this map to her awesome story and had the endurance/patience to work together on it for almost half a year! I really liked this collaboration! So really, THANK YOU!! <3 =D
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