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Nym - Stalward: City of Steel

Exactly 10 years ago today, I finished what I consider my first proper city-map, called Northgate. I remember back then it took me an entire month to draw it, and I never wanted to do it again because I found it so incredibly tiresome to make then.

A few months ago this year, I wanted to refresh that map and fix it up a bit. This led to me eventually deciding to remake the entire thing altogether, because I know that remakes are very -in- these days.

Not only did I remake the entire map with more details and improve upon it based on older feedback for the map, I rewrote the city's history, and I repurposed it completely to fit the new narrative of my Nym setting. While the general layout is still the same as the old map, Stalward is an entirely re-imagined city set in a new region from its predecessor.

Also, more importantly, in the process of remaking my Stalward map, it led me to create what I refer to as a "Map Game", which is what I've been working on obsessively over the last few months.

I have been DMing a D&D campaign for my brother for a little while now that has eventually led to the “Out of the Abyss” module. However, he started out as a Goliath abandoned by his tribe, only to be rescued & saved by a group of giant arctic spider servants of the goddess Eilistraee. Later he found this map in a ruined temple of Eilistraee as a clue to where he can find other followers of Eilistraee in the world of Faerun.

I modified the map a little, obviously for the campaign, but the original was created by the amazing Daniel A. Sorensen and can be found here - Map of Faerun.