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Provolution
Apr 23, 2008, 06:53 AM
MAP FEATURE THREAD

Some location names have become worked into our lore, so this is jointly a discussion and information thread on land feature naming:

The Forest we came from 4000 BC

Heartwood
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The major desert between Warlord City and Babylon

The Blastoid Desert (named after explorer finding Horseback riding there)

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The mountain range near Warlord City

The Prochon Mountain Range
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The hills near Warlord City

The Civius Moors (named after explorer finding Agriculture there)

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The fields northwest of Paradise Hills and New Giruvegan (named after explorer finding Animal Husbandry there)

The Gaiyut Fields
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The Forest where Timus the Protector defended the warband againt lions and gave his life (SW of NG)


The Timus Hills/Timus Forest


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Where the five dyes can be found

The Color Coast

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Where the two clams east of Arete can be found.

Coast of Virgin Stones
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Where there are found Spanish diamonds (partly named after explorer Diamondeye)

Diamondia
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Far Western River

Gold River

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Far NW of continent

Northern Wastes
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Far N of continent, snow and tundra.

White Coast

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Hills east of rice near Warlord City

Vandal Hills
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Names for rivers:

Giru River Near Giruvegan and Veda River near Arete

AluminumKnight
Apr 23, 2008, 07:01 AM
I like the Veda River for the river near Arete. I like this slight change: Instead of Babylon River, call it Babylonia River. I think it sounds better and is less, well, boring. Also, someone (I forget who, sorry) proposed a name for the forest that we originally came from.

Oh, don't forget the Paradise Hills!

And just nitpicking, it should be Northern Wastes, not Northern Wasters

blastoidstalker
Apr 23, 2008, 07:03 AM
I would like to name the babylon river the river Ur. I know it cross civs but I like the sound

Provolution
Apr 23, 2008, 07:05 AM
Ur is proposed :) If you make those maps you offered (last stone-age map prior to writing and then a new one as soon as Spain is fully mapped in parchment style based on us having writing), you get your will through.

This is how the faction system works, players that contribute to the world are rewarded with property, legacies, and power.

blastoidstalker
Apr 23, 2008, 07:10 AM
I finished thew stone age one this morning on the train to work. I will scan it in when i can today and post it.

I as many map writers have done in the past I will make errors and make up stuff that will become reality for centuries to come.

I plan to make a map after the next turn session. If I have time I may make a primitive Parchement style map of Babylon and the frozen north.

Provolution
Apr 23, 2008, 07:15 AM
Excellent sir Blastoid, consider the River Ur named, thanks to your explorations in the desert plus your posting of stone age map.

w00ter
Apr 23, 2008, 07:44 AM
Please don't name the river to a city. It would not be very original.

Not that I know any names to call the river...

Provolution
Apr 23, 2008, 07:49 AM
Following JapanoGreco naming conventions as well as English concept naming for simplicity, Ur does not fit. However, bridging Blastoids wish with the core naming convention, we could name it River Giru, in line with where New Giruvegan springs out, thus placing both Japanocreco naming convention as well as our city history in one place, as well as being close to Ur.

blastoidstalker
Apr 23, 2008, 08:29 AM
giru sounds good to me, though the Babylonians will likely having a different name for it, as it has been a focal point of there Civ sense the beggining

blastoidstalker
Apr 23, 2008, 08:31 AM
the color coast has clams not crabs

Provolution
Apr 23, 2008, 08:38 AM
ok, corrected, now I remember they were Virgin Stones.

w00ter
Apr 23, 2008, 10:49 AM
The Virgin Coast ;)

Provolution
Apr 23, 2008, 10:52 AM
Maybe "Invirginia" sounds attractive enough, to make people settle there.