Boulderoleros!

I made a world map!  You probably recognize a few of these continents.  That one there in the center is where the book takes place.  To the southwest is where the Keima’i people come from.  To the southeast is Rhyfell Proper.  The Grey Crag is too small to see on this map, but it’s part of a triangle extending from the southern tip of Yhur and Rhyfell Proper.  The Immortals and pretty much all life comes from that island to the north west of the Ma’i Islands and to the northwest of that is where the Dwarves and Uurians (centaurs) are banished when the Immortals rise up against the Uurians and take back their sacred cities and lands.  That charred little spot all the way to the southwest?  We don’t talk about that.  You guys are great!  Much love and a thousand thank yous!

Earth, Sea, Empire.

-NDF

Boulderoleros!

It’s #ToBTuesday!  Quick update: I finished the map for real.  Maybe not for REAL, I have to add silly things like roads and there’s a certain blank spot that should be in a rather central location, but other than that, this is pretty much what the map of the Immortal Lands looks like in current book times.  A shame we don’t see those lands in the actual book, but it all helps shape the world.  I finished up the broad strokes of 80,000 years of Immortal History (that’s roughly 160,000 human years) (Oy vey).  From their earliest days in the Sacred Mountains of Boku (now western Tenshu), through Birth of War and the Expansion (to the northwest in Yashikina) to their Golden Age, when they explored just about everything but that south western plain, to their conquest and subjugation by the Golden Herd who lived in that southern plain, to their Uprising and Reconquest of their Empire, the Immortals have pretty much just been trying to find out why their gods abandoned them.  (Seven teenaged daughters trying to control one manic toddler (war) while their parents try to run the universe.)  If you think about it, they’re kind of adorable from a distance.  Up close, though they’re covered in tattoos, they’ve got deadly weapons and the skills necessary to pretty much turn you into peanut butter.  Not even kidding.  Peanut butter.  We have fun here.  Pre-orders are coming in slowly but surely (maybe too slowly?  Maybe not so surely?  there’s still time.)  Thank you all for your support!  Enjoy the map.  I’m working on a world map that puts pretty much the whole deal into perspective and paints a pretty (mostly blue (oceans)) picture!  Lots of love!

Earth, Sea, Empire.

-NDF

Boulderoleros!

I made a new map this week.  These are the Islands of Ma'i.  

The two big ones in the middle are the Islands of the Gods.  The four slightly smaller islands around the two central ones are the Islands of the Titans and all the other islands are the Islands of Spirits.  They're home to a people similar to ancient polynesians as well as a strange group of animals that seem to have a strange effect on local weather.

A long time ago, there were the Keima'i people.  One day, they were visited by a messenger from the gods.  He said "Some bad stuff is about to go down here.  You guys should split while you can." but most of the people were like "Get outta town, you knucklehead!"  Not long after, the islands were not so much invaded and occupied, but there was already a war happening among the Immortals and it spread to the Islands of Ma'i.  No one who stayed survived (or did they?).  The Immortals took the islands and the Keima'i who survived sailed the sea for a long time before finally discovering land on the southern coasts of Yhur.  There they were met by a new set of immortals bedecked in gold, astride giant animals.  These strange beings agreed to let the Keima'i people live in there sweet-ass jungle kingdom provided they paid their rent: human blood.  It wasn't the best set up, but the alternative was to go back to the emptiness of the vast ocean.  So the Keima'i people stayed.  Don't forget to pre-order your copy of Tale of Boulderoth today!  We've got just over two months left!  "The time has come." the walrus said.  "Goo goo g'joob."

Love and thanks as always.

Earth, sea, empire.

-NDF