War Map Explanation (Patreon)

There seems to be some confusion about the map I posted. Which is probably my fault. However, I'll write up a little explanation for you $5+ Patreons and let it go public after a week.

To summarize, the map shows the state of the Goblin Lord's army (the red arrow) as it approaches Invrisil from the south. The Human forces are assembling two armies. One, Magnolia's, is gathering at Invrisil. The second led by the mysterious Lord Tyrion is...somewhere else.

What you can see from the map is that Magnolia has a smaller army than Tyrion's. Or if she receives the same numbers, he gets higher-quality troops. Plus, he actually has an army of his own to begin with, so it means that his force will be far larger than hers.

However...he's not trying to block the Goblin Lord. Magnolia's in the way, and while the Goblin Lord hasn't burnt any big cities yet, he's on a collision course with her city.

Now, there are three small details that might be in the wrong places geographically speaking. The crown and small Goblin head to the west are Rags and Laken, respectively. Remember that Rags is by a lake and Riverfarm lies at the crest of some avalanche-y mountains.

I had to work with the existing map because it looks cool, so I couldn't move the terrain around--Riverfarm is probably north and further west of Invrisil, but the point is that while Laken's out of the way of the immediate action, he's too close to the Goblin Lord and a certain raiding Goblin tribe for comfort.

Lastly, the angry Goblin and bloody sword represents Tremborag and Garen's forces. They're not EXACTLY in that spot, but they are launching raiding parties in a wide area, so they can threaten a lot of space. On the other hand, that means the Goblin Lord could easily head towards them as well.

That's all I have to say about the map. Hope my explanation helped (it was needlessly wordy), and I apologize for any inconsistencies in terms of actual geography. I have no [Cartographer] class--I'm barely a Level 4 [Scribbler]. If/when I ever get an actual, canonical map done I'm sure we'll all look back at this and laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and cry...

Maps are hard. I'll stick to writing from now on. Thanks for reading!