Ierades’s Isle (Patreon)

(this post includes a version of the map that wasn't in the backstage pass - the no grid variant)

The standing stones tended by the centaur Ierades sits on a small island just detached from the shore of Summer Lake. Ierades is small for a centaur, but still an imposing figure with a full set of antlers set with charms and fetishes that hang down around them. While the stones long predate Ierades’s stewardship, the centaur has been their guardian for at least the last three hundred years or so. Ierades eschews most of the trappings of civilization, but does maintain a small cache of tools and wood on the south side of the isle to maintain the bridge.

The whole area is lightly forested, with a trail leading to the bridge and the stones. The stones radiate a wan orange light on the darkest nights when the moons are hidden – generally not visible until nearly upon them as the trees screen them from view for those in the Summer Lake or along the shore.

A small circle of druids come out here on a fairly regular basis for their rituals, and they also honour Ierades with poems, songs, and gifts. Those who visit here and who remain on good terms with Ierades will note that the fetishes and charms hanging from their antlers change as new gifts are adopted into the mix.

The 1200 dpi versions of the map were drawn at a scale of 300 pixels per square and are 9,600 x 9,600 pixels (32 x 32 squares). To use this with a VTT you would need to resize the squares to either 70 pixels (for 5′ squares) or 140 pixels (for 10‘ squares) – so resizing the image to 2,240 x 2,240 pixels or 4,480 x 4,480 pixels, respectively.

https://dysonlogos.blog/2024/03/13/ieradess-isle/