Talk:Living ENWorld:Silverwood
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Rae ArdGaoth 04-07-07 02:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Patlin
Larkenwold Reach is the hilly area., and the Silverwood starts immediately to its north. The Faerie woods border on the Larkenwold reach, and are at the very south tip of the silverwood. I think it's established that this puts them about 60 miles North of Orussus.
Hmm. Looking at this map, I'd say that the southern most tip of the Silverwood is the tree directly above the 2nd L in LarkenwoLd. My pinky finger against the monitor puts this point more than 100 miles away from Orussus, probably about 120.
Also, why is the Silverwood split in two? There's a major city and a massive flatland (50x300 miles!) in between its north and south halves. I think that makes the southern half a completely different forest.
Manzanita 04-07-07 11:09 AM My understanding is that the Silverwoods start to the North of Orussus. The faerie woods is North of the faerie woods. The adventure series I'm running will take place partially in there. We need a different name for the forest to the South of Orussus.
That would be my take
Rae ArdGaoth 04-08-07 12:47 AM The major city I was referring to was Rivenblight, not Orussus.
Quote: Originally Posted by Manzanita The faerie woods is North of the faerie woods.
What do you mean by this?
Manzanita 04-08-07 01:12 AM I guess I'm confused by this issue as well.
Patlin 04-08-07 09:03 AM I intended the Faerie Woods to be in the Silverwood, and not part of the smaller and in my opinion seperate forests seperated from the Silverwood by the Reach. My inability to correctly apply the scale notwithstanding, the Reach is just south of the Faerie Woods, and the Silverwood continues to the North. North of the second "l" sounds right.
Also, I wanted to let everyone know: My home computer broke yesterday. This may slow down my posting somewhat. Not too much, as I have several other methods of reaching the internet, but somewhat. Since I'm a little behnd allready, though, thought I'd mention it.
Manzanita 04-09-07 12:27 AM Quote: Originally Posted by Patlin I intended the Faerie Woods to be in the Silverwood, and not part of the smaller and in my opinion seperate forests seperated from the Silverwood by the Reach. My inability to correctly apply the scale notwithstanding, the Reach is just south of the Faerie Woods, and the Silverwood continues to the North. North of the second "l" sounds right.
So are the faerie woods North of Rivensblight? That's where I assumed it was.
Rae ArdGaoth 04-09-07 12:11 PM I believe Patlin is saying that the Silverwood is both to the north and south of Rivenblight. So yes, the Faerie Woods are in the Silverwood, no they're not north of Rivenblight, they're directly above the second "l" in Larkenwold Reach.
Every time I've looked at the map, I've always assumed the Silverwood was to the north of Rivenblight and there was a vast, unnamed forest of approximately the same size to the south of Rivenblight.
How much of your adventure depends on the Faerie Woods being in "The Silverwood", Patlin? Unless that huge tract of land in between the north and south halves was once forest, it doesn't make sense for cartographers to treat the two forests as one. Maybe it was cut down by men? Or maybe the catastrophe that destroyed Rivenblight severed the forest in two?
Patlin 04-09-07 12:52 PM Quote: Originally Posted by Rae ArdGaoth I believe Patlin is saying that the Silverwood is both to the north and south of Rivenblight. So yes, the Faerie Woods are in the Silverwood, no they're not north of Rivenblight, they're directly above the second "l" in Larkenwold Reach.
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
Quote: Originally Posted by Rae ArdGaoth Every time I've looked at the map, I've always assumed the Silverwood was to the north of Rivenblight and there was a vast, unnamed forest of approximately the same size to the south of Rivenblight.
How much of your adventure depends on the Faerie Woods being in "The Silverwood", Patlin? Unless that huge tract of land in between the north and south halves was once forest, it doesn't make sense for cartographers to treat the two forests as one. Maybe it was cut down by men? Or maybe the catastrophe that destroyed Rivenblight severed the forest in two?
I kind of like the "was once forest idea." However, if others want the forests to have different names I don't see the "in the Silverwood" bit as important.
Patlin 04-09-07 12:57 PM Also, my original (and apparantly abberant) reading of the map was that the area between the north and south portions of the Silverwood was largely forested. If you'll notice, the words "Stonepike Mountains" and "Silverwood" seem to have the terrain blocked out underneath them... unless the Stonepike Mountain label happens to be right over a huge valley! I thought that the word "Rivenblight" had gotten the same treatment, and was under the vague impression that a path had been cleared through the forest for the road, but that the forest extended beneath the word.
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Rae ArdGaoth 04-09-07 02:06 PM I understand the "Words blotting out the geography" assumption, and as I measured the size of the tract of land, I thought that perhaps you had made that very assumption.
In the case of Stonepike (Which I think is actually supposed to be "Stonespike"), the mountains are completely surrounding the words, so I think the mountains are supposed to be inside. Also, "Rivenblight" is the 'severer' in this case, not "Silverwood". Also, note the hill just below Rivenblight. That implies to me that this is a hilly region, not a forested one.
What if...
300 years ago, the forest of Silverwood was much larger than it is now, and the barren region near Rivenblight was completely covered in forest except for a dirt road cut through by small populations of humans. Then the Rivenblight catastrophe occurred, sending shockwaves through the earth for miles, severing the roots of all the trees in that horizontal stretch.
Now, 300 years later, the Silverwood, once a magnificent forest with no interruptions for miles, has been greatly reduced in size around the edges, and the middle region, now sparsely covered with young trees among the hollow husks of dead trees, is nowhere near full recovery.
Cartographers cannot agree what to name the now separated forested regions. The elves wish to respect the old ages and continue calling all the forests "the Silverwood". Newer, younger humans are beginning to name the various patches of forests according to their local names. This "cartography war" has been ongoing for three centuries, and slowly, the humans are winning.
