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(Getting crazier. Bute added, has lakes, linked with Q. river.)
(Adding more "on the map: yes" and the Cactus Forests.)
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             Dagger Seas          ,'          ;        `-.            .'    :        :              ;
 
             Dagger Seas          ,'          ;        `-.            .'    :        :              ;
 
               & Peninsulas      /            :          `.          /        :      ;              |
 
               & Peninsulas      /            :          `.          /        :      ;              |
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                               ,'            ;            `+       :         :    :'        Andelphracian
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                               ,'            ;            `+     .-'         :    :'        Andelphracian
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                     Tertius  |              :                :   ,..:    Cataract Road      River & Valley
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                     Tertius  |              :                : .'        Cataract Road      River & Valley
 
                               |          _,..;..,..          ;  * Bute          :                  ,:.
 
                               |          _,..;..,..          ;  * Bute          :                  ,:.
 
     Shallow Gulf            /    _.....:' Iganefta`.        /        `.      :                  ,'  \.
 
     Shallow Gulf            /    _.....:' Iganefta`.        /        `.      :                  ,'  \.
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              Cartographer Notes:
 
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              * This map is still in-progress.
 
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              * Contentions are still possible.
 
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              * Massive overhauls, however, are not.
 
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              * Problems won't happen in Round 2.
 
  
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                                                                  _.-------------------.
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                                                  _.------------''                      `------.
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                                            ..--''                                              `--------.
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                                        ,--'                      Cactus Forests                        `---
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                                      /                            (Largely unexplored)
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                                    ,'
 
</pre></small>
 
</pre></small>
  
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** Situated on the northern edge of the [[Evesque Valley]] ([[Baleman]])
 
** Situated on the northern edge of the [[Evesque Valley]] ([[Baleman]])
  
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* '''Bute''' (university/town)
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* '''Bute''' (university/town) ('''on map:''' yes)
 
** The [[Timperton Clocktower]] is on campus ([[Bute University]])
 
** The [[Timperton Clocktower]] is on campus ([[Bute University]])
 
** Contains three lakes, a forest, and blasted moorland ([[Bute University]])
 
** Contains three lakes, a forest, and blasted moorland ([[Bute University]])
  
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* '''Cactus Forests'''
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* '''Cactus Forests''' ('''on map:''' yes)
 
** A rarely travelled land ([[Cactus forests]])
 
** A rarely travelled land ([[Cactus forests]])
 
** Located in the deserts of the southern end of Ghyll ([[Cactus forests]])
 
** Located in the deserts of the southern end of Ghyll ([[Cactus forests]])
  
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* '''Cake''' (building)
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* '''Cake''' (building) ('''on map:''' no)
 
** Situated on the side of a valley by the hamlet of Odlucia ([[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]])
 
** Situated on the side of a valley by the hamlet of Odlucia ([[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]])
  
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* '''[[Cataract Road]]''' (road)
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* '''[[Cataract Road]]''' (road) ('''on map:''' yes)
 
** Has waterfalls alongside it ([[Burnflies]])
 
** Has waterfalls alongside it ([[Burnflies]])
 
** Starts in the north of the [[Evesque Valley]] ([[Cataract Road]])
 
** Starts in the north of the [[Evesque Valley]] ([[Cataract Road]])
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** At the [[Plain of Brahang]] it follows an old road that has been there as early as -400 EC ([[Plain of Brahang]])
 
** At the [[Plain of Brahang]] it follows an old road that has been there as early as -400 EC ([[Plain of Brahang]])
  
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* '''Charterhouse Estate''' (estate)
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* '''Charterhouse Estate''' (estate) ('''on map:''' no)
 
** On the outskirts of [[Folktown]] ([[Charterhouse Collection]])
 
** On the outskirts of [[Folktown]] ([[Charterhouse Collection]])
  
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* '''Cranee''' (hamlet)
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* '''Cranee''' (hamlet) ('''on map:''' yes)
 
** Situated to the north of the Vale of Serdoch ([[Battle of Barnum Stones]])
 
** Situated to the north of the Vale of Serdoch ([[Battle of Barnum Stones]])
 
** The [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] probably took place 25 lele south ([[Battle of Barnum Stones]])
 
** The [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] probably took place 25 lele south ([[Battle of Barnum Stones]])
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** Has a village green ([[Cranee Historical Society]])
 
** Has a village green ([[Cranee Historical Society]])
  
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* '''Dagger Peninsulas''' (peninsulas)
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* '''Dagger Peninsulas''' (peninsulas) ('''on map:''' yes)
 
** Creates the dagger-like freshwater points of the [[Dagger Seas]] ([[Dagger Seas]])
 
** Creates the dagger-like freshwater points of the [[Dagger Seas]] ([[Dagger Seas]])
  
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* '''[[Dagger Seas]]''' (seas)
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* '''[[Dagger Seas]]''' (seas) ('''on map:''' yes)
 
** A haunt of the well-known [[Captain Riquiras]] ([[Captain Riquiras]])
 
** A haunt of the well-known [[Captain Riquiras]] ([[Captain Riquiras]])
 
** Four massive estuaries: Primus, Segundus, Tertius, and Marty ([[Dagger Seas]])
 
** Four massive estuaries: Primus, Segundus, Tertius, and Marty ([[Dagger Seas]])
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** Home to the [[Brothers of the Lantern]] ([[Brothers of the Lantern]])
 
** Home to the [[Brothers of the Lantern]] ([[Brothers of the Lantern]])
  
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* '''[[Elminster Mire]]''' (mire)
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* '''[[Elminster Mire]]''' (mire) ('''on map:''' yes)
 
** Known to exist at the time of Quezlar 6 ([[Andelphracian Lights]])
 
** Known to exist at the time of Quezlar 6 ([[Andelphracian Lights]])
 
** Ghyll-wide environmental crisis: ongoing stillicide in the Mire ([[Doc Rockett]])
 
** Ghyll-wide environmental crisis: ongoing stillicide in the Mire ([[Doc Rockett]])

Revision as of 22:31, 31 January 2005

This Where's Where article is an attempt at establishing geographical facts about Ghyll; it does not record other facts. For example, it records that the Evesque Valley is well-irrigated (and therefore must have plenty of streams), but it does not record that it used to play host to Aelfants.


Ghyll Map

                                          '    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                       ____              /      ^'^^^^^^^^^^^ Sarfelogian Mountain Range ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ,
                     /'    ``,        _/'        ; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ;
                    '''`"\    `.._ _,'           :      ^^^^^^^^^^ Po Mountain ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    ;
                          `..     '               :     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_.------- Baleman ---^^^^^^^^^^^^  ,'
                Primus       \                   -+-----''\^^^^^^,--''                      `^^^^^^^^   ;
                      ___     \              .--':         :--+-'                             |^^^^  ,';
                     ,'  ''''''              |   ;            |    Seven Lakes of Midevesque ,|^^^  ;
                      `.._                   |  : Alezan &    ;        Evesque Valley       -/ *  ;'
                          `---......         |  Twin Spires  /                     ,--------'  |   ';,
                Segundus       _,-'          `--;-.          :                    / '          |     .
 * Avaz                    .--'                 ;  `----------+----------:-------'  :     Elminster  :
    Minor?             ,-'                      :`.                       :         :        Mire    ;
                     -:._    ___               Qestarius                  :         ;               ;:
                         `'-'   `-._           :  River.                 .':,        `.              :,
             Dagger Seas          ,'          ;         `-.            .'    :        :               ;
              & Peninsulas       /            :           `.          /        :      ;               |
                               ,'             ;             `+     .-'         :    :'         Andelphracian
                    Tertius   |              :                :  .'        Cataract Road       River & Valley
                              |          _,..;..,..           ;  * Bute          :                   ,:.
    Shallow Gulf             /    _.....:' Iganefta`.        /         `.       :                  ,'   \.
                            |,,.-'       *. on-the-Sea.,    :            `-.    :                  |     `.
                            "'           | :     |      `..'                `.  :                  |      \
                                         |  ':   |     Qestarius              `.:                  |       |
                          Marty          |   :   |        River                 :                  '       |
                                         |  :    ;          ;                .-'*.Cranee            |     _/
                                        /   :  ,'           ;\            .-'   : `-.                \.--'
                                  ....,-'   :  |            ; :       _,-"      :    `--.
---.            ___----.       ,'            : |           ;  :    .-'   Sejfeld *       `-.
    `-------''''|       `'-..o-'             : |           |   :.-'            :`:          `* Egron
                |                            : |    Odlucian   :       Marsh *'   :
                |                             :|    Library|   ;        Gibbon    :
                ';                             :          ,*-_ :                  :
                  \                            |:       ,' |  ;* Odlucia          ;:
                   |     Plain of Brahang      | :-----'   : /                   ; :
                   |                          .|  ;         `   ._  Vale of     :  * Folktown
     _.-.          |                          |    '..            `.  Serdoch   ;  :,
---''    `-.       \                          |       `-.           `-.        :    ;
            \     ,'`--                     ,'           `-._          `       ;   ;
             `..-'     `''''`--......,-"'-:'                 `-.              ;   :
 To Mount Yurch     Yerplat Ridge          ""`-.            * Battle of      :    ;
 (40 leles west)     (now Cataract Road)        "`--.          Barnum Stones ;,-''
                                                     "`-..         :.      ,-'
                                                          "`-.       :  ,-'
                                                              "``-.   .* Iganefta
                                                                   "`-* Azura Mines



                                                                  _.-------------------.
                                                  _.------------''                      `------.
                                            ..--''                                              `--------.
                                        ,--'                       Cactus Forests                         `---
                                       /                             (Largely unexplored)
                                     ,'

We also have the old map, which is not being maintained.

The Facts

  • Avazian Ruins (building) (on map: no)
  • Dagger Peninsulas (peninsulas) (on map: yes)
  • Dŵplat (stream)
    • The name of a stream, and of a meeting house on the stream (Dŵplat)
    • Located in one of many unnamed villages in the high green valleys of the north (Dŵplat)
  • Fundzherit Peninsula (peninsula)
    • Had some theoalchemical incident (inferred) (Doc Rockett)
  • Shallow Gulf (gulf)
  • Thungerbarg (village)
    • Former name of Iganefta-on-the-Sea; still in use among some residents.
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