Nate Mangion

The joys of using QGIS

A whole weekend of working in QGIS. Oh lucky me…

One of my goals is to have a topographical equirectangular world map so that I can easily switch to d...

Atlas Elyden #47 - Soleyn and Suor - (Textless)

As always, here's the textless version of my latest map, exclusively for patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thanks so much for your support     :)      

This is available to use as per the ...

Atlas Elyden #47 - Soleyn and Suor (High-res)

As always, here's the high-res version of my latest map, exclusively for patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thank you so much for  your support      :)      

This map includes a new ...

ASHTERATH, Lord of Fang and Claw

Here's the 2nd of 22 planned Demiurge profiles, depicting the Demiurge Ashterath

Thanks to my patrons' support on this page, I've been able to work with the talented 2019-08-14 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Ashterath, high-res

 Here is the high-res art for Allaishada, created by the talented Victor Coviello  

What type of maps would you like to see in the Atlas?

I'm  thinking of some different types of maps I can make for the atlas and  was wondering what you'd all like to see, keeping to the same atlas  style I've been making.

Some things I have in mind are:

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Suor and Soleyn Fact Boxes and Flash-fiction

Here are the fact boxes for Suor and Soleyn, in preparation for next month's map, as well as some flash fiction to go with them.

 Please let ...

Make the Nation - Vote 4.5

The votes are in on poll #4 and we have a tie! As with the last tie, I'll be opening up the vote to all my patrons as a decider.   

So, we now ...

Allaishada, the Resplendant One (redux)

So this is something I'm really excited about. I mentioned commissioning art in one of my recent posts and here is the result.

Thanks to my patrons' support on this page, I've been able to work with the talented 2019-07-31 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Allaishada High-res

Here is the high-res art for Allaishada, created by the talented Victor Coviello 

Encyclopaedia Elyden - Monocerous facts and Dnd 5e rules!

Here's the latest animal fact-sheet for Elyden, detailing the Monocerous, another creature I've had in mind for the world.

As you might have noticed from the name and the drawing, this is basically a unicorn - I love the word monocerous and...

Design a Nation Voting - Part 2.5

I've been running an activity for my Patrons at the Shaper tier and higher, where they helping me design a nation that will be turned into a new map for the Atlas Elyden. There's still a way to go with lots of voting over what shape the nation and...

Atlas Elyden #46 - Naareth, Saragos and Khitai

Here's the latest map on the Atlas Elyden, which shows two regions - the Technocracy of Saragos and the Holy Gynocracy of Naareth.

I've added a new feature to this map - the airship route, which is visible in the west of the map, along grid...

Encyclopaedia Elyden Updates #17 - Saragos, Naareth & Khitai

Here's the 17th Encyclopaedia update for your p

Help me design a nation!

As some off you may know, patrons at the Shaper tier and higher have the chance to help me design a nation. 

I'm going to be putting up a poll ever few days, exclusively to my patrons at the Shaper and  Demiurge tiers, with options...

Atlas Elyden #46 - Saragos and Naareth - (Textless)

As always, here's the textless version of my latest map, exclusively for patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thanks so much for your support     :)      

This is available to use as per the ...

Atlas Elyden #46 - Saragos and Naareth (High-res)

As always, here's the high-res version of my latest map, exclusively for patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thank you so much for your support      :)      

This is available to use as pe...

Interesting things are on the way

What's this, I hear you say? Art on my patreon?

That's right :)

Though I've dabbled with commissioning artwork before I've not had the funds to branch out as much as I'd like to. I've been scouring the web for art that I can licence,...

Naareth and Khitai Fact Boxes and Flash-fiction

Here's the fact box for Naareth and Khitai, as well as some flash fiction to go with them.  

Please let me know what you think by liking or commenting below, thanks :)
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Saragos Fact Box and Flash Fiction

Here's the fact box for Saragos and some flash fiction to go with it.  

Please let me know what you think by liking or commenting below, thanks :)
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The Elyden Globe Project

So after months of faffing about and doing research on the internet I've decided to abandon my original idea of making my own globe from a polystyrene sphere covered in plaster due to various problems.

Instead I've bought I cheapish globe f...

the Demiurges and their Children - Allaishada and the Illidraen

After almost a year (!) I'm ready to share the follow up to my article on the nature of the Demiurges and their Scions, which you can see here.

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Encyclopaedia Elyden - Balaur facts and Dnd 5e rules!

Here's the latest fact sheets for the denizens of Elyden, this one being the balaur, a creature I've been looking forward to fleshing out for some-time. 

Back when I started working on the world of Elyden feathered dinosaurs were not as...

Encyclopaedia Elyden Updates Vol 16

Here's the 16th Encyclopaedia update for your perusal, based on my recent map of Cyhlagharr. Please let me know what you think and let me know if there's any mistakes or typos as these entries are heading straight to the 2019-06-26 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Atlas Elyden #45 - The Sovereignty of Cyhlagharr

Here's the latest map on the Atlas Elyden, the oghur Sovereignty of Cyhlagharr  

You can find an updated key to the map here.

This is the low-res ...

Atlas Elyden#45 - Cyhlagharr - (Textless)

As always, here's the textless version of my latest map, exclusively for  patrons pledging $5 or more a month - thanks so much for your support     :)      

This is available to use as pe...

Atlas Elyden #45 - Cyhlagharr - (High-res)

Edit: I've updated the text box to detail the Cyhlagharri war with Erebeth, which makes more sense that the old text box about piracy. I'm saving that one for use in another map about sea trade. Thanks Royal Frazier :)

As always, here's th...

Cyhlagharr fact box and flash fiction

Here's the fact box for Almagest and some flash fiction to go with it.  

Please let me know what you think by liking or commenting below, thanks :)
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Snippets from Elyden

Here are some more regions and structures from Elyden - hopefully they help to convey the flavour and textures of the world of Elyden. Please let me know what you think (as well as pointing out inevitable typos!) :)

Thanks.

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Encyclopaedia Elyden - Bladder Eel facts

The attached image is from the taxonomical section of the Encyclopaedia Elyden and is a continuation of the recent series I started.

This one features a more fictional example to what I've posted so fer - the so-called bladder eel, which gl...