First and foremost, we’re going to be starting with our borders and influences version of the map.  You can see here that there are six kingdoms that make up the continent.  Starting with the reddish orange color in the lower left, we have Vesperia, where demons from another realm have settled and long for peace.  I’ll bet you didn’t think that any demons could be anything but evil, but they’re not all warmongering as they’re presented to be.  Northwest of that, in the darker green, we have Fiore, where things start to get a little harsher and colder.  We know definitively that their are orcs and dwarves in this region.  North of that, in the darker blue, we have Aerest, which is home to both harpies and avarians, meaning there are constant battles there.  East of that, in the orange color, we have Kilgis, which is home to many an elf.  Then, below the mountains, in the lighter green, we have Tereval, which is home to minotaurs, and finally Skaiya, in the southeast is represented in that teal color.  There’s not much that we know about Skaiya, but there are rumor of some otherworldly powers that originate from that area.

Below, you’ll see the map without any kingdom overlay, and it’s here that you can see a bit more of the frost that covers the northern kingdoms.  Lionel is the second northmost continent in the world, so it does make sense.  It’s a bit of an odd shape for a continent, and it unfortunately makes for a terrible potential for infighting and war, which is what the kingdom has suffered through for many an age.

I mentioned that we don’t know too much about Skaiya beyond what I’ve revealed already, but we can give you a sneak peek at the early information we do know, which is that two of our Quantum Quest characters, Al’az and Barak, call one of the cities, Felwain, a home.  If you’re a patron on the Tellest Patreon, you’ll have access to high-def maps where you can see these hidden layers.

That will about wrap us up for today, but we still have a few more maps on the way.  Our next map also has some affiliation with demons, but that’s about as much of a hint as I can give you at this point.  Until next time!

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Once again, we look at the map that Kay Fullmer did for us with the overlays in place first.  There are six countries that kind of go back and forth with territory, but their influence runs a little less dynamic.  Since we’re looking at that old Europe equivalent here, the main races we see are humans, dwarves, elves and orcs.  For the most part, they all get along rather well also.  The southern kingdoms of Vesperia, Tereval, and Skaiya are more human and elvish, while the northern countries of Aerest, Fiore and Kilgis have a bit more of a mix.

As I mentioned earlier, we’ve met a few characters from Lionel from some of the Quantum Quest material.  Barak Gauth and Al’az Leoric show up in the card game, and Al’az even shows up in the novelization as a heroic character.  It’ll be exciting to get into the nitty gritty of Lionel a little bit more, as there’s a lot of area to explore.

As always, we’re ending with the parchment version of the map, which I am once again very pleased with.  I’m looking forward to showing off more of Lionel in the future, but we’ve also got more continents and cartography coming to you soon, as the world of Tellest is pretty big.  Keep your eyes peeled, and we’ll have the next one ready before you know it!

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