{"id":2203,"date":"2015-04-16T07:10:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T11:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tellest.com\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2015-05-04T06:36:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T10:36:46","slug":"art-versali-virai-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/art-versali-virai-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Art – Versali-Virai Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello there, friends of Tellest. \u00a0We’ve got a pretty cool entry to show you today, courtesy of an excellent cartographer, a Mr. Tom Fayen.<\/p>\n

But first, we ought to step back to the middle of 2014, when certain things were only being put into place. \u00a0I knew that Versali-Virai was going to be one of the central hubs of my D&D group’s Tellest campaign. \u00a0I also knew that Versali-Virai was going to be a place that I planned on exploring somewhat in the book series, which is why I sent Maravek that way at the end of\u00a0Awake<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So once I knew that, I tried to do a little bit of research to figure out how it all ticked. \u00a0I knew that Versali-Virai was a sort of pseudo French-Indian city. \u00a0I knew which continent on Tellest it would take place. \u00a0So I had to scour real life places to make sense of it.<\/p>\n

I ended up with a crudely done map that I made. \u00a0Be warned, I’m no cartographer.<\/p>\n

\"OG<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u00a0did\u00a0<\/em>warn you. \u00a0That was the basic shape and structure that I wanted for this majestic city. \u00a0I knew the way I wanted it to look from ground level (especially with a little help from Leo).<\/p>\n

\"Versali-Virai<\/a><\/p>\n

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But I also knew that I couldn’t get that far on my own. \u00a0So we hired Tom Fayen to really put things together.<\/p>\n

\"Versali-Virai<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here, Tom put the basic structure of the city together. \u00a0We knew that the palace was going to be on the northwest side of town, and we knew we were going to have a plateau and some walls to deal with. \u00a0We worked on the poorer district first before we moved back around to the slightly larger buildings.<\/p>\n

\"Versali-Virai<\/a><\/p>\n

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That’s an honest-to-goodness little city coming together there. \u00a0If you click on the picture to zoom it in, it’s very much in line with something you’d get from a D&D manual or adventure booklet. \u00a0I was thoroughly impressed, and after a short little wait, we had the rest of the city too.<\/p>\n

\"Versali-Virai\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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There was so much smaller things that really put finishing touches on this amazing brought-to-life city. \u00a0There’s little trees, the bridges are all fully realized (you’ve got that stone one with the pillars a little further northeast, and the smaller drawbridge a ways south). \u00a0Tom really did a good job bringing it all together.<\/p>\n

And then, just for good measure, we have a nice parchment version that you can take a gander at.<\/p>\n

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