Whilst I await the return of my eyesight...I'm really cheesed off about it because I had a page all tea bagged (stained with tea bag) ready to go...I will attempt to reverse the creative process and use text to describe the picture, in this case map I intended to attempt.
I've always admired Tolkiens maps in the LOTR stories and movies, they're actually described in depth if you have the patience and interest to do so by gathering little hints and scraps of info as some Tolkien fanatics have done on YouTube (EG:-see Nerd of the Rings channel) but there are several more! Such as 'Tolkien Untangled'
https://www.youtube.com/@NerdoftheRings
Whilst suffering from loss of vision I have been soaking up hours of these various offerings and am impressed at their quality especially the artwork although I can only take the occasional peek as the light is too much and I rely on the audio to keep me interested (or asleep).
So, here goeth...
Brythan is mostly based on the rural charms of Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk and occasional bits of the Midlands, Peak District, Scotland and Cornwall. If I may be allowed the liberty of doing so I have also moved it further away from the continent, reshaped the coastline and made anywhere past Edinburgh as very wild cold and wet countryside not fit for man nor beast (as it is).
Edinburgh is the basis for the Citadel placed where London should be and a huge rocky outcropping to make it really stand out from the glacial valleys and ridgeways the ice age made as it ploughed down from the North.
Said lands are well drained arable and grazing meadows with the ridgeways largely covered in dense woodlands of deciduous forests that hide the valleys from sight of the Kings Highway (A10) the one and only properly built road that runs N S and W E with the cross road situated at Harts Ford where a barge pool supplies river transport to the coast via an inland waterway system comprised of various rivers connected to each other with short canals, locks and weirs that control the water level overall.
BROCKS BARN
Is an isolated village some thirty miles NE of the Citadel and its name arises from local legend about a farmer who built his barn on a hilltop which was also the site of a large badgers sett. His intention being to take advantage of the windy hilltop in winnowing the grain which would then be taken to the village mill powered by the Lea River that took the flour and other grain products such as malt and ale brewed in Harts Ford to the Citadel via barge traffic.
HODDES TOWN
Is the nearest town to Brocks Barn and astride the Kings Highway providing goods and services to local communities as well as some to the Citadel.
There are other hamlets and villages along the Kings Highway some closer to the Citadel than Brocks Barn but mostly hidden amidst the forests with the exception of one WYRMS LEY of which more later.
TO BE CONTINUED
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