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A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« on: December 06, 2007, 03:06:38 PM »
I've posted the current maps onto Flicker and mediafire (Updated as of 10/23/09):  These are spoilers!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/4129050104/  Alera First Lord's Fury Landing Zone (LZ)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/3991813050/  Alera Vale
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/3991813622/  Alera Vord Incursion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/3991812436/  Alera Full Vord Incursion at the end of Princeps Fury


http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/3733682858/  Revised Calderon Valley (rev 5)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2113120395/    Original Map of Calderon Valley
http://flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/3210766570/          Map of Alera BW    
                                                                 1/19/09  Revised (Includes Cannea)
http://flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/3199722408/           Map of Canea (Cannim Homeland)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2125924830/    Map of CaF/Mastings updated 12/20/07
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2693647285/    Map of Alera BW CaF'd  7/22/08
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2153360550/    Map of Calderon Valley revised 12/31/07
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2185267037/    Map of Alera Imperia (Academ's Fury)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2090156276/    Map of Carna
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089370713/    Map of Alera original
http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,468.0.html    Jim's Description of Carna/Alera
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=6393dc3d73a0a961d2db6fb9a8902bda       Alera Map Chat 2/27/2009
http://www.mediafire.com/?8dszmxdb0mn                           PDF FILE of all comments from first A Map Thread  12/30/07
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Map Thread on McNally's Anything Goes:
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,762.0.html
And here's the map:
http://www.frappr.com/mcanallys


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Edit:  Check out the Official Map here, then buy an 18"x24" poster! --Priscellie
« Last Edit: January 26, 2011, 04:32:08 PM by Priscellie »

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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2007, 04:25:58 PM »
Great job with the map to you and anyone else who contributed. I used the old map as a bookmark while reading Captain's Fury. I appreciate not having to go thru the 12 pages in the old thread.

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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2007, 01:09:48 AM »
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089641771/    CaF Battle of Mastings
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089370713/    Map of Alera
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2090156276/    Map of Carna
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089368743/    Map of Calderon

I thought I'd post the links everytime I commented, so that everyone doesn't have to search through the whole thread for them.
I'm some trouble with the distances on the Mastings map.
1. Foundersport to Vaucusguard is 30 miles   From CaF pg 58
2. Vaucusguard to Mastings is 100 miles       From CaF pg 59
3. Fellcove is very close to Mastings
4. It takes approx 10 weeks for the legion to march from the Elinarch to Mastings in a straight line without fury crafted roads.
It just seems like the Elinarch is farther away from Foundersport then the map shows. If I move Mastings etc. closer to Vaucusguard then it shouldn't take ten weeks for the legion to march to Mastings unless Elinarch is farther away. Am I making any sense?


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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2007, 12:15:03 PM »
You do, however during CuF Tavi managed to get to Founderport far too quickly for there to be much of a distance. The distance from the Elinarch to Mastings doesn't seem to be more than 150 or so miles which means they probably stayed extensive periods of times at each strong point to pacify the countryside.
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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2007, 02:43:43 PM »
Nice job on the maps... Its bringing me deeper into the world of Codex Alera. Again nice job to all those that contributed.

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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2007, 04:53:09 PM »

4. It takes approx 10 weeks for the legion to march from the Elinarch to Mastings in a straight line without fury crafted roads.
It just seems like the Elinarch is farther away from Foundersport then the map shows. If I move Mastings etc. closer to Vaucusguard then it shouldn't take ten weeks for the legion to march to Mastings unless Elinarch is farther away. Am I making any sense?



I think that the correct thought would be it takes 10 weeks to fight from the Elinarch to Mastings. 
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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2007, 11:24:48 PM »
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089641771/    CaF Battle of Mastings
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089370713/    Map of Alera
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2090156276/    Map of Carna
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089368743/    Map of Calderon

Ok. I'll fix the Mastings map and move the Elinarch closer to Foundersport and then post the new id on flicker when I'm done.
I'll also post the black and white version of Alera that I've been working on. It has a somewhat different shape than the current Map of Alera. The new shape makes a little more sense to me I think, but I'm sure it will be full of holes when you guys are done shooting at it. :)
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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2007, 11:39:31 PM »
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089641771/    CaF Battle of Mastings
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089370713/    Map of Alera
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2090156276/    Map of Carna
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089368743/    Map of Calderon

I'm hoping that Jim is going to take a look at the maps and provide us with some direction. I just saw a few comments from him in other threads :)
Honest, I'll take no offense whatever. In fact, I'd welcome it.


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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2007, 12:45:21 AM »

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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2007, 01:16:56 PM »
When Kalarus took hostages, who did he take (I don't have my books right now)? Because he needed to do so to stop two High Lords from interfereing, meaning that they would have been of strategic help to Ceres, if IRC.

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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2007, 07:34:48 PM »
When Kalarus took hostages, who did he take (I don't have my books right now)? Because he needed to do so to stop two High Lords from interfereing, meaning that they would have been of strategic help to Ceres, if IRC.

They were Atticus and Placida. Placida is just north of Ceres and Attica is east of Kalare and in position to prevent Kalare's forces from reaching Alera Imperia assuming Kalare's tactical plan for Ceres succeeded.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2094520106/    Map of Mastings (redone)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2093822991/    Map of Alera, BW, redone
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089370713/    Map of Alera  original
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2090156276/    Map of Carna
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089368743/    Map of Calderon

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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2007, 01:06:40 PM »
Alright, thanks.

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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2007, 04:42:27 PM »
I reread CaF for the 5th or 6th time. Right at the end, after Bernard and Amara are flying home to the Calderon Valley, the first stop is a stay at an inn in Attica, which is one days flight from Kalare (or what used to be Kalare).
So I've moved Attica to the west of the capitol.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2101250610/    Map of Alera BW CaF'd
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089370713/    Map of Alera  original
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2090156276/    Map of Carna
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089368743/    Map of Calderon

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Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2007, 04:54:14 PM »
I reread CaF for the 5th or 6th time. Right at the end, after Bernard and Amara are flying home to the Calderon Valley, the first stop is a stay at an inn in Attica, which is one days flight from Kalare (or what used to be Kalare).
So I've moved Attica to the west of the capitol.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2101250610/    Map of Alera BW CaF'd
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089370713/    Map of Alera  original
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2090156276/    Map of Carna
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089368743/    Map of Calderon

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Nice find. I had considered proposing just that, but I only had suspicions. During FoC, when Amara escapes the "renegade" legion which pretends to belong to Atticus, she flies east to the Gaul. Which would make it reasonable to assume that Atticus' lands are west of the Gaul.
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« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2007, 04:14:32 AM »
I redid the Calderon Valley map slightly.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2102698480/    Map of Calderon Valley
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2101250610/    Map of Alera BW CaF'd
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2089370713/    Map of Alera  original
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21582563@N03/2090156276/    Map of Carna