Designing the Map -The East

The East 

The Lùzhàng Wall
This place was meant to be heavily based on the great wall of China, and for this world be a place that was built to stop the Northern invasion. I felt it should be based on this place hence forth, but also be a bit more rugged looking and less 'designed' as it should have been built in a ruse for defence, and not meant to look pretty.

Victory Bay
This is a place meant to be a previous ownership of the East but has been taken over by the North, therefore has Northern dialect in the name. It is based on a more English looking port, such as Port Royal in Pirates of the Caribbean, which gives a very English vibe.

The Haunted Shore
Here is where the Vikings invaded the East, even though on the same side as the Britroft, they evaded separate lands to let their people work in the separate ways they do. They are a team who can work separately but equally efficiently, and conquer more land than they could either wise.

Héchuáng Way
This was a empty riverbed that was a clear path to the East before the wall was built, and somewhere the armies of the North still used to travel by. Either way, travel pass or not, it still provides shelter for squadrons of the North While preparing their army...

Jiānhùrén City
This is a city built for the wealthy of the country, (and based on the forbidden city). A place of luxury, the poor must work to provide for it, and the only creature that can enter can do so only by the order of the emperor. There is only one entrance and one exit, that can only be used before dark and after dawn. In this city there is a shaving house, where the horned species (such as Rhino) must have their horned shaved to provide a drug like substance. The Aviary must provide feathers for decoration, and clothing. The Poison House must have reptiles provide poison for the weapons of the country, and the Geisha house provides pleasure for the army and wealthy men. 

The Shilin Ruin
This is exactly based on the Shilin, (stone forest). I found this place so other-worldly and unique, that I couldn't help but include it. It had so much potential and story telling opportunity that I felt I couldn't;t help but use it. I decided to use it as a mountain range that had be eroded by the ice and fire war between the Mammoth and Dragon in the dark ages, and is now used as a training ground for Ninjas.

The Dìwèi Mountains
These are the same mountain range as the Shilin, but have survived the battle between Mammoth and Dragon.

The Xiézhù Castle and the Bǎohù Mountains
This is a mountain range that safeguards the Eastern Pass, where Eastern armies can travel pass undetected by the North and gain access to the Frozen Forest an heart of the North.

The Hépíng De Waterfall
This was based on Kegan falls, and in this world a peaceful  place before voyagers take they're way on the Eastern Pass. It is often described as a romantic location for lovers and bathing, and it is rumoured to give strength to the skin.


The Misty Biānjiè
This area was heavily based on the Tainzi mountains, tall, thin, and misty. It will provide a good area for Samurai training and a very visually impressive environment, which will be predominant in the overall story of Wild-Life.

Xiě hóngsè Bay
This area was based on the Red Sea Beach, China. But somewhere so strange looking in nature I wanted to include, and the idea that it is bright red works as in our world as it can be perceived as a place of violence, in the present or past, stained in the passage of time...(It will be opposite the ancient reign of Gustave Sobek).

Huángjīn Shuǐ River
Based on the Yellow River in China, this river gains its gold clolouring via the Enchanted Mountain, home of the Ancient Asian Elephant. This river works its way thought the county and lets itself out at the sea, where its spells merge with the natural sea, lowering massively the percentage of its power.

Xuányá Stronghold
This is a stronghold of the South-West of the East, where the creature of the homeland where driven out by the invading forces of Britroft. They retreated to Xuányá Stronghold to stay safe and no wive within the confinements of its walls.

Shì jí City
This city is built by the infiltration and invasion of the North and the need to trade goods for survival by the natives of the land. A massive Market is now the reality of this place where many come to exchange goods.

The Chànggē Sand Dunes 
These sand dunes where based on the singing sand dunes found all over the world, but in this world hold a far different secrets to what scientist have found in our world. Here they are the rumblings Dinosaurs in slumber after their defeat in ancient times.

The Diūshī Shiwreck
Here is a location also based on true events, where shipwrecks can be found in the middle of the desert, I wanted to use this as a source of mystery and intrigue. There is history based behind this, as it is somewhere King Bolon had adsorbed to sustain is ice-based powers, and to provided passage for his army.

Fánghù De Plains
This is an area that no creature travels due to its closeness to its enemy borders. Despite the wall, it is still considered dangerous to travel these plains incase the enemy break through, and the land on the other side of the Lùzhàng Wall is thought to be cursed, which is why no creature dare travel across the same earth.