Maps

Maps are geographical representations designed to locate the world, a continent, a region, a country, or a maritime area. They provide a clear overview and make it possible to understand the spatial organization of territories, including their distances, borders, and constraints. More than a simple visual aid, a map transforms an abstract setting into a structured, readable, and believable territory — a key element of worldbuilding.

In a fantasy saga, geography is never neutral. It determines routes, slows armies, favors certain cities, isolates peoples, protects secrets, and triggers conflicts. Map illustrations therefore serve to situate the action, but also to make visible the physical and political limits that weigh on characters. They explain why a journey is long or costly, why a passage becomes strategic, or why a region concentrates wealth, tension, or ambition.

This section brings together representations ranging from broad overviews to more focused areas: continents, regions, borders, trade routes, reliefs, maritime access points, and strategic locations. A map does not explain everything — it suggests. It clarifies choices, reveals imbalances, and helps readers grasp the spatial logic of the world. In this sense, maps naturally interact with locations, which give a concrete face to points on the page, and with buildings, which embody human organization and power.

They also connect with concepts, since borders, alliances, taxation, institutions, and conflicts are always rooted in space. Maps can further illuminate the presence of creatures, some of which exist only in specific areas, shaped by particular geographic or climatic conditions.

These maps are meant to evolve alongside the saga. They are not fixed objects: they expand as new regions are discovered, routes are confirmed, and the universe gradually reveals its margins and lesser-known areas.