Nicked from The Wertzone:
Since the publication of the first volume, fans of Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law were always clamouring to get a map of his world. Abercrombie, contrary as always, would not crumble under the weight of their pleas.
Since then, with Best Served Cold and The Heroes, fans have been treated to several (very beautiful) maps of various regions of Abercrombie’s world, but never the whole thing. Until now… sorta.
Using references in the text (and the map from Best Served Cold as a starting point, artist Scubamarco of Germany, has illustrated a lovingly rendered map of Abercrombie’s world that is, as far as I can tell, accurate to the text of The First Law and its pseudo-sequels (if not exact to the image in Abercrombie’s head).
If we’re lucky, an artist like Scubamarco should be snapped up quickly by the major (and smaller) publishing houses. This map’s better than a whole lot of the junk that appears in a lot of Fantasy novels.
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That map is gorgeous! If it is even accurate, it is perfect.
Clamoring, yes. Clambering, no! :)
Hah! Wow. I must’ve been tired while writing. Should’ve clambered into bed.
;)
If you think that map’s good, check out the folks at http://www.cartographersguild.com – some of the stuff there makes this map look like a dog’s dinner.
It would match the books to some extent, but has some problems. Why would two major rivers flow up from the lowlands into and through a mountain range to the other side? Why would they cross the Aos where they did if they were so close to simply going around it at that point? Why indeed cross right through the old empire overland, if it looks like they could have landed in starikland, crossed the continent through friendly territory and taken a boat there?
Can anyone actually read this map? I can’t make out any of the cities… even at full size. Black on brown? Using Gothic Font in such a small size? Nevermind the accuracy… Can someone please produce a legible map?