#empire of the isles

[exalok]

modified map of the Empire of the Isles: elevation (land and sea), lakes, major cities, trade routes (red: heavy traffic, yellow: light traffic)

modifications explained below the cut

the main change, which prompted most of the other changes, is that i placed tyvia and morley on one tectonic plate, and gristol and serkonos on another.

i'm not a geologist and possibly there are other explanations to how the isles were formed, but my reasoning went thus: the temperature difference between the north of tyvia and the south of serkonos is too huge for a single archipelago -> the distance between them must correspond to something like that between finland and spain -> the isles are the size of a continent -> a continent, as far as i know, does not split apart unless through the movement of tectonic plates -> there is divergence happening

it could also have been convergence but wow that would mean so many more volcanoes. instead you get block rift mountains

the main tectonic rift is between tyvia+morley and gristol, as evidenced by the very deep chasm -- it's probably smaller in width than it should be, but i'm not going for full realistic accuracy either -- but there is also tectonic drift between tyvia and morley (according to the north american tectonic plate this is a thing that can happen, because that thing branches off in all kinds of directions. could it cause a continent to split on this small a scale? who knows. i'm pretending the answer is yes. can you tell already i just wanted to go hog wild on the tectonic plates) and there are convergent plates above tyvia and below serkonos

CONSEQUENCES: volcanoes volcanoes volcanoes (and fault block mountains)

now serkonos is half dormant volcanoes, half huge old magma flow from a massive volcanic event at some point in the distant past; tyvia has a volcanic arc as its northmost feature but it's partly calderas; the south of tyvia and the north of gristol is very mountainous (but the area between gristol and morley isn't because the tectonic forces along that axis are transformed [dunno if that's the proper term, basically lateral] rather than divergent

does this also mean there are probably earthquakes everywhere? yes. oh god

OTHER FEATURES: a couple of meteor craters (the shapes were already there, i just decided they would be craters) east of baleton and west of caltan; a void rift deep in the ocean right near whitecliff, pulling in the landmass around it; minor modifications to certain outline areas because i added in mountains. i like mountains. they make things less flat. OH and this was already present in the canon map but the line of islands east of gristol is now a bunch of extinct volcanoes formed as the result of a hotspot at the morley-gristol tectonic limit, now closed; and i just fully deleted an island west of gristol for the hell of it. also the lakes were either already there, or hadn't been colored in right on the canon map, or were Very Weird Interconnecting Rivers i decided to fill in because why not

TRADE ROUTES. obviously all capitals would be trade centers, or at least trade-rich considering their population level, but i've decided several other cities are either merchant towns for reasons such as being nearest to another isle, being conveniently placed to connect to many other cities and thus either the center of trade (like yaro or driscol) or a waypoint (like caltan), or being an exporter of stuff and conveniently placed right on a trade route thus favoring its development (like potterstead, but that's entirely my personal fanon)

some trade routes are heavily used because they lead to many ports of interest, or because they lead to a major port, or because it's the only way to get to a certain major port efficiently (for example, the trade routes to the east of serkonos are little used because if you leave from karnaca you have to get all the way around the trail of volcanic islands, can't dock at whitecliff directly because, see name, it's on a huge cliff, then avoid the dishonored bermuda's triangle [void rift, huge myths around that place, few people risk going through there], then get all the way up to driscol); the heavily trafficked trade route that stops right at the top of serkonos actually leads to the serkonan canal, which isn't even present on the canon map (probs because they hadn't invented it yet when they drew the thing), and is a much faster way of getting to karnaca, but deep-keel boats can't take the canal and series of waterlocks and have to go around the old way; wei-ghon does a lot of trade because it needs to to support its population way in the north, and a lot of tyvian trade goes by boat due to the poor travel conditions inland and the huge fuckoff mountains

not pictured: trade routes to pandyssia

#dishonored #empire of the isles #drawins

[mapas-fantasticos]

Map of the Empire of the Islands from Dishonored.

#fantasy map #dishonored #videogame #empire of the isles

[ilsilenteloquaceblog]

— […] al culmine del piacere, una perversa idea

lo colse ed ella fu RIEMPITA d’un caldo fluido…

non soltanto seminale.

Il Silente Loquace ©

— @ilsilenteloquaceblog

#lui #uomo #lei #donna #culmine #piacere #empire #riempire #perversione #pensieri miei #june 2023 #@ilsilenteloquaceblog #isl

[legendary-defender-of-fandoms]

Surprised there are WAY more Pixar twist villains than Disney. They’re getting their own list.

#Disney #atlantis the lost empire #commander rourke #wreck it Ralph #wir #king candy #turbo #prince hans of the southern isles #frozen #big hero 6 #bh6 #professor callaghan #Yokai #assistant mayor Dawn bellweather #Zootopia

[ofspvrta]

θ ::|| @torntruth​ asked: 

Emily’s always doing that, isn’t she? Just smiling at Kassandra. Looking up from what she’s doing, then simply smiling. It looks good on her, she doesn’t do it too often for just anyone. There’s something so lethargic about Emily sitting there in just button up shirt, one side untucked from pants, sleeves rolled up messily. With a smile.

          It’s downright frustrating how distracting Emily is. She knows what she should be focused on, even if the one who had given her this task had been silent for over two thousand years. Even though she had no real reason to pursue this as she did, but perhaps having some purpose after what had befell her is the only saving grace she had. 

          But here she stands, in Emily’s quarters, the dark haired woman just giving her a smile that is breaking down all of those walls she’d worked so damn hard to put up. Features as sharp as that folding blade she wielded with such accuracy. And those eyes, no matter whether they were brown or black, always managed to capture her just so. Her focus should be solely on the artifact and yet she cannot get Emily off her mind. A part of her doesn’t even want to. Why should she? Emily doesn’t seem to care about how strange she seems.     

            A smile ghosts on Kassandra’s lips. This could have been so much easier all those centuries ago, where she didn’t feel a thousand years of reasons and a terrible burden stopping her from going for what she wanted. The immortal mercenary moves closer to where Emily sits, her own outfit stripped of its jacket. “If you keep smiling at me like that I’m going to start thinking you like me.”

#λ::|| the corrupted | vampire verse #τ::|| emily kaldwin #τ::|| dishonored/ac #λ::|| empire of the isles | 1800s CE #Σ::|| I'll make you a believer; if you could love a creature | ship: kassxemily #oh kass is losing against her feelings for sure.

[semillita]

happy 10 years of Frozen!!!

JUSTICE FOR HANS

#Frozen #prince hans #hans of the southern isles #my roman empire

[kingoflesserminormages]

“I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore”

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#isle of magic #new to wizardblr #wizard tumblr #wizard island island #wizardblr #new wizard #wizard island #wizard posting #wizardposting #wizard #outer space #space empire #empire #science #scifi #scifiart #sci fantasy #sci fi meets fantasy #fantasy meets sci fi

[kingdom-of-lune]

*A figure wearing a fox mask walks toward you, and stops in front of you*

Why hello! Who are you?

(psst it’s @empressofthefloweringlands)

*they tilt their head, trying to decipher what they’re actually looking at*

Good afternoon? *cautiously takes a step back*

#empires of the crescent isles rp #spore my beloved <3

[seven-guardian-of-purpsia]

*You see a 13 foot fire bear sitting on the floor absolutely burning everything she touches*

(@greatspiritoftheflame)

(… oh void)

(Slowly, I start trying to inch my way into a hidden position whilst still keeping my eye on her)

#empires of the crescent isles rp #ecirp

[greatspiritoftheflame]

*Amethyst walks up to the capital city, leaning a bit on a cherry wood cane with a white wolf walking beside them*

(@empressofthefloweringlands)

*You have been in the Plante forest before, after all it's where the spirit realm meets the mortal plane, what once was a beautiful forest has now been industrialized, a few bits of greenery pass by you but as you get closer and closer to the center where Ember resides that small number dwindles further, many people talk around you about various town gossips and such, you hear people speak kindly of these new changes and others who are less enthusiastic*

#ashes to ashes #ecirp #empires of the crescent isles rp

[lilcaesarssuper]

Don't lie to me they would besties

I rewatched the candy isles's 100 ep for nostalgia and God I almost cried

#empires smp #esmp fanart #esmp #empires s2 #the candy isles #art #empires joey #esmp joey #joey graceffa #stacyplays #mermaid Monday #almost forgot that tag 😃

[claudia1829things]

Queen Victoria's 1894 Christmas Feast

While exploring the website on old holiday dinners, I came across this MENU on the Royal Menu website for the Christmas feast hosted by Queen Victoria at Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight on Christmas Day 1894.

QUEEN VICTORIA'S 1894 CHRISTMAS FEAST

Dishes Served à la Russe

Potage a la Tête de Veau claire aka Mock Turtle Soup - Calf's head consommé garnished with truffle quenelles cock's combs and mushrooms.

Potage a la Cressy - Carrot soup flavored with celery and ham that was created by Charles Elmé Francatelli, Queen Victoria's former Royal Chef.

Les Tranches de Saumon, Sauce Hollandaise - Salmon steaks dressed with Hollandaise Sauce made from eggs, butter and lemon juice.

Les Soles à la Colbert - Crumbed fried fillets of sole stuffed with tarragon butter and served with fried parsley.

Les Pains de faisans à la Milanaise - Moulds of puréed pheasant meat flavored with truffles and dressed in thick a sauce made by blending a tomato sauce with macaroni, cheese, ham, pickled tongue, mushrooms and truffles.

Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding - Roast round beef served with a baked pudding made from a batter of eggs, flour, and milk or water.

Le Dinde à la Chipolata - Roast turkey served with braised chestnuts, glazed pearl onions, mushrooms, bacon and Chipolata Sausage slices all bound in a reduced Madeira Sauce.

Chine of Pork - The cured neck chine cut of pork, slashed deeply and packed with parsley, simmered or steamed and served sliced once cold and set.

Les Asperges à la sauce - Asparagus spears dressed in a white sauce (probably Hollandaise Sauce).

Mince Pies - Small, sweet-savory pies filled with a mixture of dried fruits, spices and sometimes minced meat.

Plum Pudding aka Christmas Pudding - A boiled pudding made from flour, fruits, suet, sugar, eggs and spices.

La Geleè d’Oranges à l’Anglaise - Jellied orange flavored custard served with cream.

Dishes Served on the Sideboard

Baron of Beef - A pit roasted double sirloin of beef.

Wild Boar's Head - A gift from Kaiser Wilhelm II that consisted of a seasoned boar's head that is roasted.

Game Pie - A meat pie that consists of a variety of wild birds and animals.

Brawn - A cold cut terrine or meat jelly made with flesh from the head of a calf, pig, sheep or cow; and is typically set in aspic and usually eaten cold.

Woodcock Pie - A gift from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Cadogan that is a meat pie with a filling made from woodcock.

Terrine de Foies Gras - A gift from Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin that is a cold terrine made from the liver of a duck or goose.

#holidays #christmas #food #food history #victorian age #queen victoria #kaiser wilhelm ii #grand duke of meckleburg-schwerin #lord cadogan #lord lieutenant of ireland #british empire #victorian christmas #royal feast #royal christmas feast #christmas 1894 #osbourne house #isle of wight #history

[ofspvrta]

❛  i’m  yours ,  only  yours -  ❜ from Emily

μ::|| meme: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑬𝑵𝑶𝑹𝑴𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑶𝑭 𝑴𝒀 𝑫𝑬𝑺𝑰𝑹𝑬 . | accepting [ Ξ ]

θ::|| @torntruth | emily

Kassandra had never considered herself a possessive person, but somehow those words always managed to stir something in her. They had stolen away from the more formal aspects of the party going on below, the political needs having been met by her presence and neither of them wanting to stay longer than they needed to. There were plenty of noble sorts talking among themselves that they wouldn't notice the two lovebirds slip away in the middle of the event.

They tuck themselves into a darkened corridor, Kassandra pressing the Empress against the wall, already deep into a hungered kiss. The taste of wine lingers on lips and tongue as Emily works off the immortal's coat and Kassandra's nimble fingers work at the woman's blouse. Shrugging the coat to the floor, Kassandra pulls at Emily's own, and then tugging the blouse around her arms until her collar and neck were exposed to her, the decolletage revealed to hungry eyes. Hot kisses trail down Emily's face, to her jaw, and down her neckline doting over the vein and her collarbone.

"I'm yours, only yours -" Emily breathes, head canting back at Kassandra's affections.

"Say it again," Kassandra growls lowly, fangs nipping at the skin, hands grasping at Emily's hips. She presses her leg between Emily's, her want and desire clear.

"I'm yours."

#λ::|| the corrupted | vampire verse #τ::|| emily kaldwin #τ::|| dishonored/ac #λ::|| empire of the isles | 1800s ce #Σ::|| i'll make you a believer; if you could love a creature | ship: kassxemily #torntruth #Σ::|| here? before the gods? | nsft #nsft

[ervona]

the main reason for not involving Llether in the main quest is he wouldn't want to work with the Blades. I'm sure many Oblivion characters don't but from my pov as his writer I can't find a way that works for him. he's more adjacent to the Mythic Dawn at this point... he is not playing

#also i do want a hero who also goes to the shivering isles and he is NOT it #this guy hates being a cog of the empire and has a gambling addiction he's going to throw jauffre off the mountain if it comes to shove #oc tag #tes tag

[hotanddistraught]

do you guys remember how unhinged 2021 was?

#like june 2021 was such a Moment here #the isles run to the ecf #the game 6 OT win #the only shg the isles allowed all season was the one that ended their season #the fuckin avs and knights series #that one game with a million penalties #truly. truly that is my roman empire