Ravenscar – Gateway to the North
Hello from rainy Adelaide!
I just wanted to write a quick post with some extra background information on Shadow of Ravenscar. I hope you enjoy!
Ravenscar is the fortress city that straddles the mighty River Thurso. Its position gives it control of both the river and the land as it is the only place for convenient crossing between the fertile south and harsh north.
Because of this, the city has become a place of strategic power for kings and conquerors. Whoever holds the city can enforce a harsh toll to cross the river and control those of the north and south.
The Raven Keep dominates the city from its central rocky island outcrop, known as The Raven’s Rock. The fortress’s origins have long been forgotten, but its oldest tower eludes to an even darker past.
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Making The Map
I composed this map from early concept sketches. I wanted to make it feel like a much older document, and if you look, in certain spots you can see faded runic writing. These are real runes and can be translated into sentences that give extra information to the map and world.
Anyway, that’s it for now, just a bit of fun background 
