#north shore mountains

[annapolisrose]

Crows heading to roost at the end of the day.

[herbalnature]

A serene winter scene unfolds as a blanket of snow envelops the North Shore Mountains near Vancouver. Sunlight filters through the mist, casting a soft glow over the frosted trees.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FILE UNDER: NORTH SHORE MOUNTAINS, PELICAN NEBULA, ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY, ETC...

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the North America and Pelican Nebulae in the Cygnus region of the night sky, shining above the "Two Sisters" pointed peaks along the North Shore Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. 📸: Liron Gertsman.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2498102755360342906.

[rabbitcruiser]

Clouds (No. 1097)

Vancouver, BC

[serpentface]

Here's a heavily improved Imperial Wardin map, with a focus on climate and geography (uses the Koppen Climate Classification). This is an attempt to infuse pre-existing lore too established to retcon with a degree of realism, but there's only so much I can do.

The majority of the climate falls under the hot mediterranean and semi-arid classification, with small pockets of warm mediterranean and arid climes. The entire region experiences a rainshadow effect from the eastern Blackmane Mountain range, which blocks northeasterly winds from the eastern ocean and starkly divides the Sub-Viper landmass between its humid east and dry west.

Most of the interior is grassland, savannah, and scrub. Savannah heavily coincides with a history of human occupation and controlled burns, and is mostly based around oak. Grassland, scrub, and semi-desert dominates the semi-arid regions. Small pockets of high desert and salt flats occur in the arid zones.

A forest originally spanned much of the north, consisting of predominantly oak. This was gradually eliminated due to multiple factors- a warming climate, low intensity human intervention (hunter-gatherers and pastoralists clearing land with controlled burns), and high intensity exploitation (deforestation for timber). Additional woodlands found along the major riverways have been wholly eliminated by logging within the past several centuries.

The largest remaining span of woodland occurs within and north of the Highlands, and in the sparsely populated northeast, where a major and mostly intact oak forest stretches to the Blackmane mountains. A smaller pocket of woodland occurs in the volcanic highlands of Lobera. Other pockets remain, but are isolated and insignificant on the map.

Most of the geography is flat, divided by a range of hills that are the heavily eroded remains of an ancient mountain range. The highest peaks of this range comprise the contemporary Highlands, which have the highest elevations and coldest climate in the region. This is the only territory that regularly receives snowfall, and is the source of several major rivers. The rest of the range is too low to drastically affect the climate, save for the Red Hills east of the Cholemdi basin, whose rain shadow effect (heavily compounded by the basin's low elevation) renders this valley the hottest and driest part of the region. This range once formed a land bridge across the Viper into Finnerich (though this was prior to anatomically modern humans Existing) with its only remnants being smatterings of islands.

The province Lobera holds a small range of volcanic highlands, composed of a network of mostly dead volcanic craters. The volcano Odatoche is the only active site in the region, though has been dormant for centuries and has not had a major eruption in millenia. The other major geological feature is the Sons of Creation, which is the fabled site of God’s self-sacrifice from which the world was made. This is the eroded range of a very large impact crater, consisting of two impact rings (visible as a circular formation of hills) a ring lake, and an elevated center.

The most fertile land is found in Ephennos, owing to the presence of the Black River and its highly fertile delta (which contains the only major semi-permanent marshes outside of Highland river valleys). This is the second largest river in the region, being a confluence of two major river systems out of the Highlands (the Urbin/Erubin and Troibad/Nedachemi rivers). Erubinnos has the largest river, the Kannethod, which originates in the Blackmane mountains.

Agriculture around some of the other river systems is mostly or entirely dependent on their post-rainy season flooding. The most prominent is the Yellowtail river (flows south past Erub). In the very distant past, this was the longest river in the region, and carved out the Cholemdi basin and reached the sea. In the contemporary, it dries out long before even approaching the sea (though occasionally still floods the basin in abnormally rainy years). The Brilla river system out of the Red Hills (flows to Wardin) reaches the sea year-round, but has been known to run dry in exceptionally severe drought, and irrigation along its length depends on its flooding.

There are very few significant lakes in the region (small lakes are unmarked). The biggest is the volcanic crater lake Aganagarre in Lobera, the Yellowtail lake north of Erub, and the ring lake within the Sons of Creation.

[jojo-oliver]

paintings i did 🎨

[prismaticstarshch]

why did I just randomly remember the time when I wrote this down

[homeisaplaceinthehills]

jeanne_d_arctique

[eklektikos-jshu]

Vancouver. Spring 2023.

[kian-charles-gray-photography]

The Industrial Heart Amidst the Misty North Shore Mountains

The North Shore of Vancouver stands as a meeting ground of industrial progress and unspoiled natural beauty. This image, taken through the spectral lens of an infrared filter, brings out the dramatic dichotomy of this region. The Neptune Terminals, Vancouver’s principal bulk shipping hub, occupies the foreground, with towering cranes and cement silos lined up against the backdrop of the North…

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon Meshi - Kahka Brud and The Island

Kahka Brud - Town adventurer's go through to arrive at The Island, where the dungeon was discovered.

The Island - Island situated off the coast of Kahka Brud, The Dungeon was discovered conected to the village's graveyard.

Merini (Or Melini) - The Village where the Adventurer's stay and make preparations before adventuring in The Dungeon.

Image Texts under the cut

First Image Showing Kahka Brud

Laios pointing up: Our hometown is farther north across the sea. It's a boring place with nothing but mountains and snow.

Marcille pointing to Kahka Brud: Everyone comes to the island through this neighboring town. It's the biggest one in the area. The Magic School Falin and I went to is there too.

Cythis pointing west talking about the canaries: We came from a city on the continent that lies northwest of here. Of the human races there 80% are elves. 20% are "other."

Kabru pointing east (tiny Kuro with Mickbell on his shoulders besides him): Utaya is… was far to the east of here. Humans and Demihumans are still fighting over the territory. Kuro came from that area as well.

Shuro point downwards east: The Eastern Islands are scattered to the southeast of here. There aren't many longlived races, and there's constant internal strife and wars between islands.

Tiny Izutsumi and Rin: We all have roots on different islands.

Dungeons:

Budou Pit

Dwarf-Style Dungeon

Collapsed

Brud Dungeon Cluster

Dwarf-Style Dungeons

Captured

Currently part of the town, and only traces remain

Tower of Night Cries

Gnome-Style Dungeon

Captured and being sealed

Currently administered by the Gnomes

The Island

Compound-type Dungeon

Discovered in 507

Second Image showing details of The Island

"The Island"

Over the years, it's been given many different names by it's various owners: Dwarfs, Elves, and tall-men. By now, most of these have faded away and it's just called "The Island."

Merini Village

Once a small fishing village, the discovery of The Dungeon has brought about drastic changes

[On the north-most part of the village]

Island Lord's Mansion

[Middle of the village, near the shore]

High Street

All the necessary tools and food can be bought here.

[Deeper to the southeast of The Island]

Dungeon Entrance

Connects to the Village graveyard, which is no longer used for burials.

[End of Descriptions]

Here's the world map in case you want to check it along with the descriptions from the characters, I'll make a dedicated post for it later on. (here)

[annapolisrose]

Criss-cross sky.

[herbalnature]

Gentle rays of sunlight filter through the mist, casting a soft glow over the snow-clad North Shore mountains. It's a serene winter wonderland near Vancouver, BC, where nature's tranquility meets the quiet majesty of the peaks.

[byjove]

My great grandmother lived in Appalachia her entire life. Born in the Alleghenies, moved to the Smokies. She always loved to swim, almost died in the 1930s when she contracted tetanus after cutting her leg on a jagged piece of slate in the swimming hole near her childhood home. That didn’t dampen her love of water and when I knew her, she’d often drag an umbrella and chair into the backyard pool on hot days and sit there enjoying the water and the shade.

It wasn’t until the early 2000s that the family started going on trips to Nags Head. It was a 6 hour drive, across the entirety of North Carolina, starting in the mountains and ending at the Outer Banks. She was excited, of course.

Everyone still remembers the first time she saw the ocean. We thought she would be thrilled. Instead, she stood at the shore staring into the vastness of the sea and mumbling “It’s so flat, it’s so flat.” brain trying to make sense of this completely alien landscape. And I think about that a lot. I can’t remember the first time I saw the ocean, I was probably a baby. I can’t imagine how disorienting it would be to be 60+ years old and have been surrounded by the gently rolling hills of Appalachia your entire life and see, for the first time, a body of water so big you couldn’t see the other side.

She got used to it eventually. She loved the sea. Like we knew she would.

[rabbitcruiser]

Clouds (No. 1098)

Vancouver, BC (two pics)

Sea-to-Sky Highway, BC (eight pics)

[prismaticstarshch]

Protocol Sierra Delta in NSMRS is fun lol