#yes this world is a ripoff of britain in late intiquity and early middle ages sue me

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Redid the borders of the map for Ice Child, and readjusted it to match the dimensions a little better. The changes were mainly done to be more meaningful and thus better reflect the cultures, as well as to incorporate some better understanding of the art styles I'm (roughly) mimicking.

As with the previous version, the top bar, and the right side and corners are for the "Ceorlish" people, pagan tribes migrating to an island named Partania. The bottom bar, and left side are reflective of the "Partanians", an iteration of a much earlier culture on the island, heavily changed by the Tiberian Empire that ruled over them for 300 years.

More info and details below:

The top bar, showing intertwined serpents, wheels, birds, and two men engaged in a sword dance.

The top right corner, showing 4 tangled wyrms, flanked by ravens.

The right band shows the story of the Ceorlish migration to Partania. From the top: Haleþ Oshere is slain in battle against the King of the Obii, this, alongside rising sea levels forces them from their old homelands. Frigfrea, the Ceorlish goddess of plants, life, and family, is shown looking towards the island, she communicates this to the other gods and the Ceorlish. Her hair tangles with the hair of Weland, the Ceorlish god of crafts and work, who inspires the building of boats that carry the Ceorlish to their new home. This migration is symbolized with the antlered head of Dirling, the god of the wild, animals, and travel. It then depicts the discovery of Scin Igland (the shining island), where they find a gleaming hawthorn tree. The tree is flanked by ravens and robins, birds considered emblematic of Witenos and Thanor, the gods of the mind, knowledge, and magic, and the god of storms, the sky, and will, respectively. Two dogs flank the rune for Frigfrea, symbolizing their settling of the land, and the establishment of a new home. Two warriors are shown clashing, the left one is clad in Partanian and Tiberian armor, representing the Partanians, the left is in ceremonial Ceorlish armor. They, and the tangled serpent between them represent the conflict between the Partanians and the Ceorlish. The rune for Hæl, the god of death and change, flanked by two ravens, and twisting serpents representing the turmoil of the world.

A willow tree, representing Witenos, two cats, hares, and hounds, and a pair of tangled serpents all surround the rune for Eorðe, the mother goddess of the world.

The Partanian borders feature geometric interlace, with a special focus on the X shape that symbolizes the martyr, Ceset, who was crucified by the Tiberian Empire, only for his religion to replace the Imperial Pantheon a 100 years later. Triquetras and Trefoils accompany the interlace, and while they have been syncretized with the Cesetist faith, the were originally symbols of the 3 ancient gods of Partania.

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IRL, the two styles are inspired the Anglo-Saxons for the Ceorlish, and Celtic for the Partanians. Both would roughly fit under the category of "Insular" art, also called Hiberno-Saxon (for Ireland and England, the two centers of the style). The rough difference I cut between the two is that English/Ceorlish uses animalistic imagery, human figures, and is irregular and asymmetric. Meanwhile, the Celtic/Partanian style is geometic, symmetrical, and relies on symbol.