Maps
Thindul's main landmass stretches across the world's norther hemisphere. Mountains shield the interior continent from the prevailing westerly winds, engendering a vast interior desert. The subcontinent of Gwynnbered lies to the southwest.
The Dragon Roost and its Territories
The Enclaves are an alliance of elven city-states, rebuilt on the peninsula of Olhuiriar after the Sylvan Dominion was destroyed during the Orc Wrath. The alliance is comprised of two primary groups, the lowland elven cities, and the mountain enclaves.
The Great Isle entombs the fallen god Beladar, where he slumbers under divine and arcane bindings. The land is controlled by a consortium of dwarven and gnomish mining guilds, which pry from the earth rubies and gold, once the scales of the dragon god.
The Harpwringer Dwarves descend from captives of Z'Irada Aurautha. After the empire's collapse, the escaped dwarves first settled along the Glassheibe, before moving most of their population to the greater safety of the Skydelm.
The Monarchical Republic of Norquii
Eastern Naihurin Etarl broke into a loose coalition of city-states after its empire was smashed by the Orcwrath. A handful of the region's central cities were saved from annihilation by a nameless entity, which offered them protection in return for subjugation.
Ostregvaza is an orcish isolationist ethnostate, which coalesced at the end of the Orcwrath, nearly a thousand years ago.
This map was drawn for my debut novel, Out of Dark Waters. It highlights many of the major locations visited or discussed during the events of that story. I had thought, initially, that this would be reasonably easy to make, given how much of Thindul I had mapped in detail already. I quickly discovered, though, that distilling everything I wanted to show down to a black & white map that fits on a book page is rather a challenge, actually. 
Sometimes called "The Fist of Mankind," for the shape of its peninsula and its hegemonic position in the region, Periandor is a human kingdom structured around a feudal magocracy. It benefits from its position of proximity to Gwynnbered, and much of the Great Isle's wealth flows through Periandor.
Tavertine, the “Ruined Coast,” was a small human kingdom, which collapsed a century ago during a civil war between twin princes. After the Yaeorians later appeared from an unknown world, they began to resettle the northmost portions of Tavertine.
With no major power in the region, the Western Wilds are characterized by alliances of tribes and settlements. The Feldyr and Anakim have long banded together against aggression from the ogres, giants, and orcish raiders to their east.
