42 pages (font size 10) of history entries.
52 pages of geographical & political place-holders.
31 page single-line entry glossary of cities, nations, ruins, geographical names, wars, and prominent individuals.
33 MB (still) main map file size.
Total project page size…280 pages so far, not including maps.
And now with three data points over two weeks a rough estimate is 6.5 pages a week. Which doesn’t sound bad. But I still haven’t broken through, into my next historical era, which are the years 2,000 EF – 2,600 EF. In writing up the earlier millennia I used broad strokes to generalize events and then upon reaching the early 1100’s I started placing cities, sites and other important places on the map. However, by the time I reached the 16th century EF, I realized that several cultures had already built cities during the pre-EF eras…some of which would still be inhabited, others lying in ruin, but in either case should be documented (at least for the larger cities, sites, and events).
So. I’ve jumped back in time and I am currently working my way back up to the ~16oo’s, and I’m currently playing in the dark era of the 5th to 8th centuries EF. A very bad time for the majority of inhabitants of Khormadal, as an evil spreads across the continent, subjugating, enslaving, and slaying all who got in their path. Just before this evil’s arrival, the cultures on the continent were fairly independent of each other and living in their own regions
Khormadal culture distribution circa 300 EF
(click to enbiggen or unlagrify). Red are orcs, orange are the gnolls, purple are the giants, magenta ogres, and pink minotaurs.
In 356 EF the evil first arrives on the central western coast of the continent and by 480 EF it has spread up and down the coast:
Khormadal circa 480 EF
The coast tribes of minotaurs have had their southern territories conquered and the central ogres are fearful of the evil to their west but the rest of the continent is blissfully unaware. But within the next century the evil spreads far.
Khormadal circa 575 EF
The west-central ogre and gnoll cultures have been completely eradicated by the evil as several other cultures battle the encroaching terror. Just over a hundred and fifty years later and the evil has spread to nearly half the continent.
Khormadal cica 735 EF
At the height of the invasion, around the mid to late 800’s, nearly every culture on the continent has had to fight against the horror.
Khormadal circa 885 EF
Of course, during these several centuries all the cultures are not stagnant, they move, expand, and shrink on their own in conjunction with dealing with the malevolent presence. Over night, in 896 EF, the evil disappears, gone, leaving only lingering pockets of nightmares here and there. Yet even fifty years later the cultures are reluctant to expand into their lost territories, leaving a vast cultural-presence-void across the continent.
Khormadal circa 950 EF
The next thousand years recounts the expansion back into those areas in addition to the arrival of dwarves and elves. But I’ll save that for another post.
