The Maps of Merlin’s Blade
I've had maps for Merlin's Blade for a long time, but only now do I feel good about showing them. Why? Because I finally created the topography using Blender 3D software.
Here they are (click to see a larger version):
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PORTION OF BOSVENNA MOOR KERNOW, BRITAIN |
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| THE VILLAGE OF BOSVENTOR |
INIS AVALLOW ISLAND |
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| KERNOW, BRITAIN |
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Note that these maps are based upon a real place in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, and there was an iron-age village at the exact spot where I have it, a fort on the hill at the exact spot, and a druidic circle of stone across the valley.
You can even see a faint outline of the fortress foundation on Google Earth if you look closely enough! Just click here to see the area.
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Whoa, those are neat! Very nice, Robert. My maps don’t look anywhere near that good
Of course, unlike yours, mine aren’t based on a real place . . .
I do have another question for you.
I’ve always wondered what writers do when they’re writing about characters they themselves did not make up. For instance, if someone were to write a book about someone like King David or George Washington, or, in this case, Arthur and Merlin. How does the writer know how to portray them when no-one knows what they were actually like? I’m not sure I would ever have the courage to do it, because I would be afraid that I was not being true to the essence of their character, that I was making them something entirely other than what they really were. So how do you go about it? How do you “find out” what a historical or mythical person is like? Thanks in advance . . . 
The “inside scoop” is always exciting to learn!
Best,
D. S. Dahnim
D.S.! I was so intrigued by your question I wrote a WHOLE BLOG POST answering it! Check it out by clicking here.