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Maps of Talan
The Continent in Three Views
The land itself, the kingdoms that hold it, the gods whose domains run beneath both.

Terrain

The continent as the land itself names it: rivers, mountains, forests, coasts. Settlement names are marked where mortals have built, but no borders are drawn. The view a Wyndwalken cartographer takes before any political line goes onto the parchment.

Map of Talan showing terrain only: rivers, mountains, forests, coasts, and settlement names with no borders drawn.
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Kingdoms

Every chartered or recognised kingdom, sub-region, and territory of Talan, with its borders drawn. The political grain of the continent as merchants, ambassadors, and tax-collectors carry it. This is the map a Heartcourt envoy or a Lograth notary keeps within reach.

Map of Talan showing every kingdom, sub-region, and chartered territory with borders drawn.
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Domains

The 13 god domains: the deepest political layer of the continent. Each domain's outline is the territorial reach of its bound god. Kingdoms within a domain rise and fall, redraw their lines and rename themselves; the domain-borders endure. This is the map the Council of Thirteen and the high clergies read.

Map of Talan showing the 13 god domain borders.
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All three views are the same continent. Reading them together: terrain answers what is, kingdoms answer who rules, domains answer under whose sky. Most mortal questions of geography on Talan want at least two of the three maps open at once.