[Dragaera] Idle Speculation

[Jon Lincicum]

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From: "Bryan Newell" <bryann at bryann.net>
> [Jon]
> > Still wondering where the Pel river is located...
> 
> "What is the name they call you? It is the name of a valley to the west, is
> it not? Kor?"
> "Pel."
> - The Phoenix Guards, Chapter 16
> 
> "he styles himself Pel, after a small river in the northwest."
> - The Paths of the Dead, Chapter 28
> 
> [Philip]
> > Pecans grow in river valleys...
> 
> And there you have it.

I knew you'd have an answer for that one if anyone did. ;-)

> I have pondered these two quotes for some time as I debate the eternal
> question faced by all speculative cartographers:
> 
> Am I trying to reproduce the map that's in the author's head, or am I trying
> to produce a map that matches what he's said about the world...

Based on my own attempts to map out Vlad's old territory near Garshos Street in Adrilankha, my guess is the latter. Steve's descriptions seem to fold back on themselves sometimes. 

> If the former, I have to leave the valley/river Pel off of my map due to
> insufficient information.
> 
> If the latter, I should put it on the map, and as long as it is west of
> Dragaera City and in the northwestern portion of the Empire, it matches
> exactly what Steve has told us about it.

That's why the map is "speculative", wot?

Majikjon