I’ve noticed that a few of my writer friends have been making maps lately. It’s inspired to make my own—something I needed to do anyway.
Here’s the area map for Sweet Heart Catalyst, showing three countries: Katro, Ochoroa, and Prima. The Charemi is a disputed territory claimed by both Katro and Ochoroa. My main character hails from Prima, the smallest and southernmost country. Specifically, he’s from “The Island”—a place owned and controlled by his family, who have more money than God. I’m going to make up a name for it eventually, but right now it’s just called “The Island”.
And here’s the map of Katro City and Staura, two cities separated by a river. The Estribi isn’t another country, it’s just the name for the mountain range backing the two cities. It’s a place of contradictions, great beauty and even greater squalor. TechParadise is a sprawling, crime-ridden urban area, the cross-hatched areas (The Environs) are slums, and Aselba is a huge garbage dump.
Dear sirs looking for information about our family name on the internet your site came out with the curious situation that the mountains of your short history ARE NAMED “THE ESTRIBI” which is our family last name…IN PANAMA! only…so may I respecfully ask you if you have some information about this last name in your country…maybe you get that name from a place or a friend…I do not know…any information you could provide us will be very very valuable for our family last name research… thanks in advance.
@ Heriberto
Hi there! “The Estribi” in my story is a name I thought I invented (from the word “estribación” for “ridges”). I didn’t know it was a real last name. Sorry that I don’t have any useful information for you, but I wish you the best of luck on your research