I'm acutely aware that I'm doing a vastly different map than those submitted so far, so I thought I'd put it in some kind of context.

I am a proud nerd and as such I do background reading if it's something I feel I need to do. My village is kind of based on what a remote village from the 13th - 14th century in England may have been like in terms of layout, though I'm not copying any actual map. My village is entirely a figment of my imagination.

So don't expect the wonderfully detailed maps that others have [and will have] submitted. I'm simply having fun crafting my best map that meets the criteria set down by Remy.

here's the latest version of Bittern's Rest. I'm still focussing on the actual village (don't worry, the glows won't be there on my submitted map - though I don't know what is going on with the rendering to .jpg to produce the additional bit of the shadow on the right side of the map).

Here's the latest manifestation of the land around Bittern's Rest. I've got a few trees on the map as well now, but as the original map by Wyvern looked as though it was a very dry area I've kept that in mind when placing vegetation. The stream floods massively and provides the only fertile land. I'm going to try to do an underground map focussing on the Plague Pits but as it will be a first for me I don't know if I'll link the two files in time.

Bittern's Rest had been a town North East of Duck's Ford in Kentoria before plague struck about 80 years ago. Now a large village of 14 homes its inhabitants live in dread of the plague pit complex placed well away from the settlement.

Note. I know there's not much physical geography on the map right now but that's sometimes how I build maps!

I would love to create the as yet unnamed village that is slightly NE of Duck's Ford Wyvern Dromes.