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Behold the Kingdom of Haafingar, the Golden Heart of Skyrim! Here the exquisite customs of the Imperial Province meets the proud culture of the Nords in a unique blend that cannot be seen anywhere else in Tamriel. It is a kingdom of contrasts: Atop the magnificent natural arch of Høginhvalf rests the beautiful city of Solitude. Among the lofty, banner-adorned towers of the city, cultured nobles and wealthy merchants dressed in mothsilk can be found conversing in perfect Cyrodiilic and Nibenean, while in the pine forests of the snow-clad western mountains and along the hazardous, freezing northern fjords, old-fashioned, full-bearded, strong Nordic warriors can be found doing hunting, fishing and other traditional work, following the unchanged customs inherited from their ancestor who in Merethic times came sailing from across the icy Sea of Ghosts in their great longboats.
In order to provide the spectator with detailed insight into each and every single region and settlement on the map, His Majesty the High King Thian requested a Great Index to accompany it, so that all could gain knowledge of the history and culture of his realm:
docs.google.com/document/d/1xr…
(This is the largest and most detailed map I've ever made! Zoom in and take a look at the detailed settlements and see if you recognize it from Skyrim! Many of the locations are invented, but most have a good back story. Make sure that you look some of the place names up in the great index above for details on history, economy and naming of settlements!)
The location names are for the most part written in Haafingarsk, the Nordic dialect of Haafingar, which I've created myself. A document about the language can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1gO…
In order for the map to be distributed more widely in the Tamrielic Empire, some text is also in Cyrodiilic. This language, which is likewise a fan creation, can be found here: www.imperial-library.info/cont…
