Hey!
After going through the application I have some feedback regarding the planning of the project.
My main point of critique is that most of the fertile and flat space in your vale is taken up by the forest and the fields, pastures and orchards are then pushed to the sides, to steeper terrain. I would propose to maybe flip these? Have them along the riverbend and put the forest behind them?
Regarding nature canon states: “The Westerlands are a place of rugged hills and rolling plains, of misty dales and craggy shorelines, a place of blue lakes and sparkling rivers and fertile fields, of broadleaf forests that teem with game of every sort, where half-hidden doors in the sides of wooded hills open onto labyrinthine caves that wend their way through darkness to reveal unimaginable wonders and vast treasures deep beneath the earth." While you both already made great efforts to integrate this canon into your plans, there are a couple points where you could improve upon.
Final and rather nit-picky point is to maybe make a clearer divide between the actual book canon and the interpretation / self-added canon. It seems to be interwoven here and can be a bit confusing.
You both picked a great project for your first project. May the Gods bless you with good fortune.
After going through the application I have some feedback regarding the planning of the project.
My main point of critique is that most of the fertile and flat space in your vale is taken up by the forest and the fields, pastures and orchards are then pushed to the sides, to steeper terrain. I would propose to maybe flip these? Have them along the riverbend and put the forest behind them?
Regarding nature canon states: “The Westerlands are a place of rugged hills and rolling plains, of misty dales and craggy shorelines, a place of blue lakes and sparkling rivers and fertile fields, of broadleaf forests that teem with game of every sort, where half-hidden doors in the sides of wooded hills open onto labyrinthine caves that wend their way through darkness to reveal unimaginable wonders and vast treasures deep beneath the earth." While you both already made great efforts to integrate this canon into your plans, there are a couple points where you could improve upon.
- First of all, the terrain seems very suitable for a lake in the middle of the project. In my opinion it would add to the projects uniqueness and create an open space that could provide great views from and towards the castle. Both your planned streams could feed into it and you could make a river exit it or save yourself a great deal of terraforming work and drop the river. If you want some help with the lake, I’m always happy to help. I already did the lakes at Tarbec, so it shouldn't be that much work to make another one. If you choose to add the lake you should make that the central feature of your project and move the north-western, central hamlet and fields to its banks.
- I would recommend increasing the forestation a bit in your project. Especially around the mountainsides.
- Natural caves with a couple of giants bones would be great!
Final and rather nit-picky point is to maybe make a clearer divide between the actual book canon and the interpretation / self-added canon. It seems to be interwoven here and can be a bit confusing.
You both picked a great project for your first project. May the Gods bless you with good fortune.