Here's my submission to the December mapping competition, which ended up in 3rd place.
My thought behind it was a village that had been struck with a plague 1 year ago (theme: 1 year of the plague), which they're now trying to cope with by keeping distance from each other, wearing masks and keeping themselves informed while trying to keep up most things as usual. The burning coffins are a thought from the limited space of the cemetery creating the need to burn the deceased instead. I started out with the muddy river which I then built the theme from, I incorporated a rugged landscape as to show that they hadn't been able to focus on landscaping and keeping their village in good condition. I also thought of a fortification to keep out outsiders that would worsen the plague (which at first was a large tower that I wasn't satisfied with that ended up being reduced to a lookout instead). I first thought of adding deceased to carts, which I then thought that after a year they would have at least started to get on track with removing the disease-filled corpses from carts and give them a proper end, at least in this size of a village. I also decorated interiors in the houses, which I then decided to leave out because I chose a full view of the village instead.
I would like to thank everyone who voted for my submission and hopefully liked it as much as I do.
This area will be slightly modified and then incorporated in a future area in Therran (as to not waste it).
(Btw,
@Gilgamach called his opposition a Ferrari, a Porsche, a Lamborghini and an Audi. I hope I was the Lambo since that's my favorite of those
)
Sincerely,
Mackan™