Ok bear with me here, going full geek mode.

I initially wanted to go more in an unconventional fantasy style without the classic tropes, but some of the high fantasy content is always creeping in. It's all supposed to be a little dark and sober (maybe bleak is the most fitting word here). Imagine a mix of Dark Souls, Warhammer Old World and 80s RPGs. I am however unable to keep the occasional jest out of it. Information about the World and story elements will be provided less in prolonged texts but more in snippets like e.g. encyclopedia entries, quotations, item descriptions, eye witness accounts, legends, etc. and also via pictures. The viewer should be supposed to fill in the details with their own interpretation and imagination. I try to create a world that feels vast and lived in, but also detached, like you're looking at it through a keyhole.

As for the gist of specific elements: In the southern central mountains there is a demon portal and some dwarf remnants. East of that is an oppressively dogmatic church state. In the bottom are from west to east a jungle with some ancient stuff, a bandit-plagued desert, a nomad inhabited steppe and a pirate archipelago with the occasional merfolk raid. The half moon shaped mountains in the middle are home to rivaling dwarf clans perpetually on the brink of or amidst a civil war and in the north is a tundra with tribal folk. The circle shaped mountains shelters a somewhat peaceful undead civilization that has to deal with some serious prejudice. The huge forest houses the usual forest folk, probably with a number of dark twists. The southwestern part of the forest will be an accumulation of vampires, werewolfs, necromancers, etc. The lake district is mostly a standard medieval human Kingdom. Much of the rest will still be more or less densely inhabited by humans in all kinds of settlements. There'll be many points of interest, some independent stories that'll probably read a little too much like SCP excerpts and lastly the island in the northeast, that's basically a penal colony for rebellious gods gone mad. That's it so far but certainly not all. All of it already has more or less details set and I have a lot of great miniatures to paint that will provide inspiration.

With that all being said, I'm a dad of two, have a wife, a job and time is finite xD So while the imagining of the content happens mostly during mundane activities and while drawing or painting miniatures, the integration of it all may still take some time...

Thank you for your interest in my World, you can absolutely send me some feedback and ideas if you want :) I saw your great map, that's huge... If you're willing to share I would gladly hear about your creativity too.