"The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short."

Up in the mountains of the eastern lands a secret spring runs free, feeding and nourising pools and lakes high in the mountain climate. Surrounding, thousands of the largest petals in the lands, blooming and blossoming eternally in their vibrant and beautiful way. The real beauty of these pools is not what is seen however, it's what lies underneath these petals that truely marks the springs as special; peace. True, uncompromised peace.

The original design of this terrain wasn't infact oriental themed, merely mountain pools with snow melting around them. As the terraforming progressed I decided to try a style that I haven't tried before. Over the years I've accumilated a large collection of worldpainting assets and amongst them I found the pink petals that are (prehaps too) all over the landscape. After some searching I believe they were created by NStalker, a link to the project found here. Overall I'm very pleased with how this turned out, especially considering it's the first oriental terrain I've ever done. From the ground the map is stunning, the mixture of tropical trees and overhanging petals really gives an amazing feel to the map. I'm very happy with the final result.

I used the following tools to create this map:

• WorldPainter (for creating the map)
  
• Chunky (for rendering the map)
  

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