This is my revamped version of one of my older world painter maps that I've redone to begin my adventure map, which I've named The Fragments of Astaria. In my adventure map I hope to present an interesting world where the player can feel like they are part of a new experience. I will also be using a lot of design elements of the architecture from Darksouls.

Backstory for the map:
You are an explorer in the land of Astaria, an ancient land that has been ravaged by the blight known as The Fade. Astaria has largely been overun by the blight and is overtaken by monsters produced as a result of The Fade. Entire cities such as Vereiu Kal have been destroyed, people have been turned into monsters that feed on the living. This map is MASSIVE and will be a mix of skyrim and darksouls(in a blocky minecraft sort of way). Due to the size I may have builds far spread with lots of traveling in between, but upon finding a place to explore you'll be there for a while(meaning big builds!). The overall goal is to destroy The Fade ripples where monsters are being brought into our world from Quishoc.

Story behind Vereiu Kal: This was a large kingdom in the Veri Valley in the southern part of the map. In the year 982 a grand-master wizard by the name of Artorus Blake was attempting to change the climate of the region in order to expand the harvest season. After many failed attempts Artorus was approached by an unknown figure that presented Artorus with the De tenebris, a powerful book of dark magic. Upon accepting the book Artorus had unknowingly bound himself to The Fade. Upon attempting to use a type of fire-aspect spell to change the climate he evaporated the enire valley into ash, no one survived. This valley is now known as The Valley of Ash. Many years later upon entering the valley, you will find an ancient charred citadel of the mages where the undead fade wizard, Artorus Blake, and will have to fight him.

Other build areas I want to have:
Kings rock: Large crumbling castle on a rocky spire in the middle of a deslolate plain.
Del Terradorsum: This will be an underground city that was once ruled by the dwelf house of Bane
Caluem: Highest city on the map, will be buried by snow and guarded by frozen undead inhabitants
Quishoc: Stronghold in the abyss, residence of The Fade
More to come!