AETHELGARD

Cartographer Studio

Interactive Fantasy World & Lore Builder

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Select & Lore Explorer

Click any City, Town, Stamp, Path, or Map Name to move, resize, or customize its lore and thumbnail.

Show Photo Badges on Map

Displays circular portrait thumbnails directly beside cities & POIs on the parchment.

Hover Lore Popovers

Realm Gazetteer (POIs)

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Land Sculptor

Raise continents, peninsulas, and islands. Inked coastlines and water ripples form automatically.

Dual-Click Painting

Left Click: Raise Land

Right Click: Paint / Carve Water

Right-Click Water Mode:

Brush Radius 55 px

Coastline Roughness (Fractal) 65%

Procedural Sculpting

Generate a landmass with preset characteristics.

Region & Biome Tints

Paint subtle parchment-blended regional colors onto your continents.

Biome Brush Size 70 px

Tint Opacity 35%

Cartographic Stamps

Click or drag to scatter hand-inked mountains, hills, forests, and nautical symbols.

Stamp Scale 1.0x

Drag Scatter Spacing 42 px

Rivers, Roads & Borders

Click and drag on the map to draw winding rivers, trade highways, or kingdom borders.

Line Width / Thickness 4 px

Border / Ink Color

Border Dash Pattern

Cities, Towns & POIs

Select a settlement symbol, customize its initial size & thumbnail preset, then click on the map to found it.

Next Settlement Name (or Auto)

City / Symbol Size 1.2x

Faction Banner Color

Attach Photo Badge on Map

Realm & Sea Names

Click anywhere on the map to inscribe Sea names, Kingdoms, Mountain Ranges, or Woods.

Label Text

Cartographic Style Preset

Font Size 26 px

Arc / Curvature 20

Rotation Angle 0°

Map Layers & Grid

Toggle visibility of cartographic layers and overlays.

Coastline Ripples Biome Region Tints Rivers, Roads & Borders Mountains & Stamps Cities, Towns & POIs Realm & Sea Labels Cartographic Hex/Grid Title Cartouche & Frame Aged Parchment Vignette

Grid Overlay Style

Cartographic Parchment Theme

Location Portrait

Capital

Minas Valen

Crown of Eldoria

Pop: 45,000 X: 950, Y: 620

Ancient citadel carved into the white cliffs overlooking the Shimmering Expanse.

Select & Inspect | 50.0°N, 32.4°E

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Continent sculpted!

Chronicle & Inspector

Click any City, Town, Citadel, Label, Stamp, or River on the map to customize its size, upload a photo thumbnail, or write its lore.

Quick Cartographer Tips:

Drag any selected City or Label to reposition it.

Upload your own photos or choose from 6 fantasy illustrations for any POI.

Scroll wheel zooms smoothly around your cursor; Hold Spacebar or middle-click to pan.

Settlement & Lore

Location Portrait Upload Photo

Or choose a Fantasy Artwork Preset:

Show Photo Badge on Map

Name of City / Point of Interest

Symbol Icon

Settlement Tier

City / Town Symbol Size 1.3x

Nameplate Font Size 15 px

Faction Banner Color

Realm / Faction

Population / Garrison

Chronicle & Lore Description

Edit Map Label

Inscribed Text

Typography Font

Font Size 28 px

Letter Spacing 4 px

Arc Curvature 0

Rotation Angle 0°

Ink Color

Selected Feature

Feature Scale 1.0x

Photo-to-Map Silhouette Tracer

Upload any photo, sketch, or island image, tune the coastline preview, and stamp it 1:1 onto the parchment editor.

Click or Drag & Drop Reference Photo / Sketch

Upload any hand-drawn sketch, island photo, cloud/rock texture, or terrain image.

Uploaded Reference

1. Uploaded Photo

2. Exact Map Template Preview

Test with sample image:

Coastline Silhouette Controls

Land / Sea Cutoff Threshold 128

Slide left or right until the coastline silhouette matches what you want.

Fractal Coastline Roughness 0%

Keep at 0% for an exact trace of your photo, or raise to roughen the shores.

Sea Frame Margin 3%

Invert Land & Sea

Template Options

Clear existing Cities, Stamps & Rivers

Gives you a clean parchment landmass with inked coastlines and water ripples ready to build on.