Norjap

This is part of a series of customary designs I did in Ceramics class.

The assignment was to make vases out of clay, and so I did this.

What are these exactly?

Well, truth be told, these are fantasy cultures that I created myself out of my constant study in mythology and fantasy. They are based on the history of Europe and Asia before the hype of the Early Modern Period.

Might make good for the campaign, you know. Now these pictures I'm displaying are not fantastic kingdoms, but fantastic EMPIRES. I divided each one of these into 3 realms, each realm consisting of a fraction of Medieval, Asian, and Ancient European cultures, each realm being governed by a high king, while the Emperor rules his own capital city that composes of three references obviously.

Three realms are as follows:
Emperor: Goths, Middle Earth, and Ancient Asian Folklore
Polyndan: Aztec, Vinland, Lamanites, and Polynesia/Eskimo
Kordane: Lithuanian, Viking, Korea
Jabri: Celt, Druid, Japan
EDIT: I was debating of where to insert the Lamanites. I knew they were long time rivals of the Nephites or Zarahemla, which is referenced in another ceramics picture I did, but they are not entirely cultist, just a bit wild. One thing I knew for sure is that like Mezo-Americans and Vikings, Lamanites are also principle ancestors of the Native Americans.

Religions: Dungeons and Dragons Custom Pantheon, Mezoamerican Paganism, Azgardian Pantheon, Celtic Old Faith, Shintoism, and Shamanism.

Well, this one's interesting. The fashion, furry coats! Not sure what it would be like in some of the places in this empire. In fact, I'm not really sure if this is an empire at all! So many tribes! So much savage! Or at least they appear to be, but they are in reality a powerful empire and kind of ancient too. Somehow, I mixed Lamanites with Middle Earth, but those are in two separate realms.

However, that's not to say it snows everywhere this empire roams over. In fact, remnants of the empire in the New World and on the islands can be filled with thick jungles and the tastiest ingredients to make the chocolate candies found in the Caribbean.

Now, like Injep, this empire also has lots of dragons, but they are not nearly as ancient or historic as the ones that live and guard the tombs and temples of the Injep. No. These are rather much younger and much smaller, like in How to Train Your Dragon. They probably dwell in some of the lost temples built by the Polyndan realm under the authority of its high king. That being said, do NOT underestimate Polyndan! They may look like a bunch of tribes with teepees, totems, and tikis as well as little to no clothes with a slightly tan skin, but they are really a powerful empire with dungeons as nearly as complex and powerful as that which Injep builds.
Monguins can be found in this empire in the New World.

Injep: monguin.deviantart.com/art/Inj…
Greti: monguin.deviantart.com/art/Gre…
Chirom: monguin.deviantart.com/art/Chi…
Rebar: monguin.deviantart.com/art/Reb…
Hebub: monguin.deviantart.com/art/Heb…