A tiny sun and moon orbit the Great A'Tuin, both about 1 mile in diameter when described at the start of the series, but the description of their diameter is increased to at least 80 miles later in the chronicles. As I look it over, I'm starting to think that the Unnamed Continent might have too high a ratio of border countries anyway (6/8 even after Ankh-Morpork is split), so I'm going to add a country to the eastern part of that region somewhere. The other theory, described as being popular among academics is the "steady gait" theory, is that he/she came from nowhere and is going to keep swimming through space to nowhere for ever. Our Illustrator map art files are directly editable in Adobe Illustrator, with all main map objects residing on their own layers. Bring home the places you enjoy the most in the greatest detail possible. The majority of the Disc's landmass is composed of a single supercontinent comprising a large main region and a smaller Counterweight Continent connected by a narrow isthmus. Share World Map Wallpaper gallery to the Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and more social platforms. That sounds like a great idea. I don't know how many of you are familiar with the Discworld, but it's the setting for a series of humorous fantasy novels written by Terry Pratchett. The original article was at Discworld (world). It was a pretty high resolution, low quality scan, but I've tried to edit out as many of the major fault lines and gaps as I could. This is known as the law of narrative causality. ( Ridcully would describe the result as "being squashed flat while bursting into flames.") Omnians celebrate with fasting, prayer meetings, and the exchange of religious pamphlets. Faust Eric shows Great A'Tuin being made instantly from nothing, (by the Creator reading the Octavo) seemingly in support of the theory that it came from nowhere and would continue at a constant pace into nowhere; however, the events in The Light Fantastic, in which the Great A'Tuin attended the hatching of eight baby turtles, each with four baby elephants and a tiny discworld of their own, would seem to support the Big Bang hypothesis. Very high quantities of magic can knock a hole in reality, leading to an invasion by Lovecraftian monstrosities from the Dungeon Dimensions, or, almost as bad, the world of the Elves. It was a pretty high resolution, low quality scan, but I've tried to edit out as many of the major fault lines and gaps as I could. With thauma-mathematical aid from Hex, long-range teleportation spells can be made survivable, but they are expensive, unpredictable, and extremely uncomfortable to experience. Politically and population-wise, Ankh-Morpork is the biggest city on the Disc. looks great! Another effect is that, as reported in Thud!, the red- and blue-shifting of light becomes noticeable when travelling at speeds of merely a hundred and twenty miles per hour. I think it has a lot of potential after the balancing issues are figured out. Map features: Layered, vector based file for easy editing; Countries as independent polygons for smooth selection. The Post Office, detailed alongside the clacks towers in Going Postal, went through a time of disrepair before Moist von Lipwig turned it into a successful enterprise. Copyright © 2006-2015 by Big Wham LLC, http://grunk.org/risk/risk-disc5-small.jpg, http://grunk.org/risk/risk-disc5-large.jpg. Celebrations 1,024 5. Attempts by telepathy to learn more about Great A'Tuin's intents have not met with much success, mainly because they did not realise that its brain functions are on such a slow timescale. A combination of the two theories might be possible, with A'Tuin being among the first generation made by the Creator and subsequent generations being created through breeding. Superhero 983 24. Rainier map mounted on aluminum hung in my main hallway and it stops people in their tracks when they pass by. Great A'Tuin has been mentioned to frequently roll on its belly to avoid asteroid and comet collisions, or even to snatch these projectiles out of the sky which might otherwise destroy the Disc. I need a high resolution US County Map (preferably with the territories that vote in the primaries, but if not, oh well) that is easily editable in a program like Microsoft Paint. The use of mail coaches allows letters to be delivered around the Unnamed Continent, with different cities and organisations having their own set of stamps. The basemap was photometrically normalized using a Minneart phase angle correction. You can find more drawings, paintings, illustrations, clip arts and figures on the Free Large Images - wide range wallpapers community. It's actually quite simple: Over time Terry Pratchett's opinions on maps and their usefulness to writers have changed, just as many of his opinions have changed. I just spent 5 minutes looking for Quirm (finished re-reading Snuff last night), then realised it was probably one of the numbers - perhaps 8, 14, or 7?