forbidden cartography

Circa 200 years after the Three MATA Brothers left their bunker to reassert MATACORP dominance over what remained of the destroyed planet, a hobbyist cartographer, Mavic Pengellan, born to an affluent penguin family in one of the Penguin Protectorates, would create his depiction of the world (with a fair amount of creative liberties).

His work was immediately suppressed in favor of the official MATACORP map of the world.

Pengellan's map however remains as the closest approximation of the world, used by wandering techno-mages.

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16 Comments

halvar@lemy.lol · 33 pts · 260d (5 replies)

All territories that aren't our's literally just don't exist. What a strategy.

ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 260d (3 replies)

Penguin protectorate land shows up but appears to be recognized as matacorp land. Has imperialism gone too far?

wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 260d (2 replies)

Pretty sure the penguins signed a deal with Mata, according to another one.

ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 260d (1 reply)

Missed that one, was the deal signed under duress?

rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 260d

Their walls are necessary to avoid people wandering into the void

fdnomad@programming.dev · 15 pts · 260d

love the lore

null@piefed.nullspace.lol · 13 pts · 260d

Lore enjoyers are eating this week!

mcz@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 260d (1 reply)

The earth is fat.

pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 pts · 260d

Thick Earth

silver@das-eck.haus · 6 pts · 260d

Shout out to Pangellan

A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 260d (1 reply)

Damn, penguins really have an uphill battle huh

eecobb@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 260d

thank you for creating comment!

e0qdk@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 260d (1 reply)

Is this one of those Rorschach test thingies? 'cuz Matacorp's territory kinda looks like... 🫢️

pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 260d

Happy lemmy birthday!

It could be!

Cybersec@piefed.social · 3 pts · 260d

Mmm intriguing content the plot thickens