[OC] Velkaizo - World of Magnetic Dissonance, a sci-fantasy map and setting inspired by a fusion of Mistborn and Stormlight. Multiple versions available for free, with and without text.

# Velkaizo

So, my map for this week is a pretty unusual one. Why is it barren and lifeless, and why is it all blue and red? Well, here's some worldbuilding to explain some of it. Feel free to skip ahead if you have no interest.

# Worldbuilding

Humanity is not native to Velkaizo. And the world they lived on before, [Kalayo](https://www.deviantart.com/stoneward13/art/Kalayo-The-Volatile-World-v2-1080506683), was not their home world either. For over a thousand years, they have been interstellar refugees. They are not in a technological space age, however. This is another world in my [science-fantasy setting I've been building up for a few years](https://www.deviantart.com/stoneward13/gallery/95526675/crystalline-meteorite-setting), with dozens of unusual worlds just like Velkaizo and Kalayo. Using interstellar portals, they are able to use complex magic to teleport from world to world. This requires an insane amount of precision, mathematics, astronomy, and even a bit of luck.

But, it was a complete *lack of luck* that brought humanity to Velkaizo. The uniquely strange magnetic field of this world warped and twisted an interstellar portal between worlds, and forced the destination to become Velkaizo. And, that same magnetic field likewise prevents using portals to escape this world. Those that first teleported here are trapped on this world, and assumed dead by those still living on Kalayo. (Also of note, these insterstellar portals are ***NOT*** faster-than-light. So, that comes with a number of consequences. Traveling to and from a world 10 light years away, is a 20 year long round trip at minimum. I detail this a bit in [my Eyr Elakyr moon map](https://www.deviantart.com/stoneward13/art/The-Frozen-Moon-of-Eyr-Elakyr-1180129711).

But, hundreds of years have passed since then, and humanity has done what it does best, and adapted to this inhospitable world. There are a number of nations, two of which strongly oppose one another (Exarium and Oroduir). They have developed technology that harnesses the magnetic fields of this world, and have invented a sort of medieval hoverbike, and other hovering vehicles of transportation, trade, and war. They're currently on the cusp of an industrial age, so things are ramping up a bit in terms of new inventions and tech.

There are still plenty of hazards not yet mentioned on this world. Magnetic Storms are the most unusual, and the most life altering. Particularly strong storms on this world build up a lot of magical magnetic energy, and they are capable of altering the landscape dramatically when they pass through a region. They effectively liquify the stony and metallic ground, and for a few hours, the landscape is fluid and shifting. Great waves of rock and metal crash and reshape the region. When the storm passes, the landscape becomes solid once again, leaving stone waves and swelling hills frozen in place. Fortunately for those humans that live on Velkaizo, not all regions are affected as strongly by these storms (weather patterns, and metallic % in the stone ground). Some regions get very few storms, or none at all (or, at least of a strength that would cause real problems).

The planet is also ***extremely*** tectonically active, there's always volcanoes rumbling and erupting all over, and minor to major earthquakes occur on a near-daily basis.

So, just a really nice world to live on, all in all.

# But, why is it red and blue?

In the bottom left corner of the map is a gravity field legend. Red tinted regions have heavier gravity, ranging from 1.1x to 1.8x heavier. Blue tinted regions have less, ranging from 0.4x to 0.9x lighter. Stronger shades of red and blue indicate stronger/weaker gravity as well. Regions with little to no red/blue tint, have relatively regular levels of gravity.

And the magnetic storms, mentioned in the worldbuilding section, can shift the gravity levels up or down by an additional 50% in either direction, a -/+ 0.5x modifier basically. That does mean that particularly strong storms in blue/lesser gravity region sometimes briefly results in gravity being reversed, which can be... *pretty bad*, for anyone caught in those storms at the time.

# Inspirations

As mentioned in the post title, this world is inspired by an odd fusion of both the Mistborn and Stormlight fantasy book series, by Brandon Sanderson. Part magnetic based magic, and part world-altering storms. But, I think, definitely still pretty unique in many ways, so as to not be a shameless rip off or anything like that.

# Map Details

This map is 5100 pixels by 2650 pixels. Made entirely in Photoshop, over the course of about 25 hours. No AI used, as always.

I actually started this map in early 2025, and it's just one of those projects that ended up on the back burner for just way too long. Still, I've always been a fan of this weird world of mine, and I'm happy to finally be posting it.

There are 6 different versions available [over on my free patreon](https://www.patreon.com/posts/160421222), all included in the fully free map pack. You are welcome to use any of these versions in your own projects or games.

* **Regular Version #1**, with all text and markers.
* **Regular Version #2**, and it also depicts one of the vast magnetic storms.
* **Textless Version #1**, but still has roads and city markers.
* **Textless Version #2**, but without the gravity legend in the bottom left, and without the distance bar at the top.
* **Blank Template #1.** No cities, text, or roads.
* **Blank Template #2.** No cities, text, roads, and no blue/red tint of any kind. A very rocky, barren world, but one that still has a small amount of liquid water. (This version is part of this post on Reddit as well.)

I hope you enjoy the map, and the worldbuilding as well

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