Geography headache

[The_Fan]

Obsessive type that I am, I've been trying to find a way to fit together the maps that have been released so far of the PoL world. Obviously, there's gonna be a lot of empty space. But what really bothers me is the Elsir River. It's the only common link between the two parts of Elsir Vale we've seen and it totally defies the rules of geography as we know them. In the first Scales of War adventure, the map shows it going off the map to the west. In the second adventure, it's going off the map to the east.

How is this possible?

The only explanation I can think of is if both are tributaries of a Greater Elsir, like the Blue Nile and White Nile.

Anyone else bothered by this? An suggestions?

 

[Sonny]

If you take a look at the full map of Elsir valley from Red Hand of Doom, you'll see the new map connects right at the west edge of it.

 

[The_Fan]

D'oh! Thanks. That solves all my problems right there. I need to find a larger version of that map though.

Edit:

...wait, no, that still has the same problem! The river goes nowhere! Or uphill! Gah!

 

[Kristian Serrano]

Also, this map matches up identically to a portion of the FR map between the Misty Vale and the Rathgaunt Hills

 

[mattdm]

...wait, no, that still has the same problem! The river goes nowhere! Or uphill! Gah!

Yeah, the only way it makes sense is if the west and east forks are basically two separate rivers which together flow towards the little river whose name I can't read which then flows into Lake Rhestin.

It's a little weird for what then are logically really two different rivers to bear the same name, but weirder things happen in real geography.