To feel better, I started working on the maps for my #fantasy world, Fedran (https://fedran.com/).
First up is one of the first flags for Kormar, back in the days when the Puzzle King still ruled.
https://octodon.social/media/UGLVy4HTETqRErCQAwk
The flags (and country) changed when he died without an explicit heir and his daughter and son drew the country into a civil war until finding an uneasy truce.
My plans for the Industrial War will have them finishing their civil war.
Later during the industrial war, Kormar's kingdom split in two. The Golden Queen, along the northern areas, took the puzzle motif for her flag with a nod to her Tarsan allies who joined her in the fight (the yellow). The black is to signify her brush with death and the resolve to defend her new (smaller) country at all costs. https://octodon.social/media/RiausV1s0hrkTrez730
Her brother's heirs (the Silver King) took the purple in his father's flag when they split their part of the country off. The eight bars on the side are the eight dukes who went with him with the large star being the Silver King's spirit. https://octodon.social/media/-lx-bARsb-yVZtzcqxs
Tarsan is the oldest and and most "civil" of the countries. It also drives a lot of the cultural elements for the surrounding areas.
The seven stars represent the seven "grand families" that run the country. The red are the pillars of the society as they seem themselves. The yellow stars verses the black are the final arrange of families that were fighting against each other before they found a truce.
Gepaul is one of the famlies that broke away from Tarsan (to the south east hence the position). The thirteen stripes are for the fathers that started the war for freedom.
Like most things in Kyōti, they don't use this flag. They have banners with names on it. But to have a "voice" in the Tarsan council, they had to have one. The star represents the sun clans, the moon is the night clans. https://octodon.social/media/hnX3Y06cmKx1UDA9-vs
Well, that was the flags I created. I'll have a better write up later once I get the wiki get updated. I wanted to aim for relatively simple flags, ones that were easy to remember and draw, ones that you can see from a distance, and distinct enough not to cause confusion. There are more, this was just the countries I'm mainly dealing with for the next few books/novellas.
@interfly: Posted on this link, thank you!
(Last one). Turfuno was the country "given" by four allies to the dalpre (animal people). It was to call their own. It was crappy land that no one wanted but at least they had a place to call their own.
The stars represent the allied countries who contributed to their country, the "eye" is to signify their animal heritage and also the animal/human hybrid of their nature.
https://octodon.social/media/t12lam31ekNp-UIlP3s