^^^Actually, the green mountain can't be DM. It would be impossible. It's located somewhere down South of Faron Woods, and Southeast of the Master Sword. That's the exact opposite of where DM is.
Eldin Volcano is more likely to be DM than that green mountain is.
Exactly.
I think in this case, the simplest solution is best, and if we go by the HH, then nothing really has changed between the surface world of the SS era and OoT Hyrule. They look different only because of artistic license and gameplay and such but Eldin is still Death Mountain, Lanayru is Gerudo Valley. The Sand Sea is the Haunted Wastes. And Fraon Woods is Lost Woods. Hyrule Castle and Town possibly gets built where the Sealed Grounds are which is a little far south but it's not that big an issue.
What I do like is the idea of associating Lake Floria with Zora's Domain. Personally I would have assumed it was Lake Hylia since, if you assume the Skyview Temple is the Eastern Palace, it does match up with the Lake Hylia of ALttP. But Lake Floria is ta primary water source whereas in most other variations of Lake Hylia, it's where all the water eventually ends up. A pretty big differenceIn either case, it's [img]http://forums.legendsalliance.com/public/ALOT.png[/img] easier to assume part of Lost Woods surround Zora's Domain than saying what was once Faron Woods became Death Mountian when Eldin is still a pretty good enough candidate.
Also, the way Eldin is seen from the Sealed Grounds is far more reminiscent of OoT Death Mountian than that green mountian in Faron.
So going by the HH Timeline, I the geography goes much more like this:
When the Skyloftians return to the surface to settle down, the land contains three distinct regions, a desert, a volcanic mountain, and a large forest. Obviously the forest is where they did a majority of the settling. Hyrule Castle and Town were built around Sealed Grounds. As trees were being cut down for resources, LOn LOn Ranch was built eastward into Faron woods. Lake Floria was renamed Veiled Falls and was the source of water in Hyrule. Lanayru was being mined to the northwest for resources as well in an area that was named Mt Crenel. The Gorons, originally from Lanayru start dwindling in number and make a new home north of the Veil Falls, presumably Eldin. Eldin remained unexplored because it was still too active for human use. This is the Hyrule of TMC.
FS Hyrule includes the Eldin Region, which is named Death Mountian for it's hellish landscape and it's several still active volcanoes.
The Talus Caves could be underground parts of Lanayru. And Sea of Trees are a deeper p[art of Faron Woods. civilzation is probably further south. Skyloft, now vacnt, is probably taken over by Vaati some time between TMC and FS. This is the Hyrule of FS.
Some time later, new races start appearing. The Zoras take over Lake Floria/Veiled Falls and rename it Zora's Domain. The Gerudo take over the deserts to the east and rename them Gerudo Valley and Haunted Wastes. Also, the Goron race has recovered and taken over much of Eldin. The humans, now referring to themselves as Hyluans, expand their territory into the feilds into the south, naming it Hyrule Feild. A new Lon LOn Ranch is established here as well, as well a Lake Hyia different from the one immediately south of Veiled Falls in TMC. This is OoT Hyrule.
ALttP and TP Hyrules are a little harder to explain. LoZ Hyrule, since it's such a simple map, is much more straightforward. Death Mountian is still the same area in the North. Lost Woods are the foresty area to the East. The deserts probably became the large graveyard to the west or could possibly still even further west unseen on the LoZ map. lake Hylia could possibly be one of the twin lakes in the LoZ map wheras the other Lake could where Hyrule Castle once stood in games like ALttP or TP. The AoL map contains completely new areas to the north and east, beyond Death Mountian the eastern sea.
Edited by SOAP, 29 March 2012 - 05:19 PM.
