the fifth and final flag of the ones that i'm uploading for tonight, and the only one for a non-human nation
long before humans ever came to Meropis, the island was inhabited by several non-human peoples. when humans began settling on the island, they gradually pushed the non-human peoples out of their original territory: the English pushed them into the desert, the Byzantines onto the plains, and the Germans into the southernmost regions, isolated from the rest of the island by high cliffs i the north and terribly rough waters and rocky shores in the south. unlike the more northerly plains of South Kingdom, Lanthano's environment is more temperate. unlike the human kingdoms, Lanthano's governing force is less-centralized and has little real authority over its peoples.
this one took me the longest amount of time of these five flags to design and make decisions about because the non-human peoples dont have much going for them in the way of inspiration from european countries. the flag is basically supposed to be a retroactive flag adopted by the Lanthano governing body to represent their eviction from the rest of the island, showing a legendary beast on its back being impaled by a sword. the blue field simply seemed to fit best. though i worked longer on this one than the others, its also the one im least-satisfied with because the dead creature symbol is exactly the same as before, just flipped upside down (though i guess you could say its a top-down perspective and its on its side), and it feels like its missing something (i didnt want to make it look too busy, though). there was no previous emblem that i used for Lanthano, so this one is pretty much completely original. as an aside, the original name of Lanthano was just "The Lost" but i changed it later because that name was stupid
iirc, "lathano" is a latin translation for "lost"
any suggestions for how i could improve these would be much appreciated
long before humans ever came to Meropis, the island was inhabited by several non-human peoples. when humans began settling on the island, they gradually pushed the non-human peoples out of their original territory: the English pushed them into the desert, the Byzantines onto the plains, and the Germans into the southernmost regions, isolated from the rest of the island by high cliffs i the north and terribly rough waters and rocky shores in the south. unlike the more northerly plains of South Kingdom, Lanthano's environment is more temperate. unlike the human kingdoms, Lanthano's governing force is less-centralized and has little real authority over its peoples.
this one took me the longest amount of time of these five flags to design and make decisions about because the non-human peoples dont have much going for them in the way of inspiration from european countries. the flag is basically supposed to be a retroactive flag adopted by the Lanthano governing body to represent their eviction from the rest of the island, showing a legendary beast on its back being impaled by a sword. the blue field simply seemed to fit best. though i worked longer on this one than the others, its also the one im least-satisfied with because the dead creature symbol is exactly the same as before, just flipped upside down (though i guess you could say its a top-down perspective and its on its side), and it feels like its missing something (i didnt want to make it look too busy, though). there was no previous emblem that i used for Lanthano, so this one is pretty much completely original. as an aside, the original name of Lanthano was just "The Lost" but i changed it later because that name was stupid
iirc, "lathano" is a latin translation for "lost"any suggestions for how i could improve these would be much appreciated
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