Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-5679696-20141215164611/@comment-25355646-20141230035537

A lot of people probably alredy know this information but I still wanted to post it. I'm sad that I didn't have the chance to post all of this earler, because I wanted to help those who didn't those this:

I'm almost finished with my map and here are most of the explanations for the locations of certain places on my map:

1) The desert that separates Agrabah from the Enchanted Forest is connected to the Maritime Kingdom on my map because of what Eric said about his expedition to Agrabah via crossing a desert. To me, the desert that leads to Agrabah would be relatively close to Eric’s home. Because of this, I made Regina’s kingdom kind of far from the Maritime Kingdom because of how far Regina made Agrabah sound in Fruit of the Poisonous Tree. Also, Snow thought she could hide from Regina in the Maritime Kingdom so it must have been far. I placed the Maritime Kingdom far from Cora’s protection spell because Eric was seen in Storybrooke and the curse didn’t hit Agrabah because it’s a separate country from the Enchanted Forest so Eric must have traveled to Agrabah, explored it, and then returned to the Maritime Kingdom before the Dark Curse was cast.             2) According to what one of the commanders said (looked too fancy to be a knight or soldier) in the beginning of Skin Deep, a town called Avonlea that’s near Sir Maurice’s castle had fallen to the ogres. So I assume that the village that Maurice controls from his castle is Avonlea. I don't think Avonlea is the kingdom Maurce and Belle are in because aurice would of had a bigger reaction tham "my gods" if the entire kingdom fell to the ogre. 3) I placed Avonlea and Maurice’s castle near the north coast of the Enchanted Forest because that’s what is shown on the map at the beginning of Skin Deep. There’s a small figurine on the map that I think represents the castle because there are two rivers near it on the map called Kitsis and Tigelaar that branch off the ocean; and there are two rivers near the castle in the opening shot of the episode. Even though Frozen wasn’t made until 2013, it fits perfectly that Belle’s trip to and from Arendelle took about a week and a half (I assume this because Maurice said he hadn’t slept in days when Belle was gone) because on the map at the beginning of Skin Deep, Maurice’s castle is near the coast and off the coast on the war map are a few large isles (Southern Isles). And we all know that Arendelle is north of both the Southern Isles and the Enchanted Forest because of the map of Arendelle Belle had in Family Business, the fjord that Anna left leads south and the South Isles are obviously south of Arendelle. So, because of the time Belle spent on her journey and based on the war map in Skin Deep, The Southern Isles are north of the coast near Maurice’s castle, and Arendelle is north of the Southern Isles. This is a strange coincidence, because based on the events of Family Business and the isles off the coast on the map, this is a perfect placement for Arendelle and the Southern Isles and Frozen wasn’t made until late 2013, while Skin Deep aired in 2012. 4) According to the war map in Skin Deep, the ocean that’s between the Enchanted Forest, the Southern Isles, and Arendelle is called the Endless Ocean.                 5) King Xavier’s kingdom and Leopold’s kingdom’s borders touch because even though Cora lived in Xavier’s kingdom when she was younger, it didn’t take her long to travel to the Dark Palace during her short engagement to Leopold. 6) I placed the large village Glacier North that’s in Regina’s kingdom on the edge of the border because in the comic Shadow of the Queen, people in a tavern (that is apparently close to Glacier North) in Midas’ kingdom say that the pack of werewolves’ attacking Glacier North are on their way to the general location of the tavern. So, this means Regina’s kingdom borders Midas’ kingdom.             7) I placed Lake Onondaga a little bit north of the tavern in Midas’ kingdom because it was said in the comic Shadow of the Queen that the lake is a little bit north of the tavern. 8) Abigail stated in What Happened to Frederick that Lake Nostos is in Midas’s kingdom and because it didn’t take long to get from the Dark Dungeon (inside the dwarf mines) to the lake in Queen of Hearts, we can assume that the dwarf mines are in Midas’ kingdom, not far from Lake Nostos.         9) I believe that some locations such as the Duke of the Frontlands’ castle and Rumple and Bae’s old house would presently be inside King George’s (Snow and David’s) kingdom because of a few things: the harbor that Killian and Liam were at in Good Form is the same one in Snow Drifts when Snow was on the docks. Snow was obviously in King George’s kingdom, and both the kingdoms that Rumple and Hook lived in and the one that King George ruled are on the coast. So, on my map, some locations that were mostly seen during the Orges War are within King George’s kingdom. 10) Regina’s kingdom and King George’s kingdom border each other on my map because of a couple reasons: first, in There’s No Place Like Home, Emma, Hook, and co. escape the Dark Palace and when David realizes that Snow stole his ring, he said that the best way to reach the harbor (the one that was seen in both Snow Drifts and Good Form) is by crossing the troll bridge. And in both Snow Falls and There’s No Place Like Home, when Snow and David leave the troll bridge, we see David walk back to King George’s castle. So, in There’s No Place Like Home Emma, Hook, and co. leave Regina’s palace, cross the border into George’s kingdom, and then Snow and David go to the troll bridge. So, on my map, the troll bridge is near Snow and David’s castle. Another reason why Regina’s kingdom borders Snow and David’s is because it was mentioned in The Evil Queen that Regina cut off trade with George. Now, back in medieval times, trade of food between kingdoms is usually done between close kingdoms because the food goes bad quickly. The trade must have been food because George said in season 1 that his people were starving. 11) There are a few forests in Regina’s kingdom on my map; one is larger than the other two. The larger forest stretches a majority of the width of Regina’s kingdom. This forest contains both the tavern the Huntsman visited in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and the gingerbread house from True North. The gingerbread house is in Regina’s kingdom because in True North, Regina said to Hansel and Gretel: “What are you doing in my forest?!” One of the two other forests contains the village where Red lived in Red Handed. This is because later in The Evil Queen, Snow tells a disguised Regina that someone (Red) from another forest taught her how to kill the royal livestock and this is before Snow escapes Regina’s kingdom. The forest that Snow was in in The Evil Queen was where the outer villages are (one where the peasants were slaughtered). There’s a path that runs through the center of the biggest forest from near the Dark Palace and it ends at the Summer Palace (this is the same path Snow and the Huntsman were on when she ran away from him). At the end of the forest where the Summer Palace is at, there are mountains surrounding it. Snow said that there are mountains surrounding it in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. And there’s Medusa’s lair near the Summer Palace. This means Snow and David crossed over into Regina’s territory for their honeymoon, knowing that she can’t harm them anymore. 12) There are two roads on my map that lead from Snow and David’s castle to Midas’ castle, which is not far into Midas’ kingdom. These two roads are called the Scenic Route and the Troll Road.                          13) On my map, Snow and David’s kingdom borders Philip and Aurora’s kingdom because when George ruled the kingdom, Anton was seen around the kingdom’s outer villages not long after he climbed down the beanstalk. Philip and Aurora’s kingdom was one of the main things inside Cora’s protection spell, so the beanstalk was probably in the wooded remote outskirts of Philip and Aurora’s kingdom. So, it’s reasonable to think that Snow and David’s kingdom borders Philip and Aurora’s. 14) I didn’t know exactly where to place Mulan’s empire on the map, but since Maleficent banished Philip there so he could be away from Aurora; Mulan’s homeland had to be very far from Aurora’s. Since Philip and Aurora’s kingdom is at the southeast corner of the Enchanted Forest as seen in Queen of Hearts, so Mulan’s empire is at the northweat corner of the Enchanted Forest, left of the kingdom Belle lives in. Also, a portion Philip and Aurora’s kingdom is separated from the rest of the Enchanted Forest by a small strait. This is shown in Queen of Hearts when the Dark Curse is seen coming from over a body of water.                 15) I’m confident that Rapunzel’s parents were within Cora’s protection spell, so you can see that Rapunzel’s parents’ kingdom is left of Philip and Aurora’s kingdom. So, Rapunzel’s kingdom is at the southwest corner of the Enchanted Forest. 16) There’s a location on my map called the Woods of the Dead that appeared in the episode Into the Deep. Because it was within Cora’s protection spell, I placed the Woods of the Dead on the map so that it crosses over Rapunzel and Aurora’s touching borders.           17) There are some mountains not far off the shore close to Safe Haven because they can be seen in the beginning of The Doctor. 18) There are two villages that are near each other within Cinderella’s kingdom near a large portion of Sherwood Forest. These two villages are villages are Locksley and Nottingham. Nottingham is where the Sheriff and Marian are from, and Locksley is where Robin is from.               19) I placed Cora and Henry Sr.’s estate and stables in Leopold’s kingdom not far from the Dark Palace because Cora and Regina treated him as their ruler and it only took them a day to reach the Dark Palace. 20) I placed the Dark Castle within Snow and David’s kingdom near a small part of Sherwood Forest along with another forest and this is near the border that leads into Regina’s kingdom. This is because in Snow Drifts, Emma and Hook landed near one of the outer villages within Regina’s kingdom and then they decided to go to Rumple’s castle. And they had to cross into George’s kingdom first because they walked on the Scenic Route within George’s kingdom. And then it didn’t take long to find the Dark Castle.                21) There are some mountains north of Midas’ kingdom that the dragon lived in The Shepherd. 22) I placed Firefly Hill not far from the dwarf mines that I believe is in Midas’ kingdom. There is also a large village near Firefly Hill that Dreamy and Nova saw when on the hill.                  23) Both Ruth’s farm and Bo Peep’s base are near each other not far from King George’s castle because it didn’t take long for David to reach castle from his farm. 24) Sherwood Forest is a huge forest on my map because some of it (the part that was near the Dark Palace) was hit by the Dark Curse but other portions of it (like the edge of the forest where Rapunzel’s tower is at (south of the Dark Palace)) were within Cora’s protection spell. On my map, the largest portion of the forest crosses over the border that connects Regina and George’s kingdoms. This portion of the forest borders Cinderella’s kingdom with the Tremaine estate near the border and Sherwood. This large portion of Sherwood contains Will and Ana’s small cottage and the Merry Men camp near it. The Forbidden Fortress on top of the Forbidden Mountain is in this portion of Sherwood on the coast. There are two other small portions of Sherwood. One portion is spread thin within George’s kingdom near the border leading to Cinderella’s kingdom. There is one more portion of the forest near where Cora’s protection spell was and Philip and Aurora’s kingdom that contains Rapunzel’s tower. 25) In the opening scene of Dreamy, a part of the Enchanted Forest (I think Midas’ kingdom) can be seen from the sky and a long wavy shaped river is seen near the mines.           26) There are some mountains behind Philip and Aurora’s palace as seen in Broken. 27) Jefferson’s and Grace’s house is obviously in Regina’s kingdom because they talked of her as their ruler when they saw that Regina was at their home (before Jefferson went inside).                28) The house that Gepetto’s parents lived in is within George’s kingdom not far from the Dark Castle because Jiminy and his parents were in the general location near Gapetto’s parents’ house and Jiminy was able to quickly travel to the Dark Castle in That Still Small Voice.