Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170111152453

So, I was thinking over FTL worldbuilding and my previous map and I noticed something interesting. But first, I'll lay a disclaimer that I'm not extremely bored, just curious. And maybe a little bored.

Prince Eric's castle and King Xavier's castle are within the same kingdom!

Before you remind me that the early castles typically reused assets to create new one, I'm aware. That's the only point I think against this theory in a major way. Now, why do I think this theory is a possibility?

Castle Coat of Arms: So, the structure from the windows to the decor on the walls are all just recolored from Xavier's castle. However, I noticed that their is Xavier's Coat of Arms [1][1] (which I ignore being on the circular decor) very prominent in Eric's castle. [2][2]  One might be quick to say that it could be just an error, but comparing it to Xavier's castle [3][3] it has been redone from a faint mark and into a full blown coat and lifted forward. Unless the graphics folk didn't get the new symbol from the costume and prop folk, which could be the case.

Story: Leopold and Xavier's kingdoms are assumed to be neighboring since they both refer to Eva's kingdom as the Northern Kingdom and it's not likely Cora worked far from her home in Xavier's kingdom. (Even if the FTL kingdom's all seem to be walking distance away from each other.)

In Ariel, Snow was mentioned to be far from home, but it's also interesting to remember that Snow as far as I remember has never left her kingdom, at best to neighboring kingdoms like George's. But also given, how quick the Black Knights reported back to Regina, it must be close.

Now, you might say that the castles aren't the same. I agree. At first I thought that perhaps it could be the same just rennovated, but the ocean makes it different. It's not the first time that a kingdom had to castles (as Leopold's kingdom has the illogical pointy castle and the Summer Palace). 