Tiriana: The Lowlands of Chã Crassa
This personal project presents a regional-scale map of the Chã Crassa Lowlands, a coastal region located along the eastern shores of Tiriana. Conceived as part of the ongoing development of the setting, the map explores the geography and spatial relationships of a landscape shaped by its proximity to the sea and by the cultures that inhabit it.
Like other maps created for Tiriana, the piece was designed not only as a geographic reference, but also as a worldbuilding tool. Particular attention was given to the interplay between terrain, settlement patterns, and regional identity, helping to establish the Chã Crassa as a distinctive and believable part of the larger world.
Tiriana is an original fantasy setting inspired by Brazilian landscapes, folklore, religious traditions, and Indigenous cosmologies. Conceived as a mythical world that existed before our own, the setting explores themes of memory, catastrophe, migration, and enchantment through a distinctly Brazilian lens. At its heart lies a world in decline: ancient civilizations have risen and fallen through the power of itavera—a luminous mineral tied to forgotten magical knowledge—while rising seas and long-foretold disasters threaten what remains of the continent. Rather than reproducing familiar European fantasy tropes, Tiriana seeks to evoke a mythic Brazil, at once familiar and wondrous, standing perpetually on the threshold between history and enchantment.