>>715332182
FUCK Thirdies. Natlan should have been Dinotopian kino with Mesoamerican pyramids.
But their shitfits over Sumeru identity got them to steer the fuck away from real world inspirations. And once people praised Sumeru's elves with random wikipedia names, it was a clear and direct path to get where we are today.

Central Europe - Southern China - Matterhorn - Japan - Okinawa - Hokkaido - fantasyland - Inner Mongolia - generic fantasy jungle - generic fantasy desert x 3 - anime European aristocracy - fantasyland 2 - generic fantasy China - fantasy construction lot - fantasy beach resort - fantasy adrenaline sports - Monster Hunter interlude - indie game mysticism - fantasy cowboys - fantasyland 3 - fantasy gymbro culture - summer resort (enjoy your mare jivari) - more disjoint generic fantasy tropes in Nod Kraj forthcoming