Mrs.Grumpy Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I used to imagine it as a gothic city with misshapen statues and gargoyles around, I still do but I just saw this (of course I think Asshai's sky is darker hence the Shadow)* and I quite like it and I said "why not?". I think Asshai has no real world equivalent so it's hard to imagine. *The picture above is not suppose to be Asshai, I just saw it and think that Asshai may look similar. Question is how do you picture Asshai? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Aegon The Conqueror Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 First of all I love your signature! Secondly that is literally nothing what I imagined it to be like. that looks like japan or something. I always thought of it as some place always where the sun was down so it is quite dark with narrow alleyways etc. Like a dark place basically but nothing like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrio the Dancer Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I tend to see it a bit like mordor - black buildings, fires (lots of fires) little vegetation etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djinn Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 The Underdark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaquentis Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 The names of the cities around Asshai and the Jade Sea do sound Asian/Chinese if you look them up on the wiki page. Then again, they could be hiding a fantastic place under a scary name and reputation, cause you know, all them tourists...Also, I just found my new desktop wallpaper, merci! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protar Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I think that picture could well be a good representation of Yi-ti. As for Asshai, I always imagined a desolate landscape with blood red pyramids stepped pyramids (rather than the brick of Astapor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elan Morin Tedronai Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I actually always imagined it somewhat like that picture, although darker like you said. A very dark and gloomy place with that kind of eastern architecture and black rivers. Vegetation is there but scarce and dark in color (think dark blue, very dark green, greyish and purple). Structures have lantarns hanging on the walls to provide light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrhex Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 It's by the shadow, so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the smiling tree Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 i always thought of it looking like the emerald city from far off, but purple and black and misty. then up-close i think of it more like how foggy braavos is described, without the canals. maybe i put the mist and fog in there because we don't have a good description of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterJack Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 this http://static.planetminecraft.com/files/resource_media/screenshot/1305/medieval_city_by_Geistig_4717910_lrg.jpg ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 19th Dragon Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 This picture is really good !Dark, strange, like-nothing-else..... Asshai in a nutshell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lointain Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I picture Asshai similar to this: http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/089/b/3/eon__city_by_anotherwanderer-d7c7pm4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylva Santagar Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 this http://static.planetminecraft.com/files/resource_media/screenshot/1305/medieval_city_by_Geistig_4717910_lrg.jpg ? Great picture! I could picture Asshai like this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratchild Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I always pictured it to look like Oneiros-http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/cyF-w3RW5Cg/maxresdefault.jpg Granted,it wouldn't be floating in the sky but that type of unearthly,desolate and creepy beautiful place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Somewhat/partly dark and forbidding but with great libraries. :D I like the pictures that have been shared here but haven't seen anything that really says "Asshai" to me so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Eater Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Some features of Mordor with a volcanic landscape, and a perpetually overcast sky from the smoke billowed by volcanoes. I would expect some East Asian architecture with tiled, sloped roofs. Ghost grass in a lot of places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Targdust Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I cross between China and Moscow circa 1986.And Lots and lots of red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I cross between China and Moscow circa 1986.And Lots and lots of red.Interesting. I vote for purple too, because of their famous amethysts and what they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kinkslayer Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 For me is a mix of Babylon, an Indonesian temple and Pompey (the shadow is a volcano, right?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sullen Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Like Morrowind, don't ask me why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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