Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25936766-20170825025659

This is actually a continuation of a discussion in another thread. After looking at the Dragon continent on the map, a thought came to mind, so instead of a simple "Let's talk about the Dragon Continent!" thread, I'll start with said thought. It has to do with it's color on the map. Or colors, better said.

Let's look at it first:

1-The lower half, up to the "waist" and the "tail", is green. We can assume this is vegetation, grass and forests.

Of note is that 5 of the 6 settlements/outposts of the mysterious "Nation of Red" are in that section of the continent, and even the remaining one is bordering the green section.

2-The "body", the "tail", and the tiny island nearby, are a dark, brownish grey.

They could be simple mountains, or an empty wasteland, though some have proposed the idea of it being of that color due to volcanic activity, directly or indirectly.

3-The most important: The "head" and the "wing" are, notably, midnight-blue in color. Not grey or green. It's a very different color from those too, and looking at how the ocean is colored on the map, I doubt it stands for "water".

There are tiny patches of midnight-blue on the island, tail, and body, but they are very small, while the head and wings are entirely of that color.

Also of note is that part of Sanus (on Vacuo's side) also has varying amounts of midnight-blue, ranging from "almost impossible to see" to "kinda noticeable".

And before anyone points out anything regarding that midnight-blue area, look at the map. The rest of the world doesn't have that coloration. Only the Dragon continent and the tiny bits on Sanus's western half.

And that brings to mind one other thing: Anima

Anima has...quite the variety of habitats, judging from the map.

It's green in the west, implying forests and such. It's white and grey at the top, like the cold Solitas. The center is more brownish, and the eastern side seems to be a desert of some sort.

.....And right under that desert, right at the literal bottom-right corner of the continent, is a conspicuous, Red colored region. It stands out, because it's very Red, heavily contrasting with the rest of Anima, including the desert right beside it.

Now, you read the title, so I know what you want to say, and I'll get to the point:

An unknown continent, with a Midnight Blue region (or pair of regions), located in the very West of Remnant. Anima, the easternest continent, with a Red region on the very very East of Anima and Remnant.

There's something conspicuous about their colors, and their locations. See, if you look at the map, they seem to be on the opposite sides of Remnant. But, Remnant is Round, not flat or cubical or anything. Which means that, going East, they are actually very close and nearly-facing each other.

Then there are the smaller similarities and contrasts between them, which, even to me, pretty much amount to questionable nitpicking, but a little is still better than nothing.

1) On the Dragon continent, the Midnight-Blue regions are on it's wing, and on it's Head starting from the middle of it's neck. Meanwhile, on Anima, the area the Red region is in, vaguely resembles a head.

In fact, the Red region "paints" it in a way that makes said region look like it's chin, eyes and forehead. In a way, it looks like a horned orca to me. Of course, it also looks like someone doing the Horns, which is part of what makes it questionable for me.

2) The distribution. Like I mentioned before, the Red region, given the way it's distributed, paints the area in a way that makes said Red region look like the chin and face of something. It's a pretty small region, however.

The Midnight Blue areas, however, are not only present in the Dragon Continent's Head and Wing, but also in smaller and more varying amounts in Western Sanus. Even with just the head and wing alone, it covers more ground than Anima's Red region. But it also covers a bit of another continent.

Now, that's mostly an observation. I am not a geographist or geologist or whatever. I have no idea if the Midnight Blue in the Dragon Continent and Sanus means something that isn't really special, and ditto with Anima's Red region.

However, the color still stands out to me, especially when you put both together, so I still felt the need to make this thread.

And also to allow a more relevant place of discussion of the Dragon Continent as a whole.

So, what are those regions? What's in them, besides Grimm? Why are they of that color? Do they mean anything, individually or together? Was Monty just bored and lazy when he colored those areas? This is the thread for those things.

PS: If you read the name of the pic I provided of Anima's Red region, it says it's Mistral's. That was a mistake that I only noticed after posting it, just ignore that error.

Also correct me if that blue isn't actually Midnight Blue, but only if you are 100% sure. It looks like that to me. 