Real quick-like post here today, just wanted to make the map I cobbled together available to everyone before I forget to. If there are any existing or cannon maps of Nami no Kuni I’ve never seen any so I put one together to help me visualize Tsukuyomi’s country.
Like the palace I posted a bit ago it’s not the best design by far but it serves its purpose in helping me keep track of things. I tried to stick to the way I described things in earlier chapters (pre-136) when arranging things so hopefully everything still makes sense.
In 136-B Naruto is discussing the development of Nami no Kuni and sets certain areas off-limits. The various zones I scribbled onto this map here-
-Which is quite litterally just the other picture exported with an additional layer. Probably not easy to read because they were supposed to be notes for myself but if you’re really interested in the various areas I can either relabel them or you can match them up- roughly- to the descriptions in 136-B.
That’s about all I have for you today, I’ll see you all for the next Commentary.
While finishing off chapter 134 I found myself needing to sketch out a basic floorplan of Tsukuyomi’s palace so I could better visualize everything. Well, not the whole floorplan- that doesn’t really matter at the moment- but I at least needed the top floor of the palace which serves as Tsukuyomi’s personal floor and has everything he needs for his stay.
I only made one complete sketch (my very first start had the front of the palace facing the other way and I decided I didn’t want the face to be just a flat wall) which is shown above and it’s about as rough as you can expect. It’s a me sort of floorplan- so it doesn’t make much sense- but I did want to at least try to include a Japanese feel which for the most part escaped me.
I am most certainly not an architect in any sense of the word.
There’s a good chance you can’t read what I have on there due to both the size of the text and the fact that my handwriting is horrendous but don’t worry, I’ll clear it up further down.
In the last scene of 134-B I also introduced the idea that the Wolves were going to be trying to come up with a flag for Tsukuyomi. I’ll admit, I’ve had it planned for a while now and the sketch has been pinned to my board for the better part of the last few months just waiting to be used. I’ll include some of the reasoning behind the design in the coming chapter (Should just be in 135 for the most part, though it may make a brief appearance later too) but because I brought it with me to the kitchen table in case I needed it to finish off 124 (I didn’t) I also took the opportunity to snap a quick picture of it.
As you can see, this one was even more basic scratched out on a mini legal pad I picked up at a dollar store at some point. I had a basic idea for colors but I didn’t even know how they would look together. Naturally that meant I had to throw it into photoshop and try my new Drawing Pad in an attempt to justify such a pricey purchase.
My skills in photoshop- and art in general- leave much to be desired but I present to you a colorized version of Tsukuyomi’s flag;
I’ll be completely honest, too – I’m pretty sure this took me longer than touching up the floorplan did and I have no idea why. Like the sketch it’s pretty rough and if I were to do it again I’d probably lower the opacity to retain the traced sketch lines and make it feel less than a third-grade art project on Microsoft Paint but at least I get to see how the colors look together now. It’s not too horrible but I probably could have used better shades (especially the full black background, dark grey would have been better) and making the yellow circle (it was supposed to be gold and that was somehow the closest I managed) being bigger would have served as a good barrier between the elements of the flag and the solid background.
Personally I think it looks better uncoloured but that might just mean I chose bad colors. If you have better suggestions feel free to let me know and I’ll see if I can find the time to open this mini-project up again.
Now, I’ve already shown the first sketch of the palace floorplan but as I mentioned earlier I did go ahead and touch that one up first. Initially I just went over the lines and moved one of the lists (simplified because I only have so much room and it needed to be large enough to be visible) slightly. You can still see the original clearly as I only traced elements in the following picture but even just doing that seemed to improve it tremendously in my opinion, especially when it came to the front-facing picture in the bottom right.
And then because I could (and because I’ve been unusually productive today for some reason I daren’t question lest it escape me) I went ahead and colored it too.
Tried to keep it nice and simple so I didn’t fuck it up too badly and I think I did a semi-decent job at showing what I wanted to. You’ll note the numbers on the rooms now which allows me to list everything here instead of trying to write legibly on the picture itself and overcrowding the image.
Tsukuyomi’s Private Chambers
Tsukuyomi’s Private Sitting Room
Tsukuyomi’s Private Library
Tsukuyomi’s Office
Prince’s Chambers
Formal Dining Room, Private
Servant Supplies and Workroom
Upper Floor Sitting Room/ Library
Kakashi’s Quarters
Anko’s Quarters
Hanabi’s Quarters
Mai’s Quarters
Sai’s Quarters
Hana’s Quarters
Tsunami’s Quarters
Wolves’ Barracks
Actually had quite a bit of fun refining the pictures- or attempting to, anyway- so maybe I’ll start doing more side projects like this when I need to visualize something in the story or need a break from writing. If there’s something specific you’d like to see please let me know, though with how bad I can be at people I probably won’t even try to sketch any of the characters.
It’s not often that I read a story in which Yagura sticks around long enough to develop a personality and with Sealkeeper’s recent arc in Mizu no Kuni I’ve taken the opportunity to platy around with his character a bit.
The first thing I had to do was determine what kind of person might do the things he did in cannon when Obito was no longer a part of the equation. There were several answers to that, of course, but one that just felt right was a man of order and control who is simply unable to cope with the chaos of the outside world.
That desire for organization and a focus on his thoughts about administrating the country he rules also served to make him similar to Naruto which I quite liked.
Reading chapter 96 and 97 I’m sure you can see that they are pretty similar but there is a very big difference that keeps them from getting along- how they deal with change and emotion.
Yagura is very steadfast in his ways, stubborn and unyielding. He has his own visions on how the world should spin around him and he does whatever he can to enforce his personal laws and beliefs upon everyone he can.
Naruto, in this case, is the exact opposite. Naruto is flexible, adaptable, and will not think twice about dropping what he’s working on to address something that pops up unexpectedly. It’s not neat, it’s not organized, and despite all his attempts to reign it in it’s best described as chaos.
Regardless of how similar they might be in their cruelty, administration, and willingness to go to any length for their goals the two conflict in how they react to situations and why they react.
Yagura only recognizes two emotions, irritation and satisfaction. He is a creature of habit and a being of his own twisted logic, an unyielding machine driven by a need for things to be ‘right’.
Naruto has the reverse problem, allowing emotions like fear, anger, love, loss, and his greatest weakness pride to control his actions. Whatever has the largest emotional weight at any given time is given first priority, everything else cast aside until it’s resolved.
Neither method is correct, and neither way of thinking is necessarily healthy. Naruto could benefit from being able to look at situations more objectively, setting aside feelings to determine what’s best for the future of his Wolves while Yagura would be amazed at how well things go for him if he managed to care for his village, his country, and the men under his command.
Both are, most simply, wrong and both see their weaknesses in eachother.
Yagura cannot abide the chaotic drive of Naruto who storms into Mizu no Kuni without warning to ensure his forces are safe and Naruto is unable to allow himself to be so restricted in his actions by personal choice that his Wolves become nothing more than numbers on a report.
Were their beliefs not so opposed on that one front than there is no doubt that the two of them would get along very well and the rest of the world would have great cause to worry. Because they see their own weaknesses and aspects they hate in eachother their similarities do little more than remind them of what they are not and what they never want to be.
I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love it. Having them so similar but so incompatible that they could never manage to work with eachother for long amuses me greatly and provides excellent opportunities for the story.
The following post relates to an ongoing plot element in Sealkeeper: He Who Binds and may spoil future revelations within the story. If you do not wish to know the author’s thoughts on the matter please skip to the end where I will provide a brief, spoiler-free recap of this post.
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Figured I’d better get this done as soon as possible before I forget about it and have to rush last-minute. There has been some expression of confusion surrounding Naruto and his position as High-Priest so I thought I’d take a moment to go over it.
First, this is not a new thing. The Amulet of Aū was first seen in Chapter 18 ‘Hinata no Mikoto’ and Naruto first made us of it at the end of Chapter 29 ‘Child of Aū‘. The very first serpent he summoned to contact Orochimaru referred to him as High-Priest because he was the one in possession of the amulet.
So, what’s the story of the Amulet of Aū?
That’s a damn good question. It may take away from the experience, but the honest truth is that the recent chapters where I reintroduce the idea was simply a bout of inspiration I decided to follow. Sort of like Mai’s doubt but not universally hated.
I’m going to break this post down into two sections, what I know about the situation and what has actually been covered in the chapters. I’ll be doing them in that order too so that anyone not wanting to read spoilers doesn’t have as large a risk.
First, the Amulet of Aū is a legendary item, closer to Orochimaru’s Kusanagi than Mōryō’s Tooth in status. Aū’s High-Priest was given this as a show of status. Unlike the priestesses who all shared a bloodline the amulet was passed down at the High-Priest’s discretion. If they died before it changed hands Aū would decide who received it next.
As for Aū, he is the Golden Serpent God of the Sun- which is only somewhat ironic considering his High-Priest is using the name of the Moon Deity.
But Eyazahrid, Amaterasu is the Goddess of the Sun!
Aū is intended to be more raw and primal than the Shinto gods, a deity that has been around since long before any creation story and who would have watched them all play out. One might go as far as to say that Aū is above the other gods and that it is by his grace that Amaterasu is allowed to continue calling herself the Sun Goddess.
One can also say that Amaterasu is the goddess of the sun but Aū is the sun.
I kind of like that explanation, actually, considering the moon of the Naruto-verse contains the body of the Jūbi {At least, I think I recall that. I gave up partway into the Fourth Shinobi War and have only a very basic idea of what happened during and after}. It’s got a nice sense of balance to it.
But Eyazahrid, which is it?
Well, having just typed it up and rather liking it it’s now the second one. Like I said earlier I don’t really know the full story because I haven’t gotten to it yet. Until the last two chapters it hasn’t really mattered because Naruto had only used the Amulet once.
Even so, I do have some ideas for the amulet that may or may not end up official Sealkeeper Cannon- and isn’t that an odd concept?- that I’ll place here for you to look over. if you really like something let me know, it will have a better chance of not being scrapped when I second guess my ideas.
Aū and his children {The Golden Serpents} are not actually summons. Despite being summonable through the Amulet of Au they aren’t like the toads, slugs, or even the snakes of the summoning realm. Instead, like their father, the golden serpents are Kami, albeit far lesser spirits than their father.
As for the mother? At this point I’m thinking they were either spawned from sunbeams or that Amaterasu was their mother and carried the children of Aū in return for being allowed to be the Sun Goddess.
Oh, that sounds pretty good. I kind of like it. She already avoids her brother/husband after he slew her friend- I covered this at the end of chapter 85 ‘Amaterasu’ or you can look up the story of Tsukuyomi and Uke Mochi – so maybe after that happened she began to do her duty to Aū and gave birth to his children.
I’m really liking this. Hell, with her being ‘human’ I now kind of want to introduce Yuan-Ti to the Naruto-verse serving Naruto the High-Priest. Elder Children of the Golden Serpent? Sounds almost like a book on its own, or maybe a 5E Campaign Setting. Might have to steal that for my campaign, actually.
And yes, I’m just making all this up now as I write it down. You are seeing my thought process as accurately as it can be expressed in writing.
Lucky you.
Continuing on, with these serpents being spirits it does support the sense of divinity Naruto has been building up around him. When he uses the Amulet of Au he is a vessel for divine powers, powers that haven’t been evoked in a very long time.
What will this mean for Naruto in the future? I’m not sure but it’s going to be a lot of fun finding out. Hmm, Wolf Cult, Sheep Cult, and now a Serpent Cult? I’m detecting a pattern.
The Great Elder Serpent Koshi Nii-sama, featured in chapter 93 ‘Double ‘, is actually one of Aū’s children and the progenitor of the Snake Summons. His name- Koshi – is a reference to the Yamata no Orochi which was called the “eight-forked serpent of Koshi” in the Orochi myth.
For those wondering where Aū’s name comes from, Au is the chemical symbol of gold. I just added the fancy ” Ū ” at the end.
We’ll leave those ideas alone for a bit and move on to what has been covered already in the posted chapters for those not entirely sure.
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Alright, to clarify matters of Naruto’s status as High-Priest I’ll be including things that have been covered in the story so far below. If you were curious about other aspects of Aū and his children in Sealkeeper: He Who Binds you may scroll back up, though you risk spoilers if you do.
The Amulet of Au first appeared in Chapter 18 ‘Hinata no Mikoto’ .
It was first used in Chapter 29 ‘Child of Aū‘.
The serpent summoned at the end of Chapter 29 first addressed Naruto as “High-Priest”.
The Amulet of Au requires blood to be rubbed over its surface, much like the Kuchiyose no Jutsu. The blood is absorbed during the summoning. A secondary requirement for the summoning is that the light of the sun must shine on the amulet. <S:HWB C22-TPM>
In addition to allowing one to summon the “Children of Aū” those who wear the amulet are safe from serpents, even those commanded by a snake summoner. <S:HWB C22-TPM>
Naruto’s second summoning of a golden serpent – Chapter 91 ‘Purple Pineapple’ – lead to him learning that Aū had been watching him and was eager to see what he was going to do.
Naruto received the Amulet in Chapter 22 ‘The Pieces Move ‘ and does not fully understand what it is. Orochimaru, while slightly more informed due to their dealing with the Snake Summons, also does not know the full weight of the gift they gave Naruto.
The Snake Summons hold a deep respect for Aū, his children, and his High-Priest as shown by Koshi and, in a way, Manda. Manda does not believe that there is a High-Priest and instead thinks Orochimaru is trying to deceive him.
Despite that, we learn from Manda that the original bloodline of Aū’s priestesses – which we can assume was originally a hereditary position – was lost long ago and the priestesses afterwards ended up falling away from the faith. There has not been a High-Priest in a very long time. <S:HWB C93-D>
Due to the original possession of the Amulet of Aū, it is quite possible that Orochimaru’s previous body was a descendant of either the original priestesses- the bloodline found- or one of those who abandoned their duties. Even Orochimaru would not know which it was, if they had any relation to the priestesses at all. <S:HWB C18-HNM>
It is entirely likely they just came into possession of a pretty piece of jewelry.
The only one who would be able to say either way would be Aū himself, but they have yet to make a direct appearance in the story thus far.
I hope that by bringing the details we know about Aū and his children into a single document it has helped paint a clearer picture of the situation and has prompted you to consider all the ways it may factor into future chapters. I have found myself rather excited about all the avenues we might explore going forward and am eager to try implementing some of them.
If you like any of the ideas I’ve mentioned here and wish to use them- specifically those dealing with Aū as mentioned in the non-cannon section- you are more than welcome to so long as you give credit and let me know so I can check your story out.
I’d love to see how you make use of Aū and his children in the Naruto-verse.
I
mentioned in one of my updates that I wanted to do this, so here it
is.
The
timeline of Naruto never really made sense to me and is the topic of
much debate, but every so often I have an idea and want a reference
point. There are plenty of fan-made timelines available but there was
always one thing about them that bugged me – they always use
Naruto’s birth (or the Kyuubi’s rampage) as the starting point.
While
this makes sense for us as readers because Naruto is the focus of the
series, it doesn’t make sense for the world around him to use it.
And
in a world where they have movies, there’s a good chance they’ve
advanced enough to posses the concept of years.
So
what do they use?
For
stories focused on action this detail is completely irrelevant, but
the inner administrator in me screams at not being able to have
characters include a year in their reports or give their birth year
as part of their identification.
A
minor detail, but one I finally got around to doing something about.
The
Sengoku Jidai of
Japan ended in 1615 and with the Narutoverse having a similar period
all I had to do was align them. Thus, the end of the Narutoverse’s
Warring Clan Period becomes 1615 and was signified by the creation of
the first hidden village- Konohagakure no Sato.
Then
I just had to find a timeline to apply it to.
I
want to make it absolutely clear that the timeline which follows this
introduction is not of my own creation. Credit for the timeline
itself goes to QuakingStar,
who posted it to the Naruto Wiki. I have changed the way the years
are presented, removed an entry about the Warring Clan Period, added
an entry to start the Warring Clan Period, and added a birth year for
Naruto.
Beyond
that, everything else was copied and pasted. In no way do I claim
this to be complete or the most accurate of timelines and even in my
own work I may disregard parts of it that don’t fit the needs of my
stories. It is here as a quick reference for events and to allow me
to assign years within cannon.
With
that said, I think I’ll end the introduction here. Thanks for
stopping by and I hope you find my changes useful.
[688]
Events
Age
of Shinju
The
people fight each other and pray to the Shinju as a divine entity.
The
Shinju ** gives birth to a fruit that can be touched by any man. A
princess ** eats the fruit, gains the chakra of Shinju and ends the
wars. She gives birth to a boy who is later known as the Rikudo
Sennin and is also born with the possession of chakra.
The
Shinju is angry because the princess has stolen his powers, and
terrorizes the people as the Jubi.
Hagoromo
Ōtsutsuki lives and works.
He
explores the mysteries of chakra and founds the ‘‘„Ninshu“‘‘
(忍
宗,
‘‘„Shinobi Sect“‘‘), which serves as the basis for
today’s Ninjutsu.
He
fights the Jubi and developed a Fūinjutsu with which he sealed the
monster in himself. He is the first Jinchūriki.
He
uses Chibaku Tensei and sends the body of the Juubi up into the
sky, thus creating the moon.
Before
his death, he split the chakra of the Jubi into nine parts, thus
creating the nine Bijū.
Appoints
the younger of his sons as his successor. Ignorant to the fact he
sparked a forever ongoing struggle between the brothers and their
descendants.
The
Senju clan sends the Uchiha clan a peace treaty. They form an
alliance and together with the Hi no Kuni Konohagakure the
village [15][19] <
ref name = ” Gründung2 ” > Naruto: Book of Hyo, page
39: Konoha ninja troop </ref> [20]
The
” one village per country ” system establishes itself,
which is why other countries take the concept too.
[1615-1619]
Events
A
strong ninja unites Ninja in Kaze no Kuni, people who live in the
desert and the villge Sunagakure is made.
The
priests of the temple in Sunagakure seal the Bijū Shukaku.
Kumogakure
is founded in Kaminari no Kuni.
Kinkaku
and Ginkaku try to catch Kurama and are thereby swallowed by the
Bijū. Two weeks later it spits them back out after the brothers
feed on Kurama’s Chakraflesch and so have taken integrated part of
Kurama’s chakra into themselves [21][22].
Hiruzen,
Homura and Koharu are trained by Hashirama Senju and Tobirama [24].
Madara
fights as a ninja of Konoha against the young Muu and a young
Onoki [25]..
Hashirama
captures most of the Bijū. During the first Gokage Kaidan he sells
them to the villages to establish an equilibrium of power [26].
Madara
feels betrayed by his clan and leaves Konohagakure.
Madara
brings Kurama under his control and attacks Konohagakure. His fight
with Hashirama turns into a legendary battle, during which the
Shumatsu no Tani arises.
Mito
Uzumaki becomes Kurama’s first Jinchūriki [27].
Promotions
Hashirama
Senju is elected the Shodai Hokage.
Reto
is elected the Shodai Kazekage.
Byakuren
Ninja is elected the Shodai Mizukage.
A
is elected the Shodai Raikage.
Ishikawa
is elected the Shodai Tsuchikage.
[1626]
Events
The
Shinobi – training institution, the police and the system of the
Chunin Exam are introduced by Tobirama Senju. [15][17][28][29]
Jiraiya
** decides that the three orphans are strong enough to be on their
own and goes back to Konohagakure Cite
error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag..
Sakumo
Hatake chooses the lives of his comrades on a mission over the
fulfillment of which, which makes Konohagakure and the land of fire
take heavy losses. Shamed and depressed, Sakumo commits
suicide. [92]..
First
joint training of the Ninja Academy with Sunagakure <ref. />
Name=”Akademie”
The
Third Ninja World War is raging.
Konohagakure
and Iwagakure ** square off against supply in Kusa no Kuni. Also
Sunagakure takes part in the war. The Kannabikyō ** is destroyed by
Minato, Kakashi and Rin, so turns the battle to Konoha’s
favor [100][101][102][103][104]
Sasori
gets his nickname ‘‘„Akasuna no Sasori“‘‘ (赤
砂 の サソリ,
‘‘„Sasori of the Rotsandes“‘‘), by killing his
opponent’s Ninja dolls and the sand colored blood red.
Hanzō
**, the leader of Amegakure, feared the growing power of Akatsuki and
tried jointly with Danzo Shimura, to destroy the organization. As a
result of negotiations between the two parties Yahiko dies [122]
Towards
the end of the war fighting Konohagakure at Kikyo Pass against an
unknown force.
Obito
Uchiha Kurama brings under his control and attack Konohagakure.
Minato Namikaze Obito can put to flight, catching Kurama using his
partner Kushina Uzumaki and it sealed in their son Naruto Uzumaki,
who was born shortly before the attack. Both Minato and Kushina
dying.
The
Ninja Academy is destroyed by Kurama and then closed [29].
Konohagakure
and Kumogakure sign a peace treaty [149].
Neji
Hyūga receives Juinjutsu of the Hyūga clan | Juin his clan.
Hyūga
no Ken (日向
の 件,
‘‘„Hyūga Affair“‘‘) – In order to obtain the Byakugan,
the ambassador from Kumogakure kidnapped the young Hinata. He is
sent and killed, what is to become an international incident of
Hiashi Hyūga. Kumogakure demanded as an excuse the corpse Hiashis
what Konohagakure comes in, to prevent a war. However, they provide
instead of Hiashi ‘s brother Hizashi and so protect the Byakugan.
The
Top of Konohagakure instruct Itachi to wipe out the Uchiha clan.
Itachi
starts well, therefore, to behave strangely. Shisui Uchiha,
therefore, gets the order to have an eye on Itachi [154]
[1677]
Events
Shisui
Uchiha learns of Danzo Shimuras plans to wipe out the Uchiha clan
and then used Kotoamatsukami. However, Danzo steals Shisuis Mangekyo
Sharingan right.
Shisui
Uchiha decides to give his remaining eye Itachi so this Konohagakure
and the Uchiha Clan can protect. Then he dies, not without letting
appear before his eyes as destroyed and wipe out all traces of his
existence [155]
Itachi
obtained by the loss of his best friend his Mangekyo Sharingan.
Itachi
joins the Akatsuki organization, to monitor them as a spy for
Konoha.
Orochimaru
tries to take Itachi’s body but fails and then leaves
Akatsuki [156] <
ref. > Volume 39 | Naruto Manga 39: Chapter 353 – Kisame says
that Orochimaru has left 10 years ago Akatsuki </ref>.
The
Yondaime Kazekage decides that Gaara is too dangerous, as that he
could live on. Then Yashamaru accepts the order, to check the value
of his nephew, by torturing him psychologically. Gaara goes mad and
carves the kanji爱 Ai ( “Love” )
in the forehead [157]
Orochimaru
used the first time Fushi Tensei to [158]
[1679]
Events
Uchiha
no Jiken (うち
は の 事件,
‘‘„Uchiha massacre“‘‘) – In order to prevent a coup,
Itachi brings on the orders of the superiors of Konohagakure to his
entire clan, Sasuke only survived.
I did say I’d be posting this next, so here’s the Flowcharts I came up with to help you keep track. The First two are complete and the third is my first attempt provided here so you can laugh at it.
As a quick note, these focus on Naruto’s relationships otherwise it would be way too complicated. Generally, Person 1 is [X] to Person 2, with Person 2 being the one the arrow is pointing to and [X] being whatever I wrote next to the line.
I’m pretty sure that was obvious enough.
PLI and MLI stand for Potential/possible Love Interest and Major Love Interest respectively.
These charts are by no means all encompassing and there will be relationships I left out, forgot about, or messed up on. This is also subject to change, so don’t try to use this to make any predictions. [It won’t help, I don’t know what I’m doing] .
Also, you may have already noted that these pictures are not small. It doesn’t look all that good in my previews of the page so for that I apologize. Were I to make the images smaller you wouldn’t be able to read it at all and if I’m making it big I may as well keep it at the original size, yeah?
With all that said, enjoy.
Not a small picture at all. This next one’s a bit better, mostly because it’s far more simple, but creating it did bring some rather odd thoughts about Naruto’s relation to Sasuke and Itachi. I’d explain, but I think you’ll get the idea well enough from the image below. I had never even considered that before but I kind of like how strange it is.
Definitely keeping it.
Not sure what the line in the left corner is from, but I’m having trouble getting the flowcharts up so I’m not going to try removing something that’s actually functional.
I’m not dumb enough to give Fate such a tempting target, thank you.
The picture below was my first attempt but was getting too complicated as I tried to show involvement with the Wolves/ Loyalty to Naruto within the same chart as the relationships. I think I did much better in the chart at the top of the page, but that might just be me.
Feel free to chuckle at my miserable first attempt. I spent way too much time on it.
I have one more I’ll be posting separately, but in case you were wondering how I made these it was with Draw.Io . It was free, which was good, and it linked to my Google Drive to allow autosaving, which was very good. I should probably play around with it a bit more so that I can use it better, but I really don’t have the time at the moment.
I suppose as I type this it is- where I am, at least- Christmas day, so merry Christmas to all of you who probably won’t be here until at least mid January.
The last chart will be posted momentarily and I’ll call it quits for the day.