"The lotus comes from the murkiest water but grows into the purest thing."

In the mountains of the eternal springs a quiet lake rests. The snows of the springs have frozen the lakes, but nature has other plans for the ice. Lotus petals pattern themselves onto the frost, forming a giant lotus in the ice. Around the lake amber trees bloom, with ferns and undergrowth forming a tropical floor. Leaves fall onto the ground as foxes and animals rest around them, bathing in the cool heat of the springs, only venturing around the springs to visit the water. Such is the life of the animals of Lotus Lake.

This is one I've wanted to create for a time. Instead of pink petals I've switched to yellow ones, a change from my last map of this theme 'Eternal Springs'. I've wanted to create another patterned map like 'Aurorean Tundra' for a while as well, so combining the two felt like a fantastic experiment. I'm happy with the result and patterned maps are always fun to create. I'm interested to see what the community thinks of this map, especially as it's linked to eternal springs. I love how this map plays from the ground, the undergrowth and jungle floor is beautiful to walk through.

I used the following tools to create this map:

• WorldPainter (for creating the map)
  
• Chunky (for rendering the map)
  

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