Historically speaking, adventurers really existed, although many of them were frauds, tricksters and thieves. The term was used in documents and correspondence.
In my opinion, a good fantasy map must first and foremost convey an adequate sense of scale. It must be full and it must be huge. And it must be splintered politically.
One of the strangest sights on the internet are Indians and SEA people pushing a Western right wing agenda for whatever reason, despite being part of those who we would send to the lagers first.
Today I learned in a game that even the supposed veterans had not even hint of an idea how the game is working, running around instead like headless chickens.