Perhaps ill-advisedly at this late stage, I've decided to expand two parts of the game from short passages to areas of their own. The area between the Underground Tower and Forest of Branching Paths has been expanded, as has the area between the Side Gate, and the Grand Palace. This means that the area labels in the Forst of Branching Paths and the Grand Palace have been upgraded to full checkpoints.
Underground Tower->Forest before:
Underground Tower->Forest after:
Side Gate -> Grand Palace before:
Side Gate -> Grand Palace after:
Feedback very welcome - these places need testing...