The Cardinal Direction

In The West, there is an old and ancient magic that is causing the classic cardinal direction, North, to be moved on maps so it faces to what would traditionally be the East. This leaves the titular west to be the northern most direction

History
Thousands of years ago, before sentient life touched earth on this continent, a divine older god decided that the way things had been done for millenia just wasn't good enough. They then cast a spell to cause all maps to tilt 90 degrees to the north and be facing the wrong direction, causing West to be the new True North.

This affects compasses and magical scrying spells as well, and no dispel can be found to be strong enough to reverse this. The tides, winds, everything is affected.

Critical Reception
The switching of West to North has caused many critics to call it "Questionable". "You ruined a perfectly good map, is what you did." one was quoted as saying. However, one notable opinion from The Cardinal Compass Dumbass Monthly wrote, in their review of this god's decision, "It is probably the most sensical decision that has been made regarding everything about the West. I mean– you're going West!"

The god does not care.