Ramelin’s Valhara, 8 miles per hex

With Yezchamenid and Zuyevo done, Jose continued north and east, completing the area around the Yalu Sea — the Yalu Steppe, the Valharan Valley, and the steppes up to Hyborea. Interestingly, although his maps were largely based on the Hollow World Set world map via Christian Constantin’s 1999 map, Jose used the Companion Set/CM1 shape of the Yalu Sea. This was probably influenced by Christian’s 2014 map, which revised his earlier map of the Midlands area in just this way.

It almost goes without saying at this point that this was the first time for most of these areas to be mapped at this scale. If you have been reading my other articles for Ramelin Mystara this refrain has likely become rather familiar, but I can’t stress enough how revolutionary Jose’s pioneering maps have been for Mystaran cartography.

Fan-made Map by Jose Ignacio Ramos Lomelin (July 2017)

This is an original map created by one of Mystara’s excellent fan cartographers. For more information on the cartographer, including a gallery of all their maps, see also Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara.

Sources

• Companion Rules Set (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Brun
• Master Rules Set (1985) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Outer World
• Hollow World Campaign Set (1990) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Outer World Planetary Map

Fan Sources

• Christian’s Western Brun, 24 miles per hex (September 1999)
• Christian’s Central Brun, 24 miles per hex (October 2014)

References

• All of Jose’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
• Jose’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
• Jose’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in July 2017. The updated Atlas version of this map is not yet available. See also Appendix C for annual chronological snapshots of the area. For the full context of this map in Mystara’s publication history, see the upcoming Let’s Map Mystara 2017.

The following lists are from the Let’s Map Mystara project. Additions are new features, introduced in this map. Revisions are changes to previously-introduced features. Hex Art & Fonts track design elements. Finally, Textual Additions are potential features found in the related text. In most cases, the Atlas adopts these textual additions into updated and chronological maps.

Under Construction! Please check back again soon for updates.

Additions

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Revisions

• Settlements —

Hex Art & Fonts

• Hex Art — Ramelin Mystara standard.
• Fonts — Bell MT (major geographic and all water labels), Bell Centennial (all other labels), Feinen (titling).