Ramelin’s Meriander, 8 miles per hex v2
Jose had already completely redrawn Meriander once, adapting his earlier 2015 map to fit his new larger version of Bellissaria. He left it untouched in the second version of that map, but now returned to make some more minor revisions to finish it off.
The main changes are to the borders and the trails, all of which appear to have been redrawn from scratch — although they roughly match the previous map’s versions. I’m not sure why this was necessary; the only revision of consequence was to the Cairnport-Tincture trail, which now went due north for much of its course before turning northeast to Tincture. Previously, it has turned northeast much earlier and joined with the Tincture-Alchemos trail rather than the town itself. Meanwhile, the borders seem to have been changed to make them hug the coastline a little tighter.
There were also two new additions in this map: a few mines in the Ore Hills, and some named lakes.
Jose must have been happy with this version, because it remained unchanged in his final Bellissaria map a year later in 2018.
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
- Dawn of the Emperors (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Fan Sources
- LoZompatore’s Meriander, 24 miles per hex (July 2006)
- LoZompatore’s Bellissaria, 24 miles per hex (July 2006)
- Ramelin’s Meriander, 8 miles per hex v1 (November 2015)
- Ramelin’s Bellissaria, 8 miles per hex v1 (January 2017)
- Ramelin’s Bellissaria, 8 miles per hex v2 (March 2017)
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.
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Additions
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Revisions
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Hex Art & Fonts
- Hex Art — Ramelin Mystara standard.
- Fonts — Bell MT (major geographic and all water labels), Bell Centennial (all other labels), Feinen (titling).
