Ramelin’s Alphatian Empire, 8 miles per hex
Considering that Jose’s earliest remaining map fragment was Frisland in February 2015, it would be fair to say that this map — including his first complete map of mainland Alphatia — had been a long time coming. In the meantime, he had provided tantalising glimpses of a composite Alphatia map, with sections of the island continent appearing in his Sea of Dawn Islands and Norzee maps. He had also developed two of the “missing” nations in his Blackheart and Imperial Territories maps.
Note that this map included only the first update to the coastal waters of the Alatians, from his Isle of Dawn standalone map, and not the second from South Sea. It also had an older, less developed version of Verdan in Esterhold, though the rest of the map was mostly the same. These facts suggest that perhaps it predated those maps.
On the other hand, Jose included new updates to his previous versions of Qeodhar and the Imperial Territories. He would create standalone maps for both areas two months later, presumably using excerpts from this map.
Shiye-Lawr was the only area of mainland Alphatia which neither Bruce nor Jose had developed at this point. Jose would produce his version of it, completing the map of Alphatia, two months later.
Finally, this map contained Jose’s latest compilation of Bellissaria, updating his version 2 map from an array of individual maps published after it. He even included his as-yet-unpublished completed Dawnrim. Version 3 would include yet more details, but would not appear until mid-2018.
All in all, this was a mega map of the Alphatian Empire — the first ever to be produced at 8 miles per hex. It was a little unwieldy at this size, however, and likely for this reason Jose reduced it to 75% of his usual resolution. For this reason alone, the successive releases of excerpts from this map had great value, as they appeared at his full usual resolution.
Fan-made Map by Jose Ignacio Ramos Lomelin (January 2018)
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)
- Bruce Heard’s Alphatia (2012-2013)
- etc.
Fan Sources
- Ramelin’s Frisland, 8 miles per hex (February 2015)
- Ramelin’s Blackheart, 8 miles per hex (January 2016)
- Ramelin’s Imperial Territories, 8 miles per hex v1 (February 2016)
- Ramelin’s Bellissaria, 8 miles per hex v2 (March 2017)
- Ramelin’s Sea of Dawn Islands, 8 miles per hex (March 2017)
- Ramelin’s Notrion, 8 miles per hex (July 2017)
- Ramelin’s Meriander, 8 miles per hex v2 (July 2017)
- Ramelin’s Lagrius, 8 miles per hex (July 2017)
- Ramelin’s Horken, 8 miles per hex (July 2017)
- Ramelin’s Alatian Islands, 8 miles per hex v2 (July 2017)
- Ramelin’s Surshield, 8 miles per hex (July 2017)
- Ramelin’s Norzee, 8 miles per hex (September 2017)
- Ramelin’s Isle of Dawn, 8 miles per hex (November 2017)
- Ramelin’s Esterhold, 8 miles per hex v1 (December 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 January 2018. 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 2018.
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).
