Ashtagon’s Patera, 8 miles per hex v1

Presenting for the first time: Emma’s completed full map of Patera in Equirectangular projection, at 8 miles per hex. Thanks, Emma, for allowing me the honour of posting this for you. Even the lower resolution preview was too large for DeviantArt, so here it is. Note that the version below is a 100 DPI preview of the full map. It’s still rather huge even at that resolution, but the full, 300 DPI version linked to below is even larger.

This has been a labour of love for Emma, and her finished map is so rich in detail that it may leave you wondering if there isn’t something else up her sleeve — another secret project, perhaps. Who knows? We’ll have to wait and see.

As I remarked on her other Patera maps and previews, she made each nation feel unique through a combination of names appropriate for the real world culture that inspired the Mystaran nations, and scripts that render those names in an approximation of their local styles.

Emma explained some of her choices in a post at The Piazza detailing her preview of Myoshima from this map:

Myoshima itself uses mainly Japanese kanji (with occasional hiragana for “loan words” and grammatical particles).

The free (and “free”) nations of Dakidun (in the south east) use hiragana. They are modelled off Okinawa and the Ryukyu kingdom.

In the south … we can see parts of the Surabayang cultural region. They use the Lontara script, which IRL sees some use on Sulawesi in Indonesia.

And in the north … Malacayog uses the Baybayin script, which IRL is used in the Philippines to write Tagalog.

Note that I left out some of her original text, since the description applied to the cropped Myoshima map; this edit should make it readable for this map, too.

In addition to these, there’s also Chinese script in Selimpore, as well as Devanagari in Rajahstan.

Finally, I have marked this as version 1, though at the time of publication it’s the only version. I did this simply because a map of this size seems almost guaranteed to see further tweaks and development.

What a masterpiece! Thank you, Emma, for an amazing work. The Atlas of Mystara salutes you!

Fan-made Map by Emma Rome (August 2026)

Full Resolution >>>>> Patera, 8 miles per hex (300 DPI) <<<<< Right Click, Save

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.

The map above is a lower resolution preview. To download the full size version, please follow the link (right click and choose “Save Link As…” or equivalent). Mobile Users, please note that it may not be possible to view the full resolution image on your device due to its large size.

Full Resolution >>>>> Patera, 8 miles per hex (300 DPI) <<<<< Right Click, Save

Sources

Fan Sources

• Ashtagon’s Patera, 24 miles per hex v2 (September 2025)

References

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

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in August 2026. 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 2025.

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

Revisions

Hex Art & Fonts

Textual Additions (XXX)

Maps of Patera and Myoshima