30 October 2026

Zendrolion’s Mystara 50,000 to 8,500 BC

Simone shared a map called “Mystara_04_BC3850-3000.png” in August 2010 on The Piazza. Clearly it was part of a series, but as far as I have been able to find, he never posted the other parts online. When I asked him about it in 2026, he sent me a copy of all five maps in the series. This was the first.

The map deals with Mystara’s ancient prehistory, labelled (in Italian) “The first human migrations”. An examination of the legend will reveal references to the Oltecs, Neathar and Tanagoro, as well as Thonians and Afridhi from Blackmoor. This sets the stage for the series, which seems to have been tracing the history of Blackmoor and its surrounding populations from prehistoric times all the way through to the aftermath of the Great Rain of Fire, from 50,000 to 2,200 BC.

Fan-made Map by Simone Neri (February 2008)

*Mystara 50,000 to 8,500 BC, by Simone Neri, February 2008*

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

Fan Sources

References

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

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in February 2008. 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 2008.

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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