Ashtagon’s HWR3 The Milenian Empire, 8 miles per hex
After The Five Shires, Emma shifted her attention to the Hollow World for a while, starting with Milenia. The HWR series had some beautiful maps that utilised the late-TSR hex palette very nicely, so these maps were surely a natural choice to test out her new hex art and palette. She explained very briefly at The Piazza:
This is a replica map; except for a palette shift, this map is intended to contain only what was on the original map.
So this map continued her series of near-replica maps, with the only major change being the colours. It turned out very nicely ind
Fan-made Map by Emma Rome (October 2023)
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
- HWR3 The Milenian Empire (1992) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Fan Sources
- Musings on Map Symbols discussion thread at The Piazza (February 2022)
- HWR3 Milenia replica map discussion thread at The Piazza (October 2023)
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 October 2023. 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 2023.
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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