Ashtagon’s Precataclysmic Mystara Map D
For the fourth map in her series, Emma tried out the Ethengar placement, with the North Pole at 27ºE, 58ºN. She explained in her post at The Piazza:
Here’s the map re-projected to show Ethengar as the north pole.
With this version, Nentsun-based Blackmoor is still temperate. The beastmen wouldn’t have lasted a week in the permanently frozen Borea Valley (think central Greenland for climate). And canonically, the Blackmoor crusades drove them north to Hyperborea, which in this version of events, is due south from the Borea Valley. This version also makes the New Blackmoor Colony fanon basically impossible in the location it was placed, although other locations are of course possible. It would also render the Oltec-Azca backstory impossible, as canonically, they had a civilisation in the Sind-Great-Waste region at the same time Blackmoor was thriving.
Although it is one of the officially attested locations for the North Pole, as you can see from Emma’s astute summary, the Ethengar position is fraught with problems. In short, it doesn’t really work with the history at all.
Fan-made Map by Emma Rome (January 2022)
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
- Hollow World Campaign Set (1990) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Fan Sources
- Altas of Mystara (2005-present)
- Pre-cataclysm Mystara discussion thread at The Piazza (January 2022)
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 January 2022. 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 2022.
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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