Companion Set Legend

The Companion Set included an expanded legend with lots of new symbols, though for whatever reason almost none of them were ever used in published maps. The new icons are an eclectic mix: clan stronghold (a strange lattice effect covering the whole hex) and cleric stronghold, along with a less abstract tower; kelp, plankton and sargasso undersea icons; lair (an animal-looking paw print); whirlpool and vortex.

Replica Map (May 2018)

Sources

• Companion Rules Set (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Player’s Companion page 32

Chronological Analysis

This Map Legend appeared after Map 21 . It was published in June 1984. See Appendix C for annual chronological snapshots of the area. For the full context of this map in Mystara’s publication history, see Let’s Map Mystara 1984.SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave

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; and 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.

Hex Art & Fonts

• Fonts — Quill.
• New Symbols — many eclectic new symbols including Clan Stronghold (a diamond lattice), Cleric Stronghold (a domed building), Kelp Jungle and Kelp Forest (green wavy lines in parallel or in a lattice), Lair (an animal paw print), Plankton Bed (dotted green parallel wavy lines), Sargasso Bed (alternating line and dot pattern), Tower (tall building with battlements), Vortex (a wind-like swirl) and Whirlpool (spiral swirl with concentric wave patterns).

Analysis

Most of these symbols were not used in any official maps, and many have yet to be used even in fan-made maps.

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Past and Future Versions of this Map