Solmyr’s Norwold Political
For a short intro to Aleksei Andrievski’s maps, see the post for Solmyr’s Alphatian Region.
The last two of Aleksei’s PBEM maps returned to the Outer World and the heart of the setting, dividing up Norwold and the Known World into playable regions. For Norwold, Aleksei clearly used all of the resources from the fan community available to him at that point, likely from the Mystara Mailing List, preserved at the Vaults of Pandius to this day. This is evidenced by his inclusion of Kaarjala and Littonia in northern Norwold. He also incorporated Bruce Heard’s errata from Dragon #189, adding the correct name for Walrus Island.
The map itself is clearly a zoomed adaptation of another map, resulting in it being a bit blocky, though it is still entirely usable.
Fan-made Map by Aleksei Andrievski (August 2000)
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 Atlas has been unable to contact the original cartographer. This map therefore appears here without explicit permission from its creator. Any information on how to get in touch with them would be most welcome.
Sources
- The Known World Grimoire: Letters, The Poor Wizard’s Almanac, and More economics, Dragon #189 (January 1993) (HTML version at Vaults of Pandius)
Fan Sources
- Various articles at the Vaults of Pandius
References
- All of Aleksei’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
- Aleksei’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
- Aleksei’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius
Chronological Analysis
This is a fan-made map. It was published in August 2000 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 2000. (Please note that it may be some time before the project reaches this point.)
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.
Under Construction! Please check back again soon for updates.
Additions
Revisions
- Islands — Walrus Island has been adopted as the name for the island northeast of the Isle of the Dogs near Oceansend. This was detailed in the Known World Grimoire in Dragon #189, though the correct name never appeared on an official map.
