Kal’s Brun South, 24 miles per hex
This map was the last of a set of three Andrea posted in 2005. The other two were Bellissaria and Esterhold and Brun North. It’s also the primary map of the set, showing most of the continent of Brun and extending east far enough to cover half of Alphatia.
Interestingly, although there are strong similarities to Thibault’s Mystara, 24 miles per hex map from a few years earlier, Andrea put the world together rather differently. A close examination suggests that he went back to the source maps and pieced everything together himself, rather than simply copying Thibault’s map. This is especially clear when comparing the Known World-Norwold join, the Isle of Dawn, and the Savage Coast — to name but a few.
The different interpretation is likely due to two factors: first, the inherent ambiguities present in the original maps, and specifically how they are meant to join up; and second, the lack of hex maps for large chunks of the continent.
In addition, Andrea also incorporated quite a lot of features of his own campaign. Take a look at the grassy plains of Ylaruam, the expanded and more desolate Adri Varma Plateau, or just the much larger Realm of Wendar — again, to name just a few.
Despite these customisations, this map (and its companions and successors) quickly became an anchor point for all sorts of other projects. Although Thibault’s map had been around for a few years already by this point, and indeed was far more standard in terms of construction and design, the more familiar art style made Andrea’s immediately accessible to a wider audience. This only intensified as he continued to expand it over the next few years.
As with the other two maps, Andrea made his map in Italian, while also releasing a variant without any labels. Both versions are included below.
Fan-made Map by Andrea Francolini (January 2005)
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
- X1 The Isle of Dread (1981) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- X5 Temple of Death (1983) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Companion Rules Set (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Master Rules Set (1985) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Hollow World Campaign Set (1990) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Wrath of the Immortals (1992) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- The Known World Grimoire: A new definition of bad: the orcs of the Dark Jungle and their master, Dragon 196 (August 1993)
- Champions of Mystara (1993) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- The Known World Grimoire: Lords of the skies, Dragon 200 (December 1993)
- Red Steel (1994) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Savage Baronies (1995) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- And others…
Fan Sources
References
- All of Andrea’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
- Andrea’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
- Andrea’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius
Chronological Analysis
This is a fan-made map. It was published in January 2005. 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 2005. (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. 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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