3 November 2025

LoZompatore’s Matera

After tackling the invisible moon of Patera in 2015, Michele next published maps of Mystara’s visible moon, Matera. (The earliest remaining file for Matera is dated to October 2015, suggesting that Michele may have worked on both moons at the same time.)

He based his maps on real world satellite imagery of the moon, marking various settlements and features such as Blackmoor Outposts and Mek Ruins. Then, he changed the entire farside to crystal, according to Sharon Dornhoff’s design for the Hollow Moon.

Michele’s article goes into detail, and it’s well worth a read.

Below I have included all the variations of the map that Michele shared, starting with the composite map showing all locations. Next are maps divided by subject (Blackmoor, Mek Ruins), and a borderless version. Finally, Michele provided six different orthographic views of the moon from various different viewpoints, which I have included last below.

Fan-made Maps by Michele Carpita (February 2016)

*Matera: Full Settlements Map by Michele Carpita, February 2016*

*Matera: Blackmoor Outposts Map by Michele Carpita, February 2016*

*Matera: Mek Ruins Map by Michele Carpita, February 2016*

*Matera: Borderless Map by Michele Carpita, February 2016*

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.

Orthographic projection views of Matera

Sources

Fan Sources

Revamping Matera discussion thread at The Piazza (February 2016)
Revamping Matera by Michele Carpita at the Vaults of Pandius (February 2016)

References

All of Michele’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
Michele’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
Michele’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in February 2016. 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 2014.

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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