13 November 2025

LoZompatore’s North Central Arypt Winds & Sea Currents

This was a variant of Michele’s North Central Arypt, 72 miles per hex map, showing the winds and sea currents of the region. The whole series of maps was part of his mini-atlas for the whole North Central Arypt area.

In his article, Michele detailed his sources for the information here. The principal sources were the Voyage of the Princess Ark along with Bruce Heard’s climate map. Michele added lots of fine detail of his own, further developing the region.

Fan-made Maps by Michele Carpita (June 2021)

*North Central Arypt Winds and Sea Currents by Michele Carpita, June 2021*

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

Dawn of the Emperors (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
PC2 Top Ballista (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
The Voyage of the Princess Ark Part 2: Into the mountains, to meet with … doom, Dragon #154 (February 1990)
The Voyage of the Princess Ark Part 3: To seek out new life and new civilisations, Dragon #155 (March 1990)
The Voyage of the Princess Ark Part 4: Capture, surrender, and — death?, Dragon #156 (April 1990)
Poor Wizard’s Almanac II (1993) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)

Fan Sources

A fan-made Atlas of North and Central Arypt: Parts 1-2-3 discussion thread at The Piazza (June 2021)
A fan-made Atlas of North and Central Arypt by Michele Carpita at the Vaults of Pandius (June 2021)
LoZompatore’s North Central Arypt, 72 miles per hex (June 2021)

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 June 2021. 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 2021.

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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