28 May 2025

Agathokles’ Saffir, 2.3 miles per hex

Saffir appeared in AC10 Bestiary of Dragons and Giants back in 1987. It wasn’t given an official location, but the Italian Mystara Community placed it in Norwold, inland from Lighthall in their seminal work on the Norwold map.

Many years later, Giampaolo expanded upon this region, first with his Skaufskogr maps, then later with this larger scale map of the City-State of Saffir. Although his map dates to 2018, it is most well known for its appearance in Threshold #25, which didn’t appear until 2020.

Most of the content of this map was new, while the rest was drawn from Giampaolo’s previous smaller-scale maps of the area. Note that the scale is (as far as I know) another first — as is usual for Giampaolo’s maps.

For much more information on Saffir and its surroundings, see Giampaolo’s article in Threshold #25.

Fan-made Map by Giampaolo Agosta (April 2018)

*The City State of Saffir, 2.3 miles per hex by Giampaolo Agosta, April 2018*

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

AC10 Bestiary of Dragons and Giants (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)

Fan Sources

Agathokles’ Skaufskogr region, 8 miles per hex (2014)
Agathokles’ Skaufskogr (2017)
Threshold #25 (24 May 2020) (Vaults of Pandius)

References

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

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in April 2018. 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 2018.

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.