Anondson’s Known World North, 8 miles per hex

In 2014, Eric Anondson revealed his Re-Arranged Known World project. This is the northern half, showing lands from Alfheim and Lake Amsorak in the south up to the northern extents of the Adri Varma Plateau and Wendar.

Eric’s Mystara is a reimagining of the Known World we are used to, with a view to reconciling all of the various criticisms that many have levelled at the original design over the years. The main features of this northern part are: the shift of Ylaruam west to the edge of the Sind Desert; the removal of Ethengar to the Adri Varma Plateau, where Eric was able to expand it to cover a far larger area; and the ensuing reshuffle to fill the gaps left in Ylaruam and Ethengar’s previous locations, with Rockhome moving up next to Glantri, Heldann shifting down to Ylaruam’s vacated spot, and various other changes. Eric’s overview at the Vaults has all the details, if you’d like to know more.

This project was the first to redo the Known World in such detail. For more on this, see also his Mappers of Mystara article.

The most recent map is a high resolution export, with slightly different art and palette. Two older versions are also available below.

Fan-made Map by Eric Anondson (April 2022)

Fan-made Map by Eric Anondson (May 2014)

Fan-made Map by Eric Anondson (February 2013)

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

• X4 Master of the Desert Nomads (1983) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Great Waste, 24 miles per hex
• X5 Temple of Death (1983) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Hule, 24 miles per hex
• GAZ2 The Emirates of Ylaruam (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Ylaruam, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ3 The Principalities of Glantri (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Glantri, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ5 The Elves of Alfheim (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Alfheim, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ6 The Dwarves of Rockhome (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Rockhome, 8 miles per hex Overview
• GAZ7 The Northern Reaches (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Northern Reaches, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ10 The Orcs of Thar (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Broken Lands, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ11 The Republic of Darokin (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Darokin, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ12 The Golden Khan of Ethengar (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Ethengar, 8 miles per hex
• Champions of Mystara (1993) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Great Waste, 24 miles per hex
• The Voyage of the Princess Ark Part 16: Conspiracies within conspiracies, Dragon 169 (May 1991)
  • Sind, 24 miles per hex

Fan Sources

• Atlas of Mystara
  • Known World, 8 miles per hex
  • Wendar, 8 miles per hex

References

• All of Eric’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
• Eric’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara
• Eric’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was created in February 2013 and first published in May 2014, then updated in April 2022. Since it depicts an alternate take on Mystara, there will be no updated Atlas version of this map.