Dragon 156 Cestia and Oceania
The third course map for the Princess Ark was mostly a reprisal of the previous map. Its main addition doesn’t stand out very much on the map, though the text of the episode itself reveals its importance: 13 on the map showed the location of the important Heldannic outpost of Vanya’s Rest — although it was not of course named as such yet.
Replica Map (January 2022)
Sources
- The Voyage of the Princess Ark Part 4: Capture, surrender, and — death?, Dragon 156 (April 1990)
Chronological Analysis
This is Map 134. It was published in April 1990. The updated version of this map has not yet been released. 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 1990.
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; and 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.
Additions
- Settlements — Location 13 is the only numbered mark that links to something new in the text. (See Settlements under Textual Additions below.)
Revisions
- None.
Hex Art & Fonts
- Symbols — Clean and simple line art.
- Fonts — Century Schoolbook throughout.
Textual Additions (Dragon 156, 1990)
- Seas — The Gulf of Mar, the northern edge of which appears on the bottom edge of this map, is mentioned in the text (page 97c). It didn’t appear on a map until the next issue, but clearly the name was already in existence at this point.
- Settlements — Location 13 marks the location of a Heldannic outpost, “a large, gloomy castle”, “a mighty fortress” (page 97c). It goes unnamed at this point, but will eventually come to be known as Vanya’s Rest.
