GAZ7 Otkel’s Stead, 0.5 miles per hex
The Defense of Otkel’s Stead was an adventure in GAZ7. It came with this map of the area, known as Fjallsen Valley. With a scale of half a mile per hex, the whole area of the map would roughly fit inside a single 8 mile hex. GAZ7 suggested that the valley could be placed in any of the Northern Reaches, so there was no single fixed location. It went further, saying that it should be “in a borderland domain of the Trollheim hills” in northwest Vestland, or “in a domain bordering the hills of Gnollheim in southeastern Soderfjord”. (There was no particular suggested location for Ostland.)
As usual, I have colourised the map, which was originally printed in shades of sepia.
Replica Map (September 2025)

Sources
- GAZ7 The Northern Reaches (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Inside Cover map, Cartography by Dave Sutherland, Dennis Kauth
References
- New Map: GAZ7 Otkel’s Stead post at Patreon
Chronological Analysis
This is Map 97. It was published in July 1988. 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 Let’s Map Mystara 1988.
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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26 December 2025 @ 10:52 pm
I have pondered on this location as well.
The stream in that 8 mile area goes SW, there aren’t that many locations where this is possible,
Yet some do exist, and as this is a stream, not a river, is may not be visible on any of the 8 mile hexes.
“in a borderland domain of the Trollheim hills” in northwest Vestland, or “in a domain bordering the hills of Gnollheim in southeastern Soderfjord”. Using social-racial demographics given in the Gazetteer; The first sounds most legit, yet the adventure relates more to Gnolls than Trolls which are more prominent In Soderfjord. So it seems Soderfjord does give a better fit. Ostland is of course not included, as being an island, and without Trolls or Gnolls (but Orcs and Kobolds instead) if following canon descriptions. Even the names are more Soderfjord than Vestlandish, so Soderfjord seems a good fit. and the somewhere on the west.
Using my research on Gnollheim/Sodrfjord (https://www.deviantart.com/6inchnails/art/Gnollheim-Soderfjord-1242835309#image-5) it seems most logically to be located in the NW of Soderfjord.
I think I would place it there. Not exact ,but I very vaguely remember, that it was intended in Sodefjord by thee mapper himself. But this I have to check, for there is a wee bit of spread-out information in the Gazetteer itself
hope this helps