Geoff’s Varannis, 8 miles per hex

For the second part of Selhomarr at 8 miles per hex, Geoff chose the Ilannir Peninsula, to the southwest (in Hollow World reversed east-west directions!) of Annurios. This is the edge of Selhomarr proper, with the heartlands of the Empire just off the right-hand edge of the map.

We were still refining the process at this point. After Annurios, I encouraged Geoff not to spend time making his designs look pretty, but to leave that to me and concentrate on the design part. As a result, his drafts became increasingly unfinished as the project unfolded, losing polish but gaining detail, which I think the finished maps clearly reflect.

As with Annurios, Geoff shared more details in text form, which I then added to the map.

Replica Fan-made Map (March 2021)

Fan-made Map by Geoff Gander (March 2009)

Work in progress map: This map is incomplete. It appears here in the most recent state available, but it may be missing certain elements.

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

• Hollow World Campaign Set (1990) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Hollow World Planetary Map

Secondary Sources

• Hollow World: Selhomarr, 8 miles per hex discussion thread at The Piazza
  • Discussion of Varannis begins in this post (March 2009)
• Geoff’s Selhomarr, 40 miles per hex
• The Empire of Selhomarr: a Gazetteer from 5 November 1997 to 23 August 1999 (Vaults of Pandius)
• The Empire of Selhomarr: Player’s Guide current as of 6 May 1998 (Vaults of Pandius)

References

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

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in March 2009. 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 2009. (Please note that it may be some time before the project reaches this point.)

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.

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