26 June 2025

Håvard’s Sky Realms

This is somewhat of a bookend among Håvard’s maps and diagrams, as it marked the last in a particularly prolific period of his mapmaking. In fact, I haven’t been able to find any that he made after this one — although he has remained as active as ever in the Mystara community.

Håvard first posted about Mystara’s Sky Realms (or Skyrealms) in a thread at The Piazza in 2013. Then he followed up with a map in a new thread in 2018, where he explained his thinking behind the map as follows:

The idea with this map was to expand on the setting presented in PC2 Top Ballista. Not only the city itself, but an entire world above the Known World can be explored. Long expeditions to Alphatia’s Floating Ar or the Ee’ar and Enduk Realms of the Savage Coast is possible, but there are numerous locations much right above the Known World that can be visited for those in posession of a Skyship or a Flying Mount.

Thus, this diagram is meant as a campaign map showing some of the possible locations to be visited in the skies above Mystara. Although it concentrates on the airspace of the Known World, it also includes references to much further afield locations at the edges of the diagram.

And of course, as we have come to expect from all Håvard’s maps, it includes a host of references from across Mystara’s publications.

To sum up, it’s an elegant, clear and concise window into a certain aspect of Mystara — which, really, could describe almost any of Håvard’s maps.

Fan-made Map by Håvard (July 2018)

*Sky Realms of Mystara by Håvard, July 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

O2 Blade of Vengeance (1985) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Dawn of the Emperors (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
PC2 Top Ballista (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
The Known World Grimoire: Lords of the skies, Dragon #200 (December 1993)
And others…

Fan Sources

Skyrealms of Mystara discussion thread at The Piazza (September 2013)
Skyrealms of Mystara (with Map) discussion thread at The Piazza (July 2018)
Skyrealms of Mystara by Håvard at the Vaults of Pandius (July 2018)

References

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

Chronological Analysis

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

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