JTR’s Heldann, 8 miles per hex

After focusing on the Idrisian Sphere region southwest of Norwold for the first five books of his Gaz F series, JTR next turned his sights to Norwold proper. Gaz F6 covered the northern realm of Littonia, another fan creation, this time by Geoff Gander. Instead of remaking his own map, JTR used Geoff’s own map of Littonia as is.

Thus, JTR’s next full map was his Heldann map for Gaz F7 The Heldannic Order. To say that this was an eagerly-awaited gazetteer would be a massive understatement. After all, Heldann was one of the original nations outlined in X1, an astonishing 26 years before. Along with Wendar and Sind, Heldann was among the top three nations most expected to receive the Gazetteer treatment after GAZ14. The community had been waiting years for this.

This was not, however, the first fan-created version of Heldann. Building on what the community had already come up with, JTR adapted Geoff’s Heldann map from 1998, as well as Bruce Heard’s Mystara Mailing List posts about Heldann from the same period. The result is very much JTR’s own version of Heldann, and it’s another important entry in the fan community’s development of this nation.

Fan-made Map by JTR (May 2007)

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

• X11 Saga of the Shadow Lord (1986) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Wendar & Denagoth, 24 miles per hex
• X13 Crown of Ancient Glory (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Vestland, 8 miles per hex
  • Southern Heldann, 0.5 miles per hex
• GAZ7 The Northern Reaches (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Northern Reaches, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ12 The Golden Khan of Ethengar (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Ethengar, 8 miles per hex
• Dawn of the Emperors (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Empires of Alphatia and Thyatis, 72 miles per hex
• TM1 The Western Countries (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • The Western Countries, 8 miles per hex
• TM2 The Eastern Countries (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • The Eastern Countries, 8 miles per hex
• Wrath of the Immortals (1992) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Known World, 48 miles per hex
  • Known World 1010 AC, 24 miles per hex

Fan Sources

• Geoff’s Heldann, 8 miles per hex (1998)
• Atlas of Mystara (2005-)
  • Wendar, 8 miles per hex
• Gaz F2 The Denizens of Denagoth (30 April 2006)
  • JTR’s Denagoth, 8 miles per hex
• Gaz F7 The Heldannic Order (8 May 2007)

References

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

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in May 2007. The updated Atlas version of this map is Heldann, 8 miles per hex. 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 2007. (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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