JTR’s World Before the Rain
JTR, aka Old Dawg, began work on his GazF series of fan gazetteers in 2006, posting the first entry in May of that year. Before that, he was a frequent contributor on the old Mystara Message Boards at Wizards of the Coast’s web site — the hub of Mystara activity online at that time.
As he explained in his original post, preserved at the Vaults of Pandius, these maps show the pre-Great Rain of Fire world, as envisaged by JTR. In his own words:
Here are some maps which I use to help organise my understanding of Mystaran history. … At the least, it should explain some of the directions and ideas I’ve talked about.
The various subregions of the elves, Thonia, Tanagoro and Oltecs helped to explore why people were where they were. Lumbrai (on the Thonia map) is an equivalent of RW Numidia bringing Oltec slaves onto IoD and Bellissaria on behalf of the Empire. The Oltec and Tanagoro nations are all based on RW cultures.
JTR, March 2006
Fan-made Maps by JTR (March 2006)
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)
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
These are fan-made maps. They were published in March 2006. The updated Atlas versions are 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 2006. (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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