Mark’s Isle of Dawn Central, 8 miles per hex
This is the second remaining fragment of Mark’s early maps, from the month before he began to post them publicly. The first featured Karameikos, but this one dealt with the Isle of Dawn.
Even at this early stage, with the map clearly still a work in progress, we can already see that Mark had begun to expand outside of officially mapped areas. The eastern section here, showing part of Dunadale, did not appear on TM2 — the only official source for the Isle of Dawn at this scale. In fact, it’s clear that Mark referenced Thibault’s Isle of Dawn map, so he was also already referencing other fan works in his mapping.
Although this was not a finished map, the hallmarks of Mark’s clear and crisp style were already in place: the carefully chosen colours, faithfully redrawn hex art, and high production values without artefacts or graphical errors.
He would return to the Isle of Dawn to complete it in 2006, before revisiting it once again in 2022.
Fan-made Map by Mark Howard (January 2005)
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
- TM2 The Eastern Countries (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
Fan Sources
References
- All of Mark’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
- Mark’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara (upcoming)
- Mark’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius
Chronological Analysis
This is a fan-made map. It was published in January 2005. 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 2005.
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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Maps of the Isle of Dawn, 8 miles per hex
