Mark’s Ochalea, 8 miles per hex

While reworking the Isle of Dawn, Mark completed this map of Ochalea at 8 miles per hex. He noted in the post at his web site that he was shrinking the Isle of Dawn in order to fit it properly in the space defined by the continental and world maps — as I had also suggested in my projects. This fix works well for the Isle of Dawn, although it’s not the only proposed solution. However, it brings up the question of whether to also rescale the surrounding territories, namely Alphatia, the Alatians, the Pearl Islands, and Ochalea.

Mark decided against Ochalea, instead “adjusting the positions of the island groups relative to each other”. This is the resulting map.

He listed his sources, which include almost all previous fan-made maps of Ochalea. The fine detailing of all islands is from Ramelin, while the beautiful sea depths are derived from the work of John Calvin. Other, older maps inform the basic details and terrain of the map.

Although I have logged various versions of this map, they are all largely the same. The main difference is that the first version (May 2021, second below) had curvy trails and shipping lanes, while the latest (January 2022, first below) has angular lines instead — a stylistic issue rather than one of map content.

Fan-made Map by Mark Howard (January 2022)

Fan-made Map by Mark Howard (May 2021)

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

• Dawn of the Emperors (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Ochalea and the Pearl Islands, 24 miles per hex

Fan Sources

• Mystaros’ Isle of Ochalea (September 1998)
• Thibault’s Ochalea, 8 miles per hex v2 (March 2003)
• Agathokles’ Ochalea, 14 miles per hex (March 2007)
• John Calvin’s Ochalea
• Ramelin’s Ochalea, 8 miles per hex v1 (November 2015)
• Ochalea – 8 miles per hex at Mark’s web site (May 2021)

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 May 2021, and updated in January 2022. 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 2021 and 2022.

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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Additions

Revisions

Hex Art & Fonts

Maps of Ochalea