30 August 2021

Thibault’s Aegos, 8 miles per hex

Thibault’s Alatian Island maps were a continuation of his work converting 24 mile per hex (and smaller scaled) maps to 8 miles per hex. They followed right on the heels of his initial map of the Isle of Dawn, in early February 2000. This also placed them mere months before he changed to upright hex art. He updated them in July 2002 with a black hex grid; both versions are presented below. Although he never released individual versions with his later upright hex art, he did work up the terrain to include in his final Isle of Dawn maps.

Aegos combines both primary sources, which is to say Dawn of the Emperors and Wrath of the Immortals, both of which provided views with slightly different settlements and terrain. Thibault’s version was the first to present the island at this scale.

Fan-made Map by Thibault Sarlat (July 2002)

Fan-made Map by Thibault Sarlat (February 2000)

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)
- Isle of Dawn, 24 miles per hex
Wrath of the Immortals (1992) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
- Known World, 48 miles per hex

References

All of Thibault’s maps at the Atlas of Mystara
Thibault’s entry in Appendix M: Mappers of Mystara
Thibault’s author page at the Vaults of Pandius

Chronological Analysis

This is a fan-made map. It was published in 2000 and revised in 2002. 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 2000 and 2002. (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.