Thibault’s Known World, 24 miles per hex v1

September 1999 saw the posting of Thibault’s expanded Known World 24 miles per hex map, which he called his “Pre-WotI” (pre-Wrath of the Immortals, i.e. 1000 AC) map. A glance at the list of sources below should reveal just how much effort he put into it, as it cleverly updates the original versions of the Known World map with numerous details from the Gazetteer series — something that no one at TSR ever got around to doing.

At the same time, he incorporated his solution for the CM1/X11 conflict, expanding the map north to include most of Norwold, and east to include most of the northern part of the Isle of Dawn. The northwestern area of the map even includes adaptations from 72 mile per hex maps to fill in the corner.

All in all, to the trained eye this map is a tour de force in Mystaran mapping, bringing together a veritable host of source maps of various scales and compiling them all into this single 24 mile per hex image.

The third map below is the initial posted version, with a grey hex grid. The second has a black hex grid, while the first, directly below, is the final version with revised palette and other art fixes.

A few months after he released the final revision of this map, Thibault released a new version using his updated hex art. As with many of his later maps, he never adding the labels to the stand-alone version (though he did put them on a combined trail map version), which means that in some ways the version below is his most complete Known World map.

Fan-made Map by Thibault Sarlat (June 2001)

Fan-made Map by Thibault Sarlat (November 2000)

Fan-made Map by Thibault Sarlat (September 1999)

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

• CM1 Test of the Warlords (1984) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Norwold, 24 miles per hex
• X11 Saga of the Shadow Lord (1986) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Wendar & Denagoth, 24 miles per hex
• GAZ1 The Grand Duchy of Karameikos (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Karameikos, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ2 The Emirates of Ylaruam (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Ylaruam, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ3 The Principalities of Glantri (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Glantri, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ4 The Kingdom of Ierendi (1987) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Ierendi, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ5 The Elves of Alfheim (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Alfheim, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ6 The Dwarves of Rockhome (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Rockhome, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ7 The Northern Reaches (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Northern Reaches, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ8 The Five Shires (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Five Shires, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ9 The Minrothad Guilds (1988) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Minrothad, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ10 The Orcs of Thar (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Broken Lands, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ11 The Republic of Darokin (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Darokin, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ12 The Golden Khan of Ethengar (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Ethengar, 8 miles per hex
• GAZ14 The Atruaghin Clans (1991) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Atruaghin Clans, 8 miles per hex
• Dawn of the Emperors (1989) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Empires of Alphatia and Thyatis, 72 miles per hex
  • Isle of Dawn, 24 miles per hex
  • Thyatis, 8 miles per hex
• TM1 The Western Countries (1989)
  • 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 1004 AC, 24 miles per hex
  • Known World 1010 AC, 24 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 first published in 1999, and revised in 2000 and 2001. 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 1999. (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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