Wendar and Denagoth, 24 miles per hex (1986)

1986 saw the introduction of two new countries just north of the core Known World area: Wendar and Denagoth. However, their overlap with Norwold was highly problematic, as X11’s map had an entirely different view of the area that was completely incompatible. This issue has come to be known as the Norwold Conundrum, and it’s somewhat infamous among Mystara’s cartographers.

This map presents my solution, adopting the relevant parts of X11 (Wendar, Denagoth, and most of Heldann) and CM1 (Norwold and its immediate bordering areas) to construct a hybrid map. This is an essential milestone in the development of further maps of the area, and I can’t begin to express how happy I am to have achieved it at last.

Chronological Map (February 2022)

Sources

• Mystara 1985
  • Brun, 24 miles per hex (1985)
  • Known World, 24 miles per hex (1985)
  • Norwold, 24 miles per hex (1985)
• X11 Saga of the Shadow Lord (1986) (PDF at DriveThruRPG)
  • Wendar & Denagoth, 24 miles per hex
  • Trail to Denagoth, 12 miles per hex
  • Great Forest of Geffron, 6 miles per hex
  • Lothenar Forest, 4 miles per hex

Revisions

For detailed notes, see the posts for each individual source map at the links above.

• Errors — The whole Norwold Conundrum has been sorted out in this map, combining the best points of X11’s Wendar and Denagoth with CM1’s Norwold. The border between Heldann and Norwold roughly shows the dividing line between the sources, with everything northeast of the border coming from CM1.

References

1. WIP Map: Wendar and Denagoth Updated (December 2020) — post at Patreon introducing this map
2. Let’s Map Mystara 1986 — the original project thread for this map
3. Denagoth at the Vaults of Pandius
4. Wendar at the Vaults of Pandius

Thanks to:

Thibault Sarlat and all the others who sorted through this problem years (in some cases decades) before me.

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