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Locations in the Five Shires

by Robin

Working on the 1mile hex map I unearthed some material
Originally written for the Euro Gencon 1995 Championship of TSR/RPGA for all gamers in the world.
Made end 1994 by hand on preprinted parchent-alike paper

I found these maps in my files, and even if I had updated the Revenge of the Little Ones Adventure from the remaining material in 2014
I had not released the inside maps seperately
Yet now I work on the 5Shire 1 mile hex map, I find the information more than interesting to be released as such.
The only map I will not release here yet is the Solution of the Riddle map, You will find that in the DM section of the Revenge of the Little Ones Adventure itself. also because that is in fact the Orlin Isle central map, with just the riddle explained in lines on the map.

Apparently due this Official BECMI D&D Mystara Tournament the material is Semi-Canon instead pure Fanon
So...that makes Faerdinel placed at Orlin Isle ...sort of Canon???

Not completely, it offers the possibility, as even the map (supposed to have been created by a Hin, an unknown period after the 1750BC/1700BC disaster where the last continental remnants fall victim to the sea) does place questions marks on the later Orlin Isle location as being Faerdinel Keep.
And the Text within the file has an added red note, points at fanon placement of Faerdinel at the Black Eagle Location,
So there has been a keep on this olde volcano, yet it may or may not have been Faerdinel Keep. Keep in mind the Attached rock peninsula has collapsed after wards, thus creating Orlin Isle, The volcano , may have not erupted, yet its last quake caused the penisula to disintegrate.

Another interesting aspect on this map is the settlements labelling; Not only is all written in Hin/Lalor Glyphs and Human lettering, the names vary.
So this map is after 1700BC, After Landfall of the Hin in 1300BC, before 0BC, and names were different...

Any more detailed suggestions on the date of this olde Hin map are more than welcome

My gut tells me somewhere before 1000BC, directing at Chimpman's 1000BC mapping works of the region, yet as we together try to tune our maps into a single source over time, this may vary.

1000BC	between 1700BC & 1000BC	1000AC	Extra Information
Chimpman's maps	Revenge of the Little Ones map	Canon	combining all
Tot-Hed Maers	not on map	Tothmeer	Logical
Huhuiztol	Ane Toth	Bramblerose	Logical, temporarily controlled by Tothmeer
Tlayuyan	Ruins	Brookbank	Logical, build on Ruins
Tepoz	Zalvorn	Rundegos	Logical, expansion of older settlement, feeding on Sateeka former lake stream
Shadaur	Ruins	Shadowgate	Logical, build on Ruins
Unnamed	Ruins	Flagonford	Logical, build on Ruins
Moezetl	Shireton	Shireton	Logical,expanded on earlier buildings/canals/architecture
Rrarsh	Ruins	Nob's Boots	Logical, build on Ruins
Atl-Ek	Ruins	Bridle	Logical, build on Ruins
Yakalu	Ruins	Longflask	Logical, build on Ruins
Last Refuge	Ruins	non existing(not even Ruins)	wood buidings, gone over time
Unnamed	Ruins	Fishtickle Bridge	Logical, build on Ruins
Non Existing	Sashsash	Leafkindle	Logical,earlier name based on wet /swampy area-sound walking
Non Existing	Unnamed	Obur's Mimbur	Logical, canon mining area, later with Tower(Mimbur)
Non Existing	Non Existing	Moon Hill	Logical, later settlement, may have had earlier nonsettlement function
Non Existing	Non Existing	Thantabbar	Logical, later coastal settlement
Non Existing	Non Existing	Wereskalot	Logical, later settlement on Cruth River, after diverting River Ruined, and rebuild West
Non Existing	Non Existing	Mallowfern	Logical, later settlement
Non Existing	Non Existing	Aercruth	Logical, later settlement
Non Existing	Non Existing	Wardlystone	Logical, later settlement
Non Existing	Non Existing	Deepmoss	Logical, later settlement, forested and mossy, wet as per canon, by draining lake north
Non Existing	Non Existing	Sateeka	Logical, later settlement, only build after area was dry enough
Non Existing	Non Existing	Rattlecart	Logical, later settlement
Non Existing	Non Existing	Hinmeet	Logical, later settlement after opening Mountain Pass
Non Existing	Non Existing	Mar	Logical, later settlement, northern Expansion
Non Existing	Non Existing	Ringrise	Logical, later settlement, Henge??
Non Existing	Non Existing	Stillpool	Logical, later settlement, probably a small lake nearby (1 to 4 miles in size)
Non Existing	Non Existing	Rollstone Keep	Logical, later settlement against Black Eagle Barony (suspected area of Faerdinel Keep)
not mapped	Unnamed Pensinsula	Seperated Orlin Isle & Gettlebest Rock	Orlin Isle Suspected area of Faerdinel Keep

Compiling all the names together

Red is capital
Blue is possible Faerdinel Keep location
So we can see the Hin did a lot of expansion after 1000AC