> From: "Peter Metcalfe" metcalph_at_...
agains shares his extensive lore, this time on
> Subject: Re: Second Age Map
Greg, the authoritative replies.
> Some errors. The best source is the Uz Lore.
The best source for Second Age map information is the Mongoose map.
> There's only supposed to be one set of Vadeli Isles.
Other isles may also have arisen in the Closing. This is accurate.
> Old Trade in Brithos should be bigger.
This map is correct.
> The Fronelan Coastline is wrong (it was deformed during
> the Syndic's Ban).
While the Wege is an amusing idea, this map is accurate.
> "Gaird" in Peloria should be "Saird".
Correct.
A number of spellig errors crept in and were overlooked.
> The Kingdom of Ignorance is misplaced - it should be
> further up the coastline and in its place, the Kingdom
> of Wisdom. (Strictly speaking, it could still be right
> but for the presence of Balazar on the same map
The nomenclature of the KoI varies, of course. This is fine.
> The Hum Chang and Fanzai were separate from the
> mainland and the Suam Chow did exist at this time.
Wrong.
> There are other things that stick out like Valine being
> better known as Bija and Dagori Inkerin but I'll refrain
> from describing them as errors. I'm not sure that
> Haragala was so prominent in the Imperial Age though.
Haragala is fine.
From: "CJ" cj_at_...
> Has anyone mentioned this to Mongoose? Be nice to catch them now?
I have inqueried to them, concerning the spelling errors.
> Ah! So it is correct Thats the problem with our records of antiquity,
> even the best historians frequently get confused by maps!
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