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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8522678" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>[ATTACH=full]150553[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Rumor has it. The content of a comic book in French is semi-official for the D&D World of Greyhawk. Hence, fantasy France is a region on planet Oerth. The author who writes the stories of the French comic is an associate of Gary Gygax. Apparently they agree, the fantasy world that the comic develops is a far-off region on the same planet that the City of Greyhawk is on.</p><p></p><p>The comic is <a href="https://www.bedetheque.com/BD-Chroniques-de-la-Lune-Noire-HS-L-empire-de-la-negation-201795.html" target="_blank"><em>Chroniques de la Lune Noire</em></a>. Its English title is <em>Black Moon Chronicles</em>. The author is Froideval (François Marcela-Froideval). There are a few artists for it. It has a successful run spanning 1989 to 2008, with one of the spinoffs in 2017.</p><p></p><p>In my image above, the map on right is from the comic book itself, depicting the "Empire de Lhynn". The map on the left is my gestalt that combines the two official maps of West Oerik. Here it highlights the part of the continent of Oerik that corresponds the Lune Noire regional setting. Notice, the official D&D map includes elements from the storyline, including the Empire of Lynn (≈ Empire de Lhynn), the Elvanian Forest ( ≈ Forêt Elfique), even an adaptation Ishtarland ( ≈ Hishtarland). While not on this map, the French comic also describes places by name, like Erypt. As far as I know, the comic book map publishes in 2013, later than the 1996 Dragon Annual does. Yet, the earlier Dragon Annual incorporates the even earlier elements from the Lune Noire stories. There seems mutual collaboration between the official map of Oerth and the Lune Noire comic series.</p><p></p><p>Regarding the Lune Noire region, it is France. The peninsulas of the regions of Bretagne and Normandie, and the coastlines from Pays de la Loire to Aquitaine are evident. "Spain" to the south is minimal but note the "Pyrenees Mountains" that would border it. Empire de Lhynn is fantasy "France". Lhynn its capital is in "Aquitaine".</p><p></p><p>The official map from Dragon Annual 1996 is non-identical with the comic map but coheres much of it, and adds the rest of France. In my image below, the map on the right is reallife France, and on the left is how it squeezes into the continent of Oerik. The "France" of the Dragon Annual tucks in tight and adds an "English Channel" and what might be a mashup of the British Isles across it. The missing peninsula of Normandie relocates elsewhere to serve as several "Elven Lands" but now transforms into forest for this purpose. The Alpine region transitions into arid wilderness. Various locations, such as "Paris" and "Bordeaux", are all locatable for adventure.</p><p></p><p>Heh, the fantasy "France" is roughly the size of North America, but France is larger than life.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]150554[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8522678, member: 58172"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Oerth - West Oerik - Empire of Lynn - Yaarel 2022.png"]150553[/ATTACH] Rumor has it. The content of a comic book in French is semi-official for the D&D World of Greyhawk. Hence, fantasy France is a region on planet Oerth. The author who writes the stories of the French comic is an associate of Gary Gygax. Apparently they agree, the fantasy world that the comic develops is a far-off region on the same planet that the City of Greyhawk is on. The comic is [URL='https://www.bedetheque.com/BD-Chroniques-de-la-Lune-Noire-HS-L-empire-de-la-negation-201795.html'][I]Chroniques de la Lune Noire[/I][/URL]. Its English title is [I]Black Moon Chronicles[/I]. The author is Froideval (François Marcela-Froideval). There are a few artists for it. It has a successful run spanning 1989 to 2008, with one of the spinoffs in 2017. In my image above, the map on right is from the comic book itself, depicting the "Empire de Lhynn". The map on the left is my gestalt that combines the two official maps of West Oerik. Here it highlights the part of the continent of Oerik that corresponds the Lune Noire regional setting. Notice, the official D&D map includes elements from the storyline, including the Empire of Lynn (≈ Empire de Lhynn), the Elvanian Forest ( ≈ Forêt Elfique), even an adaptation Ishtarland ( ≈ Hishtarland). While not on this map, the French comic also describes places by name, like Erypt. As far as I know, the comic book map publishes in 2013, later than the 1996 Dragon Annual does. Yet, the earlier Dragon Annual incorporates the even earlier elements from the Lune Noire stories. There seems mutual collaboration between the official map of Oerth and the Lune Noire comic series. Regarding the Lune Noire region, it is France. The peninsulas of the regions of Bretagne and Normandie, and the coastlines from Pays de la Loire to Aquitaine are evident. "Spain" to the south is minimal but note the "Pyrenees Mountains" that would border it. Empire de Lhynn is fantasy "France". Lhynn its capital is in "Aquitaine". The official map from Dragon Annual 1996 is non-identical with the comic map but coheres much of it, and adds the rest of France. In my image below, the map on the right is reallife France, and on the left is how it squeezes into the continent of Oerik. The "France" of the Dragon Annual tucks in tight and adds an "English Channel" and what might be a mashup of the British Isles across it. The missing peninsula of Normandie relocates elsewhere to serve as several "Elven Lands" but now transforms into forest for this purpose. The Alpine region transitions into arid wilderness. Various locations, such as "Paris" and "Bordeaux", are all locatable for adventure. Heh, the fantasy "France" is roughly the size of North America, but France is larger than life. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Yaarel 2022 - Oerth map overlay (1996 Dragon Annual, 2002 Chainmail Skirmish, 2005 Bouron map ...png"]150554[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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