THE BOOK OF ATLAN “Faster than thought could
he travel, for Atlan knew all the ways of the seas and all the paths
of the land,” Book IV, ‘The Journey of Tirees’, Prajan |
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This
particularly rare copy of the Book of Atlan is divided into two
main sections. The first contains copies of all of the maps produced
within ‘canon’. By this I refer to the definition found within the vast
Book of Minutes of the Rebuilding
Titan forum (to whom I owe many thanks), stipulating that ‘canon’
appertains to all those books published in the late Third Century AC
detailing the great feats of the heroes of the second Time of Heroes,
referred to by some as ‘Fighting Fantasy’ (and its associated publications).
By use of uncomplex magical incantations (in which I was aided by the
wizard Thryx Tepe, to whom I am indebted) readers are able to jump from
some maps to others, if it so happens that those maps are linked geographically. Section
One - The Maps from Canon The
second section contains maps produced outside of canon. These maps range
from small maps, such as the lay out of Fang’s original Deathtrap Dungeon,
to vast maps covering whole continents in more detail even than the
original maps provide. These larger ‘continental’ maps contain all of
the information from the canonical maps BUT ALSO are supplemented with
those place names and features mentioned in the texts but not appearing
on the original maps. They even contain some place names not mentioned
in the canonical texts but that have subsequently been explored by adventurers.
Section
Two - The Detailed Maps
“Faster
than thought could he travel, for Atlan knew all the ways of the seas
and all the paths of the land,” Book
IV, ‘The Journey of Tirees’, Prajan Does
this image represent the boots of Atlan? This fragment was found on
the Isles of Refuge in the Sea of Tempests and is all that appears to
remain of an ancient tablet As
the son of the mighty sea god Hydana and of Throff, the goddess of the
land, Atlan was granted everlasting freedom and unrivalled speed to
travel over the realms of Titan unhindered. As such, his sons Fulkra
and Solinthar became the patrons of travellers and mariners respectively.
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