Valusek map

Greyhawk Source

Valusek City of Greyhawk map
General information
Type:	Cartography
Edition:	First Edition
Creators
Interior artist(s):	Valerie Valusek
Publishing info
Publish date:	1989
Misc
Class:	Officially published content

The Valusek map is the common name for the map by Valerie A. Valusek of the City of Greyhawk, published by TSR (1989) in the City of Greyhawk boxed set.

Description

Valerie Valusek's poster map in The City of Greyhawk boxed set is the original illustrative look at the city in a map. It is a creative isometric view of the city, similar in style and appearance to a "tourism map" or "amusement park map" where the features and buildings are exaggerated in size. The map is lavishly detailed, with minor narrative elements like ox carts, people walking near markets, mounted people on horses, statuary, garden benches, strange gladiatorial apparatuses in the Free City Arena, and magical energy crackling from atop the University of Magical Arts. Though there are clearly a variety of architectural styles depicted throughout the city, including onion-domed towers, pyramids, tents, and even "hobniz-holes" in Burrow Heights, the predominant facade of the city's buildings is of half-timbered "Tudor" style. As might be expected in a pseudo-medieval metropolis, a dizzying array of structural materials can be found illustrated in the map, including stone, thatch, tile, shingles, timber, and brick-and-mortar.

"The 'First Map of Greyhawk', as the initial parchment is named, provides a magically enhanced view of the city and its environs. In truth, the artist who did the painting endured long hours of levitation, perched at a precariously high altitude, to gain the perspective view of the city as portrayed here. We trust you will agree that her efforts have paid off handsomely.

This map does not attempt to picture every building in the vast maze of the Free City. Its purpose is to give the visitor an example of the city’s districts as they look. Thus, the general appearance of houses in a neighborhood, or of the temples and inns of the city, is shown.

This information is useful for description and atmosphere, as well as trail-finding. Keep in mind that the actual number of buildings in the city is greater than those shown on the map."

External links

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References

Bibliography

• Niles, Douglas, Rik Rose, and Carl Sargent. The City of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.