The Map of Dragaera
Chapter 1 -Steve's Map
Chapter 2 -Speculative Cartography
Chapter 3 -The East
Chapter 4 -The Grand Canal
Chapter 5 -The Eastern River
Chapter 6 -The Kanefthali Mountains
Chapter 7 -Northport
Chapter 8 -Harata
Chapter 9 -Greenaere
Chapter 10 -Elde Island
Chapter 11 -The Southern Coast
Chapter 12 -Daavya
Chapter 13 -Arylle and Luatha
Chapter 14 -Newmarket
Chapter 15 -Whitemill/Gatehall
Chapter 16 -Mistyvale County
Chapter 17 -The Southeast
Chapter 18 -Dragaera City
Chapter 19 -Fornia
Chapter 20 -The Collier Hills
Chapter 21 -Castle Rock
Chapter 22 -The Pepperfields
Chapter 23 -Castle Redface
Chapter 24 -Burz
Chapter 25 -The Ash Mountains
Chapter 26 -Daeld Mountains
Chapter 27 -Kliuev
Chapter 28 -Zerika's Point
Chapter 29 -Miscellaneous Locations
Chapter 30 -The Lay of the Land
Unresolved Issues
Chapter 31 -Blackchapel
Chapter 32 -The Pepper Road
Chapter 33 -The Massacre in Tirma
Chapter 34 -The Holdfree Mines
Chapter 35 -Other Missing Locations (A)
Chapter 36 -Other Missing Locations (B)
Chapter 37 -Other Missing Locations (C)
Chapter 38 -Other Missing Locations (D)
Chapter 39 -Other Missing Locations (E)
Chapter 40 -Other Missing Locations (F)
Chapter 41 -Other Missing Locations (G)
Chapter 42 -Other Missing Locations (H)
Chapter 43 -Other Missing Locations (I)
Chapter 44 -Other Missing Locations (J)
Chapter 45 -Other Missing Locations (K)
Chapter 46 -Other Missing Locations (L)
Chapter 47 -Other Missing Locations (M)
Chapter 48 -Other Missing Locations (N)
Chapter 49 -Other Missing Locations (P)
Chapter 50 -Other Missing Locations (R)
Chapter 51 -Other Missing Locations (S)
Chapter 52 -Other Missing Locations (T)
Chapter 53 -Other Missing Locations (V)
Chapter 54 -Other Missing Locations (W)
Chapter 55 -Other Missing Locations (Y)
Chapter 56 -Other Missing Locations (Z)
Index

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Chapter 8 - Harata

some three hundred and ten or three hundred and twenty leagues southwest of Mount Kana there is a region called Harata ... it should not ... be confused with ... Hartre, to the south ... Harata is ... a place of rolling hills ... a large number of small ponds, gentle meadows, and ... small wooded areas ... most of the Empire's wool came from this district. In the days of the Empire, the wool had, most often, been transported to the Elbow River, from which point it could be loaded on ships, which might journey to Hartre, or to Elde Island, or to barges that would make their way along the Grand Canal from Candletown to Dragaera City.
The Paths of the Dead, Chapter 22

Steve's Map includes Blackbird Mountain, which shows it is actually southeast of Mount Kana, not southwest as Paarfi states.

The Blackbird River flows south from this mountain to the Elbow River:

The Elbow River was named by a certain Tiassa who, seeing it from atop Blackbird Mountain, fancied it resembled a bent arm as it westerly course made an abrupt southward turn as it was joined by streams running from [Blackbird Mountain] ... As for Blackbird Mountain itself ... it was named by Lord Blackbird ... he also named the stream that flows down from it, the river that stream becomes and which flows into the Elbow River just at the elbow, and the surrounding district ... the name of the duchy was changed from Blackbird to Blackbirdriver, which is why the single largest political division within the geographical region of Harata takes its name from what is, in fact, little more than a stream, and one that passes through the duchy for only a score or so of miles
The Paths of the Dead, Chapter 22

This also establishes that the Blackbird River is in the Duchy of Blackbirdriver, but only barely, in the northwest corner.

Ibronka appears to live in the lowlands south of Blackbird Mountain, in Larkspur Manor:

the County of Larkspur, where the Duchess of Blackbirdriver had her seat, matters were not as bad as they were in many other counties .... because of certain lowlands at the base of the mountain, which, combined with the extreme heat of summer and the moderation of the winter, permitted the growing of fieldrice ... The manor of Larkspur was a long, low structure ... built solidly of stones that had been brought up the Elbow River at great expense and difficulty because of the breakdown of transportation ... [from Ibronka's window, she can see] very plain, unadorned fields of grass.
The Paths of the Dead, Chapter 22

Since the Manor was built with stones brought up the Elbow River, I think the Manor is on the Elbow River. To determine where exactly while require some speculation.

From the Manor, she travels to Lorimel to join up with the Great Northwestern Road:

[from Blackbirdriver go] wait for a caravan that will be passing through Lorimel in one or two days ... You must stay with this caravan until it reaches the coast, which will be near Hartre, after which you must search for another caravan and continue eastward until you come to the coastal city of Adrilankha. There, you must find my kinsman, Lord Shellar, Baron of Alban ... it is some three or four hours to Lorimel ... [Chapter 23] at this pace, you will kill your horse before we have made it halfway to Lorimel ... after which they resumed the journey at a more reasonable rate, which brought them several hours later into Lorimel.
The Paths of the Dead, Chapter 22, 23

[Lorimel was] a location along the Great Northwestern Road that had once run, unbroken, some six hundred leagues from the Kanefthali Mountains all the way to Adrilankha
The Paths of the Dead, Chapter 23

Let's step back a minute, and consider this road: it starts somewhere in or near the Kanefthali Mountains and passes through Hartre, with Lorimel in between.

Looking at Steve's Map, Candletown seems like an obvious stop off along the road, both because it's a port and because the road has to go around the ocean at this point anyway. There's also a reference to stables just east of Candletown:

Remember that little hamlet just east of Candletown? ... Bevinger's House ... They had appeared behind the inn, between a pair of oak trees near the stable.
Tiassa, Whitecrest 3

It appears the Grand Canal connects to Candletown from the east, so I think Bevinger's House is actually closer to east by southeast than east. As to how far, "just east" is pretty vague, but I think that's probably less than a day, so I guessed about 25 miles.

I drew the Great Northwestern Road going from Candletown south by southeast to Bevinger's House, then straight from there to Hartre. At the point this road crosses the Elbow River, I put Lorimel, and then I put Larkspur Manor 9 to 12 miles (my estimate for 3 to 4 hours of traveling) back north along the Elbow River.

This unrealistic straight line version of the Road would appear to run right very close to Cargo Point (a location on Steve's Map that doesn't appear in any of the text as of release 3).


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