Richard Garriott has, in the past, made the claim that the name of his other alter-ego, Shamino Sallé Dacil, came from a mis-spelling of the word “Shimano”, which is the name of a manufacturer of bicycle parts. As such, it’a…heartening to see “Shimano” pop up twice in the piece of the map of Novia that was revealed in the most recent Update of the Avatar:

Don’t see it? Here, let’s look at the full map, with English translations of the runic text overlaid:

Other takeaways from the latest map piece include the appearance of a new town (Kiln), and a change in appearance fo the fortress now known as Hilt. It was previously depicted as a castle; now, it is most definitely a tower.

You can see the non-translated map, as well as the original map of Novia, over at the Ultima Codex’s always up-to-date Shroud of the Avatar map page.