stateofdissipation Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 If the timeline is only marginally off, then it's fine, since we have it from GRRM himself to (paraphrasing) throw away the ruler and stopwatch (or some such) and just enjoy the story - even so, if there's a large discrepancy, then it's a valid argument. The reason I am never specific about dates and distances is precisely so that people won't sit down and do this sort of thing. My suggestion would be to put away the ruler and the stopwatch, and just enjoy the story.http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Chronology_and_Distances I have deliberately tried to be vague about such things, so I don't have obsessive fans with rulers measuring distances on the map and telling me Ned couldn't get from X to Y in the time I say he did. However, if you really must know, you can figure out the distances for yourself. The Wall is a hundred leagues long. A league is three miles. Go from there. But if you turn up any mistakes in travel times by using that measure, let it be your secret. http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Size_of_Westeros/ On that we can still use a timeline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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