Elric companion, distances.

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The chart where it shows the distances between different cities in the Young kingdoms. The one where you cross references the cities on a matrix.

Is that is Kilometres? If so, it seems the distances are very short.
It shows Groormoorva as 4 kilometres to Hwarmgaarl.
They are close, but I didn't think THAT close.
 
Its in sailing days.

It should be specified in the text somewhere but I haven't my copy to hand so can't say on what page. But most definitely its days.
 
The book is excellent, though there seem to be several glitches in the sailing times.
For example Ilmar to Vilmiro ( down the coast line ) is listed as 13 days average sailing time, yet Jadmar on a further peninsula is listed as 8 days away.
Distances of measurement are rarely mentioned in the sagas, but a yardstick comes from Elric asserting that Karlaak is 'a hundred leagues away' ( Presumably English leagues, so 300 miles ) from his current location of less than a days travel into Org from the Varkalk River.
 
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