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I would use relative sizes to compare sizes or countries. "The armies of Asia are many hundreds of times our armies in Fengard", or "The map makers say five hundred of Fengard could fit ...
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I would use relative sizes to compare sizes or countries. > "The armies of Asia are many hundreds of times our armies in Fengard", or > "The map makers say five hundred of Fengard could fit in the East Kingdom". I would use seasons to indicate travel time and difficulty. > "It took us all Spring and half of summer to make our way here from Tavik's Spire, If we leave now we will surely be far north for months of winter. It will kill us. We can go west a month, as far as the forked valley before we turn north, but we must tarry there until mid-winter before we strike out for the north."