Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150127181142/@comment-24696651-20150130183455

Harold Burned-Mane wrote:

Pacman the great wrote: (Sorry for the delay, I had a long Skype call with a German.)

(I'm sorry to strike up an argument, but how the hell is an army from Whiterun supposed to reach Riverwood in a day, when they need to muster there forces and it is four times the distance to Sunderstone from Sungard, which took a day on a road?)

"I wish you to avoid a royal slaughter, and surrender while as yet I command my armies!" Luciun shouted to the Thane. (Actually Sungard saw your army coming days in advance and sent a raven to Whiterun. I said that a journey that would take a few weeks only took a few days, which is why they arrived after Falkreath's army. Pretty much the same thing here. Riverwood saw you the say you were approaching the town and sent a raven to Whiterun. Now they are coming and will arrive soon, as I've said many times that the open plains lets them travel faster.)

The Thane wasn't scared. He yelled back at Luciun. "Jarl of Falkreath, I would give you the same advise but I don't think you'd listen to a lowborn like me!" The Thane wasn't a part of one of the noble Clans. He was a hard worker that became the new Thane of the town when the last one died. (You said that Riverwood only spotted the army that day.

Plains don't make you faster than you would be on a road anyway. You don't have forest or rock, which is no different in plains than on roads. Also, Riverwood is up a pretty big hill, which would make the journey yet longer. Plains don't reduce journey time by fourteen fold. They might be twice as fast as a forest,  but it would need to be mountains to reduce journey time by seven fold. A journey from Whiterun to Riverwood might take two weeks on foot, based on the 4-5 months it takes to get from Windhelm to Markarth on foot. And let us not forget that, fast though ravens may be, it would still take several hours to get from Riverwood to Whiterun. It would still take a good deal of time to muster up one's forces, particularly when they are scattered about a city. It would take a while to organise the forces not in Whiterun.

There is no way that Whiterun could possible come to Riverwood's aid on the day of the battle.)

"Yes, but I am in the fortunate position of having a force much larger than yours," Luciun said. "My mangonels are setting up. It's not to late to stop them firing."