It wasn’t just the plot developments and twists that felt rushed. The incredible speed characters suddenly popped across an entire continent made no sense. Isn’t Winterfell thousands of miles from King’s Landing? It would take the fastest horse weeks, let alone an army on foot. But what about a dragon? We calculated some of the major distances in Westeros – and even beyond – and it blows huge plot holes in the final seasons of the HBO adaptation. Remember, they are not countries, Westeros and Esso are both enormous continents. An incredible map online allows you to click any two points to calculate the distance.
The calculations are based on one immutable fact: George RR Martin said The Wall is 100 leagues long. That is commonly accepted to be equivalent to approximately 300 miles.
A soldier, messenger or noble on a good horse could possibly gallop 50 miles in a day. A Medieval army could typically march a grand total of ten miles a day.
WINTERFELL TO KING’S LANDING is 1,651 miles: So, basically, that means an army should typically take 165 days with no days off, sufficient food supply, no weather problems and no sickness or attacks. Preferably, also not straight after a gruelling all-night battle with undead wights. Sansa had a point.
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How did they all manage to get there so fast in the final episodes of Season 8? Unless they all came by boat? As for Petyr Baelish, who famously popped back and forth more than once, either he had a magic horse or he was taking a ship.
Winterfell to Castle Black is 654.5 miles: It often seems the Stark home is at the top of the North, but it is weeks from the Wall, even on a fast horse.
Gendry’s run to Eastwatch after the wight attack is at least 60 miles: In deep snow and freezing cold.
King’s Landing to Highgarden is 760.6 miles: Remember when Cersei sent Jaime to conquer the Queen of Thorns? That should have taken his army 76 days each way. So, almost half a year round trip to be back at the capital ready to defend against Daenerys and the armies of the North.
Iron Islands to Dreadfort (by sea) is approx 4,500 miles: Yara’s Greyjoy’s heroic journey to rescue her ungrateful brother Theon from Ramsay Bolton’s prison at Dreadfort required her to sail all the way down and around the whole of Westeros. Impressive but not impossible.
Dragonstone to north of the wall is over 2,000 miles travelling by dragon: Yes, they can cover staggering distances, but it appears it took Daenerys less than a day to fly up from Dragonstone to rescue Jon and the rest trapped by the White Walkers north of the Wall. That means they were travelling at around 100 miles per hour with possibly a quick pit stop.
Dany and her dragon were fuelled by fear, but George RR Martin’s Fire and Blood book clearly explains that dragons need frequent rest and feeding.
Something really doesn’t add up…
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