: Re: Time measures in fantasy worlds I wonder, what could be a good way to provide time measures in a fantasy universe. I don't mean the calendar which is covered in the question: Out of this

@Lee1909368

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If the units of time are established, then yes, that's a good way - providing you add the mode of transportation.

Five minutes of leisurely walk away
Eight hours of forced march
A fortnight on horseback
an overnight train ride
Three hours of flight on dragon back
Two days by a blimp
Walk ahead for three prayers, then turn left.
Thirty generations in an ark traveling at speed of light.

Only if the mode of transportation is well established or obvious, you can skip it in giving distances. And they are nice in giving the reader a rough clue while leaving the writer a lot of wiggle room.

I don't know about other countries, but in Poland hiking route distances are given in hours and minutes (of normal walk), because two tracks of the same length may vastly differ in difficulty - and so, time estimate is much more meaningful than distance.

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