One interesting note about this book is how small the armies are. Often in books, I’ll deal with armies in the tens and hundreds of thousands. Those, however, tend to be war epics—it makes sense to me that in ELANTRIS, they’re talking about hundreds of men, rather than thousands. This may seem like a ridiculous number for a defense force, but I imagine Arelon being a small country, quite isolated and—as noted in the text—rather innocent. They really only need policing forces.
My copy editor was worried about my use of the word ‘legion,’ actually, for Eondel’s personal force. She said that a legion, dictionary wise, was usually much larger. While this may be true, I think the fact that they call it “Eondel’s Legion” makes it a proper noun, and is usable. This is a kind of honorary title, rather than a descriptive name. Besides, in Arelon, a couple hundred men really is quite big.
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