How big is a division?

[zute]

I apologize for another lame-ass question, but in the story I'm writing now this actually has relevance. It's the difference between paranoia and reasonable concern.

When you rescue Riordan he tells you that Loghain had turned away 200 Grey Wardens and two dozen divisions of cavalry.  When I looked up division sizes I got utterly enormous numbers like 10,000 for single light infantry division, in the modern army. I'm sure that must be vastly larger than in middle ages terms.

Does anyone have a feel for how many actually people that would be? 

My thanks!

Zute

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[elysium_fic]

Actually it's quite funny if you try to choose the Dog as your champion.

But, again, see the part I've said several times now about the fact that they follow your RECOMMENDATION because you won the fight, not that the winner automatically becomes leader, only that it gives their recommendation the necessary amount of weight to make the Landsmeet play along.

If the Warden's recommendation was outweighed by national/racial/magical/species prejudice on the part of the Landsmeet (as would be the case with Zev/an elf trying to make himself king/Wynne or Morrigan/Dog, the Landsmeet would still overrule him/her.

So long as the Warden makes a recommendation they can live with, such as keeping Anora (a commoner but a capable queen) on the throne, the Landsmeet will follow IF AND ONLY IF the Warden has proven him/herself a capable fighter, or a leader of capable fighters, by either personally defeating Loghain or choosing a champion who can personally defeat Loghain.

In the end, it comes down to the martial prowess, not blood, not even persuasive ability. That's the world the writers created. It may not be one familiar or realistic to those who expect it to be an exact analog of historical societies, but that's how it is.