Size of forces in "Prince Caspian"?

[Vanzetti]

How large was the force of Old Narnians and of the Telmarine army? The film gives about 1000\7000 according to wikipedia, but I always imagined there were less Old Narnians.

[kingcaspian]

I have no idea. I thought maybe the Old Narnian army was at most 1000, but I thought maybe the Telmarines were like only 5000 cause in the movie the Telmarine army doesn't seem that big

[AsbelMctalisker]

"in the movie the Telmarine army doesn't seem that big"


Only by modern standards, the size of the forces in Prince Caspian actually looked plausable for a quasi ancient/medieval style battle and was less `CGI horde` than most recent films.
In reality the massive LOTR style armies seen in recent fantasy films would be impossible to control by the `word of mouth` communications they would have had to rely on unless you assume the `Dark Lord` is using some sort of mind control over all his troops.
(If you think of it, thats why the good guys win in LOTR.)

[Narborg]

Lewis didnt really give much indercation to the size of ether army in the book, only that the Telmareines had more than the Narnians. I think a 1000 to 7000 ratio sounds ok- altoght it possibly flatens the Talmaries a bit.

[Desert Wolf]

As far as communication goes, I don't really think that is much of a factor when determining the size of either force. Military units of that era used flags, horns, and drums to communicate manuevers.