Actually this can include the question of Hydaelin (the planet, not the crystal) But it mostly concerns Aldenard.

While the current world map has no place for Meracydia so we can't be sure how big that was, as far as we know the three largest continents (Aldernard, Ilsabard and Othard) are roughly the same size. And they each take up a considerable part of the planet's area.

Yet Aldenard seems very very small if you actually measure it. Granted unlike 1.0 we can't go all the way from one and to the other, but beside Cartenau, there does not seem to be any large chunks missing from the open world map.

After measuring the distance from the southernmost tip of Southern Thanalan, all the way to the Northern border of the Sea of Clouds with the help of some arbor call, it turned out that Aldenard is only around 7 kilometers across.

I ran more than that today and yesterday. For fun.


Is it possible that Aldenard really is that small? Does the Lorebook say anthing regarding the matter?