Who Is Feeding Stormwind?

[Velskàr-thrall]

I mean, I would gladly welcome the return of Vanessa VanCleef at this point; she really deserved a larger role in the Uncrowned Questline after her grand debut in Cataclysm.

[Drahliana-earthen-ring (Drahliana)]

@anon95961490

So Stormwind is a pretty big city I guess, and now has a lot of Night Elf/Gilnea Refugees as well. My question is, where does their food come from?

If I wanted indepth economic analsysis, I’d be taking Econ 101. Exploring these questions wasn’t considered interesting material for Star Trek, why should we even concern ourselves here? Are you under the delusion that this game is supposed to be a realistic world simulation?

[Velskàr-thrall]

@Drahliana-earthen-ring

Exploring these questions wasn’t considered interesting material for Star Trek, why should we even concern ourselves here? Are you under the delusion that this game is supposed to be a realistic world simulation?

I wouldn’t say economics is completely irrelevant.

We already know economic conditions gave rise to the Defias in Westfall (both times). We also know that the Cult of the Damned had a similar backstory up in Lordaeron—it’s been stated that Kel’Thuzad was most easily able to ensnare nobles who were hungry for power and immortality, and the poor who were fed up with Terenas taxing them to fund the internment camps.

So economic conditions can be interesting/relevant to a fantasy/sci-fi story, so long as the audience isn’t beaten over the head with mindless statistics—it’s more about showing how those conditions affect the individual characters.

[Cemeron-nesingwary]

@anon95961490

If they have their farms inside the mountains, then how do they get the needed sunlight? They must have developed some type of indoor growing system if that’s the case, I assume. Unless they have like, holes or whatever, that the sunlight comes through in those specific locations of the mountain.

I remember reading that Ironforge was many levels and the one level we get to really know and explore is just one of several. Apparently there is one for food production and I would guess a combination of mirrors and magic to reflect sunlight within that level to provide enough light to shine thru.

Cant say how these underground societies produce foods, they could possibly import it from Stormwind, but that seems daunting considering the volume a city with many levels would need to survive. Logically the dwarves have to have some form of food production industry within their cities. I assume Loch Modan is where the farms have to be lore wise. It’s the only area with the climate to grow crops and I would guess parts of the Wetlands.

[anon95961490]

@Drahliana-earthen-ring

Are you under the delusion that this game is supposed to be a realistic world simulation?

No, I am saying the world would be more immersive and allow for more forms of story telling that touch on greater emotions if these questions had some semblance of an answer or showing in the game world than being ignored all together.