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Lots to consider! It's a big continent, with latitudes ranging from tropical-equatorial, to more temperate.
Indigenous subsistence would have varied across settlements (or nomadic groups), before intercultural communication and exchange, development of trade, etc (1/7) https://twitter.com/_mooriarty/status/1281098110287183872
Indigenous subsistence would have varied across settlements (or nomadic groups), before intercultural communication and exchange, development of trade, etc (1/7) https://twitter.com/_mooriarty/status/1281098110287183872
So that's the fabricated ancient history, but the central premise of this setting is that an insane, earth-rending cataclysm "erupts" dividing the continent. And not as just a temporary disrupt, but an enduring, impossible-to-cross boundary. (2/7)
Thus "some foodstuffs would have been imported and established into industries, WHEREAS other's curation would have remained native and reached abroad via export-import" becomes very complicated when those supply lines are interrupted-- (3/7)
--especially for items on which people are dependent...
(See the real world salt trade.) (4/7)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_road
(See the real world salt trade.) (4/7)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_road
...or where dependency develops
(see this excellent thread) (5/7) https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_a_high_dependency_on_food_imports_really_a_problem
(see this excellent thread) (5/7) https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_a_high_dependency_on_food_imports_really_a_problem
We have many regions with wildly different accessibility.
Even looking only in the contemporary south, whence the players hail, the land has been fractioned into more or less insular city-states; remote regions don't have great access to not-immediately local resources (6/7)
Even looking only in the contemporary south, whence the players hail, the land has been fractioned into more or less insular city-states; remote regions don't have great access to not-immediately local resources (6/7)
So like
...the not fun, shitty but true, and still-not-specific-but-inherently-can't-be-due-to-scope answer is "grains"
(Probably spelt and barley in the south, millets and rice in the more tropical north)
tldr; Gotta have carbs man. *Both to chew and to brew.*
(7/7)
...the not fun, shitty but true, and still-not-specific-but-inherently-can't-be-due-to-scope answer is "grains"
(Probably spelt and barley in the south, millets and rice in the more tropical north)
tldr; Gotta have carbs man. *Both to chew and to brew.*
(7/7)
*This pertains to a focus on permanently settled, (post-)agricultural peoples, which is more broadly applicable to the South.
The North, where the ecosystems and fallout from the cataclysm differed tremendously, has a higher proportion of alternative subsistence systems.
(8/7)
The North, where the ecosystems and fallout from the cataclysm differed tremendously, has a higher proportion of alternative subsistence systems.
(8/7)
A specific case:
The "starting town" is located high in the mountains, about as remote as it gets. The northernmost part of the South.
In the Beforetimes, it was a thriving waypoint on the trade roads, and had a strong mix of resources both southern and northern in origin (9/7)
The "starting town" is located high in the mountains, about as remote as it gets. The northernmost part of the South.
In the Beforetimes, it was a thriving waypoint on the trade roads, and had a strong mix of resources both southern and northern in origin (9/7)
While there's a decent amount of self sufficiency, it's a tight knit community who can lean on each other. If a corn crop failed, people with potatoes or barley will chip in.
This region has lots of high altitude game, though not many curate the skill. (10/7)
This region has lots of high altitude game, though not many curate the skill. (10/7)
Goats are the main livestock given that they don't need a tremendous amount of pasture space, as well as high productivity: milk, wool, and meat.
(It is taking so much effort not to veer off into developing specialty cross breeds)
(11/7)
(It is taking so much effort not to veer off into developing specialty cross breeds)
(11/7)
Honey, with its near indefinite shelf life and being difficult to farm at high altitudes is a luxury commodity. Maple "mead" thus the more common specialty brew. Barley wine is the standard pub fare.
(12/7)
(12/7)
Putting the call out again!
