Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150928140042/@comment-26356342-20151005172113

Bronkiin wrote: College Mage: Ferris wrote: Phantasys wrote: WrathOfHircine wrote: Skyrim does not have much sources of food unlike other provinces. Many farms around the cities produce enough food to EXPORT. They myth that Skyrim needs the empire for trade to survive is an outright LIE! The only things Cyrodil export are luxury items such as wine and higher quality clothes. Yeah guys, don't you remember seeing all those vineyards in Skyrim? It's not as if theres several farms who require magical assistance just to grow crops or anything... oh wait... What is that even meant to prove? Are you saying Skyrim needs the Empire because otherwise how will it get wine? And I'm pretty sure we see no conclusive proof of any farms needing magical assistance to grow crops either. Can we have some actual evidence of Skyrim benefitting from Imperial trade? Or how a loss of this 'trade' would actually adversely affect Skyrim? My point was in direct opposition to the above statement I quoted, which said The Empire needed Skyrim for decadence items such as Wine and fine furs, both of which are not found in Skyrim, I merely was stating it sarcastically. Theres no evidence that suggests the Empire is using Skyrim for either items. Even setting aside the "strange that the game would give me this as a dialog option" that is the mystery surrounding Rorikstead, which is well known to be a bad location for farming, yet the people there mysteriously make it profitable. We also have the actual farmer in Windhelm (Faryl Atheron) who outright says he's using fire enchantments.

''Bolfrida: "Now, I've been reading about the best ways to grow corn in permafrost..." ''

''Faryl: "I keep telling you, without a warming enchantment, it will never grow past your ankles." Bolfrida: "Right, but if you plow the soil with fire salts..." ''

''Faryl: "Then you've salted it and nothing will grow at all. Genius." ''

Bolfrida: "Oh dear, I hadn't thought of that."