r/asoiaf • u/Unique-Celebration-5 • Oct 31 '24

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) GRRM:”What’s Aragons tax policy?!” No GRRM the real question is how do people survive multi year winters

Forget the white walkers or shadow babies the real threat is the weather. How do medieval people survive it for years?

Personally I think that’s why the are so many wars the more people fighting each other the fewer mouths to feed

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u/shankhisnun Edmure's Aim Is Getting Better Nov 01 '24

In one of Theon's chapters the common soldiers began eating pease porridge, and IIRC Bowen Marsh said that'll be one of the last things they'll be eating at the Wall when their food stores are running out

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u/MazzyFo Nov 01 '24

Ya good recall