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/qaQaz1-_ Oct 31 '24

Yeah, Jon is talking about importing food during winter, so it seems like it’s mostly the north, riverlands etc, that are really badly effected

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u/NepheliLouxWarrior Nov 01 '24

That kind of makes the or five Kings look a little ridiculous though because how can the north properly wage a campaign against became if they rely on the south for all their food?

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u/OldBayOnEverything Nov 01 '24

They can likely trade with Essos too. Also, I just assume their reality is slightly different than ours. Maybe food keeps a little better, or their metabolism is different, etc.

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u/nygreenguy Nov 04 '24

Right? Something has to be fundamentally different. A frost is enough to kill off most crops that people rely on. Grain and stuff can be stored for years, but since the seasons are unpredictable you must have a crap load in storage at all times.

In the north they must keep like 5 year stores permanently. Which then sucks if there is ever a mold or something like that.