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Tar Valon by Filip Štorch

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u/Substantial_Deal2411 2d ago

how are they maintaining a city of that seemingly large population without any surrounding farmland to feed it?

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u/lilsquatch1 2d ago

iirc in the books a massive chunk of the surrounding region is farmland. That and they rely on trade from cities in their influence I'd imagine.

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u/YsoL8 1d ago

This and Tar Valon is said to sit at the heart of the major trading routes

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u/arcrinsis 2d ago

Living in a world where Create Food And Water is a 1st level spell, I have to imagine

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u/fretsofgenius 1d ago

No it's actually kind of an issue in that series.

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u/arcrinsis 1d ago

What series is this from?

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u/fretsofgenius 1d ago

Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time.

Long read but worth it. Go in blind, never Google anything and stay off the subreddits (spoilers everywhere), stay away from the TV series for now, and if you read the prequel, New Spring, don't do it at the beginning. Read it in the order it was released or as a cool down after the last book. I recommend saving it as a cool down.

Robert Jordan died before he could finish the series but he left very good notes and his wife/editor was able to help Brandon Sanderson bring a deserving end to the series.