They earn money (or barter for basic goods like flour, cheese, wool etc.) by mending pots for villagers and similar work.
The rest of their diet consists of cheese, small fruits and nuts and wild root veggies, edible wild greens etc. They can't grow them (they are nomads!), they gather them in woods and so on on their way. They are probably dependent on external supplies most of all in winter.
They're not agriculturalists (yet, a great many of their Aiel cousins are), but it doesn't matter anyway. Seed Singing was not agriculture as such but an aid to agriculture, making the farmers' crops impervious to diseases and more productive. The farmers grow and reap the crops, Da'shain/Ogier/Nym wandered the countryside to Sing to their fields each spring.
The rest of their diet consists of cheese, small fruits and nuts and wild root veggies, edible wild greens etc. They can't grow them (they are nomads!), they gather them in woods and so on on their way. They are probably dependent on external supplies most of all in winter.
They're not agriculturalists (yet, a great many of their Aiel cousins are), but it doesn't matter anyway. Seed Singing was not agriculture as such but an aid to agriculture, making the farmers' crops impervious to diseases and more productive. The farmers grow and reap the crops, Da'shain/Ogier/Nym wandered the countryside to Sing to their fields each spring.
Any thoughts on the tinkers?
23/01/2010 05:29:53 PM
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Major part to play
23/01/2010 05:50:28 PM
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Tinkers don't really represent Order, since they are nonviolent.
23/01/2010 06:50:53 PM
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I like this ^
23/01/2010 10:59:31 PM
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Because no one's better at growing food that a nomadic group of wagoneers
24/01/2010 09:43:34 AM
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Well they do grow their own food, don't they? How could they afford to just buy it? *NM*
24/01/2010 11:04:12 AM
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Nah....
24/01/2010 05:18:01 PM
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They steal it (
). But the song will make the land green again, according to the AoL scenes. *NM*
24/01/2010 03:43:09 PM
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I also believe that they will play a part yet..
24/01/2010 10:38:47 AM
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Brilliant! the scene is a bit mysterious otherwise
24/01/2010 03:46:37 PM
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Re: Brilliant! the scene is a bit mysterious otherwise
24/01/2010 05:52:36 PM
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They might be the Trollocs Fain left behind in The Great Hunt!
24/01/2010 06:20:47 PM
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I'm almost certain there's more to it than a "random" band of Trollocs
24/01/2010 07:03:56 PM
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Re: I'm almost certain there's more to it than a "random" band of Trollocs
24/01/2010 07:35:22 PM
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Re: I'm almost certain there's more to it than a "random" band of Trollocs
25/01/2010 06:50:31 AM
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Re: They might be the Trollocs Fain left behind in The Great Hunt!
24/01/2010 08:12:51 PM
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The reason is...
24/01/2010 07:10:01 PM
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Yes, they suck. Most boring and useless characters in the entire series. *NM*
24/01/2010 08:58:01 PM
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