Matthew Bane answers “Question about Fort Krasia: Not getting...”

David asked this question about The Desert Spear (Demon Cycle, #2):

Question about Fort Krasia: Not getting this whole desert spear thing. They break spears in every fight with every demon, yet they're in a tree-less desert. There's no trade. They use arrows like crazy and "scorpion" ballista for shooting huge spear projectiles. Which some at least must burn up by fire demons. So where does all this dang wood come from?

Matthew Bane They do trade with the north. Jardir often invited Messengers into his palace after meeting Arlen, the Par'Chin.
Messangers in the first book also brou…moreThey do trade with the north. Jardir often invited Messengers into his palace after meeting Arlen, the Par'Chin.
Messangers in the first book also brought wagons of trade goods with them, and took silks and other Krasian goods back to the north.
I think that one of the reasons why we don't get a "daily life in the Krasian bazaar" part of the story is that it's told through Jardirs point of view in this book, and trade is beneath warriors in Krasian culture.

Jardir does speak about how his old friend, the Khaffit (forget his name right now) is more wealthy and has many more wives than even the best warriors. Jardir hates this, but it must be because his old friend now holds the wood contract as well as other contracts with the north.(less)

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