User:Minionman/Forsaken economy

In addition to their military alliance with the other horde, the forsaken have also developed strong trade relations. The forsaken use knowledge and records left in the undercity, as well as their ability to go with little sleep or much social interaction to become skilled and productive craftsmen.

Food
The forsaken need far less food than living beings, and can eat just about anything. When forsaken do eat, they usually use the nearest convieniently available food. In the Tirisfal glades and Silverpine, forsaken mainly eat tree leaves and available wild animals (spiders, bats, etc.). In the undercity, most forsaken eat fish from Lake Lordmere. In Tarren Mill, mountain Lions, Bears, and Tree Leaves are the most common. To catch wild animals, local deathguards will travle in small groups, kill individual creatures or collect carcasses, and store them in a meat cellar or box, and allow other forsaken to eat it as needed. Fish from Lordmere are collected in a sewer underneath the undercity using nets. Leaves are collected by every few weeks and stored for eating.

Craftsmanship
Because the forsaken do not need sleep, and have little desire for outside social entertainment activities, they can work for far longer periods of time than most other beings. Forsaken workers generally work for around 20 hours a day. These long work hours, in addition to making a single forsaken produce more in a day, give the forsaken large amounts of practice and experienced.

The forsaken's weak physical form reduces their effectiveness at metalworking, stoneworking, and other activities requiring a lot of strength. However, for activities requiring more fine skill or intellect, the forsaken excel. They routinely use knowledge left in the old capital city as well. Forsaken alchemists are considered the best in azeroth, and other horde races, and goblins, routinely buy medicines, poisons, dyes, and other such materials from the forsaken. Clothing is also an important product, and clothing from Tarren Mill and the undercity is found throughout the horde, and considered a valuable buy. The undercity is also known for its well maintained libraries (containing a combination of old capital city books, new books written by forsaken, and books captured from scarlet crusade outposts.) Leatherworking, painting, and pottery are also well respected forsaken crafts, and magical enchanting is often done in the undercity if enchanters in Silvermoon are too busy.

Most raw materials for forsaken production can be found in Tirisfal, though linen and other clothing materials must be bought from Quel'thalas or scavenged from enemies.