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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cold Comfort" data-source="post: 3522612" data-attributes="member: 52192">Ok. So, vampires, with their immense wealth, buy up massive amounts of silk, black on one side and white on the other. They fashion it into a massive sheet, which they anchor with chains above a semi-active volcano. Massive amounts of hot air pour out, suspending the silk canopy. The white reflects the sun, and the black imitates the night sky. When it rains, then the heat of the volcano works like the 'paper bag filled with water over a fire' theory. (Alternately, it's chained to the sky, or magically suspended, or attached to the top of some massive spire at the center of the region, like a big tent.) Of course, there's the danger of someone simly cutting a hole in the silk. But then, you could say it's retriever silk or something (giant demon spiders), so it's really really strong, or patrolled by soldiers on flying mounts. Also, why does the region NEED to grow food? The have vampires! Vampires are ancient and likely extremely skilled. Such skill can be traded for food. In the case of the volcano, just have them be the best masons in the known world, using interlocking bricks formed from magma. Kingdoms far and wide would gladly trade food to have access to the construction and maintenance of such fortifications, and it also encourages peace in a region. Or, they could master smiths, historians, thieves, assassins, enchanters... The list goes on. There's plenty to do other than farming, and it ties in well with a trading society, because they leave with goods and return with food. The population of the region could also be quite low, with the vampire employing many undead servants to carry out their tasks, further reducing the amount of food needed. And funguses don't need light either. (Though, they do need some material to feed on...) Vampires are also quite magically adept, I'm sure they could just create what food their servants would need as well, which would keep them in line.If you want to go with REALLY powerful magic, have the world have several moons, and have the Vampires constantly keep one of them eclipsing the sun over their territory. Somewhat of a stretch in terms of believability, but hey, we're talking about VAMPIRES here.</blockquote>

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