Hydroponics

The force that lead to the rise of Fjorn, the City of Cities. If not for this the city would not be possible even with the might of the gods that reside in the city.

Utility

To be able to farm where ever you are as long as you can build the farm is supremely useful. It is a technology that is mostly restricted to the Immortal Realms, but in time will spread to all of the Realms. It can not be understated how useful and changing this technology is. For what is a siege with the capabilities to grow your food under your castle. How does a despot keep their people under control if they are not hungry?

Complexity

Hydroponics is a growing technology that is constantly improved upon. First came the need for water, suplied infinitely from a mote of water. Then was the need for light, which sprung from the crystals of the Realm of Light, though was eventually replaced with Motes of Light, for size saving measures. Then came the building and draining technologies needed for the massive farm buildings to take shape. After all infinite water creates a problem eventually and without being able to farm upwards the city would never have taken hold.

Discovery

Discovered some centruries after the founding of Fjorn, though at the time Fjorn was but a large city surrounded by farms. Hydroponics has let the city continue to grow and may let the city never stop growing. Hydroponics was a mistake of a discovery. The primary process needed for this was the acess to water flow. A mage who is now forgotten found a process of combining a mote of fire and a mote of ice to create a mote of water. From it flows infinite water at a small and somewhat sustained flow.