[quote=@Cyclone]
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With the boredom of not having any customers? =P
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Nonsense, Ferghus will have hundreds- no, THOUSANDS of customers! 

Also, we need to make a form of currency. Simple bartering and favors doesn't make for much of an economy. This thousand-year timeskip is the perfect excuse.