My guess is that RuptureFarms was originally the main bone source for SoulStorm Brewery. However, at the beginning of AO, RuptureFarms was in decline when the animal resources started drying up. This had probably been going on gradually over a few weeks or months. This would be when Necrum Mines was set up, to supplement the dwindling resources from RuptureFarms. Necrum Mines' importance soon grew as RuptureFarms went even more into decline.
I assume only the boilers of Necrum Mines were destroyed. If the ENTIRE Necrum Mines blew up I'm quite sure the explosion would have been alot bigger than the one we see in the FMV.
I thought the Brewmaster merely needed more tears for the brew because the amount of tears they were getting was declining due to the number of Mudokons was declining as Abe rescued them. Nothing particularly complex there.
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