24th Malachite:
Our first pig tail has bloomed. This means soon new clothes will be a possibility for all of us. While our clothes are still useable, they will soon rot to nothing without replacements. This is a minor comfort considering we will not have proper living quarters for some time.
11th Galena:
Our outer wall is completed. We are building a drawbridge to finish the structure. We have one small problem, and that is that the northern face of our wall will need to be removed in order to build our keep. The keep is the next phase of the process once the bridge is finished.
I am currently working on some totems and other goods to sell to the caravan when it arrives…if it arrives. The goblins in this area may not let anything through.
5th Limestone:
Our outer wall modifications are completed, and I’ve sighted the cornerstone of our keep. It is slow work, our wooden fort merely required chopped logs, but the keep itself will require worked blocks of granite. Digging them up is just the first step of many for the blocks.
10th Limestone:
The Trade Caravan has made it through with no difficulty. Unfortunately we don’t have much to offer them but some food and a few totems. I will have to see what I can get out of these traders, and hopefully if our fort impresses them they will send more labor to us so we can get further on with our preparations.
17th Limestone:
I have successfully traded away some of our excess food and crafts for an anvil, some rose gold bars, and some more plump helmets and turtle. In all I feel I could have gotten more for my trouble, but I also figure any wealth that leaves here will attract new dwarves. I feel we are quite a successful fortress, trading away 1600 dwarfollars worth of goods.
16th Sandstone:
Work has begun on our fortress keep, and is progressing slowly. Fortunately we have received some migrants today. I’m trying to keep track of the new faces, but it looks like we have:
Male Weaver
Female “Hunter” (Marksdwarf, Ambusher, Wrestler)
Male Glassmaker
Female Planter
Male Furnace Operator
Female Bowyer
Male Peasant
These migrants double our number, which is a good thing. We have more than enough supplies to support them, and adequate production to keep supporting them as they helped with our building efforts.
Looking over the professions of our migrants, it is clear to me that the glassmaker will most likely become a mason, perhaps the same with the unskilled peasant. The planter will assist Mr. Brown, and the huntress will help 100killer9. Finally the bowyer, furnace operator and weaver will perform at their own professions to assist the war effort.
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Topic: Redoubt; The Granite Bullwark of Dwarfendom {Community Fort} (Read 2299 times)