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[Booken the Blue]

Diary of Sarvesh Mossbeard

31th Obsidian, 1050, Late Winter.
I'm in trouble. Big trouble. Potentially lethal trouble.
I've been sleeping with this beauty of a dwarf . A splendid specimen with a smooth, tressed, golden beard and deep blue eyes.
We've been flirting, drinking, digging, sleeping, and eating happily together for over three months now.
So why do we have to run from the mountain homes? Just found out she's the illegimate daughter of King Dumat Channeleddrummed.
Me, a simple peasant, sleeping with the King's Daughter. If the news spread, my head would surely be put on a pike.

First thing we could think off - run away. Away from the crismon mountains, past the ashen sea, the white forest, the cursed lands and the elven trees. We had no other choices. Sold everything we had to buy a small caravan. A lifetime's worth of savings spend under a week. We ran as far our supplies could carry us, until we had no more choice but to settle down and build a base camp.

May our ancestors watch over us. Here, at the end of the known world, we'll strike the earth once more. Just the two of us.

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I'm doing a dual-hermit challenge. Its like a normal hermit challenge, but it start with two dwarves instead.
All immigration will be turned out, and no trade depot will be built. I'll be using vanilla Dwarf Fortress, version 40d19.

[ungulateman]

Right then. This should be very exciting.

I'd like to be the guy, if you haven't named them already.

[Booken the Blue]

They're already named. Of course they're named. He's called Sarvesh Mossbeard.

Anyone knows a way to alter a dwarf's original name?

[Demonic Spoon]

v-y-n on the dwarf in the units list. I have dibs on having the first child named after me.

[Booken the Blue]

Thats only the nickname unfortunatly

Edit: 5 minutes in, the migrant trap is designed. A small room, stairs, and a forbidden trapdoor.
They're all gonna starve to death. First entry coming up.

1st Granite, 1051, Early Spring.
We have arrived at our final destination. A small mountain chain, barely a hill, splits the haunted marsh of bandits and the temperate forest north and south of us.
I've started by digging the closest peak flat. There we will build a small home, akin to the way humans lives.
Our living quarters will be above ground, build with dead highwood and granite stone. Under it we will dig our farm, the wine cellar, a few workshops and some natural defenses.
We ain't digging for wealth - we are doing it for survival. I hope the rumors of skeletal monsters in the marsh were false.

3rd Granite, 1051, Early Spring.
We caught glimpse of a wild fox. A good omen. It probably came from the forest.

13th Granite, 1051, Early Spring.
Sarvesh crushed under the collapsing ceiling. (F**k! D: I call a Mulligan!)

[Demonic Spoon]

Change which part of the name, name, surname, entire name etc. is changed in the init options, it's near the bottom.

[Booken the Blue]

5th Slate, 1051, Mid-Spring

We started building the outer wall of our future home. We made them with various dead highwood.
Then we smoothed down the floor, dug space for the workshop, and worked out our way to a farm.
We still need to make a room for storage.

27th Slate, 1051, Late Spring.
Thats it. I hate that my two best friends Urist and Kogan died on hunger. I'm gonna throw a trantrum. In my bed. Resting.
With the door locked out by my wife. Send in the peasants. I'll love to pickaxe their brains out.

[Demonic Spoon]

Screenshots please?

[Booken the Blue]

They'll be coming soon. They've both resting in bed, still got 3 peasants left - getting thirsty. Gotta keep a peasant for health care.

Edit: This is awesome. They're both resting due to wounds (I don't know how they got them). They've been so for several months with only one peasant to take care of them. The challenge will start when they've fully heal. Sarvesh really can't take pressure and will trantrum at will.

Autumn-Winter Diary, 1051

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5th Felsite 1051, Early Autumn
After 3 months of resting we finally woke up and went back to work.
We dug out a small farm near our house in the dirt. It doesn't need irrigation so thats a plus.
I've started smoothing out our bedrooms and workshops. Once this is done we'll dig deeper for our storage.
The question remains... who feed us during our convalescense? Surely not the cat.

15th Felsite 1051, Early Autumn
Damnation! We've been found out! A dwarven caravan approach. Seems we're directly on a trade route.
We don't need anything from them, but I'm gonna try to get some cheese. Cheese is gonna be hard to make here.

27th Felsite 1051, Early Autumn.
The cat needs to stop droping dead critters inside the house. I'm gonna restrict his outdoor priviledges.

6th Sandstone 1051, Mid-Autumn
Miasma's everywhere. Its disgusting. Our food supplies are rotting.

16th Sandstone, 1051, Mid-Autumn.
The merchants are on their way. They just stopped for cookies and ale. I couldn't even get cheese because we didn't build a depot.
Geez. And I wanted some cheese. Would sure cheer me up.

27th Sandstone, 1051, Mid-Autumn.
Migrants. What the heck? I don't want them. I keep telling them to go away but they won't listen.
...
I need a surefire way to get rid of them. Obok is looking at me strangly. She says my homocidal laugh starting to creep her out.

28th Sandstone, 1051, Mid-Autumn.
I got it! I'll give them the Dwarven Atom Crusher special. It'll be ready in a month or so.

21th Gemstone, 1051, Early Winter.
Damnit! We're out of drinks! Quickly! We must produce booze!
We spent too much time cutting trees and not enough making drinks. This is bad.
We might die of thirst before the end of winter.

2nd Opal, 1051, Mid-Winter.
Thanks be my girlfriend, she made a couple barrels of dwarven ale.
Our first batch of Plump Helmets is out. It'll last us the season. Hopefully.

12th Obsidian 1051.
We're done with the workshops. I'll be digging out our storage now.
Since we're only the two of us, we won't need much space. The farm isn't producing enough food.
We'll have to forage the herbs outside to survive. Winter was harsh. The Marsh of Bandits thankfully didn't produce any undead.
We saw a few slugmans, merely nuisances. Still, we should train soon in case something stronger comes.

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The Outer Wall (aka the future house)

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Workshops

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Farm + Storage

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Mausoleum

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Spectactle Rock

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[Urist Imiknorris]

They'll be coming soon. They've both resting in bed, still got 3 peasants left - getting thirsty. Gotta keep a peasant for health care.

Edit: This is awesome. They're both resting due to wounds (I don't know how they got them). They've been so for several months with only one peasant to take care of them. The challenge will start when they've fully heal. Sarvesh really can't take pressure and will trantrum at will.

Autumn-Winter Diary, 1051

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5th Felsite 1051, Early Autumn
After 3 months of resting we finally woke up and went back to work.
We dug out a small farm near our house in the dirt. It doesn't need irrigation so thats a plus.
I've started smoothing out our bedrooms and workshops. Once this is done we'll dig deeper for our storage.
The question remains... who feed us during our convalescense? Surely not the cat.

15th Felsite 1051, Early Autumn
Damnation! We've been found out! A dwarven caravan approach. Seems we're directly on a trade route.
We don't need anything from them, but I'm gonna try to get some cheese. Cheese is gonna be hard to make here.

27th Felsite 1051, Early Autumn.
The cat needs to stop droping dead critters inside the house. I'm gonna restrict his outdoor priviledges.

6th Sandstone 1051, Mid-Autumn
Miasma's everywhere. Its disgusting. Our food supplies are rotting.

16th Sandstone, 1051, Mid-Autumn.
The merchants are on their way. They just stopped for cookies and ale. I couldn't even get cheese because we didn't build a depot.
Geez. And I wanted some cheese. Would sure cheer me up.

27th Sandstone, 1051, Mid-Autumn.
Migrants. What the heck? I don't want them. I keep telling them to go away but they won't listen.
...
I need a surefire way to get rid of them. Obok is looking at me strangly. She says my homocidal laugh starting to creep her out.

28th Sandstone, 1051, Mid-Autumn.
I got it! I'll give them the Dwarven Atom Crusher special. It'll be ready in a month or so.

21th Gemstone, 1051, Early Winter.
Damnit! We're out of drinks! Quickly! We must produce booze!
We spent too much time cutting trees and not enough making drinks. This is bad.
We might die of thirst before the end of winter.

2nd Opal, 1051, Mid-Winter.
Thanks be my girlfriend, she made a couple barrels of dwarven ale.
Our first batch of Plump Helmets is out. It'll last us the season. Hopefully.

12th Obsidian 1051.
We're done with the workshops. I'll be digging out our storage now.
Since we're only the two of us, we won't need much space. The farm isn't producing enough food.
We'll have to forage the herbs outside to survive. Winter was harsh. The Marsh of Bandits thankfully didn't produce any undead.
We saw a few slugmans, merely nuisances. Still, we should train soon in case something stronger comes.

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The Outer Wall (aka the future house)

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Workshops

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Farm + Storage

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Mausoleum

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Spectactle Rock

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Who's the jeweler?

[Booken the Blue]

Sarvesh is handling it. Sarvesh handles Mining, Engraving, Masonry, Mechanics and Jewelling.
Nish does Woodcutting, Carpentry, Farming, Cooking, and Brewing.

Diary of Sarvesh Mossbeard - Year 2

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1st Granite, Early Spring.
We decided that we both had to help with on the farm to save time.
That way she'll spend more time brewing, cooking, and picking herbs.
We also decided to start burning some wood to fertilize the farm.
Hopefully the time lost burning wood will allow us to produce alot more food.

5th Slate, Mid-Spring.
Oh hey. More Migrants. Time to test my new toy.

10th Slate, Mid-spring
Didn't work. They jump to safety before the bridge squash them. Oh well...
At least they'll help us organize our mess before going back to the mountain homes.

14th Slate, Mid-Spring.
I think I just found myself a new sparring partner or two for the night.
Hopefully my pick won't ruin the fun too early.

25th Slate, Mid-Spring.
The farmer gave us a big helping hand. Nearly all of our seeds are planted.
Everything has been hauled off too. Those migrants left us with a smile on their face.
We decided to expand the farm so we could get more variety.

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13th Hematite, Early Summer.
We found our first gems by exploring Spectactle Rock. We've dug and cut Almandines and Smoky Quartz.
Maybe we'll make ourselves some nice furniture with them at a later date.

28th Hematite, Early Summer.
Huzzah! All the Plump Helmets and Sweet Pods have sprouted. This farm is finally paying off.
We're definatly living a more comfortable life than a year ago. But we still have stuff to do.

4th Malachite, Mid-Summer.
Migrants. Again. This will not do. Its time for more unfortunate accidents.
My wife needs training with the axe. I'm sure she can find a sparing partner.
At least they'll help with the recolt once more.

(Edit: Found the perfect name for said wife on this wave: Nish Kalrethkeskal)

15th Galena, Late-Summer.
Migrant-Nish got her hand mangled while sparing. Poor girl.
(Note to self - Starvation works nice but it is too slow. I'll need a better migrant trap.)

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20th Limestone, Early Autumn.
The Dwarven Caravan from last year visited us once more. They asked us if we wanted anything.
CHEESE! DWARVEN CHEESE, FOR ALL THAT IS HOLY, JUST CHEESE!

Then they asked 500 dwarf buck for them. What. Thats right. A hundred dwarfbuck per cheese. Hell no.

10th Sandstone, Mid-Autumn
Checked my relationship with Nish. After last year's cold spell, we're lovers once again.

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1st Moonstone, Early Winter.
Winter has come. We'll be eating Plump Helmets all season. Yuck.
Nish is pretty excited we dug room for her new loom. She can finally make some silk cloths.
We also got a clothier workshop installed. I bet she'll make me a scarf.

17th Moonstone, Early Winter.
Thief! Protect our meager loot from the kobolds!
Before I could even react Nish decapited the kobold, Treembus, without hesitation.

I love that girl.

20th Moonstone, Early Winter
Thief! Another kobold. This one was mine. He ate my pickaxe in the face, ripped him a new one.
Two kobolds so close, no way thats a coincidence. We'll have to stay on our guard.

Our Import/Export with Chirdifigleebis, the Kobold civilation.

4th Obsidian, Late Winter.
PLBFEEH! Miasma! Stupid cat! That is so disgusting! We need a refuse pile for the cat.

10th Obsidian, Late Winter.
A snow storm as come. My wife was complaining about the airdrafts, she'll be served tonight.
On the plus side, she might want to cuddle up to stay warm. She's been asking a fireplace.

(I think a bar of coal in a wooden bin, doused in magma, then placed behind bars will make the perfect fireplace.)
(All we need to sacrifice is one migrant. What do you guys think about it? )

[Booken the Blue]

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1st Granite, Year 3, Early Spring.
We just finished our second year together. Our food storage is nearly full, mostly due to some help received by strangers.
We have completed our bedrooms, workshops, and storage room. My wife's been complaining of the lack of running water.
We also haven't worked on the house since our first year here. Getting us a roof will be this year's goal.

14th Granite, Year 3, Early Spring.
What now? Elves? In my house?!
Stay calm. Stay calm. Maybe they have cheese.
Lets see if I can trade them our dirty kobold clothes.

15th Granite, Year 3
I'm tired of the darn biscuits rotting and the miasma in our home.
I'm moving the kitchen outside. There our biscuits won't rot as easily.

20th Felsite, 303, Late Spring.
That darn racoon stealing our clothes!
The elves left without trading - we were way too busy to even aknowledge them.

21th Malachite, Mid-Summer.
We have expended the farm again. It now has 7 seperate plots, 4 of gets direct sunlight due to channel dug above.
We're now both accomplished growers, and planting our food supply only takes a moment.
We can also grow outdoor crops, and of course it means we'll have a bigger variety of drinks. Cheers!

11th Galena, Late Summer.
I figured why there is so many merchants and migrants visiting us...
It must be Nish's homemade Dwarven Beer Cookies - It must!

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16th Limestone.
My cat gave birth to kitten. Daaaaw!
Thats weird. I'm pretty sure I've brought only one cat.

5th Sandstone, Mid-Autumn.
GAAAAAAAH! They DOUBLED the price of Dwarven Cheese.
Thats right. 200 per piece. Screw that! I'll have cow cheese instead!

25th Sandstone, Mid-Autumn.
The merchants have left a week ago. I'm removing the trade depot - forever.
We decided to start hunting to vary our meals. We didnt get much meat for these past 3 years.
The forest south provides us with fresh wildlife... while the marsh up north brings slugmens.
We also built kennels and started training war dogs. I've linked a lever to an outside cage - just in case.

20th Moonstone, Early Winter
The second floor's outter wall is completed. Now we'll have to add a floor and a ceiling to it.

But first I'll dig up a personal project of mine: Dwarven Atom Smasher Mk2

8th Opal, Mid-Winter.
Ooooh! I found platinium while digging up a maze in spectacle rock. Sweet!


19th Opal, Mid-Winter
Zircons! Giant, Green Zircons! Oh my god!
I gotta dig around more often.

16th Obsidian, Late Winter.
The Atom Smasher is ready. Mwehehehe.
Now to build mechanics and link it to a lever.

[Booken the Blue]

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25th Slate. Mid-spring.
A new wave of migrants. Time to test our new Dwarven Atom Crusher.
Perfect!

13th Hematite.
Our drink supply dried up and we didn't notice it until too late. We suspended all job until we can fill our wine cellar once more.
We've also forbid the cooking of booze. Great taste but kills our reserves.

24th Limestone,
Two kobold thieves, both killed in a single hit.

9th Moonstone,
We seem to have lost our only battle axe. No wonder we had trouble getting wood. I'll set up a forge and build a new one. Or try to.
Fortunatly we're getting tons of kobold thieves to kill. Unfortunatly we don't have what we need to melt those copper daggers.

20th Moonstone,
Found a solution. We started de-construction our second floor, entirely made with wood, and replace it with stone.
The wood will be used to smelt copper daggers, and with the copper bars we'll make a new battle axe.

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 1st Granite, Early Spring, Year 5.
Spring is coming and I've decided to celebrate by trying my hand on engraving our newly dug room.
Our second floor is once again completed, we're gonna start on the battle axe soon.

27th Granite, Early Spring. Year 5
We installed a custom-made screw pump machine. Perfect to pass time and strenghten out.

3rd Slate , Mid-Spring Year 5,
More Migrants have arrived... this time with two childrens. I'll almost feel bad about this. Almost.
Gotta find way to get rid of the kids... can't draft them in the militia.

18th Slate  Mid-Spring Year 5,
The kids keeps throwing trantrum. I'm in the mood to spank them. With a bridge.

23th Slate, Mid-Spring Year 5
That sunnabitch DESTROYED MY BRIDGE! My beautifully designed weapon!

16th Felsite, Late-Spring, Year 5
The battle axe is finally done. Nish can now catch up on woodcutting.

11th Hematite, Early Summer
Those two PESTS. I had put two raised floors for deconstruction on top of spectacle rock, remains of a past project.
I had planned them to be taken down one by one. But the two kids ran ahead, took them down while Nish WAS STILL UNDER IT.
Thankfully the injuries ain't fatal, but she still got a bruised neck and leg. Atir, that poor boy, mangled his right upper leg and bruised his spine... he'll never walk again.

11th Malachite.
Dwarven Death Bridge operat... what?!

Something went terribly wrong with the Atom Smasher...
All it did was pushing them around!

9th Galena.
Atir starved to death. Serves you right.
A kitten died to the newly operation deathbridge by accident.

14th Obsidian
With the pests gone we have more time to ourselves. I should start a new project.
Two things I have in mind; a self-powered water loop and a safe fireplace.

[techno65535]

Is this fort still going or has it died? I was rather interested in following it