***Jawanvil Summer 275
Leader: Etur Quakerelease
When I requested the king to stop any migrants from coming, apparently his record keeper wrote down limit:10. We've just had 4 more dwarves come:
Ustuth, soap maker
Mestthos, Engraver
Adil, Woodworker
Urist, Peasant
I'll interview them soon to determine their real qualifications. In the meantime they're being used for manual labor. I hope they don't judge me too poorly for this. The dwarves deserve better than I can provide. I still don't know why they chose me as leader, I feel so inadequate – they deserve better than me.
I think that our head carpenter, Mustem Dumolon, would like the types of wood separated. I've thus designated separate stockpiles for each kind of wood. Zuglar has received his chestnut armor stand and has started training. He has plans for a 'proper' group too, naming himself a part of the inky watches. I've thus started to call him Inky.
After interviewing the migrants, I've found that one is a better woodworker than Mistem. Adil is now our head carpenter. Mistem has said he admires tradition, so I offered him a position in the militia. We've taken to calling him a 'watch', for the inky watches. Now everyone in this militia group will be called a watch. I think it's quite funny. I just hope word never reaches the kingdom of this group – I'd be so embarrassed. Anyways, they're currently training with copper axes, and I've ordered a wooden one for the woodcutters.
Ezum, our farmer and woodcutter, has taken to brewing everything she can. She says something about us having more seeds this way. I'm taking her word for it. Mestthos the engraver also happens to be an adequate butcher, so we can always kill some of the cats in a pinch.
Aside from what I listed previously, we're also carving out an entrance, the architecture decided between myself and Inky. One level below is an area to hold crafts. Two levels below have struck orthoclase and garnierite.
I'm slightly worried about the coming winter, if it might freeze and make us without enough water to survive. I've thus also ordered an underground tunnel constructed to hold water in case of emergency.
Near the end of the summer we were attacked by buzzards. Inky told me of this, but we to my knowledge nothing was stolen and they proved only a miner annoyance. We also ran into a kobold thief, which got away before we could kill it. Though it may take a while, I've ordered a wall started made of orthoclase. Ironic, though, I'm the only person here trained in masonry. This should keep me busy.