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[Timeless Bob]

Seven dwarves have been megapulted onto this island to lay the foundations for a Great Project: cast and pour an obsidian tower, smoothed and carved from base to tip, rising smoothly out of the ocean a full four hundred stories into the sky.  At its apex will be the seat of power for the most powerful archmage this world has ever seen!

But before any of that can happen, lodgings must be dug, dwarves must be bred and trained to fulfill the Great Task.  This will be the work of generations...

Year 133 Census:

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   The pair of plump helmet men we brought along has been spawning pretty regularly, to the point that we now have about 60 barrels of plump helmet-man tissue and about a hundred barrels of plump helmet-man wine.  At this rate, we'll be able to provision many generations of workers with out investment in these two pair of livestock. 
   Two titans attacked the caravan this year, a giant lady bug and a flying blob of mud.  Both spat webs but were ultimately defeated by the caravan guards.  Some year, we'll have to brave the wilderness to build a road for the merchants to follow, perhaps then they'll actually find their way to us before the winter tides speed them back to their homes. 
   One oddness: a dwarf by the name of "Tiledine" claimed to be a visitor from the other dwarven civilization of the mainland.  He visited the settlement earlier on this year, staying on with us, telling of his journeys across the mainland in search of rare tomes filled with knowledge.  He entertained us with his stories for several months  until the caravan almost made its way to the Depot, then he suddenly attacked one of the guards with his bare hands and was beheaded for his trouble!  We buried him in our catacombs and gave him a slab across the way reading:

In memory of Mirror Tiledine.

Born 98

Struck down by the dwarf Metal Knightlyartificial with a wolfram chopping axe

Lover of journals

Two others have been buried in our catacombs, both victims of the giant ladybug: the tundra titan Stakang Cactustwigged who ambushed them back in 131.
Hate Potenttranced and Tattoo Frigidsword were the names embroidered on their sleeves.  May they find their rest undisturbed here.

Written, this 14th of Opal
Mr Shademold, Expedition Leader

[danmanthedog]

Who lives on the island and what are the world gen settings?

[Timeless Bob]

Masterwork mod 4h, all races enabled on a Blessed Serra world gen - all races modified to produce human cities/roads/tombs, 30 races total in the world.  Dwarves also modified to spawn in forests as well as mountains - one of the reasons elves hate the little deforesting buggers so much (heh). Population cap 500, child/baby cap 1000:1000, but since I embarked on an island, I haven't drawn any new migrants after the first year.  Embark covers a 5 x 7 area, and while the caravan still arrives, it doesn't make it to the current fortress before deciding to leave again.  Also, a titan, a swamp troll and three reptile men from the "downward passage" have all attacked the caravans as they bumble around the map.  So until they actually find a way to path to my Depot, I'll just let them be.

I'm running a dwarven heritage sub-project with this, to that end, I've renamed each single adult dwarf "Mr" or "Miss", depending on their gender. All children become "Young Miss" or "Young Mr" <surname of married dwarves>.
Surname rules: (because dwarves are too complicated for "take his family name already, wench!")

Names come in this order: <Surname> <Individual name> <Title>
Example: "Fuzzybottoms Cleartrumpet the Cluelessness of Harbors"

"Cleartrumpet" is the individual's name, "Fuzzybottoms" is the family name, and "The Cluelessness of Harbors" is the title.

So, to "clear the board", all beginning and migrant unmarried dwarves (starting with the founding seven) have their family name replaced with "Mr" or "Miss"

Ex: "Mr Cleartrumpet"

In the case of married dwarves, however, the surname is chosen for the both of them based on several descending criteria:

1) Has been given a surname by divine inspiration (surname is dorfed Player)
2) Has created an artifact (surname is artifact's name)
3) Has inherited a surname from their parents
4) Member of the nobility at time of marriage
5) In one of the "guilds"
6) Owns most things
7) Has more levels of skill
The female

So the surname of "Mr" or "Miss" is replaced with "Mr"/"Mrs" <surname> for both of them and they become part of the heritage project.

Currently, there are 21 dwarves living in the digs.  As soon as I get their geneologies put together (as of year 133), I'll post them.

Phase 1: Grow the fortress to a population of 200

[Talvieno]

I don't think it's possible to build a tower up to 400 stories.... Unless you embark on a map with the old bug of candy spires. (but Toady fixed that two years ago.)

[Arcvasti]

Masterwork has the "infinitesky" plugin, so I'm pretty sure you COULD. It would take a wee bit of time though. Especially with a heritage fort. Also, PTW.

[Talvieno]

Very interesting. If this actually makes it to the end, it'll be worthy of the hall of legends, most likely.

[Timeless Bob]

All dwarves without a surname are available to be dorfed.  If you're interested, ask for further info on specific dwarves.

[WoobMonkey]

Intricate, detailed, and fascinating as usual, Bob.

PTW.