Winter 251:21th Moonstone:The trading went pretty all things considered.
Anti-Paragon was able to secure all the wood, leather, cloth, seeds and food and also a bit of armor and 2 cows for our stone crafts. Unfortunately those cows both turned out to be bulls on closer inspection, but they are still precious meat when we hit hard times. The traders left immediatly after everything was done. I can't say where exactly, but I guess they will try to trade with other dwarven communities as well and hopefully also win allies.
Afterwards our diligent "Administrator" has started a long talk with the outpost liason from the mountainhomes (or whatever counts for that these days).
He still isn't finished and it seems like it will still take quite some time.
3rd Opal:The diplomatic conversation is still going apparently. Meanwhile another haunting cloud appeared in the south.
And another one appeared in the northeast a week later. I will spare you another sketch of that. You should know how it looks by now.
Also a bold honey badger stole some of our precious traded cheese.
That might be the most grevious blow that the wild creatures of this area have dealt us so far. I swear that this will not be forgotten!
13th Opal:And yet another grand cavern has been found by our honored miners.
It gets walled of again, but I still want to give the miners some well deserved praise. Without the hard work of Nemica, Arceia and that other one our fortress would never be that secure and grand already. May they see the halls they dug up thrive and prosper in over twohundred yeas from now!
Also our equally honored Administrator finally finished the discussion with the liason. He mostly requested certain ores and metals, fuel, leather, wood and food and received some wishes from our other surviving settlements in return.
Most of those requests seem reasonable, since weapons will be needed dearly when elves come raiding and hunting. I don't see great use in trinkets and toys, but I won't question the wisdom of our last surviving leaders. We will deliver as good as we can.
14th Obsidian:Our miners hit molten rock a few days ago, which can usually be seen as a sign that the lowest point of safe mining has been reached.
They also warned me about the warmth that radiated from some of the stones in that area, which might be a sign of magma. Since we are very low on fuel I ordered them to find that magma as fast as possible. With the magma at our disposal we can finally start to effectively produce our own deadly arsenal of weapons and our own protective armor. I trust the experience of our experts to be as careful as necessary in those delicate areas.
15th Obsidian: My...shame knows no bound. I won't and can't find excuses for this desaster. My ambition and impatience led to a catastrophe.
I urged our diggers to speed up their mining-processes and in all their hectic one of them mined away a wall that kept away the burning flood. Our lowest two mining layers flooded in almost no time. And still, even in the face of certain death they spend their last words for the greater good of the fortress by shouting about the discovery of the most valuable material on earth up the mining shaft.
Adamantine...it must be the legendary metal of the gods, the only metal more powerful than steel. Their sacrifice was not totally in vain, but still...it was unnecessary and rash and simply inexcuseable.
There have to be consequences. Our 2 best miners are dead and the third one is nowhere to be seen. I can not allow myself to continue this leadership anymore. I will have a talk with administator
Anti-Paragon about passing the leadership to someone else.
17th Obsidian: My conversation with the administrator has been postponed because of an interruption by some lawless kobold.
I wanted to catch and punish him, to at least prove my worth as a soldier but he fled.
But I hear shouts about goblins in this very moment.
There is no time to lose. I will call
Wynz and catch that scoundrel. I will continue this entry later.
[This entry was written on a seperate ragged note that someone added into the journal later on. It is written with thick lines of blood.]
2?th Obsidian:
Enemy is dead...killed by a mighty shieldbash of Wynz.
Good soldier...shame what happened to his hand. Should've had some gauntlets...
It hit me good as well...can't feel my leg....and that from a mere thief...
Goblin silver piercing dwarven iron, surely divine punishment for my failure.
Now I am here on the grass. No one helped me so far...not sure if I even deserve help...2 good people dead, one still missing.
Impatience and stupidity...their deaths for my mistakes. Now fate turned against me...
I feel the first signs of spring. They should already have decided for a new leadership. Do what you must for the best of our people. Might be I can still be of use, might be I end here. Just...please add this note I wrote with my own blood to my journal so my words will be remembered..
~ Felcis Komansolon, former Overseer of Watchedgleam
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FFS, that last month has to be one of the most embarrassing experiences I've ever had with DF. Yes, I seriously dug into warm rock...I guess I was a bit distracted and didn't really pay attention or something. Just...sorry to all those awesome miners lost (Nemica was already legendary). xD
On the plus-side: Archereon can have a new dorf now. =D
And the disaster with the goblin thief was also loads of bad luck I guess, but oh well. The rest of the year went very well so we should be okay overall. It just forced me to go a bit unconventional with the transition,since no one wanted to pick my dwarf up (a health care bug I think). I tried building a small surface room around him to place a bed under him and create a mini-hospital, but there wasn't enough time. Maybe you have a better solution. And do some memorials for our miners while you are at it. xD
I was able to do most of the things I planned to. There is still no real metal-industry of course, a few nobles-rooms are still not quite finished, we still have no graveyard and a general housing problem. But our general supplies are good.
I will do another spellcheck on this post tomorrow, I am too beat right now. xD
Anyway here is the most important thing:
SAVE SPRING 252I removed my graphics and I think you should do the same after your turn. Have fun with it and lead us to glory!
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