25th Hematite, 207.Seems I was off on the migrants. Several unfamiliar dwarves shuffeled into the messhall earlier today while I was figuring out the levers (Mitch said he left notes on them. The fucking notes are wrapped around the levers with some combination of old food, booze, blood and vomit.) I went through them, and met two bruly dwarfs, a former trader and a dyer. Their names were appropriatly Thumper and Crusher. As I figure I need to lose some wieght, I figure there is no better way that to finally grab a hammer and start training.The two dwarves will be my bodyguards. And as I plan on training the old fashioned way, it may take some time before I'm skilled enough to join the real soldiers on the battle lines.
Our population currently sits at
103. [Fucking ravens are murder on FPS. Plus some idiot left thier old coat and shit in the garbage closet so everyone's complaining about the stink. Oh, and I'll come clean now, I used DFhack's Fixmigrant tweak to fix several bugged migrant-traders.]27th Hematite, 207I've begun minor renovation projects around the fortress, and in some of the fortifications I've begun thickening the walls and two towers were slightly enlarged.
28th hematite, 207. I and my guards are running solo drills almost constantly in my quarters And I have moved second squad out to the newest barracks.
I've also decided to give my honorguards thier own slightly larger accomodations from the rank and file. I've also ordered a steel sarcophogus made fo Fisher, as we found a magnetite cluster for her tomb.
2nd Malachite, 207.I am concerned for our youths....
Oh well. A war trophy is a war trophy. Better than some ratty old worn out pig tail fiber thing anyway.
24th Malachite, 207.So little happened this month it wasn't even funny. A continuing flood of masterwork items, but I noticed something.
The blood plain.... it seems to finally drying up and crumbling into the soil! I.... I don't know what to make of that. I've also begun constrction of the mill. It'll be wind powered, since we lack a proper river.
27th Malachite, 207.Seems I spoke too soon. Three days later and that horrid blood rain picked up again.
I wouldn't care so much if it didn't reek like a badly cooked bit of meat.
28th Malachite, 207.The FROGs on the walls are done. Nothing else of not happened really. Although I noticed many of our old pitchblende stones were used to make cabinets and mugs. I'm somewhat annoyed, but I and my guards have our hammers, so all is well. I've had uniforms commissioned for the three of us as well, made from iron with wooden shields in honor of my Namesake's mighty human armies.
5th Galeena, 207. Took the better part of summer, but the walls and towers are almost finished. Nothing more to report on.
8th Galena, 207.Mill's finished. Having a mess of idle workers is actually proving beneficial.
12th Galena, 207.Seems our elevation has attracted the human merchant-nobility! A guild representative was seen among the caravan coming in! I have 1st Squad on high alert, as the enemy enjoys attacking around caravan season. Also, it seems that snatcher may have been alone in thier effort at the earlier part of Summer.
Things seem to finally be looking up.... No necromancers, only a spring goblin ambush.... Perhaps we can finally get that army built following my reign?
[Sorry for so few pics. just nothing happend really worth noting.]