Diary of Nerjin [A small doodle of a large group of Wren people is on this page. They seem to be making off with several pieces of paper]
1st of Limestone, 337
Those bastards stole pages from my diary. I can’t believe it. Wren people can’t even read! Why would they take it? Well it’s not important nothing really happened on the last days of the month. So whatever. The sudden chill signifies both Autumn’s appearance and a dwarvern caravan in the future. I think that’s when they said they’d show up. That’s when they did it last year. But that’s not the important part. I heard today that there ARE Goblin caravans that sell meat and the like. I’ve never seen one. I hope they decide to trade with us… Although I’m not entirely sure that will happen. Well I’ll wait for winter and see what I can’t do.
2nd of Limestone, 337
Chairs and tables for everyone! We finally have enough that I have deemed it acceptable to give some to everyone. One per house-hold at least. In other news I think doors would look lovely for each house. So far only one or two people have them. Work on the mansion goes well. Again the roof is done before anything else. Some sort of roof fetish I guess. The prison is nearly complete as well. At the very least the “wardens” office is complete. Paintbrush will be so happy when I tell him.
10th of Limestone, 337
Why aren’t we making bricks? We have all this clay and the best we’re doing is clay walls. We’re better than that. Bricks are a much better building material. Both aesthetically and structurally. I miss having iron though. Rocks would be nice too… But bricks will suffice.
Secondly I’ve been pondering all of this flora. It’s odd to look at so much of it for so long considering all of our origins.
13th of Limestone, 337
Stardust looked at me weird when I told them to slaughter some newborn kittens. After a bit of convincing they grinned at me and took off. Broseph said she shouldn’t be doing that kinda thing. I beg to differ. I feel like I’m acting too bitterly towards Broseph Stalin recently though. So I think this will be the last thing I do out of spite for a while.
16th of Limestone, 337
Chicks have hatched. I thought we were getting all of those eggs though… Never-the-less I have decided to build a small hut [again bigger than my house] to house all the nest boxes. This will include a door to lock so that way the eggs will be able to hatch providing us with plenty of chicken meat. When asked about the door plan I informed everyone that eggs need privacy to hatch. They looked at me weird. I love messing with people.
27th of Limestone, 337
Sayaks has finally been allowed to move into his new home. It’s spacious but not complete just yet. The furniture hasn’t been added yet. As it stands me and him have declared that it is just a quarters. Which is pretty good for not even having the whole floor complete. Unfortunately no more projects will be started by me. At least not until all the others are completed.
In other news Thorick has reached an amazing skill at cutting wood. It’s like she walks up to the tree hits it once and down it goes. It’s the stuff of legends I swear. No dwarf in history, to my knowledge, has managed the feat before. I am in awe. I watched for almost an hour today before confirming that, indeed, she was legendary in this field.
9th of Sandstone, 337
Who likes succulent chicken meat? I don’t know and honestly I don’t care. I told Paintbrush to stop EVERYTHING and butcher all the chicks. They’re getting in the way of the construction of the hen-house. It’s unfortunate as they’re so cute… but we’ll make many many more this way. I’m considering building a kitchen. Maybe if there is time after all my other stuff finishes.
11th of Sandstone, 337
More chicks. I order them killed immediately.
16th of Sandstone, 337
The jail and warden’s office are complete… At least according to our sherrif. In reality I think that he just realizes that it’s probably not gonna get done for a LONG time and that what we have is decent. In celebration I say “Indeed.” And get back to work. I created a HUGE backlog. We have a long way to go.
18th of Sandstone, 337
Well… that was unexpected. I was watching Stardust on her way to go butcher some kittens. She was walking through the warehouse when she caught me watching her pull the kitten. She gave birth right there. It was… unexpected is really all I can think of to say.
Okay… Stardust is an awful mother. She left her newborn RIGHT in the warehouse as she went to go butcher the cat. I know she enjoys it. I know I said “No matter what slaughter these animals.” But I didn’t expect this at all. The poor tot crawled around the depot and eventually got into the lumber pile. I thought tragedy was about the strike when the little doll started crawling towards the river. I was on my way to stop it when I saw Stardust sprinting for it. Covered in cat blood and fur. She swooped up the baby just before it got to the water’s edge. We’re nicknaming the baby “Led” until Stardust thinks of a proper dwarf name for it. It took her three days. What a awful parent.
26th of Sandstone, 337
A Giant Red Panda… Pretty nifty. Hopefully I won’t have to call Doctor Badass over to deal with it. Oddly enough despite being panda bears, a panda is not really a bear. It’s more like a opossum.
7th of Timber, 337
Well a curious event today. The Giant Red Panda was wandering around town and not causing even a kobold worth of trouble. Odd considering I had been informed that Giant creatures generally cause trouble wherever they go. I will keep an eye on this creature. I sort of… I sort of want to keep it.
16th of Timber, 337
Well the basic building is finally complete. For the prison that is. I’ve ordered two stockades made. Knowing that we’ll be safe should any crime occur is comforting. [A picture of a smiling red panda is drawn here]
18th of Timber, 337
A dwarvern caravan has finally arrived! I order all the crafts that have been made taken to the depot. Now would be an excellent time to note that we have made no crafts. I order, instead, some splints and bricks and cloth taken there. We have lots of that I think. Yes, yes we do.
25th of Timber, 337
WHY!? Why so many thieves? We have nothing worth stealing! Want clay? We have that! Clay and wood. Help yourself. Blasted goblins.
27th of Timber, 337
Oh I’m sorry that your office isn’t good enough. Sorry it’s too meager… Bah ungrateful. You have four chairs. Two of which are your favorite wood! You have a table and a house filled with stuff! You need to get your head out of dream-world. You’re lucky you’re getting anything at all. Nah I’m just kidding diary. But seriously I thought he liked the sherrif’s house. But whatever I’ll get to work on that. Maybe moving stuff from his home will work?
In other news the crypt is finally done. Clay walls look very nice with wooden roof and floor and wooden caskets. Right?
28th of Timber, 337
I went with Stardust to sell our leather and cloth. I’m proud to say “Gentlemen… We have stone.” We bought out all the stone the merchants had. Hopefully now we can get a mechanics workshop up and build a traction bench. Sayaks hasn’t healed fully because we don’t have one. While there we also grabbed a bronze sword and well… I suggested this myself… We got some toys for Led. All metal. So even if future over-seers don’t like it or perhaps if Led outgrows them we have a source of some metal. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say I did pretty good. Although the merchant smiled at me weird when I left and Stardust seemed a bit more than worried at my orders… Did I give away too much?
30th of Timber, 337
In review this season was pretty bare as far as events go but I think things are looking up for us. If nothing else we have stone and a legendary wood-cutter. I think we’ll be alright. As I write this the weather has grown cold. I’m beginning to think that I’ll retire after winter. Maybe years later I’ll give this another go but… All of this responsibility is getting to me. I’m starting to get angrier with my fellows quicker than I should. I don’t want to be “that” guy… So… Well now all that’s left is choosing a successor.