Ok, that explains a lot.
25th Slate
LightingFalcon stumbled upon some eerie glowing pits during some exploratory mining. Further investigation is underway.
26th Slate
OH NO......
A spirit of fire has manifested itself from within CaptainArchmage's private tomb. there are nine people in here engraving, including Peragarrett and myself.
Update:A second one has appeared just outside of the room.
Update:and a third one.
Update:There are now five, and a dog is dead.
Update:Six now, and a mason is dead, also I'm on fire.
Update:Seven, and Peragarrett and another mason have burned to death.
Update:Eight, and another mason has died, along with my own dwarf.
Update:Another mason is dead,and a statue has been toppled.
Update:The other statue has been toppled, the coffin that made up CaptainArchmage's tomb has been destroyed, and a dog and a cat have been thrown into the lava. They have made it to the Magma River.
27th Slate
Another dog and two of our marksdwarves are dead, I fear this might be the end.
Update: Two of our sworddwarves are dead.
Update: Another Marksdwarf and three dogs have died.
Update: a miner and another dog have died, also, they have kicked in a section of wall that was near the magma river.
28th Slate
An axedwarf was killed, and his squad of "The Deep Oars" was destroyed, "The Slippery Irons" was slain with the death of it's last sword dwarf, and two more dogs have died.
Our population is now down to 60, and we have only 44 animals left.
Numbers are dwindiling fast.
Update: A craftsdwarf was killed, and to add on top of all our other problems, a ratman just sprung from ambush.
Update: More ratmen are crawling from the chasm, another mason is dead, and now the monster from the deep have reached the chasm, lighting the ratmen on fire. Also the Trade Minister has prohibited boxes and bags from being sold.
1st Felsite
A farmer bled to death, and then, from the hills, the Berite Tosid Olonegen has arrived with migrants, so we have a new noble, now, to go along with all of our chaos.
Update: Splint has now fallen.
Update: a puppy, foal, and bull have all died.
Update: A baby and a speardwarf have been killed, and I can now see many ratmen corpses.
2nd Felsite
Perhaps not all is lost, although a sworddwarf and two horses have recently joined the list of the deceased, so have the underworld monsters, our dwarves have begun pushing back toward the former tomb, the smoke is clearing, and although there have been casualties, it seems we may have won this round.
3rd Felsite
It seems the battle is still not yet over. Another mason died, and Pitchblende burned up from being on fire.
We have slain six of their number, yet two still survive that we know of. The new migrants have just reached the gate, and it has begun raining.
Update: A mason has burned to death, as has Aseaheru.
Update: Another mason and a carpenter have fallen, and the previous overseer, CaptainArchmage, whose tomb was where this all began, has sucumbed to the Deep.
Update: A miner has died, and the Broker's mandate has ended with his death.
Update: Two peasants, a carpenter, and a cow have died.
Update: An axedwarf, and three more civilians have perished.
4th Felsite
A miner, a marksdwarf, a farmer, and two calves have been incinerated.
Perhaps these are the mysterious creatures that Mr Frog had been hearing whispers from, the creatures of the deep from just beyond our walls, until now.
Update: The second I unpaused after writing that, Mr Frog bled to death.
Update: A mule has died, and the Mayor mandates for one item to be made of Red Spinel.
Update: A mason has died, miasma is creeping near the river for some reason, and a kitten has been struck down.
Update: Our population is now down to 51 with the death of SanDiego's third dwarf, there are still two living monsters, and seven ratmen.
Update: A mason has died. The ratmen are starting to wreck havoc amongst the populous, and one ratman has become enraged.
Update: A farmer, a carpenter, and a craftsdwarf have fallen, and a child is throwing a tantrum. There is an almost non-stop cloud of smoke from the tomb beyond the magma river, all the way to the cave river where it's starting to blend with the miasma cloud.