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No - I'm not really that interested in claiming a dwarf anyways. If anyone wants one, take one of the 4 left.

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no - look at how much work your doing! relax already!

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yes - 5 or 10 more migrants are useful to the fort. Even if they're unclaimed, we'll need their labor.

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yes - 20-30 more migrants are required - I want to be a king among peasants.

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yes - I want nobles! lots of peasants! Give me arbitrarily huge peasant counts so that my guy doesn't need to do anything!

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[malimbar04]

Update November 30 2012: we have a lot of new migrants to choose from, if you want to claim any. Extra points if you ask for specific jobs or include family members in your claim.

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After a few fallen forts, I thought I'd go back to writing a story - following not only the exploits of the fort, but of every named dwarf. Every season I'll write a short tale in the style of a journal article, in the rough personality of every dwarf that you guys give a name to.

Our World:

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for fun and variety of our world (The Universe of Visions), I have only changed the defaults to a short history and a lots of beasts. I chose a spot to embark near a tower, but in a temperate zone. This means we're stuck with the closest civ - The Sack of Infamy. We have a pretty basic history - lots of enemies, lots of foundings, no major wars. We're in the second age of myth.

Our Embark

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We traveled along The Roads of Chanting, within The Hills of Hardiness, near the mouth of the brook Wthrdrts th Snkn Ench. Prospectors say there are probably both deep and shallow metals... undernearth teh clay and deep soil. A temperate Grassland they say. Oh well, that's where the king wants us, that's where we strike the earth.

Available dwarves (as of November 30 2012):
http://imgur.com/a/j8aiL#0

Note - I will only manage jobs as the leader (or manager) would normally dictate, but I will not take away any job you specifically ask for. If the leader would normally make stupid decisions though - I'll try to accommodate their dwarfy idiocy.

also Note - any dwarf with no name is going to be an afterthought. They will be the exclusive haulers and will have almost all farming labors. If I really need something else I might put them in another job, as I've done with a carpenter at one point, or the sword-dwarf military. But I won't write their story, and I'm willing to leave jobs empty if no one fills them.

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Melbil 'Malimbar' Linedwire
Early Summer, 126

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These 7 dwarves I have been given are doing alright. Amariithynar has become a friend, and has voluntarily taken on the roles of bookkeeper and architect - she's be very useful. All the other peasants I assigned to building farms and such in the area I dug out. We're next to a brook which was frozen when I arrived. I dug a reservoir for water to gather next winter, so we should be able to last just fine come next season.

I also dug out a couple of workshop areas, and am currently working on the bedroom areas. More useful dwarves will of course get first pick, which is why Myself and Amariithynar get first pick. Nothing else to report

- Melbil

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Ber 'Amariithynar' Mightyshot

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You know, when I first was assigned to this place, I had my reservations. I didn't know any of these other dwarves, and I told the count just that. But I also told him that I would do exactly as I'm told, so here I am. I've made friends with most of the dwarves now, and I think they're all pretty fond of me too. I also took it upon myself to get some sort of economy going here - the leader doesn't seem to care much for the small details.

I wonder why he's leader sometimes to be honest, but he's working hard for sure. He already carved and smoothed out a little spot for me to get the stockpiles in order (and wow, they were a mess), and completed the set with a slate table and chair. He also asked me to design the trade depot, and see if I could build some barrels and such out of some of the local trees. There aren't many trees here, but I did as I was asked. I also made a couple of beds, as sleeping on sand gets old fast. Then I asked for a few stone blocks to be carved, and I designed a trade depot. the first design I didn't approve of though, so I redesigned it a few meters away. It's waiting to be built right now, whenever Malimbar gets around to it.

- Amariithynar

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Melbil 'Malimbar' Linedwire
Eary Autumn, 126

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Not a WHOLE lot new so far. I have two new migrants, Dishmab and Lokum. I gave tehm the same orders I gave most of the dwarves - haul stuff around when I tell you to, and learn to farm everything. They're payign there way i think, as we have a fair amount of booze and food now. Oh, I did tell them to cook some, as tehy were all just letting the plants sit there and do nothing. You can't eat quarry bushes unless you process them - that's what I told them. anyways, now we have a fair bit of stew.

Happily I ordered one of the beasts of burden slaughtered - a camel. Camel-part stew for everyone! the other animal was a water buffalo, and apparently Amariithynar likes those, so she got to keep it. It's walking around above ground eating grass as we speak.She's even designed a little place for me to cover, to keep the snow off of it in the winter. I'll see if I get around to it.

Lets see... we also moved a bunch of stuff inside, and I smoothed out a couple bedrooms. Most of those dwarves will have to stay in the new dormitory area though, at least until we have extra time.

- Malimbar

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Ber 'Amariithynar' Mightyshot

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I'm still working on these records every now and again. The leader can't seem to make up his mind on how accurate he wants them.

Two migrants came today, but I'm too busy to show them the ropes. Guess what though? I got to keep the water buffalo! Malimbar was going to kill her, but I was able to stop him in time. He said as long as I take care of her, I get to keep her. I named her Vucar Sashasreg, a gigantic and powerfully built mammal if I do say so myself. I like to watch her wallow in the water.

- Amariithynar

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Melbil 'Malimbar' Linedwire
Early Winter 126

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I've been building that roof-area for the water buffalo. It's a bit weird, but I like the idea. It shows ingenuity. Or something. We got more migrants, which I said hello to and haven't paid attention to sense. Heck, I don't really even know their names (it's almost as if no one with a soul has claimed them, hint hint).

The only other thing of note is that the dogs are breeding, and the caravan from the mountainhomes came. they're still here actually, I really should get back to meeting the liaison.

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Ber 'Amariithynar' Mightyshot

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I've been pretty happy lately. I have a great pet, a very good bedroom, a fine table in my office, a decent job, and a small group of friends. I'm currently busy aiding in the design of the shelter for Vucar. That water buffalo is going to be cold when the show hits the ground, that's for sure. Can you believe that Malimbar wanted to just put a roof over their heads... connected by nothing but the staircase leading up to it? Nonsense, there will be proper supports under it, and I'm designing every one.

At work, I negotiated a bit of a trade with the outpost. I traded some of our original embark stuff (seriously, why did we just select the standard outpost package? it's full of things we don't use), along with about 40 quarry bush roasts. We had extra, and I know those at the mountain homes love those roasts. We got a good sum for it - meat, wood, a bit of green glass for the expedition leader, a water-buffalo dress for myself, and a bar of steel for future planning. I hear too many stories about steel shortages in forts to turn down a good deal.

[MrWillsauce]

I'll take Lokum Cagesmiths please. Name her MsWillsauce.

[malimbar04]

Lokum 'MsWillsauce' Cagesmiths added! Is there any job you want me to keep her on permanently?

[MrWillsauce]

Weaponsmith would be good, and should prove very useful once you hit the magma sea since she 'likes adamantine'.

[malimbar04]

Weaponsmith would be good, and should prove very useful once you hit the magma sea since she 'likes adamantine'.

Done! in the meantime she's also going to be a clothier (she does like pig tail fabric, and we need one), but that could change as soon as we get another claim

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Melbil 'Malimbar' Linedwire
Early Spring 127

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One of the migrant peasants stood up today and impressed me. OK, she's barely a passing acquaintance, and she didn't really "stand up" so much as said something that caught my ear. She said she likes pigtail fabric, and adamantine. well, it so happens that both of those are useful things to like, so I immediately brought her into my office and talked to her.

She told me she wanted to be a weaponsmith. Sure, whatever. I have no army now (come to thinkm of it, I should order one made), and I have no steel cancel that, I remember being told something about a bar earlier. Anyways, I set her up with a room for herself and her husband, and told her to get to work weaving. She didn't put up much of a fight, and went off to work. I'm sure I have the materials required to build a forge too somewhere, so I gave her permission to find this stuff and set something up. Good for her.

As for what I've been doing... well mostly working on the bedrooms. I'm currently smoothing out all the stone.

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Ber 'Amariithynar' Mightyshot

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Hey journal - not much new on my front. I've heard some grumbling about our lack of military, I think I'll talk to Malimbar soon about that. Maybe I could put my last name to good use? we'll see. I should probably design a barracks too while I'm at it - complete with archery targets, quivers, and... so forth.

Vucar lasted through the winter just great by the way. I think she likes her new shade structure.

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Lokum 'Mswillsauce' Cagesmith

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Wow, this last season has been a whirlwind. Her I was just talking to my husband Dishmab in the dining room (if you can call it that), and the expidition leader comes up and says he wants to talk to me. I wasn't sure what to think at first - did I do something wrong? The only thing I've been asked to do since I got here was farm and haul things around. with word like this reachign the mountainhome, we can't be exactly attracting migrants!

And... well... apparently the leader likes to be called "malimbar". I just said "oh really? my friends just call me MsWillSauce. He wrote that down immediately. And then he started asking all these probing questions - what sorts of things I liked, whether I wanted to do this job or that - it was all quite overwhelming. I don't remember what I said, but apparently now I'm the weaponsmith and the clothier. I don't know the first thing about clothing things - but we got all this pigtail thread. Dishmab says I should just make come bags first - that can't be too hard to practice up. As for a forge... well... I think I saw an anvil in the stockroom.

And then I'm told that we have a bedroom now. Two beds, since my husband will sleep there too. He's happy about the whole thing.

[Uthric]

I want mourl Masion/brewer/bee keeper.

Wants a safe walled in area to have bees and a private stockpile of honey booze.

[MrWillsauce]

Can you name MsWillsauce's husband MrWillsauce (and rename her MrsWillsauce) and make him a glassmaker please? Or am I only allowed one dwarf?

[malimbar04]

Done, changed the first post to reflect recent changes in people assigned.

Melbil 'Malimbar' Linedwire
Early Summer 127

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In the last couple days I have been bombarded with people asking to see me. Apparently they saw the immediate increase in stature of MsWillsauce and wanted similar treatment. we now have Thob, Dishmab, and Morul all asking for inclusion into what they call the favorite-child state. Sure. I named them "Flamestrider", "MrWillsauce", and "Uthric", respectively, and given them jobs which I found reasonable for them to take. About time some of them decided to step up to actual work.

as for what's new - we've started construction on the wall outside now, and hopefully by the end of the year we'll have a way to seal off our fort in a time of trouble. Also, we had a marriage between a couple of the people who didn't come to me. I'm told their names are Zefon Kodoronul and Morul Zonmuban. I've heard complaints over the lack of a dining room because of this... and a lack of chairs... and a lack of tables - I guess we'll work on that at some point this year as well. Speakinf of which, I also just learned of another person that is married (though I don't know for how long): Morul, otherwise known as "Uthric", is marrid to Zefon. How interesting. These people are getting more fun and worthwhile every day!

Oh... what else is new. No idea. I'm digging more workshop areas - I've passed on all masonry duties, and I've taken up a bit more in my passion of storytelling - jewelry (I love the green glass), and I'm currently learning the clothesmaking trade, now that I might have the time. Heh.

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Ber 'Amariithynar' Mightshot

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Fort is going pretty good. I love my bedroom for sure, now that it's all smoothed out. It's very nice really. They're also building the wall outside, and I hear the elves are coming soon - they might have some longland beer. I look forward to working out a good deal with them - we have some more goods to trade this time around than last time I played broker.

Oh, and Vucar is enjoying the new weather.

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Lokum 'MrsWillsauce Cagesmith

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Well, I'm done with the whole weaving labor. Other people liked those bags I made, and I really liked the pigtail fabric that I made them with. But Malimbar says I need to go back to the weaponsmithing job I asked for. I didn't realize I asked for that. Though it would be nice to make something out of Adamantine I guess a weapon sounds good enough. Now I gotta work with steel though - and we only got one bar. hm.

Dishmab 'MrWillsauce' Emeraldmachines

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I told them what was possible, and by Ottem Safetybulwark, they proved me right. We simply talk to the leader, and he started treating people better. Well, not EVERYONE, but everyone that talked to him. he's not a buy guy really - very friendly. I think he actually likes people - just waits for them to talk to him. He also has a habit of telling stories - I like that. I tell stories too sometimes. MrsWillsauce tells me not to all the time. Oh well.

Anyways, i asked to be a glassmaker, and he said "yes sir, you're our glassmaker now". Sweet!

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Thob 'Flamestrider' Plannedcudgels

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Yup, I got exactly the job I said I wanted - a builder. I was given full responsibility actually over the construction of the walls outside, which I believe Amariithynar first thought of. She's the head architect. We also have Uthric saying that he wants to help with teh wall - something about building his be hives or some such. Doesn't matter he's helping.

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Morul 'Uthric' Helmpractice

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I'm married! to Zefon Dawnmirror. She's pretty darn amazing! I had to comb my short sideburns and my mustache just for the occasion. We didn't have a decent place to have a ceremony, but oh well. Then, to top off my week, I talked to the leader and now he's letting me start my own bee farm! The catch is that I need to help build "what's necessary" - IE the hive, the walls of the fort, and so forth. I can do that.

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Melbil 'Malimbar' Linedwire
Early Autumn 127

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Masons worked on the outside wall, which is coming along nicely. We should have a simple construction of slate blocks finished before the end of next season. I'm quite proud of them. I really do need to work on that dining room though. Not having any tables toe at at is really starting to annoy me.

I'm also debating on going on some sort of exercise program. I looked at my own corpulent self, and I noticed similar states in the other dwarves. Perhaps I'll get someone to make a few pumps. Perhaps not, I haven't thought that far into this yet.

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Ber 'Amariithynar' Mightshot

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I got to trade with the elves, and I negotiated some amazing stuff. For one, I got not only a barrel of longland beer, but some longland grass as well so that we can make our own later! I have asked that a couple barrels be stored in my quarters, and I have happily had more than my fair share to drink.

Not much else is new - the barracks is coming slowly, and the weaponsmith (what was that dwarf's name again?) is complaining about a lack of charcoal. We'll get it eventually though.

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Lokum 'MrsWillsauce Cagesmith

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Oh, I'm so happy - Dishmab and I just had another child! We named him Kadol Pullytribes - and his beard and mustache already coming in nicely. I've been showing him how to comb his hair too, which is very long. There has been a lot of engraving going on our floor though, which has been interrupting my sleep, and the lack of chairs to eat at in this places is trully horrible. But I can't complain too much, can I? I just had my 7th child, in a fantastic bedroom, with a man I love and a job that's not too bad.

Speaking of which, they keep asking me to make a crossbow. I said sure, I'll give it a shot, but I actually need something to work with. A single bar of steel and no charcoal? I can't work with that.

Dishmab 'MrWillsauce' Emeraldmachines

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This really is the life - a Fntasic bedroom, a new child, a nice wife, a great bed, and basically no responsibilities.

The gods of fortresses (Ottem Safetybulwark) and wealth (Ertal) have trully blessed us.

Now if only they made some more chairs!

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Thob 'Flamestrider' Plannedcudgels

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Things have been ok recently. I still don't have a proper room, and they have no dining room to sit in, but work is going fine. They're lucky I'm a patient dwarf though, because those people keep telling me to do work and they're just sitting around like bums. I've been talking to Uthric, and he agrees.

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Morul 'Uthric' Helmpractice

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This place is pretty neat, aside from the vermin problem. They keep finding these rats and toads everywhere, and I don't think the cats are up to the job. The constructions are pretty nice though. That amariithynar made some very well made supports for that ceiling over her buffalo. It's such a silly buffalo really. Zefon agrees with me by the way, for what it's worth. I dont' get to see her as often as I'd like, what with the building walls and such, but she seems to be happy.

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Melbil 'Malimbar' Linedwire
Early Winter 127

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The Caravan should be leaving soon, so I'll take this opportunity to write me next journal. I must say I'm impressed with how well the fort is coming along now. Sure, I hear in the mountainhomes stories of those that have visions much more grand, but we aren't doing too bad here. The biggest problem we're having right now is a lack of dining tables - and that should be fixed soon.

I'm debating on who to select for the military. I suppose I could throw in the ones that haven't come to me yet and standing up for themselves (hint hint). I still call them worthless peasants myself, I think it's funny.

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Ber 'Amariithynar' Mightshot

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I've been busy recently with the duties assigned. They have my steel crossbow ready, and I just negotiated for some ammo from the caravan, so that should be happening soon

speaking of the caravan, we got some more great stuff. I only traded some cloth, and ended up getting not only ammo, but another bar of steal, a couple of chickens (Malimbar ordered them last year), and a mate for my water buffalo. Malimbar says I can't name him though, in case we have to butcher him later. I'm not happy about that possibility.
 
The archery targets are moved by the way. We had to make room for Uthric's bees, and he didn't like the idea of bolts being fired near their nest. I'm just happy he got them into the hive. We had a problem with the peasant farmers not being able to gather the bees properly. I did tell them you should just let one person handle that.

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Lokum 'MrsWillsauce Cagesmith

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I had to go outside recently to bring cloth to the Depot, and the sun really irritated my eyes. The crossbow is finally finished, and MrWillsauce keeps talking about how wonderful everything is. I'm not sure what to think about all this, so I mostly just spend my time in the bedroom.

Dishmab 'MrWillsauce' Emeraldmachines

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MrsWillsauce has been pretty happy today, so moods are very high. I think this whole new life of fantastic beds, good work, and fine drink is getting to all of us. It's nice. On the work front, I was told to train the dogs. I didn't really care to do so, but on the other hand I was perfectly happy to. There hasn't been a lot of demand for glass since I got the job.

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Thob 'Flamestrider' Plannedcudgels

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I've been really busy lately, as the demand for stonework is higher then I've ever seen it. I'm working on doors today, and soon I'll be making more tables and chairs for the dining room. Oh yeah, we have a dining room, which I'll have to smoth out. All this work is causing quite a ruckus, and I haven't been sleeping very well because of it. Just a couple of days ago I was sleeping on the floor though, and now I have a bed, so I guess I should count myself lucky.

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Morul 'Uthric' Helmpractice

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We have bees, I made some jugs, we're soon going to have mead. I'm still helping out with the building stuff every now and then, but it's not too bad. On the other side, I wasn't asked to train the dogs, which I think is a bit weird. I love dogs, and I'm pretty sure MrWillsauce doesn't care about them at all.

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Melbil 'Malimbar' Linedwire
Early Spring 127

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Everything is going wonderfully at the fortification of Confidence. I've been  managing all the people on paper as well as in person, and feel quite happy that they're mostly satisfied and doing what they'd like to be doing.

I called a vote for whether to send a call to the mountainhomes that we're accepting new dwarves. Most people weren't paying much attention, but I when I gave the option I swear I saw a hand for quite a few dwarves. I'll give the recommendation for 20-30 more dwarves, specifically for the use of military and manual labor. Hopefully we'll get more within the year.

In the meantime I picked the pick back up and have started digging a new layer for their beds. this time I'm doing smaller rooms, but enough to give them all that is required for a homey... home. I like the new design too, which is a 4-armed spiral. It might not be the most efficient, but it is easily expandable and fun to carve out. I haven't shown it ot the other dwarves yet, but I assume they will all approve. Oh, that reminds me, I need to tell Amariithynar, so she can start accounting for the changes to the fort.

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Ber 'Amariithynar' Mightshot

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Things are still going pretty slowly, which is starting to wear on my a bit. Trying to keep busy in this place is a trial in finding things to do. My current projects are just in designing the little roads to the trade depot and keeping the books. Those are fun, but they don't take much time. I can't say I can complain though - the living conditions are pretty wonderful. I love admiring the craftsdwarfship of the mason work. Also, it's nice to finally have a dining room, which is coming along very nicely.

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Lokum 'MrsWillsauce Cagesmith

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The new dining room is legendary! MrWillsauce and I are just relaxing. Nothing else is really new.

Dishmab 'MrWillsauce' Emeraldmachines

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MrsWillsauce says I don't need to write in my journal today, and I almost took her up on that offer. But you should see this place - it's amazing! The dining room is one of our entire floors, it houses our chickens, and it's fricken amazing. We got great bedrooms for near everybody too! There is so much here, I can't fathom more people coming soon.

I hear they told the caravan this as well - who knows, we might actually get some migrants soon.

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Thob 'Flamestrider' Plannedcudgels

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the people at home should see our dining room! it's fantastic, legendary even. The leader and I have been smoothing it out recently (though there is a lot of work to do still). The tables are all hand-made slate by myself, as are the chairs and the doors. I'm quite proud of my work. Tehy're doing some good owrk elseware as well - I am building a wall to prevent people from falling into our trash area right now. It shoudl also prevent necromancers as well, 'cus you can't raise what you can't see.

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Morul 'Uthric' Helmpractice

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A fantastic bedroom, a legendary dining room, a wonderful spouse, a good job, and a fine door - what could possibly go wrong? I've been told that I need to build most of the stuff I want for the bee hives, so I've been busy doing that. I've also built a few slate nest boxes, a screw press, a few jugs, and I think that's all I need. It'll be awesome.