Scroll 10
Damn Pan; Armok cast your fury upon him and his. I'm first to admit my weaknesses and I am not skilled in oratory. What does he do? Completes a Hall of Speakers. As I've stated comrades, we must flow as a brook and be able to change with obstacles. So I've hired a professor, seemingly skilled in speech though he comes from our farmers, to work and train with me so I might wield my tongue as well as I do my crossbow. The weeks pass and the days get warmer, I slowly train my words. My professor says my hunting skills must have improved my wit as I am quick on my feet. We do mock-debates and as a fox he teaches me to coyly skirt an answer.
What puzzels me is that Elfenhass ("Elf-hatred") is fine, but Humenhass ("Human-hatred") is appalling to some. I slowly find myself appalled to those who are not against the Crown, elfs, and humans! I pulled another dwarf into our Halls and have him as an aide. I've developed quite the entourage. I have him post scrolls through the halls. The scrolls speak of freedom in Hammerscar, loyalty of dwarfs, with pictures of goblins and elfs killing dwarfs and humans sitting idly by on a hill. I didn't start this political war, I wanted a life of hunting and ease, away from the Crown in Mountainhome, but it's begun, and I intend to win! I can already see the waterwheels churning inside citizens ale-soaked brains.
I send another missive to Pan, requesting a garbage room to be set-up post haste. A 3x3 room with a draw bridge to smash our trash. A single door exit and a lever outside the door to activate the drawbridge. A hole in the roof for us to drop our trash. I inform him of the clutter the Blackdiamond patrol have noticed and the benefits to the fortress. While I'd like to say my intentions are good, I know my ever-improving words will not win a battle 'accidents' do occur and I need a location in-case any traitor needs dealt with.
Comrades, what I write you here, please do not look down upon. I do for the good of the fortress, I do to clean the traitors from Hammerscar, I do for our safety and eventual freedom from the Crown. I do for you, and the Blackdiamond.