Collected Journal Excerpts of Sqaziz Sherhorast, resident of Archtombs.1st of Granite, 102:I awoke today, cleaned a shell and slept. The pungent odor of shellfish still wafting through my nostrils as the world faded to black. Since my arrival here repetition and continuity had mired my every action. But something is stirring, changing. The universe itself has moved.
4th of Granite, 102:The overseer has resigned; he just plopped down like a sack of bearded potatoes and said “My work here is done.” Someone will have to fill the void, we’ve been leaderless less than a day, and efficiency has plummeted. Then again I've always though the men this fortress were useless, my husband certainly is.
6th of Granite, 102:No one has taken charge, I've decided to try and organize some of the stocks and work shops. Maybe put to the lazy ones back to work.
10th of Granite, 102: Yesterday I told Dig Master Linuvash to excavate some expanded bedrooms and a larger workshop floor. He was absolutely ecstatic, and I believe his shouting may have burst the other miner’s eardrums, poor fellow. I also asked Muthkat, the farmer to try some metalwork; she’s smith caste after all.
2nd of Slade, 102:A horde of migrants arrived. I could hear their pig tail boots tromping through the dense grass. I could see their haggard faces and hollow, thirsty yellow eyes. I tried to stop them, but in minutes the dining hall was overrun, booze was sloshed, food was inhaled, and in less than an hour they had all but depleted our stocks.
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The old dining hall smells of urine and cheap liquor, Digy better hurry his beard up and finish the expansion.
3rd of Slade, 102:I set two of our farmers on brewing duty, and claimed one of the newly built stills for myself. After brewing a mediocre batch of wine I decided to survey the new arrivals. Five smiths, two young soldiers, a jewel cutter, a group of hunters, and a mess of farmers. I set the smiths on the forges, and the soldiers to their barracks.
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The two young soldiers insisted I address them as ‘Inzane’ and ‘Bastus’ if they weren't the only dwarves competent with a hammer and axe I’d write them both off as moonstruck. But I suppose one must be suicidally insane to take up arms in a Dwarf Fortress, have they seen the mêlée fighter mortality rates?
23rd of SlateThe booze is flowing and I can hear clang of iron from the deep as the smith’s pound out blades and bolts and hammers. Our three man militia will at least be equipped in full iron armor.
25th of Slade, 102:I saw something I never want to see again. Today, as I was strolling through the stock piles Ingish Eddaz, a clothier, stopped dead in his tracks, and without a sound commandeered a clothing workshop. Every ounce of free will seemed to leave his body as he was consumed by some need, some desire. In less than a second he went from dwarf to machine. He keeps… drawing pictures of cloth, blocks, and rough gems. Perhaps he is trying to communicate some great truth?
17th of Felsite, 102:Some strange swarthy elves have arrived, they seem to be traders. Perhaps Ingish can finally get the cloth he’s been demanding for the last few weeks? Maybe then we can get him off the clothier’s workshop before he starves.
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Also saw a kobold thief today, not long after a witch saboteur appeared in the stock piles Inzane and Bastus drove them both off.
18th of Felsite, 102:I was forced to replace Vedix as broker, between hauling and bookkeeping the poor fellow hasn’t the time to deal with the traders. I quite like it, something about money changing hands is very… stimulating. The drow proved amiable enough, they walked away with some cheap bone knick knacks and the fortress was left with enough food and booze to feed us for a season, or at least enough to keep us in blissful stupor in case of goblin invasion. The sunberries were a particular treat.
1st of HematiteEND OF SEASON REPORT11th of Hematite:
Ingish finished his… toga. I remember seeing something similar in a risque engraving I kept under my bed, wonder if he had the same usage in mind? The spike and gem stub placements suggest he probably does.
2nd of Malachite:Some more migrants have arrived, I wasn’t the least interested in their names, a few were competent fighters, the rest I’ll put to work as cheap labor.
4th of Malachite:‘Bane’ has been promoted to mayor, and as all nobles do, he has demanded better quarters, the miners have fortunately already cut out a few lavish rooms, maybe even I’ll have them furnished.
17th LimestoneA happy little water dragon has arrived. The hunters are currently pin cushioning the poor hapless beast. I’m looking forward to dinning on some plump helmet and water dragon roast. Some Red Panda men have also arrived, the hunters are proving to be efficient killers, I’ll make sure to organize them into a militia to complement our mêlée men.
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The water dragon has fled. Our cook has been inconsolable for hours now.
1st of SandstoneSome more migrants have arrived, the fortress is swelling. We are officially a village, it won’t be long before even the king himself comes to live here I think. In other news, the gem cutter have been very efficient, unfortunately so have the useless knick knack makers. We nearly lost a peasant in the finished goods stockpile, poor fellow keeps jabbering about =Bone Scepters=. Commissioning some bins should help.
6th of SandstoneAnother of our people has withdrawn from society. A glassmaker. Unfortunately we haven’t a single glass furnace; this will have to be rectified if she’s to survive. Or perhaps not, one toga genital/torture device is probably enough.
24th of SandstoneWasps, three of them the size of cows! Damn thing smashed six workshops and killed some poor pleb before one of our valiant defenders managed to slaughter the beasts. I will place totems made from their skulls in order to dissuade any more beasts from attacking. Will also need to lay traps in the water fall overlook areas.
That's Archtomb thus far! I spent more time editing this than I did writing it, so please excuse my attempts at humor, and just try and imagine it written by, say Dr. Sues. Next post will be up on the day before two days from today!
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