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No, I want to see the fort cave in on itself naturally (may be a little boring but the fortress goes on longer.)

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[DreamerGhost]

Did any of the Sand Raiders managed to escape?

[Splint]

Did any of the Sand Raiders managed to escape?

Quite a few did escape but only because thier giant skunks ran faster than our soldiers could, but the tiger and raider responsible for killing Lizard, Oddom, Meng, and Ustuth were brought to vicious justice by the surviving hoplites.

[Monitor Lisard]

Here's a picture of a hoplite. Did not turn out as well as I had expected, but here's it anyway.



By the way, what are the names of the remaining members of Goannas? Zon, Glasseye, and one more dwarf, right?

[Splint]

Correct. We have two Dorens in the military: one male, leading the Ripperjacks and one female, a surviving Goanna.

[TalonisWolf]

Sergeant Nish also acquitted himself well. A panicked giant skunk had apparently forced it's way through a door left slightly ajar in blind fear of the hoplites, and its rider decided to roll with it, Shooting the weaver Chaosmaker and the Bowyer Ezum but thankfully not killing them. Nish, despite being a poorly trained soldier right now, killed both the said raider and giant skunk alone. Coupled with the Hammerheads reinforcing the Goannas, the survivors finally gave in and fled the battle.

Chaosmaker... Chaos Dwarves... anyone else making the connection?

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Merchantile Report

Hematite

  Those ants we got are digging a home for themselves, and work is being done to train them in the art of war. Hopefully, they'll rip the Roaches to shreds.

Malachite

  More Guild dwarves?! This is a mixed blessing, but I personally stand to gain quite a bit of wealth from their prescence. Hopefully being more lenient towards the Overseer's personal trade requests will encourage him to see things my way...

  The Artillerist who arrived suggested the use of a stake bridge and ballista entrance trap... the resources and required is extreme, but if we pulled it off... Hmmmm...

Galena

  Splint started seasonal patrols in order to protect the caravans, to great and immediate success! We've forced off to ambushes, although that second one was more like a siege... those sand raiders are getting too bold for my liking. First significant casualties, but defeating the Xelics was almost worth it.

  I, and many others, look forward to a nice bath... may Armok's wrath strike upon all Skunks!
However, it's invasion of our home brought my attentions upon a possible threat... Chaosmaker. Chaos dwarves and now a Chaosmaker? My suspicions are peaked, but for now I'll confine my fears to these official report-grade stone slabs. I will be keeping a eye on that dwarf, two when I can manage it.

[Splint]

Surely you aren't suggesting we've a traitor in our midst?

[DreamerGhost]

I'm planning to get the next part up tomorrow.

Spoiler: Hunting for grains of sand. Part 1 (click to show/hide)

I looked around the battlefield. Most of the sand raiders were dead, as well as their mounts. Few lucky ones were running away towards the forest. They had employed cunning tactics of shooting from top of their mount’s backs while riding away from our infantry. In the end, they met the same fate as all of those that attacked Ozkakurrith: defeat at the hands of our warriors. I turned away from retreating enemies, and back towards the fortress. A warm steak and a strong drink would really hit the spot right about now. Then I noticed a mild commotion in the battlefield. I walked towards one of the groups of dwarves scattered about while my mind processed the lack of victory cheers. I pushed one of the soldiers aside, and a horrific sight opened before my eyes. Sergeant Lisard lied dead in a pool of her own blood, arrow poking out of her skull.  Quick look around the battlefield confirmed three more dead. This was dire; I had no time to lose. My eyes wandered around, searching for overseer. He was standing next to Oddom, who had died from wounds. I quickly ran towards him.
“I’ll need to go after them.” These words caught attention of nearby dwarves, some started murmuring, I even overheard someone calling me a “hotheaded moron”.
“This isn’t about revenge you fools. Not only about revenge. Up until now, this fortress could have been seen as invulnerable, we hadn’t lost a single soldier in a fight. Mere rumors of this staved off many from attacking. But these sand raiders got four of us, including two sergeants. If they live to tell the tale, numbers of those that attack us will double over a year.”
Splint seemed like he had given this some thought himself, as he looked at me and simply stated “They were all mounted”.
“It is evening, and they have an hour of sunlight at most. Their mounts and raiders themselves will be tired out by the battle; they won’t be able to run far before the night comes. Besides that, they won’t be running away as sneakily as they came, their beasts should leave a large trail behind them.”
Another wave of murmuring washed over surrounding dwarves, this one more concerned about the number of those that escaped. Overseer thought for a bit, then looked at me and gave me a supportive nod.
“All right then. Do we have someone here who is good at sneaking?” A few dwarves slowly raised their hands.”If you are not certain about it, then you are not good enough. We can’t go in with a squad looking too strong. If even one of them escapes, tale of our efforts to preserve the illusion of invincibility will spread far and wide. You there.” I said to two of the hammerdwarves. “I’ll need your rations of food and booze. Just get fresh ones after you go back to the fortress. I’ll also need…”
I ended up with ditching half of my armor, every other piece was left behind to reduce weight and stop separate pieces from hitting each other. Being too noisy was not something I could afford. I also found some small knives on the killed sand raiders. Nothing fancy, but throwable. I kept my shortsword Udisttashem. The silliness of the procedure in which a name is picked for this sort of thing still baffles me. I also had a hastily constructed bag with food and drink. It’s not like that sand raider needed his cloak now anyways. Within this bag, there also was a pack of kolero grass, a rare source of hallucinogenic poison. When going in battle outnumbered, it paid to be prepared.

If I am presuming too much (or as it is far more likely, too little) about those concerned, please tell me, and I'll rectify it.

[Splint]

Seems fine to me, though Lizard is female, not male.

EDIT: For reference the largest group (5 raiders and 5 giant skunk mounts,) fled north towards the coast. There were other stragglers who otherwise scattered in all directions once the battle went south for them, 3 or 4 if memory serves and there's no way to hunt them all down. That larger group though will be easy pickings for a skilled sneak.

[DreamerGhost]

Curse you Splint, teling truths that interfere with my plans. The fact that only a small group escaped and your saying about them posibly taken care of by a skilled sneak kind of messed up the idea. Now it is a mix of my old idea and your sugestion. Story will be longer, but I'll post tomorow. If you plan to do an update before that and feel like including a note about it in your journal, story!Dreamerghost comes back victorious, but a bit more stabed than before. Nothing our good doc Parson couldn't fix.

[Splint]

25th Galena, 232

Degel Sealpaddled volunteered to replace Oddom. I asked if she was sure, and she said she was. Said that we had enough hive wardens and Nuri wouldn't miss her if she enlisted. Besides, someone has to go out and get The Celebrated Soul before the kobolds try to swipe it. She also tells me she was once a marksdwarf so military life isn't foreign to her.

Dreamerghost has also decided upon a small independent venture. He's already left, tracking the larger group of stragglers north into the forest towards the coast of the great lake. I pray to Amas, Kerlig, Utost, and Limar he makes it back safely by Autumn's end.

26th Galena, 232

Someone had evidently started work on some inane project. Dunno what it is, just keeps muttering some nonsense.

1st Limestone, 232

The “dry season” comes, so that means we need to get some goods ready to offer to the caravan to give the king. We have several chests of minted coin, so I think we'll offer those to cover the king's travel expenses.

The patrols are coming in now, and I've put out a call for volunteers to bring the Goannas back to full strength. None have answered so far. I... I don't blame them, considering the Goannas lost more dwarves than we have in months.

2nd Limestone, 232





Bleh. Another stupid trinket. On the upside, the council meeting chamber is finished, though I had to designated it as a public dining area as well; what possesses dwarves to insist on using the rooms not designated for public use is beyond me, but I couldn't just lock to doors as there were too many dwarves in there when it was finished.

13th Limestone, 232

There was a construction accident at the palace. Nobody was seriously injured or killed thank Amas, but still just means we need to be more careful.

19th Limestone, 232

Another chaos dwarf snatcher was spotted, this time by one of the bone carvers getting supplies. Glasseye was quick to put the would-be kidnapper down while Zon locked the doors (she was on her way into the barracks but shut both doors and locked them to cut off the snatcher's escape.)

26th Limestone, 232

Migrants have come, amazingly enough, among them another Forgemaster, an armorer by the name of Ward Mythboat. She'll be a welcome addition to our ranks of Forgemasters. We now sit at 201 citizens, who would have thought that this piddling little trade outpost would host such a large number of dwarves?

4th Sandstone, 232

Another damned construction accident. A miner named Onol woundup shatted every bone in her right arm when she removed a bit of rock from the side of the palace. Evidently she was never told the access grate won't hold up the damned patch of stone she was on and it went crashing down. However, the two incidents gave the miners an idea they ran by the rest of us in the council to clear out a huge chunk of stone in one shot. I told them to hold off on it until the engravers are finished working on the upper level of the palace. Don't want anyone getting crushed on their way home do we?

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WHY DIDN'T THEY LISTEN!?

The hunk of stone they intended to remove wound up punching right through the damned roof of the bank! Miners Chryso, Olin, and Bomrek, A bowyer named Rith and a stone mason named Asmel were almost killed, a new arrival named Dastot was injured, and again HOLE IN BANK. I told them to wait, I fucking told them to wait!

Not even an hour afterwards Onion went to try and finish the job, and now she's in the hospital as well with several broken ribs...
Gah, we never had these sorts of accidents when Lizard was around...

11th Sandstone, 232





One of our citizens gave birth today, to a bubbly (if pudgy,) baby girl. The whole family is incredibly pleased by this. And I found out that one Asahar Laborsky was arrested without my being informed. Evidently Zacen had asked for some toy axes (again) and it went ignored. Better than him getting bludgeoned with a wrought iron mace though. He's going to be serving just over two months in prison.

19th Sandstone, 232

I just had a flash of complete brilliance. The use of bolts both broad and normal are restricted to the Wolverines and Bugbats. However, we have copious amounts of bows and arrows laying around and many dwarves who would like to hunt in their free time and no shortage of obnoxiously large birds for them to shoot.

I've put out word all citizens may have free use of any bows and arrows laying around if they would like to hunt. I've also made sure that the Bugbats have the proper munitions assigned to them (they didn't, but this has be rectified.)

Also a former axedwarf named Alath Ownedmerchants has volunteered to lead the Goannas in battle. It was simple bad luck that got so many of them killed last time and he's willing to put himself to use; he cited that it was mainly the lack of work for a wax worker that drove his enlistment. I do admit that that's partially the fault of production, as we simply lack the jugs to properly harvest hive products, much to Nuri's frustration.

21st Sandstone, 232

The upper levels of the palace have been completed, minus furnishings. The middle areas are now being excavated and thankfully unless there's some kind of freak incident with some sort of creature hiding in the stone like the metalwraiths of old.

1st Timber, 232

It's now our turn to head out on patrol. Dreamerghost returned several days ago (the 23rd I believe,) and while Parson had to remove several shoddy sutures and restitch and dress the several stab wounds he had it's nothing life threatening and shouldn't scar much, if at all. He hunted down the group that fled north and returned evidently, so if nothing else word of last season's minor debacle should spread more slowly. He'll even be ready to join us on patrol by sun-up tomorrow!

Asahar is doing alright, last I checked. She's been brought food and drink regularly and her pet peahen was permitted into her cell with her, keeping her spirits high.

14th Timber, 232

The daily patrols have turned up nothing so far save for tribals we've taken to killing to occupy ourselves on patrol, however the caravan from south is here so that's bound to change soon.

18th Timber, 232





The bugbears have come for another round. We're going to meet them head on at dawn.

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The battle went well, all things considered. Ferro was first on the scene and went after a squad of spearbears alone, killing five and wounding several before anyone else even arrived! Dreamerghost and I went after the second spearbear squad while the rest of the Hammerheads and Cazadors rushed the archers. I kn saw Thor plow right into the archers as they let fly with a third volley (bugbears are notoriously poor shots; the prior two had missed wildly or hit trees,) and I saw Dreamerghost tackle the  bugbear hammerlord into a ditch. I don't know exactly what happened outside of that ditch because I was quick to dive in as well, killing a bugbear on the way in.

I was informed the while the bugbear weaponmasters failed to escape with several of their cronies who fled before the bulk of us arrived, most of the invasion force was obliterated utterly. Thor turned one's head into a soup bowl with his mighty skullcracker Roth Dan, Ferro split one's head open with his falchion, and Goden cut off the hammerlord's escape – the bitch fled the ditch once her spearbears had pulled Dreamerghost of her - shattering her knees and shield arm before delivering a finishing blow.

All of this action prompted Pyrope to bestow a naem upon that trusty wrought iron hammer he's been using. Good to know he's now fully commited to the fortress military.



Nuri and Zacen were both quick to send out salvage parties while we continued our patrol. We learned from our past mistakes and won't lead raiders have a chance to cause us grief during such operations.

19th Timber, 232

Ferro discovered a small band of chaos dwarves this morning out on patrol. Looks like our paranoia is justified. He reported a sighting of four macedwarves lead by a marksdwarf, and noen were able to match his skill at arms. Apparently his biting the marksdwarf and felling two of the macedwarves to get to him was enough to scare away the other two.

The Vamarii were sighted coming down the east road not long after, and Thor and Maskwolf discovered a squad of chaos speardwarves lead by a hammerdwarf. I saw Maskwolf land the killing blow on the leader as Thor was rushing to his aid from a fallen speardwarf. With their leader dead the speardwarves were quick to scatter.

Mad Bomber also found a pair of chaos dwarf snatchers and was quick to turn them both into a mushy paste with his hammer.

21st Timber, 232

There was a small accident trading with the vamarii. Talonis had accidentally ordered some goods carted off without exchange for them despite having marked salvage to trade for the items. It was a minor misstep so hopefully it won't damage relations too badly.

I apologized up and down to them but we had nothing on hand to offer to them to help soften the blow. Talonis admits having come to the depot slightly sober and owned up to the accident. It probably didn't help the the Goanna's were on guard duty and added a certain menace to Talonis' unintended seizure of goods.

Some of the Vamarii were understanding as accidents happen and they know we would have just killed them instead rather than bluntly take things but others simply glared angrily at me. I'm sure at least one or two Vamarii lords will send soldiers to attack us over this slight though. Some part of me welcomes that, as something other than the undisciplined rabble of the bugbears, repetitive bug raids, or heretic scum may well prove a real challenge. The rest of me hopes it doesn't come to that though.


So here's a small update for ya guys. I know it's a bit lack luster, but I'm a bit bummed out. I accidentally deleted the save for Northernshores, leaving me a bit bleh today. I had to get something out to sort-of make up for it.

We fought back a bugbear assault and the hero of the battle award goes to Ferro who demolished a squad by himself. The patrol route continues to be fruitful, as several chaos dwarves and chaos snatchers found themselves on the business end of either something sharp or something blunt and made of wrought iron. There was also the mishap with the fox-folk, due to my mistaking the buttons for the search function while on the trade screen. What would have been an amicable trade of battlefield salvage for syrup, seeds, and meats turned into an accidental theft.

Anyways, there's your update kiddies! Enjoy!

[Monitor Lisard]

"...Lizard, ya say? That name rings a bell... Yeah, I remember now. She is my old friend... She was, actually. Back in my days, she was running the contruction workers guild in the Mountainhome.

Hey, kid, don't ya mind buying an old dwarf a good mug of rum? Name's Alligator. Gator for short.

What do I do here? You know, them in Mountainhomes are really low on fine materials... The general isn't really given to flights of fansy, he says that the kingdom doesn't have time to build glass towers and marble domes during these days. So yeah, I came here. I thought I could find Lizard and work on some building projects here. And then I found out she got herself killed in a battle with a bunch of lousy sand raiders... That is it.

What am I gonna do? Not sure yet. Probably return back home... Is there a job for glassmaker here? I've seen the windows, but I want something more, you know? Giant glass domes, maybe?"

I'd like to ask for a redorfing. Are there any glassmakers around the fortress? If yes, call him/her Alligator. The passage describes the character pretty much.

[Splint]

Several if memory serves. As it stands the main jobs they have is producing windows for the palace and bank. Consider it done!

[Mephansteras]

Ah, well, a single seizure of goods shouldn't cause too many problems. Give them a decent profit next year and they should be fine.

[Splint]

Ah, well, a single seizure of goods shouldn't cause too many problems. Give them a decent profit next year and they should be fine.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Along with possibly a nice offering to smooth everyone's rustled feathers.

So guys, I got bored and made a bunch of joke achievements to use as milestones of crap I may or may not do.

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-Nobility Related-
Mayoral Incumbency: Had a dwarf hold the office of mayor for two years straight. [ACHIEVED!]
From rags to riches: Elevated a dwarf into the nobility [ACHIEVED!]
Count Dwarfula: Elevated to County [ACHIEVED!]
The Highest Nobledwarf: Elevated to Duchy [ACHIEVED!]
Long live the uh... monarch!: Became the Capital! [PENDING]
Regicide: The monarch was killed.  [PENDING]
King of Kings: Your monarch killed multiple enemy monarch/lord/law-giver/other officers or officials.  [PENDING]
Lead by Example: Your Monarch has taken up arms!  [PENDING]

-Weapons, Units, and Traps-
The Sword of Winter: Have one legendary Swordsdwarf squad. [ACHIEVED!]
The Axe of Autumn: Have one legendary Axedwarf squad. [ACHIEVED!]
The Hammer of Spring: Have one legendary Hammerdwarf squad. [ACHIEVED!]
The Spear of Summer: Have one legendary Speardwarf squad. [ACHIEVED!]
The Bolt of the High Peaks: Have on legendary Marksdwarf squad. [ACHIEVED!]
Variety is the spice of death: Had your dwarves use at least five different weapons (including at least one ranged,) to dispatch intruders. [ACHIEVED!]
Agony Automation: Killed 12 enemies using traps. [ACHIEVED!]
Mechanized Devestation: Routed a seige with traps only. [ACHIEVED!]
My closest friend: Had a dwarf name a peice of gear. [ACHIEVED!]
Many close friends...: Named gear outnumbers actual artifacts. [ACHIEVED!]
Arthopod Death Pit, Giant Ant Edition!: Built a death pit full of giant ants [ACHIEVED!]
A Giant Splinter: Killed an enemy with a ballista.  [PENDING]
Rock on!: Killed an enemy with a catapult.  [PENDING]
Cleansing Flame: Unleashed a magma weapon on the surface.  [PENDING]
Cruel yes, Unusual no: Employed a Drowning Trap.  [PENDING]
Freeze Frame Bonus: Cast an enemy force in obsidian.  [PENDING]

-Justice-
Justice served: A dwarf was arrested and jailed. [ACHIEVED!]
Long arm of the law: A dwarf was beaten.  [PENDING]
Capital Punishment: A dwarf was executed.  [PENDING]
Rule of Law: Used the Fortress Guard to rout an invasion. [PENDING]

-Civil Unrest, Death, and Medicine-
Can't outrun the reaper: A dwarf died of old age. [ACHIEVED!]
Reaper's been busy: Several deaths by old age.  [PENDING]
Worst Aid: Had a dwarf die in the hospital: [ACHIEVED!]
Temper Tantrum: A dwarf pitched a fit and either knocked something over or assaulted someone. [ACHIEVED!]
My god, what have I done?: A dwarf was murered by a tantruming dwarf or in a training accident.  [PENDING]
The Peasants are revolting! And rioting too!: A fullblown tantrum spiral has hit the fortress! [PENDING]
Long road ahead: Managed to survive the spiral and are trying to rebuild.  [PENDING]
Heads up!: Had one or more dwarves killed in a dumping accident. [ACHIEVED!]
No OSHA Compliance: Had one or more dwarves injured in a construction accident. [ACHIEVED!]

-Besting of Foes and Titles to the Heroes!-
Giantslayer: Had a soldier put down a giant. [ACHIEVED!]
Demonslayer: Had a soldier kill at least five demons in melee combat.  [PENDING]
Bullheaded Bastard: Had a soldier kill a minotaur.  [PENDING]
Dragonslayer: Had a soldier slay a mighty dragon.  [PENDING]
The Sky Fears the Earth: Had a soldier clip a Roc's wings. [PENDING]
Arguing With Myself: Had a soldier resolve an ettin's personality disorder.  [PENDING]
King Krab: Had a soldier kill a colossal cave crab. [ACHIEVED!]
Baron of Beetledom: Had a soldier slay a colossal beetle.  [PENDING]
Destroyer of the Timeless: Had a soldier eliminate a timeless horror of the caverns. [ACHIEVED!]
Doom of the Underdark: Had a soldier kill five forgotten beasts single handed.  [PENDING]
Olympian: Had a soldier destroy a titan.  [PENDING]
Purgers of Heresy: Exterminated a sqaud of chaos dwarves. [ACHIEVED!]
Exterminators: Destroyed a silver or violet xelic squad utterly. [ACHIEVED!]
Tribal Cleansing: Wiped out a Bugbear squad. [ACHIEVED!]
Tribal Cleansing II: Demolished a Sand Raider squad. [ACHIEVED!]
Snatch and Die: Had a soldier kill a kidnapper. [ACHIEVED!]

-Diplomacy-
Warmonger: Started a war. [PENDING]
Diplomat: Signed a peace treaty.  [PENDING]
Warmonger 2: Electric Boogaloo: Refused a peace treaty. [PENDING]

-The Underworld and Seiges-
They come: Got seiged [ACHIEVED!]
Hearts of Stone: Killed an enemy squad to the last man during a seige. [ACHIEVED!]
Hearts of Bronze: Fought back a seige using only dwarves. [ACHIEVED!]
Hearts of Iron: Fought back an enemy force far superior in numbers using only or mostly dwarves. [ACHIEVED!]
The Spire: Found an adamantine spire.  [PENDING]
Blood of the earth: Found Magma.  [PENDING]
Tempting fate: Harvested some adamantine.  [PENDING]
You've doomed us all!: Breached a spire.  [PENDING]
Hearts of Steel: Destroyed a demonic incursion by any means.  [PENDING]
Hearts of Adamantine: Destroyed a demonic incursion using mainly soldiers.  [PENDING]
No Frontiers: Established a colony in the underworld itself.  [PENDING]

-Endgame or Close to it-
Darkest of Days: Have at least 20 legendary soldiers killed or permanently injured in a single battle.  [PENDING]
Evacuation: Evacuated the fortress and moved to the caverns for safety.  [PENDING]
Forelorn Hope: Had a squad of dwarves defend the evacuees and survive, routing the invaders.  [PENDING]
Last Stand: Had a squad of dwarves killed to the last either directly or succumbing to wounds while routing invaders.  [PENDING]
Dying Like Animals: The invaders have killed or nearly killed all dwarves in the fortress. [PENDING]
Your Strength has been broken (Achieved if all dwarves die during an invasion): The enemy has bested your warriors and exterminated the populous.  [PENDING]
Flight from Carryscar: Only a handful of dwarves remain and it isn't feasible to rebuild. (abandonment)  [PENDING]
Losing is fun!: The fortress has fallen or been retired.  [PENDING]
May the peace stand eternal: None could break the will of the fortress, and Carryscar has retired peacefully (game ends without fortress destruction.): [PENDING]

-Moods and Misc.-
I maked you a amulet!: A mood produced something pretty but oh so very useless. [ACHIEVED!]
Do you like it? Your axedwarf will: Had a mood produce a solid weapon. [ACHIEVED!]
Fit for a King: Had a mood produce useful furniture. [PENDING]
Firsties!: Something has happened to yo DF career. [ACHIEVED!]
Beastmaster: Manage to domesticate a large predator [PENDING]

[DreamerGhost]

Some twaeking could make this into a legitimate achievements list for Civilisations Forge mod. You would only need to replase "Carryscar" with "your fort", add some to full the spectrum, for example something for artifact armor, and replace all seiges with sieges.