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[4maskwolf]

Sounds good. DarkArtemisFowl, can we expect an update anytime soon?

[DarkArtemisFowl]

Writing up some of it right now. Also getting a new computer soon, but don't worry, I'll finish my turn 

[KingBacon]

I might be interested joining this, I just need a dorf with psychotic tendencies. (Also why is the world so young.)

[4maskwolf]

The world is so young because I was genning a large world and didn't feel like taking the time to let it run through the year 1050 or whatever, while not having it stop at year 5. Also, take any dwarf you like and just play up psychotic tendencies, I'm doing that in two other games right now.
Turn or just dwarf?

[KingBacon]

I'll wait till the next save is posted to decide.

[DarkArtemisFowl]

Spoiler: Granite 28th, Eighth Year of Armok (click to show/hide)

The mining is arduous work, but proceedings are moving along fantastically. The bedrooms are 1/4 done and we now have cassiterite. Truly this is an omen; we will now be able to produce bronze, copper, and silver, all important metal for our fortress!

Slate 16th
I've now designated the nobles' hallway, to make way for them to do their work also. The military is being trained well under Mask, and it seems we may finally have a nicely trained squad to defend Orbtrances. I am also constructing doors for the bedrooms, once they are completed, which they should be soon. We have also struck galena, which I believe is an ore of silver. We have been finding great fortunes as of late. Let not the gods turn their heads from us now.

Slate 26th
I fear we may have to advance towards the caverns now. We simply do not have enough wood to create the beds we need for further improvement; For Armok's sake, we barely have enough wood to cover three barrels! This will not do! Onward! Onward, we forge!

Felsite 4th
Before the main entry starts, there is about a paragraph that is scribbled out. You make out exclamation marks among words of frustration. Then the entry begins.

I must learn to control my temper. Maybe I am frustrated as of late with my work. But twenty migrants have arrived, and we've not yet prepared for them. We haven't even touched the workshop level nor the dining hall. Sigh... I never knew it would be this hard to manage the fortress. Yet we must forge on. I've assigned some dwarves to engraving duty, so that we may finish the bedrooms and get that done. Much work is needed to finish, and I don't have anyone else helping me in the mines. I'll order another pick to be made and another miner to be initiated in. It's time I got some help down here.

Felsite 11th
It appears there are some traders. But they do not move towards our Trade Depot... why? I have no idea. They merely mingle amongst themselves near the horizon. They do not seem to carry weapons, however, so I must only assume they come with good intention. Yet they do not move. How strange, especially for being dwarven traders. I must confer with Mask later...




Felsite 15th
The elves have arrived. Wonderful... huh. Well, at the very least they bring us wood. No matter how much they are hypocrites, I will not turn down such a gratuitous offer. We must trade. And... now- wait, what is Rakust doing? Rakust? By Armok... the boy's been possessed by the gods! I must go urge the populace to keep calm, and let the boy do his work. I will deal with the elves in the meantime.

Spoiler: Hematite 5th, Eighth Year of Armok (click to show/hide)

A new baby's been born. And another. I think I shall nickname the first... "Timeless." It sounds great, doesn't it? I'm still trying to decide on what I shall call the other baby. Maybe I'll just call it by it's name. Oh, and I acquired as much wood as possible from those elves. It cost us some rock blocks, but I'm sure we have more than enough rock in the earth to replace that. We shall be fine! Just fine!
10th Hematite
Oh my Armok. I was working down in the mines, all jolly and high spirited, when I heard shouts echo from upstairs. I went up and saw people running in and out of the barracks. I went in myself, and I see Doren Voderal lying on one of the beds, still and not breathing. I demand an answer from Mask. He tells me that the wrestler and him were just messing around, sparring, and the wrestler picked him up and threw him to the other side, assuming he would land just fine on the bed. He didn't, he landed next to it and tore his upper spine tissue, according to the chief medical dwarf. There's nothing he could've done, not that anyone could've done. Every dwarf is taught from childhood that we dwarves can survive anything except nervous injuries. If you take a hit to the upper spine nervous tissue, it's all over. That's what happened. He was unarmored and took the full force on his back.



This is a lesson for the rest of them. I'm making it a priority to get at least leather armor, if not better, for our militia. Right now. I must go now, we must make funeral proceedings.

12th Hematite
My Dalzat, we've just struck the cavern! Not only that, but we've found mountains' worth of native gold and silver! We're all rich! I must report this to the surface! The cavern also has water and trees... truly this is a blessing. The possessed boy has claimed a craftsdwarf's workshop, and so I have ordered the military to go kill a few camels to bring back leather for the boy. I will see to the mining out of the dining hall and the workshops until I collapse of exhaustion.

5th Malachite
Some of the bedrooms have finally be finished and furnished. Finally. Also, I had to kill one of the stray donkeys to give leather for the possessed boy. He is now working on whatever it is that he intended to create, by the hand of the gods. The new migrants aren't helping also, though they did bring some animals we could butcher. We need more farmers though. I'll get on that right now...

I should have the rest of it done by the end of this night. Hopefully.

[KingBacon]

DF Hack solves the trader bug:
Tweak fixmigrant

This happens when the pool of historical figures is low.

[4maskwolf]

Zulban cowered against the wall as Mask stormed in, hoping he would be overlooked. To no avail. Mask grabbed him by the shoulder and hurled him against the wall.
"Armok damn it, that was your squad leader you son of an elf. HE WAS OUR BEST WRESTLER! YOUR TRAINER!"
"Sssssssssssirrrrr, we were just horsing around"
"Horsing around my ass, you up and killed him. If we had a jail set up yet,  I would send you there permanently. As is, all I can do is discharge you from the military. Permanently."
"Bbbbbut sir..."
"Don't you but sir me. Now get out!"

OOC: take his squad off of the active/training if Zekariah agrees with me, he won't train very well as a one man squad anyway. Also, whenever we get another hammer and axe, unassign shadowhammer and I from our squad, place us in a squad of our respective weapon, and give us a rookie each to work with.

[ShadowHammer]

End of the second year, and we have some weapon lords? Impressive. What level did me and mask start at, on embark?
Also, you can make hammers out of the silver you found in the caverns, it's actually a very good blunt weapon material.

[4maskwolf]

Axe 2 for me, hammer 5 for you. And you were hammer lord by the end of the FIRST year.

[DarkArtemisFowl]

Yep, that's why I mentioned we could make silver that, combined with iron armour (hopefully steel later) and bronze also, it should work fantastically.

[4maskwolf]

Oh, and ShadowHammer, I don't know if you saw this earlier but you have grown attached to your copper war hammer. Which means you won't unequip it. Ever. Sorry. Note to all overseers: keep him out of combat. Use him to train our squads. Oh, and DarkArtemisFowl, actually, when you have the resources give both of us like four recruits. It will cut down on idle dwarves and at this point we're good enough soldiers we'll train them descently fast.

[zlob]

A punch in face for an ambitious warrior. 
Just don't get depressed. Being a combat trainer is still a good job! So many recruits to terrorize.

[4maskwolf]

Yep, that's why I mentioned we could make silver that, combined with iron armour (hopefully steel later) and bronze also, it should work fantastically.

Unless I used all of our dolomite wall building (and that would be a really big facepalm scenario) we should have plenty of flux to make steel.

Also, though your time is technically up, I'm willing to give you a two day extension on the fortress.  You're updates are looking good so far.  The new deadline is 11:59 Friday.  Have fun with the fortress!

[ShadowHammer]

Oh, and ShadowHammer, I don't know if you saw this earlier but you have grown attached to your copper war hammer. Which means you won't unequip it. Ever. Sorry.

Drat. Oh well, copper's still not terrible as a blunt weapons material. I could serve as a defense against cavern creatures or something.