Journal of Vlad, Number ?
FUCK.
Journal of Vlad, Number ?+1
So Gnora is Overseer now. And ve vere just on the verge of gettingk the good beer, I could feel it.
And to make matters worse, someone is followingk Thane. Vlad is goingk to have to cut someone, and Gnora vill probably be consideringk that a crime. Still, am glad Barkov decided to tell me.
Olin does not be showingk up to trainingk, Brenzen is actingk all depressed because fort not goingk along with knighthood, and ve'll probably all be forced to farm. And Brenzen is showingk up at trainingk again, vhich means more inspirational speeches, yes?
Vlad might have to be takingk matters into own hands, yes? So Vlad has gotten together group of axemen to form own squad. Ve vill be trainingk soldiers to be real soldiers! However, is problem! Brenzen has neglected to provide us all with armor!
Thane, please make us armor. Ve vant to keep our appendages!
With the Olympians thing, I see no reason for them not to exist, but introducing that many NPCs to the fort is something I really can't see as being a good thing. Previous factions worked because named characters fit in them or we used nameless, purposeless mooks. Organizations also generally appeared as they became relevant - for example, the Cult wasn't a serious thing until Maskwolf was the Overseer, the Faction didn't exist until Fractal was overthrown and proceeded to loose relevance after that... basically they were just an easy way to keep track of Steelhold's rapidly changing politics.
As a matter of personal taste I like to keep things centered around the fort, but so far really nothing's happened except inter-character junk. Of course as soon as something happens it'll probably kill off Vlad, so whatevs.
EDIT: I'm downloading and checking out this save. I've kind of gotten bored of my own forts at the moment. Oooh, Vlad has his own squad?
Also, Gnorm: We need some armor, stat. Even if we have to make it out of leather (which we should have plenty of) or get us some wood bucklers, as of right now the majority of our forces will get destroyed in a melee. You also might want to consider drafting some archers, we have plenty of dwarves skilled with a crossbow.
Eh, we might survive.