First part out!!!
Orbsshock's Overseers' journal,entry 2:than 402
9th Granite,128.
What a battle!Like the goblins and the treehuggers were not trouble enough,now we have necromancers to worry about.And it looked like such a nice place to settle...Well,as my father always said,to be a dwarf is to be beseiged.That's how we survived,that's how we became strong and ventured into places where humans and elves would not dare to tread.And to be an Iron Fist is to be in constant vigilance,a guardsman against a hostile world full of goblins,elves and undead.I knew that when i took the oath and never regretted my choices.That's how life always was,and that's the way it has to be.
Still,we lost many good dwarfs that day.One of them was my nephew,and aspiring marksdwarf by the name of Edem Tosidlorsith.Another was my cousin,Sarvesh Zuglarber,another marksdwarf.I swear to every god that exist or that will ever exist,their deaths will be avenged.
After the battle was finished,4maskwolf,the Captain Of The Guard and current Overseer, asked us to meet him in his office.When we all got there,he informed us that according to Tradition,he had to step down from the position of the Overseer.He said that due to the recent events,he could not see anyone but a soldier rise to power.He then asked for volunteers.Since no one seemed willing to take over,i volunteered."Congatulations",he said."You are now the Overseer.I shall inform you about the rights and the obligations of your position,and the problems out fort is currently facing.The rest of you are dismissed".
Well,let's hope that everything will turn out okay.
10th Granite,128
First day as an Overseer...wow,i don't think i will ever get used to being called that.
The fist thing i noticed,is that we completely lack a graveyard.I ordered 20 coffins to be constructed immediately.These dwarves gave their life for the fort,a proper burial is the least we could do to honor them.Speaking of which,i also have to replace the casualties.I assigned what few marksdwarves knew how to hold a crossbow to our marksdwarf squad,and a few more to our military squards as well,so now we have a standing army of 27 dwarves,almost half our population.We can expect migrants soon,so that won't be a problem for long.
12th Granite,128
As i was sparring,i saw a swordsdwarf,Mebzuth Gebstukos,a.k.a. our only potter,cry scream and curse.He cursed the goblins,he cursed his luck,and his choice to settle in this place.Although the sight of him throwing a tantrum was quite disturbing(and annoying,and sad),i can't really blame the poor guy.He's been through a lot lately.
And he's been standing there with a broken leg for days,somebody send him to the hospital,already.In other news,i resumed the production of armors,specifically breastplates and placed doors in front of our refuse stockpile.
2nd Slate,128
Lots of stuff happened in the past weeks.After several days of shouting and crying,someone finally remembered poor Mebzuth and took him to his bed.I then noticed the reason he was ignored for so long:We don't have a hospital!Well,our dormitory was just promoted to hospital...The graveyard is all but finished too.In our search for minerals,we have excavated very large spaces in the second layer.I set our graveyard there,and i also set a stone stockpile,since out previous one was insuffecient.Kinda hard to work when you have to watch your step with all these boulders around.We got some new life too!A boy and a girl,apparently born in the same day.Congratulations,Endok and Ustuth.
I also saw Asob Bibankubuk,the commander of our marksdwarves,wander in the halls.When i asked him where he was going,he ignored me and started rambling something about "elder spirits" and "gift from the mountains".Then he went to his room and started shouting for hours,where is it,where is it,where is it?One of the creepiest things i've ever seen...
7th Slate,128
I noticed that one of the graves was used to bury one of these horrible necromancer that attacked us,the dwarf.I was quite upset about it,but the other dwarves informed me that it was necessary,otherwise he would return as a ghost,while retaining all of his powers.Still,a waste of space.
Five days later,Asob is still locked into his room,shouting and hitting the walls.Some people who know him informed me that he was a great jeweller,and so he probably needs an appropriate workshop,of which we don't have.On the one hand,working with jewelry is against the Fists code of conduct,but on the other hand...i've seen a mood fail to produce results before.It ain't pretty.The girl was barely an adult,and she started screaming so loudly i thought her throat would shatter.She then started to attack whoever went near her,breaking a man's arm and killing a cat by ripping the poor thing in half.We had to kill her...I still have nightmares of that day.
13th Slate,128
Okay,that's it.I won't see another incident like this.I will construct a jeweler's workshop and bring it down when he finishes with it.It's technically against the rules,but it's the best compromise i can come up with.
Why is it taking so long for our armorers to start with our armors?
25th Slate,128
Okay,so when i said armorers,apparently i should have said armorer,because we've got only one and he's not very good at his job either.
I remedied the situation by allowing some more people to craft armors,so finally we have our first steel breastplates.The craftsdwarfship is...not very good,but it's passable,and it surely deflects goblin axes better than our chests.I also allowed some gem cutters in order to construct that Armok damned jewelry.
Oh,poor goblin.You just so happened to show up when i wanted something to discharge the pressure of the past few months...
27th Slate,128
Sadly,he got away.But now we have a very annoying coyotes to take care of.
Well,better than nothing,i guess.That should put some more meat on the menu,and some more pelts for our marksdwarves' armor.
2nd Felsite,128
28 new migrants have arrived.Good,we need some extra hands.I also placed Inod Areklogem,our bone carver,as our chief medical dwarf.Bone carver,bone setter...whatever.How bad can it be?
10th Felsite,128
Finally,he started his super special awesome project using...a single gem...It better be worth it
17th Felsite,128
A prase flash,menacing with spikes of prase...At least he can go back to business,so it's something,i guess.In other news...
THE HELL???
Oh,and the elves came back...more free stuff and a nice way to train our army?Don't mind if i do!
20th Felsite,128
The elves are done for,the zombie coyote came closer and we put it down,and the goblins sent some more snatchers.Business as usual.Oh,and the goblins sent another patrol,which we took care of rather easily.
22th Felsite,128
Finally,the necromancer showed his face.
He raised parts of the goblin ambush,and in typical wizard cowardice,he got away before we could give him his just desserts.The goblins sent another ambush,and apparently there's another necromancer around,because the previous ambush is now fighting with the current one.Sadly,a marksdwarf found himself in the middle and got killed.
The stress of the position...So many dead...No,must stay calm...Must lead us out of this shithole...
Dear Armok,the child too.Who would be stupid enough to bring a baby to battle?
1st Hematite
Aaand,now the elves are coming back to haunt us.
6th Hematite
Another dead,and we're still unable to find the necromancer.That does it.Half my army is in the hospital,the other half fights naked.I'll have to shut down the fort for a while,regroup and then return with proper equipment.
It is done.The fortress is now in a lockdown.We'll stay that way for a while,take care of our wounded,craft some equipment,raise our spirits a bit and then regroup and drive the necromancers,the goblins and everything else out there away.
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