Dhoors Journal year 155 first part
21st GraniteAlmost everything is ready. Snodub and her campanions loiter around one of the small lakes on the plateau. I figured out that to get her inside without trolls and footgoblins I will open an entrance next to her by drainig that pool.
Marksdwarves on the right side, behind fortifications and Armored Savages on the left to get them from behind the wall. We are wainting for the right moment to come.
29th GraniteThat little boy encouraged us more then anything. He's just 2 years old...
Thikut killing a goblin, it has to be a good sign! I' m sure we will make it!
Let the goblins loose!
3rd FelsiteLast month was the time of blood and pain... she was just a damn goblin and who would know that Snodub wasn't as dumb as she looked like? We were excepting she would lead her raiders inside, where we were waiting. Instead she sent down trolls. We were surprised but we did hold the ground, our soldiers did well. Now I think that it was time when I should have abandon the plan, but I didn't.
Now I'll try to sketch and describe what happend.
When the water got shallow enough there were some movements aboveground. Two crawlers, but without raiders, rushed down the corridor. They were quickly shot down and when we were wondering where are is rest of them few trolls showed up. It wasn't what we were waiting for but I've ordered closing the bridge and we sloughtered them, without casualties among dwarves.
It seemed so easy when I was standing there among dwarves eager to kill. I was sure nothing could go wrong. "Lower the bridge! We're gonna show'em what we're made off!
But she was just waiting there, on the bank.
More trolls and goblins was sent down on us. We fought them, but this time it wasn't so easy. Beirus II got some bruises and one of the marksdwarves was wounded. And some of our dogs were unable to fight anymore. Again, brigde was closed.
Immediately after closing the brigde Snodub started getting away, at lest it seemed so...
I was blinded by the bloodlust and bridge was lowered again. Tens of goblins and trolls rushed in. I've come to my senses pretty quickly and shouted commands but when messenger confused my orders and wrong lever was pulled, chaos broke into our lines. Water mixed with blood everywhere, We were cut out from fortress. I don't know what happend there, I was shouting, Beirus II was lying in the water defending himself, trolls and goblins were dying. Suddenly someone understood what is hapennig. Bridges where switched and we've managed to fight them off. There were strange little bodies scattered around but I didn't think about it. Again only one thing was in my head, Snodub is so close, just behind that bridge... "Lower it!"
We did it. Again I've lost myself in some kind of trance. There's one thing I remember as clear as nothing else. Thikut and her axe...
How I wished it was my axe! I've almost attacked Thikut. Nonetheless I was happy. We've won, siege was broken, Snodub killed.
After a while I realised what happend... and I'm sorry.
12th FelsiteBeirus II, Thikut, Risen and Atis are severly wounded and Icecoon diagnosed infection in every single wound they got. Two babies were sloughtered and ripped apart by trolls. It's not how it supposed to be.
I feel responsible for that, I should have arranged ammo stockpiles, cornered fortifications...
But first of all I should have stop it when I knew that Snodub isn't going to step down into our trap so easily...
I'm reorganizing our militia - no female dwarves, except the really talented ones. Smaller squads, constant training - we'll be prapared. And of course soap, and well in hospital, and tables.
15th FelsiteI hope Houn will like it, I would like it. At least it's some kind of succes... Snodubs head, near her bed, Snodubs body, that's so bawdy. Ha ha.
And that kid who made the Ring, I officially declare him The Prophet.
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