1st Granite, 1051I've taken over from Drokles Chainglaze. His year-long post as expedition leader
has been plagued by death and slow progress, but to his credit no one expected the
dangers we faced. During his reign I acted as resident woodcutter, and I have no
plans to stop my labor. Considering his experience, I have decided to give
Drokles the managerial responsibilities while I simply act as decision-maker. He
has developed a rapport with us, and I have no wish to subdue his positive impact
upon the forts mood.
Our first order of business is to organize the various labors for improved
efficiency - our current state of aimless task-doing has produced very little in
the past few months. Specific duties for specific dwarfs, rule number one of
fortress organization and a rule that I plan to enforce.
Our current stocks:
2nd Granite, 1051Barely two days after being elected leader do we discover multiple kobolds trying
to sneak past our entrance. What they seek to steal is beyond me - our fortress
holds nothing of impressive value beyond the raw copper nuggets littering our
stockpiles. Their attempts are no doubt mindless, the poor creatures driven by
their very nature to sneak and steal.
4th Granite, 1051Drokles seems busyhanded lately. I imagine that his lack of responsibilities has
led to him feeling ansty, and suggested that he take up stonecarving to numb his
nerves. He has even produced a few crafts that the traders might appreciate.
6th Granite, 1051On one of my trips into the surrounding forest I spotted a massive flock of
buzzards circling just above our entrance. Hopefully they aren't a sign of things
to come.
7th Granite, 1051I ordered the farms expanded. We need to produce more food and the best way to do
that is to increase the size of our tilled soil. The plants are currently growing
in a sandy loam, but luckily plump helmets take little nutrition to thrive (after
all, they are fungus).
Along with that I ordered some of our logs to be stockpiled outside the entrance.
We have more than enough wood and as such I haven't had a need to search for
lumber for some time. I feel aimless without an axe in my hands.
15th Granite, 1051An elven caravan arrived today, traveling over the hills behind our entrance.
They brought numerous wooden crafts, but such a weak material holds no value for
a dwarf. Drokles met with them and agreed to trade various clothing from our
deceased brethern for the small barrel of fruit they brought. He also gave them
a strong reminder to bring useful things, rather than the wooden trash that
seemed to literally grow from trees. Our relations with the elves have always
been shaky, and they simply dismissed his complaints. Both parties left the meeting frustrated.
I made sure they saw me brutally chopping logs as they left.
14th Slate, 1051We are getting sick of plump helmets, so today I ordered the slaughter of the two
beasts who hauled our wagon to this mountainside. No one had become attached to
them during the period between then and now, and at the thought of finely roasted
Yak meat our butchers got to work immediately.
14th Slate, 1051Great news! Migrants!
Possibly attracted by the aforementioned smell of roasted
Yak, 25 new dwarfs arrived from the southeast. A majority were fairly unskilled,
though we did acquire some metalworkers, a broker, and multiple marksdwarfs. I
assigned most of the unskilled to constructing blocks and general Masonry, because
what is a fort without it's builders?
Our Doctor had been serving as the substitute miner and was happy to lay down the
pickaxe and get back to studying physiology.
3rd Felsite, 1051Eshtan was claimed by dwarven spirits today. In his fey mood he hurriedly took
control of our only craftshop and began a strange construction. His odd behavior
was the talk of the fortress, for he had hauled the remains of the Yak over
before closing himself off. What strange object would he create?
8th Felsite, 1051Eshtan emerged from the shop today, holding a strange white object. Getting
closer, I was taken aback: he had crafted a short sword from the bones of the
yak! Deemed "Pointyhails the Scarce Climate," the object was menacing yet
confusing. Despite the superb craftskill employed by Eshtan (who knew he was a
legendary bonecrafter all this while?), would a bone sword even hold against an
inferior, yet metal weapon?
Whatever the case, we welcome his newfound talent to the fort.
24th Hematite, 1051More migrants arrived today, bringing our fortress to 47 total. I assigned most
of them to the inglorious task of hauling - their skills were lackluster and
right now we have more than enough masons.
25th Hematite, 1051
The needs of our carpenters have increased since the arrival of so many new
dwarfs, so today I felled a few trees for the first time in months! It was good
to work with my hands after such a long hiatus, and the carpenters were happy to
have fresh logs from which to craft barrels, beds and bins.
17th Malachite, 1051I've constructed a courtyard of sorts. The main purpose is to funnel any visitors
through a more predictable path, and assuming all goes well we should be alerted
before any invaders step inside our entrance.
29th Malachite, 1051I've constructed a separate entrance than runs past the river canyon and
waterfall. Hopefully this entrance can serve as a more easily defended position,
with a winding tunnel and eventual military patrol.
(OOC)
I laughed so hard when I went to the alerts screen and saw this:
1st Limestone, 1051Autumn has come. In these past 6 months our time has been spent well, with few
interruptions. I recently prioritized military training for the few marksdwarfs
that we have, and set up a rudimentary barracks and range for them to train in.
More to come soon! Also, I now realize some of the screenshots are cut off and will adjust them properly for the next update.
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