Rest in Peace, Monom Akruliden, Broker and Legendary Engraver of Boldropes/Murakgoden. You will be missed.
Monom was torn to shreds by a blind cave ogre. It tore his leg, and his arm off, punched him repeatedly, bruised his skull and more. Before he died - 'Severe Bleeding', 'Over exerted', 'pale', 'Ability to stand lost' and 'ability to grasp lost. He survived being strangled by the ogre for EIGHT PAGES STRAIGHT, passing out on the fifth of thirteen.
Thankfully he was avenged in spades, our blazingly quick commander with his two axes got there and SLOWLY OH SO SLOWLY dismembered the ogre toe by finger by arm by leg... Monom and Iteb were both friends and part of the original seven. :3
Hopefully Iteb doesn't freak out - he's clad in candy and has candy weapons. Legendary axedwarf and legendary dodger, too.
In other news, our miner/mayor narrowly avoided a fiery death when he accidentally breached the magma sea. Suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, he then forbade the export of socks.
Found some more cottoncandy. Building a memorial to Monom, the fortress owes a lot to him.
[EDIT] Two more things. Siege- our legendary herbalist and an unlucky planter were the only casualties. The three squads ripped through the goblins and those that got through were shredded by weapon traps.
And the memorial to Monom reads surprisingly little... I wish it was like an engraving but with only entities relating to the deceased... All I got was 'Monom, creator of McArtifact,' / Lover of horses. Bit odd, you know?
But with the legendary herbalist gone, that's only 5 of the original seven remaining after 4 years game time.