Highwall News Journal "All the granite you care about, half the microcline you don't."
1st Galena 107 edition
Stock Prices: Meat ↑ 4.7 Socks ↓ 2.1 Rope Reed ↓ 1.1
Disaster! Human Siege prevents supply caravan! Meat Stocks at Record Low!
The human siege last month has now been confirmed to have prevented the summer caravan from the capital. Turning the already bad food situation into a disaster. According to recent stock estimates the fortress only has enough meat and fish for 2 months, while the next caravan is not expected until spring of next year,-6 7 months from now. The butchers have already begun to butcher the animals, however the output is only expected to ... (continued 2A)
Miasma in the main hall! "Smells like Lye Maker"
The miasma investigation last month has reached it's conclusion today. The fortress guard has identified a number of dracon chunks at the workshop level of the central hall. The chunks are identified as having belonged to the failed mood Lye Maker from some time ago. The chunks had been marked as forbidden by standing orders and were not cleaned up during the usual post mood cleanup. Nobody has taken responsibility for the mistake as of yet, but ... (continued 5E)
Humans Sieging my Fortress? More Likely than you Think.
It is still a mystery why the humans sent an army instead of a caravan this year. According to Trader Kuren (Who has recently been elected mayor) "We had always had good trade relations with the humans, we usually sent them on their way with a very generous profit as well. But maybe they got tired of cloth crafts." No matter the reason, the attacks mean dire things for the future, as the humans typically arrive at the same time as our caravan from the capital. Unless this gets worked out, the current food shortage could last well into the foreseeable future. The bones of the guild representative from last year being found on the mountain north of the fortress has some residents pointing fingers at the newly appointed general ...(continued 1B)
It's looking like Highwall may come to an end soon unless I can find some way to get alot of meat very quickly. The fortress race is [carnivore] so farming can't fix this problem. There are a large number of animals, more than 25 breeding pairs of dogs, cows, horses and chocobo. But I don't know how long they can supply the fortress of 203 without cutting into the breeding stock. And even if I kill all the breeders I can, it might still not be enough.