Bittenoiled, my reclaimed after a hilarious goblin assault/tantrum spiral/forgotten beast rampage tripple whamy in its 5th year fortress is now approaching 20 years since reclimation. 175 dwarves, a full quarter of them children, 30 axe and hammer lords, 80 dead, 8 defeated forgotten beasts (including one who drowned in the underground lake in the first cavern), a shattered goblin empire whose second in command died in a drowning cage after his army was destroyed on my doorstep, over a hundred goblin warriors eaten by the gates of Bittenoiled, not a kobold in sight; we think we've got it all.
Recently we punched through into the third cavern down and sighted the magma sea. We also discovered a small cluster of the blue. Probably only 30 tiles, and only on the one level. Its my first time encountering this stuff as my forts usually don't survive this long. It has been dedicated towards upgrading the arms and armour of the Bittenoiled militia. The Blockaded Torches, having existed since the reclimation of Bittenoiled, once led by the great hero Zan Cultfountain who commanded the militia in the reclimation, who personally slew 5 invading forgotten beasts including Arak, a 4-legged beast of amber and horns who destroyed the first fortress, and over two dozen goblins, only to fall defending his comrades against the gigantic iron turtle Gilafi, who, during his rampage, slew over 20 brave dwarves until the mighty hero Zan tackled the beast over a cliff, sacrificing himself in order to incapacitate the beast long enough for the brave miners to drop the roof on it; they get first pick. They are going to need it.
The upper 2 caverns are practically sublime compared to here with their cave crocodiles, giant olms and pond grabbers. Down here we face hordes of Elk Birds and Rutherers. So many Goddamn Elk Birds. One has slain 4 dwarves and earnt himself the name Tekkudbal. He was sucessfully captured and placed in the zoo for all to marvel at. We've killed a dozen of each and still they come. We also discovered a caravan of human traders passing through, as such we are moving to build a road through the cavern, and possibly a trade depot complete with defences down here; a deep road to compliment the roads we have begun on the surface, connecting up with the mountainhomes and the over the civilizations of the land.
Two more forgotten beasts have come, one a great earwig, now splashing about in the lake in the first cavern; the other a giant humanoid made of black bronze. He will prove formidable. I may need to drop the roof again as we haven't started handing out the adamantine axes to replace the steel.
We also spotted some purple helmet men in the north side of the lowest caverns. I hope to capture and examine some of them as well. They look delicious... and brewable.
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