Things are going swell in Manorblow!
One of the neighbors was over for a visit, supernice dwarf! Should have mentioned that his hobby is necromancing though. Or we could have waited with butchering the horse. His little party trick was hilarious though. Gave me quite a scare there for a second. Ha ha ha!
But now we are fiiiiiiine.
The horse skin named Eshonnitig is finally at peace, coffins are in the making, we have elected a new expedition leader and one of the migrant who just arrived had some usable social skills and became broker. And I'm sure we will select capable people to fill the other spots that opened up recently like bookkeeper, chief medical, manager and militia captain.
The wagons of the Tan Swords left because the trade depot wasn't quite finished during the little party we had. No matter, we still managed to trade with the two merchants who came with camels.
"Welcome liaison!
No, don't worry about the dead bodies over there.
It's a fine tradition in Manorblow to air out the recently deceased a bit before the burial. It's perfectly safe now, I assure you, ha ha!
We are doing fiiiine, liaison. But thanks for asking.
How is the king? Doing well in our mighty fortress far away from the necromancer towers? Wonderful!
Do give him our regards, please!
What we want to trade next year? Next year, ha ha ha?
Some coff... I mean some leather, already tanned, please.
Why? We don't want to butcher any animals ourselves around here anymore.
Hmm, no no, no particular reason. We just really like plants!
Oh just ignore him, that's our old expedition leader. He's harmless, just going for a stroll. Walkabout or something he said, trying to find himself. What he's babbling about horse skins rising? Don't mind him, he has a very vivid imagination.
If you happen to see some horse hair, don't try to pet it, right?
Just kidding, of course there is no such thing as horse hair moving about by itself, ha ha.
Look at the time! I got to go, liaison, sorry. So much hauling, so little time.
Please, come visit us next year again!
By the way, did you ever think about bodyguards?
Hmm, no, it's not particularly dangerous in this area. Just, you know, the wolves. Big, big wolves with very looong and sharp teeth...
Just think about it, will ya?
Bye!"