Lost my carpenter to a 'cave in' from cutting down a tree, confirming the long-held Molvokan belief that trees are the enemy, and most likely in league with elves. The world will only be as it should when someone works out a way to make beds out of safe, reliable iron. He was only an ordinary goblin caste, and unmarried, but the other founders all considered him a friend, and his woodworking skills were excellent. Besides, the death of any Molvokan is regrettable. Since trees cannot be fended off with iron bones or combat skill, further woodcutting will be restricted to expendable individuals - especially the handful of humans and dwarves who have joined the fortress, who will just die anyway when they get old.
I'll need to train a new carpenter from scratch to keep up the supply of high quality beds, especially as I just began construction of a second level on the apartment complex. Out bowyer has no actual experience with carpentry, but at least she knows how to handle wood.
In other news, Warlord Båx has begun recruiting archers and marksmen to fend off buzzards and other aerial nuisances. He also placed an immigrant shadow elf in charge of a combat training squad for the benefit of those who looking for an opportunity to practice martial arts. An ettin dropped by for a brief visit, arriving right next to the area where Båx and his squad train. It fell into a panic after a brief exchange of words and blows, and soon succumbed to blood loss from scimitar slices and severe burns. Master Stozu has assigned Song the Tangler (rumored to be under consideration for the position of dungeon master) to work on some secret project with one of the masons. Three years older than Song, she played a key role in completing the recently constructed well system, taking over for our usual miner while Ngokang was taking time off for combat training. Amxu the metal crafter is finally back on her feet, fully recovered from her injuries during the cave elf raid.
(I think this is the first time I've lost a woodcutter directly because of a woodcutting accident. I'm guessing it might have been because the tree was badly charred - in which case, the more dangerous of the Molvokan castes are the biggest threat to their own well-being, just as planned. Stozu herself is especially prone to setting the region on fire, and also getting stuck in trees while flying around. She often requires that a staircase be built giving access to the tree where she is waiting - at which point she will fly down, ignoring the stairs.)
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