Shipcat's Log - 55. 1st GraniteHere are the stock counts for the end of the year 54.
I was having a grand ol' time training the Wild Boar man to dance for my enjoyment when I received a note from the mayor. It read thus -
Dear Shipcat,
The Grand Council has decided that despite being coerced into your current position of authority, you have performed admirably as the temporary Overseer. So it is with great pleasure that we announce that you shall continue with your official duties as Overseer for the foreseeable future!
Your Mayor,
Ducim Godenoltar
P.S. See if you can install some forges in the tower, and also mine for more adamantine. The Queen demands it.Well looks like I'll have to keep on going then.
In accordance with the Queen's directives, I made preparations to jump start a metalworking industry. Let's see, we'll need glass pump parts don't we? I'll put out orders for a sand pit to be dug.
As for the adamantine, I have plans.
We'll also need to dig a pumpstack to fit those pump parts into. But to be honest, I'm deathly afraid of puncturing the aquifer, I remember what happened to TheCheeseMaker. Us dwarves feel more at home with some solid ground under our feet, not floundering in water.
3rd Granite 55
The warning horns are sounded! We are under attack! Scouts report a group of goblins have been sighted on the horizon to out northwest, the same spot where the goblins attacked from last year. Looks like the goblins quickly mustered up another attacking force in retaliation for their defeat last year. 17 goblins and counting have arrived on the north western slopes and are slowly making their way down towards the fortress. Hurry! Everyone to their stations!
Hammer dwarf Zasit is the first to arrive and leads the charge up the slopes against the goblins, with the rest of the military following closely behind. Zasit takes on the front lines - 4 goblins, with 2 more Bowman shooting from behind the ranks. He nimbly deflects the arrows, while dodging the blows of the goblins.
I'm next to enter the fray, decapitating a Goblin Hammerman with the newly named Drenchedkindling, and hacking left and right at my foes. A goblin comes at me from the side and I slap it in the left eye with the flat of the axe pommel.
Dumat the legendary Speardwarf with the fancy named shield enters a martial trance and throws himself at an enemy Axelord, straight into their ranks.
A hail of arrows comes whistling out of the air - wildly missing the 3 dwarves. A squad of bow and crossbow goblins arrived, stationing themselves upon the slopes. Mosus and Rith - our crossbow dwarves arrive on the scene and fire back a hail of bolts in retaliation. Badly outnumbered, I call upon the Gods to grant us strength, entering a martial trance. Another hail or bolts and arrows are shot at the us, as more goblin reinforcements enter the fray.
All told there seem to be around 40 goblins, though 9 now lie dead on the slops and none of the dwarves have yet to take any injuries. The dwarves deftly jump away from the arrows, as Endok the Spearmaster and Hammerdwarf Goden enter the fray.
More goblin reinforcements are sighted in the distance, this time a cowardly troll. I order a charge as the remaining military dwarves arrive on the scene. Heretic the militia captain dodges a stray arrow and with 2 quick stabs, makes short work of a Goblin Axeman and Goblin Pikeman.
A Goblin Pikeman takes a lucky stab at Goden the Hammerdwarf and Goden loses hold of his silver war hammer.
The three of us that comprised the vanguard are quickly losing ground, though the goblins are in far worse shape. Distracted by Goden's cry of pain, I left the martial trance. But more dwarves rush in to even out the numbers as Axelord Inod comes up from behind to decapitate a Goblin Lasher with her steel battle axe. More than half of the goblins are now dead. Dumat also leaves his martial trance. Another hail of arrows is shot wildly at us as the Goblin Archers start to panic, with the dwarves starting to catch their second wind, as the newly arrived reinforcements charge up the hill. Endok the Spearmaster enters a martial trance, and stabs at the last line of defenders separating the archers from the dwarves vengeance. The Avenger leaps into the goblin's defensive formation, jumping away from stray arrows while bashing in the skulls of several goblins.
More trolls arrive plodding slowly behind. The defensive front line of the goblins is breached as 8 angry dwarves come charging up towards the archers, but a troll steps in our way. A Goblin Bowmen sensing the danger of their situation becomes enraged but is quickly taken down by Endok's fierce charge.
Another troll comes up but both trolls are quickly taken care of with debilitating blows to the limbs, felling the huge foes. The first line of archers is quickly breached, but a second line of archers stand a distance away atop the hill. 40 foes now lay dead, though 18 more remain.
Heretic and the Avenger lead the charge up the hill, as The Avenger sinks into a martial trance. Another regiment of trolls appear on the horizon, but it is far too late to salvage their situation as the goblins are quickly routed.
The trolls themselves are overwhelmed by horror trying to flee but to no avail. The battle rages on as more waves of trolls arrive, only to get slaughtered.
In 3 days of battle, over 100 foes lay dead on the slopes of Constructivory. The Stake of Healers scored a great victory this day. Let the goblins rue the day they dared to set foot onto Constructivory.
Goden, suffering from a cut hand checks himself into the hospital. Iden's diagnosis says that Goden is suffering from some nerve damage in his left hand, his weapon hand. Meanwhile, Deler makes use of the newly constructed well to haul some water to clean Goden's wounds with some of our last remaining soap. Kadol comes in to suture the wounds shut, Gwolfski finishes the job by dressing the wound.
In the meantime, I'm mobilizing everyone to clear up the corpses on the Slopes of Slaughter. I decide to take some of the more unhappy dwarves out from refuse duty. We have enough problems on our hands as it is.
What's this? Taupe has constructed a masterpiece airlock! With some micromanagement, Sanju should now be able to perform her duties in case she wants to.
13th Granite 55
15th Granite 55She claims one of the Mason workshops and instead of picking up one of the nearby rocks, she scrambles into the Mayors room to claim one of the gold nuggets Ducim has hoarded.
16th Granite 55Taupe hauls the gold nugget into the workshop a level below and works furiously on a mysterious construction!
18th Granite 55I had DDDragoni trade away our stock of arrows since we can't really expect to use them over the long term. Next up on the to trade list is a bunch of large socks and sandals. The less crap lying around the better I say! DDDragoni purchased a bunch of fruit as well as a grizzly bear and a giant leopard. Unfortunately we don't have a breeding pair of the majestic cats. I ordered these new arrivals trained for war.
Speaking of animals, They are gonna quickly get out of hand if we don't do something about them soon. Since there is little space in the tower to put them, they are liable to get picked off by enemies in the event that the perimeter is breached. I ordered some of the pastoral types to be slaughtered. Better to get some meat out of them now before they get despoiled by the enemy. I also had the badgers neutered. Too many of them running about without a care in the world, as badgers are apt to do.
20th Granite 55Reg Lolokkulin bestows upon his copper spear the name
Kurolelis - Embracedthins, with 5 kills to its name.
21st Granite 55Taupe steps out of the masons workshop.
"I shall name you Greensilence the Tiredness of Melting!", she boldly exclaims.
Wow, quite a piece of work. DDDragoni estimates its value to be around 72000 Urists.
3rd Slate 55Its a bird, no its a roc, its Sanju! Sanju has broken free! Before I knew what was going on, Sanju rushed out from her secret lair and made a beeline straight for Adil to dispense some dwarven justice.
After rendering Adil unconscious with a swift beating, Sanju wanders off to try to procure some top secret superheroine equipment
(backpack and food supplies). By my powers as Overseer, I quickly took charge of the situation and ordered Sanju back to her secret lair.
6th Slate 55
Zanor Nalthish Elcur has come! The Menace of Plague makes straight for a group of troglodytes, the results are... messy.
It seems Zanor is pretty susceptible to the blast radius impact from its explosive gas emissions, though it heals pretty quickly. For now, it is safely locked behind the cavern gates, and will not be able to trouble us.We have finally become the mountainhome! The Queens entourage of
*one* has arrived.
Finally, the outpost liaison has arrived to join us in this last refuge against all external threats. Welcome to your stay at Constructivory Zefon Doorpassage!
6th Felsite 55I have made some headway into securing access to water down in the third cavern level, this will ensure we can obtain the adamantine veins that are submerged in magma I hope.
8th Felsite 55I had some dwarves investigate.
Looks like someone got splashed by magma mist while dumping troll corpses. I ordered a slab to be carved in her memory.
22nd Felsite 55Concentrating on getting floors done on the upper levels. I will need them for the new bedrooms for the general populace as well as a private suite for the newly arrived outpost liaison.
25th Felsite 55The barracks extension is almost ready. The double thick walls should make it sabotage proof I hope.
27th Felsite 55Finally, managed to cremate all the damn bodies. Being a Overseer is busy work! So many things that require my attention! Hopefully I am getting better at this gig now.
It is now summer.
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