-----Chronicles of Tumult and Construction-----
4th Hematite 205I don't really feel anything other than a grim sense of satisfaction at a scheme well pulled off. There are very few dogs left, but there are still many puppies around that need to be gelded. Curse these wretched curs!
As I made my way back to the fortress towing Obok's corpse, I heard a commotion coming from the depths of the main building.
Atir gets smacked around somewhat but receives only bruises. After regaining her composure, she becomes very pissed off and stomps off to see Asmoth and report the troublemaker.
But that was only the beginning of our troubles. Litast grabs hold of a gander and waves it around. Then she punches Urist the brewer in the hand, and picks on a poor stray alpaca, smacking it around the head.
5th Hematite 205Litast is starting another fistfight!
Risen the Chief Medical Dwarf is the target this time. Atir who only got attacked just yesterday, decides to be a good Samaritan and help Risen to the hospital. Risen is pretty furious though. She wants to report Litast for trying to sabotage the fortress.
There were many eye witnesses to that last fight, and they all go seeking Asmoth for justice. Looks like Asmoth is going to have her hands full. This is just horrible and totally unproductive, well at least you can say that they are responsible citizens that care about the safety of their homes.
Even as they make their way to Asmoth's quarters, Litast manages to find another victim. She throws a pig tail fiber glove at Collin and tries to smack him around, but Collin manages to flee. She tries to give chase, but the child is fast and runs away screaming for help.
Litast finally manages to calm down after that long chase and immediately starts regretting everything that has transpired. She feels guilty but I doubt that will ease her pain. Hopefully this will be the end of her episode, but I fear more is to come. What a wretched way to pass the days!
With all this malingering going on, I'm forced to take the military off training to assist with the corpse hauling. We cannot have the corpses disrupt trading this season.
Meanwhile, the mayor has her hands full trying to cope with all the complaints coming in.
Once she is done with Logem, she takes a break in her office, munching on some biscuits only for Litast to barge in and start crying all over her while she tries to relax. I'm afraid she will not get any chance for some peace and quiet for quite awhile yet.
Gwolfsky comes up to me and requests to be elevated to the nobility, he looks earnest so I quickly went to check the records. Sadly I had to inform him that we have not reached the proper requisites to even be considered a barony. Taupe manages to catch wind of all this and stomps in admonishing Gwolfsky harshly, all the while glancing over at the direction of the Captain of the Guard's tower and remarking aloud,
"We have enough scheming dwarves as it is, we certainly don't need another."Pyrotechno passes by all the commotion, hauling some copper bars to be made into shields and mail shirts and shakes his head in disapproval.
Well after all that commotion, at least we were able to get some work done, relocating all the damn corpses further underground and out of sight.
16th Hematite 205A human caravan from Usmenbehal has arrived. We spotted them coming in from the southwest corner.
Conditions look to be rather safe for trading, only the dog corpses are left on the bridge and plateau. I order all the various spoils of war lying about to be hauled to the trade depot for trading. The caravan slowly meanders its way across the southeast edge. I hope they are not spooked by the dog corpses, we sorely need their goods and services.
17th Hematite 205Edzul Ellestolin has been re-elected as mayor. Meanwhile, Litast has been moping all over the damn place. I have absolutely no faith she will make any sort of recovery whatsoever but I'll withhold convicting her for the 6 counts of disorderly conduct and 1 count of vandalism out of pity.
23rd Hematite 205Adil Lokumistbar has grown to become a peasant.
He seems competent enough to hold a spot in the military, but since we need farmers badly, I'll let him pick up some skill as a farmer, before drafting the little runt.
2nd Malachite 205We traded for some clay, wood, glass, sand, cloth, leather, food and iron supplies to melt down. I traded away the wooden crossbows and shields cause eugh, those materials remind me of elves.
5th Malachite 205The natural fauna of the Desert of Dreams can be beautiful and rather deadly at the same time. A Giant Gila Monster was lounging about on the eastern plateau, and was disrupting hauling by scaring away the haulers. But Shorast and Haerdalas II came to the rescue. Meanwhile, a herd of Ibex saunter about nonchalantly in the chalky wastelands to the northeast. They are majestic creatures, but unless they want to be made into biscuits I'll prefer if they stayed away from the dikes.
10th Malachite 205Urdim Udisturdim has risen and is haunting the fortress! This is most unpleasant. There is no record of his remains being found. I wonder how he died?
14th Malachite 205The ghost of Urdim has been put to rest. Turns out he died from traps. Huh. These shoddy trap makers don't know how to set the triggers properly, I'll have to screen the defenses for faulty engineering.
16th Malachite 205We have attracted a grand total of 0 migrants this season. Not surprising given the state of affairs here, though I seriously doubt it could be any better out there. I heard rumors that we are currently at war with not one but two goblin civilizations. With the trading wrapped up, the human merchants departed on their way. I bid them bring more supplies next year and we'll have a healthy profit waiting for them.
19th Malachite 205Not much to report, there is much work to be done. Though I heard Edem has grown attached to his ☼silver mace☼.
21st Malachite 205A rumbling noise is heard over the wastes as an enormous one-eyed rhinoceros beetle comes into view over the north eastern wastelands. It begins harassing the herd of Ibex in the northeast. Seeing as its distracted, I take the opportunity to muster the military.
After mauling the ibex, it begins chasing ostriches, so I sent the military out in a spread formation to attempt to surround the beast.
I wonder how everyone feels about beetle roasts?
11th Galena 205In some freak accident, Mudmen have somehow destroyed the locked door leading to Flame II's contraption. How could they have managed to break the door down? I lock the remaining door before the commotion draws any more unwanted attention from the undead denizens of the depths.
16th Galena 205I've been busy as of late, personally overseeing the construction of the magma pumpstack. Things are going according to schedule, I might have magma pumping into our dikes before the end of the year.
Most of the fortress is preoccupied with putting up the outer walls of the magma dike, having finished up most of the hauling duties.
But I have good news to break! Miners that have been delving in search of a spot for the magma drain have found another vein of adamantine!
We have also found hematite veins, but they are buried deep beneath the magma and it would be difficult to extricate them at the moment. Disappointing, but its better than nothing at all.
As for the magma drain, it looks like the original design will have to be amended somewhat, but it is no big deal. The fortress has been busy this entire month trying to haul all the crap that has been left outside, and now that it is done we can focus on other important tasks.
25th Galena 205The other walls of the magma dike are complete! I order all the dog, goblin and troll corpses that have been lying about to be dumped.
Autumn has arrived on the calendar.
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