Limestone 6, 132
In order to better fit in with the other dwarves and hopefully have the hidden assassins not notice me I have started stumbling around looking oblivious to the world. I have also changed my title from Lord of all Dwarves to incognito to better blend in. I assigned many other dwarves with the role of mechanic so that more traps could be created faster and better than before.
Limestone 10, 132
Two more tantrums have happened. I make note of those dwarves and plan to execute them as soon as possible.
A dog gave birth to two puppies.
Limestone 14, 132
A Fish Dissector has gone berserk!
Limestone 16, 132
The merchants have arrived and of course the Trade Depot is immediately knocked down. They continue to ride by saying that they need a trade depot. Curse these criminal dwarves. At least we don’t need them too bad since our food stocks are a bit high.
The Diplomat from the mountainhomes has arrived!
Some extra food is always nice so I asked for a lot of it. They were quite reasonable in the things that they wanted to trade next year. They are asking for items any decent dwarf would want.
One a side note the fortress attracted no migrants this season. If we don’t get migrants soon it could be the end of us.
Limestone 22, 132
A Mechanic has been found dead. Obviously the spies are killing off the mechanics in order to slow the production of our defences. In response I assign several more idlers to the role of mechanics.
Then this happened.
I’m actually kind of nervous. I haven’t been training the military as well as I should have been and I expected the outdoor traps to protect us from all threats.
I order a drawbridge to be built at the top of the staircase leading to the depths below. I can only hope that one of these dwarves builds it in time.
Sandstone 1, 132
The Forgotten beast has started traveling towards the fortress. It destroyed a door on its way over. And then it just sits on the stairs not moving.
Sandstone 5, 132
The Drawbridge has been finished. I now give the order to link it to a lever.
First contact between dwarves and the forgotten beast is the death of 2 dwarves boiling alive in its poisonous gas. I order the military to defend the pass next to the drawbridge when without warning Esp the Forgotten Beast sprinted up 40 levels of stairs in less than 5 seconds and started hewing through dwarves. Hopefully their shields will protect them.
Turns out our adamantine equipped dwarves made short work of it, only losing one untrained military dwarf and 7 citizens to this beast.
Esp got a full on last name and title now so his full name is Esp Shipprowler the Marshes of Hunger.
Victory for the dwarves of Workclench! Final kill count of Esp is 9 dwarves.
Sandstone 23, 132
More criminal scum are sent to prison or issued beatings for causing crime. When will these dwarves learn that I am not messing around.
Timber 6, 132
Some fish cleaner is spamming the announcement feed. For some reason he refuses to rest because he is in custody, maybe it’s a principle thing. I dunno, I just hope he dies soon.
Timber 9, 132
Misty the Cheese maker has finally been executed for her crimes against the fortress. It’s about time. Another dwarf has gone missing somewhere.
Timber 17, 132
Animals keep randomly dying. Everytime I count the animals and check my notes there are always less than there are supposed to be.
Timber 26, 132
A bunny was born.
3 more dwarves were convicted of crime. The amount of criminals is also going down (so are the amount of citizens and most of them are criminals.)
Moonstone 1, 132
I started the winter by removing all of the ramps next to the defense pathway. This way enemies won’t dodge into the water only to climb back out. Hopefully they will drown.
Two more dwarves have been executed. One such Iden Letmosromek and Obok Rithlutlor. I hope they find peace wherever they went.
Considering that 44 dwarves have died since last spring I begin making a third section of the catacombs. Hopefully these tombs shall last at least a few more years before we have to expand.
Moonstone 7, 132
Somebody made a statue commemorating the late duchess. I broke a little inside. It was obviously one of the Duchess’s friends who had journeyed with her from the mountainhomes into Workclench. I can only hope that people remember me when I pass along.
Moonstone 9, 132
I discovered that some enemy traitor had suspended all of the orders for serrated iron disks and that was why the trap production was down to a minimal. If I ever get my hands on this conspiracy they are as good as magma.
Moonstone 24, 132
Somebody seems to have been eating mussels on top of the monument. How strange.
It turns out that water freezes and this may be a problem if we ever get invaded during the winter, rendering some of the traps useless.
Opal 1, 132
My time here as overseer is up and I still haven’t finished a single project. I spent an entire year without accomplishing a single thing other than slaughtering 42 criminal dwarves. I am so depressed.
Three more stray draltha have starved to death because of my oversight of blocking off their pen from the rest of the fortress. I also ordered a channel dug 4 months ago to reconnect the two areas and no dwarf has done it yet.
For some reason the mayor has banned exporting hives.
Opal 8, 132
4 more criminals have been convicted of assorted charges of vandalism and disorderly conduct.
Because of all of these criminals that have been put to death I have given myself the title of Keeper of Law and that shall be my legacy.
Opal 11, 132
Most of the dead draltha have started rotting away. The cloud of miasma is so thick you can hardly see through it.
Opal 12, 132
With my new title of Keeper of Law I need to do something worthy of it. I will construct a huge jail that is big enough to house all of our criminals as well as provide a modicum of comfort for them. I assemble the miners and order them to start working on it right away.
Opal 21, 132
The first rooms of the new prison have been furnished with a bed and an iron chain. Many more are still to come.
Opal 25, 132
The deadline of my rule is coming to an end and I have only finished the first wing of the new jail. It will have to be the job of the next overseer. Even in this I have failed. I am sure that the spies are laughing at my incompetence.
Obsidian 1, 132
The last month of my rule has begun.
I cancelled all of the old jails chains to be used for justice now that the new prison is serviceable.
Obsidian 8, 132
A dog gave birth to twins. That slowly replenishes our animal population (now 98.)
The second wing of the prison has been furnished, all without the beds since we ran out after the first wing. At the moment there are 22 cells that are open for criminals. At the same time there has been no crime since the start of the winter so I think that the prison has struck terror into the hearts of all the dwarves considering crime.
Obsidian 15, 132
I don’t know if it is an achievement or what to have used up 40 something iron chains in less than 2 months.
Obsidian 23, 132
A dog gave birth to 4 more puppies
Granite 1, 133
And with that my rule is over. I nearly finished building the new prison which is pretty good considering I did this in 3 months.
I built lots of traps to defend the fortress from outside invaders. Hopefully the ones that survive will dodge into the water where they will drown.
I expanded the tombs but since I was constructing the prison at the same time it never got finished.
I also cleared up the justice system on the overview screen. I convicted everyone who needed convicting (which was quite a few.)
I built a wall around the corpse stockpile to prevent dwarves becoming horrified at the sight and also defend against a potential necromancer invasion.
I know leave this in the hands of the next overseer, whoever is elected after me. I now retire and live a long life watching the prisoners struggle in their cells.
Notes for the next overseer:
-I have the magma forges vomiting out traps to be used in the defense network on the top floor. Every so often just build some weapon traps using 10 serrated iron discs to keep the numbers down (went back to it after a few months and we had 85 extra)
- Hopefully the dwarves rebuilt the trade depot but I would check again just in case. If you missed it, it was knocked down a total of 5 times.
-I would suggest trying to trade away the hundreds of wooden minecarts on z -6 because as far as I know we don’t have a use for them.
-In case of invasions pull the lever outlined below
Good luck with the future of the fortress!
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