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[Fleeting Frames]

Well, I guess I've now read the in-depth storylines of both forts.

...xub313's graphs need to be updated, for one, but it was bit helpful in what to expect/which to read first. For one, it helped me find that I am indecisive in what I want.

And read it I did. Not every page but rather the updates.....And even that took a long time! Not unexpected with ...what, 17 years I guess of succession fort.

Spoiler: Fortress1 (click to show/hide)

You people did some grand work.

Spoiler: Fortress2 (click to show/hide)

You people did some grand work.

It's....The differences are....Each overseer may have their own character, yet new years do not result in as much of a mess as I've thought of succession forts, even if they result in about as much of a mess as I've come to expect. The changes echo years down the line and change the history. Origamiscienceguy's start is still affecting the present 7 years later in myriad ways, and the decipherable pattern reveals a bit about the nature of succession forts everywhere, even with the stated goal of differentiating the fortresses.

[Zuglarkun]

Accidentally put parts of my records of the turn during summer into the previous post. I didn't really keep full on records for this portion of the turn, so details are bound to be missed and the dates and events below may not be wholly accurate or in order.

Spoiler: Fortress 2, Summer 133 (click to show/hide)

15th Hematite


A caravan was sighted heading our direction from the southwest. Oh, just in time as well. I was sorting through all this gear that we've been accumulating for all these years, and I must say I don't understand why some dwarves would want to hold onto troll fur socks or the like. Heck, some of these gear are simply oversized for our dwarfish physiques. Oh, i forgot to mention the gear of elvish make either. Why tolerate this shoddy wooden gear when you can have decent dwarfish gear made for you that fits? Are our crafters craftsdwarfship not good enough? Well whatever, I got the folk to haul up all the stuff to the trade depot. We don't need it, so might as well see if we can get something for it in return.


17th Hematite


The mayor was re-elected. Well, since everyone is too busy fighting each other to bother running against our mayor, I guess this is to be expected.

In other news, Catten, whom was last spotted spouting obscenities and making a complete ass of himself has been missing for a week.


I don't understand how with all this fighting and general madness going on, we are still able to keep tabs on everyone's whereabouts. Well why should I care if another loony goes missing or kicks the bucket?



Well that was unexpected.


14th Malachite
With the human caravan eager to be off (Why is everyone so eager to leave? What's wrong with Workclench?) and broker Meng Olinroder busy throwing tantrums, I got Edzul zasnakas, spared (spared from what?) to conduct trade in his stead. Most of the large stuff, troll stuff, grown stuff got traded away for food, seeds, and other supplies I deemed necessary. Unfortunately, I found out we had even more stocks of all this unnecessary stuff still lying around. They will have to be traded away next time round.


17th Malachite


I don't get it, what is so dangerous about this place? Well anyway, I took down their particulars and as overseer of this fortress, gave them a warm welcome to Workclench. 7 dwarves were added to our rosters.

Datan Eshtananam, Pump operator
Morul Sanusducim, Animal trainer
Erib Beros, Peasant
Cog Tiristalil, Fishery Worker
Tulon Zokenkadol, Beekeeper
Bembul Vesrith, Animal trainer
Udib Tekkudlenod, Peasant



Hmmm... perhaps I spoke too soon. But the beast is contained in the sealed portion of the caverns I'm told. I think it's safe for us to ignore it for now.



With trading wrapped up, the merchants were eager to leave. I overheard some unsavory rumors from them about our fortress and I'll be looking into that soon. I hope things are not as bad as they've said, otherwise how will we convince others to make the long trek here?

I got acquainted with the circus that everyone was babbling on about in hushed whispers. Not first hand of course, I wouldn't want to see a clown close up. Uh- I will have to do something about that, let me consult with, erm. Well since everyone that has been here for sometime doesn't seem uncomfortable by the notion, I guess I will just have to consult with my other fellow migrants about this new discovery and see what they think about it. Yes, now I understand why everyone is so eager to leave this place.



I got the newly arrived animal trainers to work on a cave crocodile breeding program. What could go wrong right?



Bah, things could be worse.

3rd Galena


Well fuck me silly. I should learn to shut my mouth next time. I ordered a general retreat to the burrows and hoped that my outburst did not jinx our chances of survival.



It is most odd, but the dragon seems to have taken little notice of us and has opted instead to loiter about the fields to the southwest of our position, amusing itself by starting prairie fires. I knew we would not be able to face it head on, not with the state of the military (I am sorry Zon and Zan, but too battle scarred veterans do not an army make) so I quickly hatched up another plan. I got the mechanics to install a row of cage traps on the entryway to our fortress proper. I just hope that they work quickly and quietly enough not to attract the dragon's ire before they are done.

With tensions rising and all of us huddled so closely together, as the fate of the fortress hung in the balance, things were bound to get dicey. A scuffle broke out, resulting in the deaths of Medtob and Tun.





Newly arrived Datan was horrified at the grisly sight. It is unfortunate, but this is the true face of Workclench. Self inflicted dwarf on dwarf brutality is a major cause of deaths here.




8th Galena
SHIT! THE DRAGON FINALLY TOOK NOTICE OF US AND IS HEADED OUR WAY! ARMOK SAVE US! I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!






9th Galena
All is quiet on the surface, the trade depot lies in shambles but the dragon is nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile... a cage is being hauled to the animal stockpile...





In other happenings around the fortress, Lorbam has come of age! Good for you! I hope you wished for us not to get eaten by any dragons!




10th Galena
I just learned from our haulers that we have captured Acathi. The mere thought of it sends shivers down my spine.

With fearful anticipation I set off to lay my eyes on this fearsome creature that I've only heard tales of as a young dwarf. As I went past the cave crocodiles chained to their nestbox, a great idea popped into my head! We should try to tame this awesome mythical beast and turn this foe into our friend!

I discussed this matter with all the animal trainers that have assembled to gaze upon this mythical creature. After a polite discussion, we decided that by merit of competency, Bembul was to be assigned as its trainer.

Later in the day, I revealed my plans for a dragon turret defense system to the nobles and immediately Zon, the captain of the guard and a respected voice of reason amongst us began to tear into his beard and argued against the notion. He bemoaned my lack of foresight and criticized my plans as 'immature' and 'naive'.

"So what you are saying is that you're gonna entrust the fate of this fortress to this gibbering idiot?" Zon shouted as he pointed an accusing finger at Bembul.

"I don't see the problem, sure its no walk in the park but Bembul is an experienced animal trainer." I countered.

"No you don't understand you fool! Whomever heard of a dragon among dwarves! That is like putting a fox in a turkey pen! If ever this fool here neglects to train the beast, we'll all be sitting ducks!" Zon raged.

"Well that won't happen, you see we are gonna chain the dragon up and-"

"-You are naive to think a chain will keep us safe when the dragon goes on a rampage!" Zon pointed out.

"Well you're the one who made me overseer in the first place! Now you have to listen to me!" I retorted.

At that remark, Zon stomped off fuming, remarking why should he have hoped to care we wouldn't do ourselves in in the first place.


As I pondered my options, I happened to glance over at the charred 'face' that stood mockingly over the fortress grounds; the charred remains of Acathi's attempts at self amusement. It was almost like it was mocking us saying, "This is going to be what you all are going to look like one day!"

Well I am going to prove you all wrong!



And we will start with this!



As part of the plan to make way for the placement of the dragon turret, the memorials above ground were dismantled and moved below ground, into the newly excavated mausoleum. They were relocated there along with other memorials that were carved but for some reason not yet put up. And so it is we managed to put another restless spirit that we've neglected thus far to rest.




26th Galena
Another tragedy, Lor Giginkadol was struck down with a bronze pick by Dodok Asildom.




By my estimates, the dwarf on dwarf violence is escalating. I have a plan that I hope will prevent that problem in the future. I just hope that one of the loonies don't get to me first like they did to Lor, before I can put it into action.



Autumn has come.

[eerr]

Spoiler: Fort 2 initiate question (click to show/hide)

So when does an animal trainer become an expert swimmer?

[Fleeting Frames]

Spoiler: "Fortress 2 comment" (click to show/hide)

A new migrant animal trainer....
If they're the restless haunt sort and have no relationships, getting them to pet the dragon once can be great for sealed pillbox training.

Though it is also somewhat risky and may be just a pointless death. Well, there's lot of that going around.

[Zuglarkun]

Spoiler: Fortress 2, Autumn 133 (click to show/hide)

2nd Limestone



Crundles have been spotted near the farms, and a fight broke out. Fortunately no one was too badly hurt. Further inspection reveals that an open vent that led to the caverns (previously used for dumping) was found to be the culprit. This is most disturbing, I wonder how long this has gone unnoticed? I've given orders for it to be sealed.





Meanwhile, young Lorbam stumbles upon Lor Giginkadol's corpse, which somehow that triggers her emotional floodgates and causes her to break down sobbing profusely.


11th Limestone

The outpost liaison Id Rovodmeng from Zan Bardum has arrived with the caravan in tow.



Meng met with the outpost liaison and ordered some precious gems (mostly diamonds), iron ores and steel supplies. That reminds me, we ought to put our ample iron and steel supplies to use soon. With all the various cavern incursions, expanding the military might not be a bad idea.

Here's the export agreement. I suppose we can butcher more animals to process into leather goods to export to the mountainhomes.



We also got an update of the current affairs from abroad. Not everyday you get news outside of Workclenched!



Huh. Well that's disappointing, I feel that such mundane news is barely worth reporting. On the other hand, I wonder if news of our capture of Acathi makes it out of these walls? We could use more workers. Well, perhaps that's not really the best attraction, though it is certainly better than advertising our never ending supply of corpses.



Well goodbye Id! Be sure to tell everyone about the friendly dragon we captured and tamed! Oh and remember not to speak with anyone about our ample supply of corpses that are still littering the surface!

Oh wait, you're not leaving?



You mean you're gonna stay around and admire the architecture and scenery? Uh... Well suit yourself I suppose.

Meanwhile, an unfortunate incident occurred.



While working on sealing up the gaps in the pipeline, an errant troupe of crundles ambushed and surprised Obok whom had been trying to construct wall partitions around the pipeline. Well shit, I'm sending the non-existent military down there to deal with this infestation. Great, why did they have to interrupt just when the merchants just arrived? R.I.P. Obok. This bad publicity will be the end of us!






25th Limestone
The third caverns have been sealed off, no crundle attacks should appear and threaten us now. Trade can commence shortly, but we have still alot of the elven stuff we need to get rid off.

A short while later...



Yes I know Zan, but apparently a large number of these untradeable grown elf goods were seized previously from an elven caravan. They are marked and it seems the traders won't take them. Why anyone would seize these shoddy elvish goods is a complete mystery to me, Armok damned waste of time! I guess I will have to incinerate them. Trying to redecorate these goods and pass them off as our own will take too much time, effort and resources.

Also, Meng the broker is utterly inept with the craziness plaguing him still. He has been replaced by Ushat, formerly a Gelder.

Apparently, Tournesol and some others did not take kindly to this gesture, they are instigating riots and fights. But rest assured I will have them brought to custody.



Well, too late. They broke Urist's mind. Interrupting the trade going on. Bastards!



Oh well, back to business.




15th sandstone
The merchants from Zan Bardum have embarked on their journey. I hope they don't go about spreading rumors about us now.


1st Timber
Bembul has informed me that our cave crocodile breeding program is a success and cave crocodile hatchlings have hatched! Excellent! What is a moat without deadly predators waiting to tear you limb from limb? I shall see to it that they get trained at once.

Also, what's this?



Migrants! More idle hands to haul all these corpses and useless stuff! I hope you like corpses! Cause you're gonna be seeing alot of those over your stay in Workclench!

I made a quick tally of the new arrivals.

Momuz Odgubedib, Lye maker
Vucar Kogantirist, Peasant
Lokum Othilcilob, Animal Caretaker
Sakzul Bekomast, Peasant
Dobar Alisrakust, Clothier
Etur Solonkidet, Craftsdwarf

Etur here is a speardwarf. I suppose I could stick him in the military. But we don't have enough full sets of armor for everyone. I suppose as an armorer I should get to work on those. Seems like Zan is a pretty good weaponsmith as well, I'll get him to work on some decent weapons.


8th timber


The wereass Fath Nokimbisol has come!

The crazed wereass broke out of cover near the muddy reeds and rushes to the east of the main gate (that was wide open to allow dumping activities) and sped towards the open gates. Fortunately, former militia captain Mistem Berdanlokum was hauling nearby and managed to intercept the wereass with his iron pick. Metalsmith Nil Mesirkulet whom was also nearby fired a shot at the wereass which promptly brought down the beast face first into the muddy soil. Mistem wasn't satisfied though, biting the wereass in the mouth, all the while hollering "Werebeast? I'll show you how a real werebeast bites! rawr!"

The ducal guard were mobilized to deal with the threat, arriving in short order while Mistem pinned the beast down with his iron pick. A swipe of the adamantine axe by Zon decapitated the wereass, damn killstealer.




24th Timber
The old microcline bridge is being replaced by a steel bridge in anticipation of the Dragon turrent nearing completion. I heard steel is able to withstand the scorching blaze that dragonfire creates, let's hope that holds true.



BAD NEWS! In a mix up of tasks, Acathi has been accidentally released from his restraint and is now wandering the surface! Someone leash that Dragon NOW!

Winter is upon you.

[Fleeting Frames]

Spoiler: Fortress 2 comment (click to show/hide)

Mistem and Wereass, laying down in the garden, K-I-S-S-I-N-G

How sweet!

Too bad about the crundles and Urist, though.

[Daniel the Finlander]

Spoiler: Fortress 2 comment (click to show/hide)

In memory of Obok:

[Zuglarkun]

Spoiler: Fortress 2, Winter 133 (click to show/hide)

3rd Moonstone


With some luck, Sakzul Bekomast was able to rein in Acathi and is now dragging the dragon back to its restraints.



Bembul was most displeased with this recent mistreatment of his Dragon friend and was seen fervently praying for better leadership. I am most ashamed of these latest failures, but I hope to do better. I've come up with a plan to deal with our visitors down below. A "obsidianizer" (at least that's what the engineers call it) should be able to deal with the clowns we have. I've shared the spatial specifications with the miners who will start working on it soon.

But first, I need our miners to get started with expanding our food and drink stockpiles. With the recent slaughter of puppies, dogs and other domesticated animals to make way for our cave crocodile population, we have too much meat and offal to cook and store. So a good portion of it is rotting in the kitchens.
 



10th Moonstone


The expansion of the prepared food and drink stockpiles have been completed. Miners can now start working on the obsidianizer in earnest.



In other news, the workbench militia was disbanded. In its absence, we have a few new squads created to take its place. A screening of individuals concludes that some of the military are no longer fit to wield a weapon (well rather there is a growing concern that with their growing mental instability, their wielded weapons will be turned against us and not used to defend us) As such, Inod Razdumat was discharged from our military (with honors). As are Lorbam Tobulangen, Mebzuth Akiratis, Ablel Logemkivish, Zuglar Muthkatrag and Ushrir Keshmafol. All the best!

I took it upon myself to usurp take on the role of military commander. I appointed old hand Shem Zelernish as my deputy, after some shuffling about of positions and appointing some new hands, we tally around 19 in number.













As commander I sent everyone off to train while I got on with the massive task of melting all of the iron ore and the forging of proper dwarven steel (screw the wooden elf stuff) weapons and armor.


22nd Moonstone




The magma cistern is prepared. All that is left to do is to clear the cistern of valuable building materials, like the gold ore and rock debris. Meanwhile, the rest of the populace is busy hauling corpses and elven trash to the incinerator for burning.


28th Moonstone


Zan showed off the first fruits of our endeavors at crafting decent weaponry for the new military; a ☼steel battle axe☼!


1st Opal

The haulers report that the south eastern part of the moat has frozen over, as has the brook on the southern end. This is somewhat worrisome as I'm afraid this will compromise our defenses. Fortunately, after further inspection I've determined that this is no cause for alarm. Besides even if the first line of defense is compromised, we still have a dragon that invaders have to contend with.
 

8th Opal





As reported earlier, the riots are getting out of hand. I've chosen to ride the troubles out though, which has gotten myself some disrepute with the more sane among us. Meng, our diagnoser and former broker is one of those that oppose me methods (during those rare times he is more lucid and not breaking furniture or sulking). Especially since I did nothing after I stood by while watching him get attacked by our own anger prone folk. Can't be helped, if you beat an offender down, 5 more rise up to take his place. What can be done really? As of now, he is most distressed and has petitioned for my removal. I'm not sure what to think of this.



Amidst the growing chaos, I've ordered the stockpiles expanded to accommodate our growing supply of mechanisms, weaponry and armor. Meanwhile, Bembul and the other animal trainers are busy taming the juvenile cave crocodiles. All 20 over of them.


Elsewhere, the preparations for the water cistern are ready with the water floodgates pulled up. We can begin to dig out the outlining wall now, and Dodok has been assigned this important task. In the meantime, the mayor demanded more hives built after we already finished making 3. Okay, I suppose I'm fine with the idea of having mead for meals.

It seems that the recruits are starting to train in the new barracks (situated above the temple) now. Excellent!


14th Opal




Ill news greets us this morning, Inod Razdumat has went insane. Well he ain't the first...



... surely he ain't going to be the last. I sense that Minkot, our mayor will join their ranks soon.



Finally Dodok arrives to clear out the conjoining wall that holds back the underground lake waters from our new water cistern.


Meanwhile, the miners are busy carving out the obsidianizer chambers. Elsewhere, life goes on in Workclenched.




23rd Opal







I checked back with Zan, whom had been working non-stop over a period of days to churn out more shiny ☼weaponry☼, but instead of wielding one of these fine emblems of dwarven warfare, I've instead chosen to wield a shiny blue spear. I've also received report that the conjoined chambers that lead into the obsidianizer have been dug out. All that is left is to dig out and furnish the chambers with retracting bridges to finish the design. I've sent some of our best mechanics to work on the task.



Oh hoh! Bembul reports that our new batch of cave crocodile hatchlings have been tamed.





2nd Obsidian.


A human announced its arrival. When I asked what business it had around these parts, it looked around sheepishly, muttering nothing of import, before skulking off, dragging its naked bum along with him. Are these the kind of visitors our temple is going to attract in the future? I hope not.

Reports are coming in that a certain Lokum Nisharom has risen from the great beyond and now haunts our halls, I did what any sensible dwarf would do and ordered the fella to be properly memorialized.




8th Obsidian
Woe is me! Zuglar and Cilob have been throwing tantrums, killing pets, toppling statues and chasing the outpost liaison around trying to initiate a fist fight. You can't beat them into submission or let them be. These nuts are just a nuisance to contend with!










17th Obsidian


Finally all the corpses from surface and the smiley cave on the southwest end have been gathered up and placed on the trash incinerator platform. I was told there were more corpses still (why am I not surprised) lying in vaults on the southeast end. No matter. The trash incinerator lever was pulled, and i watched as the magma and lava mist flared up as years of grown elven filth, corpses and junk of all kinds plummeted down into the magma below.

Good riddance.


22nd Obsidian

With the dumping orders completed, i lifted the ban on wood collecting which I was not aware of until recently. No wonder there was demand for wooden goods! The obsidianizer is coming along, albeit slowly. I've also been informed that due to my unruly track record with keeping the law enforced with the citizens (What citizens? They are all mad dwarves I tell you) I will soon be replaced with another overseer at the end of the year. Well whatever floats your boat, citizens of Workclench! The obsidianizer is not complete, and my successor will have to figure things out for themselves, for i don't think it possible to finish everything by the end of the year.

I've been told to surrender the official records, so here they are. Well whomever is taking my place, good luck and keep an eye (or two) on the crazy ones!





Well back to working on the forges!

Spring has arrived!

For the sake of convenience, here is the link to the save again.

[Daniel the Finlander]

Thank you for posting your reports, Zuglarkun.

Nep Nep hasn't responed to my PM and hasn't been online since April, so I'm going to skip their turn.

It's now eerr's turn to run Fortress 2.

[Fleeting Frames]

Spoiler: Fortress 2 comment (click to show/hide)

Our worst enemy is not ks, or gs, or even &s.

Our worst enemy is ourselves.

Still, these are some really beautiful gold statues, beneath Olinroder's blood.

[eerr]

Alright turn received.

I plan to Make Number Go Up.

[eerr]

So it's been a week and I only slightly feel like doing my turn.

Spoiler: Fortress 2 (click to show/hide)

 In this hellhole.

But since nobody else is signed up anyway I guess I'll keep the turn.

[Imic]

I would like a turn, don't mind which one.

[eerr]

I would like a turn, don't mind which one.

Spoiler: Fortress 2, Winter 133 (click to show/hide)

3rd Moonstone


With some luck, Sakzul Bekomast was able to rein in Acathi and is now dragging the dragon back to its restraints.



Bembul was most displeased with this recent mistreatment of his Dragon friend and was seen fervently praying for better leadership. I am most ashamed of these latest failures, but I hope to do better. I've come up with a plan to deal with our visitors down below. A "obsidianizer" (at least that's what the engineers call it) should be able to deal with the clowns we have. I've shared the spatial specifications with the miners who will start working on it soon.

But first, I need our miners to get started with expanding our food and drink stockpiles. With the recent slaughter of puppies, dogs and other domesticated animals to make way for our cave crocodile population, we have too much meat and offal to cook and store. So a good portion of it is rotting in the kitchens.
 



10th Moonstone


The expansion of the prepared food and drink stockpiles have been completed. Miners can now start working on the obsidianizer in earnest.



In other news, the workbench militia was disbanded. In its absence, we have a few new squads created to take its place. A screening of individuals concludes that some of the military are no longer fit to wield a weapon (well rather there is a growing concern that with their growing mental instability, their wielded weapons will be turned against us and not used to defend us) As such, Inod Razdumat was discharged from our military (with honors). As are Lorbam Tobulangen, Mebzuth Akiratis, Ablel Logemkivish, Zuglar Muthkatrag and Ushrir Keshmafol. All the best!

I took it upon myself to usurp take on the role of military commander. I appointed old hand Shem Zelernish as my deputy, after some shuffling about of positions and appointing some new hands, we tally around 19 in number.













As commander I sent everyone off to train while I got on with the massive task of melting all of the iron ore and the forging of proper dwarven steel (screw the wooden elf stuff) weapons and armor.


22nd Moonstone




The magma cistern is prepared. All that is left to do is to clear the cistern of valuable building materials, like the gold ore and rock debris. Meanwhile, the rest of the populace is busy hauling corpses and elven trash to the incinerator for burning.


28th Moonstone


Zan showed off the first fruits of our endeavors at crafting decent weaponry for the new military; a ☼steel battle axe☼!


1st Opal

The haulers report that the south eastern part of the moat has frozen over, as has the brook on the southern end. This is somewhat worrisome as I'm afraid this will compromise our defenses. Fortunately, after further inspection I've determined that this is no cause for alarm. Besides even if the first line of defense is compromised, we still have a dragon that invaders have to contend with.
 

8th Opal





As reported earlier, the riots are getting out of hand. I've chosen to ride the troubles out though, which has gotten myself some disrepute with the more sane among us. Meng, our diagnoser and former broker is one of those that oppose me methods (during those rare times he is more lucid and not breaking furniture or sulking). Especially since I did nothing after I stood by while watching him get attacked by our own anger prone folk. Can't be helped, if you beat an offender down, 5 more rise up to take his place. What can be done really? As of now, he is most distressed and has petitioned for my removal. I'm not sure what to think of this.



Amidst the growing chaos, I've ordered the stockpiles expanded to accommodate our growing supply of mechanisms, weaponry and armor. Meanwhile, Bembul and the other animal trainers are busy taming the juvenile cave crocodiles. All 20 over of them.


Elsewhere, the preparations for the water cistern are ready with the water floodgates pulled up. We can begin to dig out the outlining wall now, and Dodok has been assigned this important task. In the meantime, the mayor demanded more hives built after we already finished making 3. Okay, I suppose I'm fine with the idea of having mead for meals.

It seems that the recruits are starting to train in the new barracks (situated above the temple) now. Excellent!


14th Opal




Ill news greets us this morning, Inod Razdumat has went insane. Well he ain't the first...



... surely he ain't going to be the last. I sense that Minkot, our mayor will join their ranks soon.



Finally Dodok arrives to clear out the conjoining wall that holds back the underground lake waters from our new water cistern.


Meanwhile, the miners are busy carving out the obsidianizer chambers. Elsewhere, life goes on in Workclenched.




23rd Opal







I checked back with Zan, whom had been working non-stop over a period of days to churn out more shiny ☼weaponry☼, but instead of wielding one of these fine emblems of dwarven warfare, I've instead chosen to wield a shiny blue spear. I've also received report that the conjoined chambers that lead into the obsidianizer have been dug out. All that is left is to dig out and furnish the chambers with retracting bridges to finish the design. I've sent some of our best mechanics to work on the task.



Oh hoh! Bembul reports that our new batch of cave crocodile hatchlings have been tamed.





2nd Obsidian.


A human announced its arrival. When I asked what business it had around these parts, it looked around sheepishly, muttering nothing of import, before skulking off, dragging its naked bum along with him. Are these the kind of visitors our temple is going to attract in the future? I hope not.

Reports are coming in that a certain Lokum Nisharom has risen from the great beyond and now haunts our halls, I did what any sensible dwarf would do and ordered the fella to be properly memorialized.




8th Obsidian
Woe is me! Zuglar and Cilob have been throwing tantrums, killing pets, toppling statues and chasing the outpost liaison around trying to initiate a fist fight. You can't beat them into submission or let them be. These nuts are just a nuisance to contend with!










17th Obsidian


Finally all the corpses from surface and the smiley cave on the southwest end have been gathered up and placed on the trash incinerator platform. I was told there were more corpses still (why am I not surprised) lying in vaults on the southeast end. No matter. The trash incinerator lever was pulled, and i watched as the magma and lava mist flared up as years of grown elven filth, corpses and junk of all kinds plummeted down into the magma below.

Good riddance.


22nd Obsidian

With the dumping orders completed, i lifted the ban on wood collecting which I was not aware of until recently. No wonder there was demand for wooden goods! The obsidianizer is coming along, albeit slowly. I've also been informed that due to my unruly track record with keeping the law enforced with the citizens (What citizens? They are all mad dwarves I tell you) I will soon be replaced with another overseer at the end of the year. Well whatever floats your boat, citizens of Workclench! The obsidianizer is not complete, and my successor will have to figure things out for themselves, for i don't think it possible to finish everything by the end of the year.

I've been told to surrender the official records, so here they are. Well whomever is taking my place, good luck and keep an eye (or two) on the crazy ones!





Well back to working on the forges!

Spring has arrived!

For the sake of convenience, here is the link to the save again.

Congratulations, you've been promoted to leader of fortress 2! I am skipping my turn, I just don't feel like playing Dwarf fortress lately
You need version 42.06

Spoiler: Fortress 2 (click to show/hide)

I hate dealing with HFS and don't feel inspired to build anything, sorry.

[Daniel the Finlander]

Alright, Imic, it's your turn to run Fortress 2.