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[Timeless Bob]

New Births in the Bridge of Hailing: 1

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Lorbami Bodicedragon

New Artifacts in The Bridge of Hailing: 2

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Zuglari the Pump Operator claimed a mason's workshop and built an artifact granite hatch cover encrusted with opal cabochons.  The hatch is framed in two bands of leather that sports hanging rings of leather.  Evenly spaced across one surface are spikes of granite, two types of bone, leather and yellow jasper. On one side is carved with an image of cucumber vines and on the other face is inlaid with an image of a frilly sock in phyllite. The name of this monstrosity is The Amethyst of Practicing.

Tuno the Carpenter claimed a craft-dwarfs workshop and carved a wooden bracelet inlaid with spirals of wood and sporting wooden spikes. Inlaid across its entire surface are thick cresents made of opals.  The name of this hatch cover is Orderbores.                                                                                                                             

New Clans in The Bridge of Hailing: 2

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We welcome Zuglari Amethystpracticing and Tuno Orderbores to the ranks of the ruling class.

Near Tradgedy in The Bridge of Hailing:

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After a particularly meager harvest, many of the residents were close to starving to death.  Fortunately, the trade caravan came just in time.  It was with a heavy heart but a glad eye that Mayor Ingishi beheld the peasants hungrily following the wagons to the trading depot.  This was not the impression she wished to give to King Zanego, of a starveling people.  Yet the wagons had certainly come and the People's bellies would soon be filled again.

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...or not.  It seems that the traders had brought armor for the many squads of soldiers and many bins of cloth to be turned into clothes for the citizens, but the weight of these items necessitated that no actual food other than the usual menagerie of animals and casks of alcohol was brought this year.  The flocks would have to be butchered en-masse, and the menagerie bought and butchered as well.  It was the only way.

Updated pictures of The Bridge of Hailing

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Mayor Ingishi, tired of hearing repeated complaints about the freakish sleep-inducing goo that always needed to be periodically cleaned from each bridge before workers could traverse into the bridge-tunnel finally decided to implement a solution: The Goo-stopper.  It took the better part of Year 23 to implement it however, due to the long travel times, so other designs needed to be employed in further bridges.  However, Ingishi's Solution has become a part of Dwarven History and her idea will resonate through future bridges.

New Marriage in The Bright Bridge: 1

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Clan Reasonrags and Clan Boltweakened joined in an alliance today when Asto Reasonrags consented to be the consort of Sarveshi Boltweakened.
Congratulations, Sarveshia and Ast Boltwekened!

[Timeless Bob]

Artifact Creation (New Clan) +0, Living members +2
Zuglaria of The Bridge of Sounding
   Doren, consort of Zuglaria of The Bridge of Sounding

[Timeless Bob]

Artifact Creation (New Clan) +0, Captain of the Guard +7p, Living members +1
Captain Tuno, Captain of the Guard of The Bridge of Sounding

[mate888]

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[Timeless Bob]

Anyway U can use dfhack to make him her son after he becomes a necromancer?

Don't know that one either.  Can you explain the process?

[Timeless Bob]

New Births in The Bridge of Sounding: 7

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Urvado, Loro, Zulbano, Oloni, Adilo, Rali & Ushati (Founders)

Migrants to The Bridge of Sounding: 8

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Lorbamo the Weaver, Tholtigi the Woodcutter, Tuno Orderbores & Uzolo the Diagnoser
Abani Workerclarity, Adili, Libash the prophet & Olinia "the Lucky" the prophet's wife

New positions in The Bridge of Sounding: 3

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Rali: Expedition Leader
Tuno Orderbores: Sheriff
Abani Workerclarity: Hammerer

Deaths in The Bridge of Sounding: 2

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Loro went missing one day and was found a week or so later dead in a tree, caught by one foot.  Tholtigi the woodcutter is missing and presumed dead.  The graveyard begins collecting residents early...

New Prophecy in The Bridge of Sounding:

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Libash lay catatonic for several days before uttering
these words.  He woke with no memory of the ordeal.  Dwarves of The Bridge of Sounding immediately began calling it The Rosywander Prophecy.

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Marriages in The Bridge of Hailing: 4

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Dastoto agreed to become the consort to Ushriri,
Tholtig agreed to become the consort to Catteni,
Doreno agreed to become the consort to Zuglari and
Little-Thikuto married Ingishi

Congratulations to these new couples!
   Ushria and Dastot Lovergrooves
   Cattenia and Tholtig Chilledtaught
   Zuglaria and Doren Amethystpracticing
   Thikut and Ingishia Cloutedcraft

New Clans created in The Bridge of Hailing: 1

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After a whirlwind romance, Thikut and Ingishia married to form the Clan "Cloutedcraft"

New positions in Fort Lashtrance: 3

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Godenia Laborrelease: Broker
Kadol Laborrelease: Chief Medical Dwarf
Zuntiro Clawgirder: Book-keeper

New Marriage in Fort Lashtrance: 1

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Clan Blockadesteppe has sworn fealty to Clan Laborrelease, and the agreement has been cemented by the marriage of Godeni and Kadolo.
Congratulations, Godenia and Kadol Laborrelease!

[Timeless Bob]

It occurred to me this morning that while the individuals in any Clan will "marry up" by taking on the surnames of the Clan that has the greatest Prestige at the time, I failed to consider how that would affect the Clan that lost that member.  Considering that all the Clans are members of Dwarven Gentry at least, I consider the families joining as formal allies by marrying off their available sons and daughters to "seal the deal". As it stands, one member of a less prestigious Clan basically skips off to marry into the more prestigious Clan, but his/her original Clan gets nothing out of that deal - so why would they want to let their "free" sons or daughters go at all?

To make up for this lack, I'm adding in the "fealty" system: Whenever two Clans intermarry, the less Prestigious Clan will "swear fealty" to the more prestigious Clan. The more prestigious Clan will still get the +1 Living member bump in Prestige that they usually do, but the less prestigious Clan will gain half the the Prestige of the Clan they've sworn fealty to.  Of course, this will be cumulative with each Clan intermarriage, until there are no more dwarves alive with that Clan name.  The "fealty" system introduces one more item: when it comes to picking a position, if a Clan with less Prestige has the "fealty" of a Clan with more Prestige, that fealty will allow them to take the position first.  This little wrinkle will allow us to have the "last scion of an old and noble family, much respected but fallen on hard times" thing in the game too.

As time goes on and the RNG intermarries more and more Clans, it will be interesting to see which Clans will use the ally system to rise to prominence themselves, and which will fall into obscurity as all of their children take on other Clan names, leaving only the originators of the name to carry on.
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OK, after a bit of back-editing and a bunch of minor tweaks, I've finished making the changes required by the "fealty" system.  It really is sort of cool to be able to flip forward and backward through time, making little changes here and there that cumulatively change the shape of the game altogether.  OK, on to year 25.

[Timeless Bob]

Births in The Bridge of Sounding: 1

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Dimoro

Migrants to The Bridge of Sounds: 2
[spoiler]Rakusto the Brewer & Monomi the Trader
Bembul Fountainbowels & Momuzia Fountainbowels

Marriages in The Bridge of Sounds: 1

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Rakusto and Monomi decided to get married once they reached their destination from The Bridge of Hailing.
Congratulations, Rakust and Monomia Cloakrelic!

New Clans Created in The Bridge of Sounds: 1

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Cloakrelic

New positions in The Bridge of Sounding: 4

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Monomia Cloakrelic: Militia Commander
Rakust Cloakrelic: Manager
Bembul Fountainbowels: Book-keeper
Momuzia Fountainbowels: Chief Medical Dwarf

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Marriage in The Bridge of Dreams: 1

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The Gearnourished and Bravebridge Clans became allies today when Urvado agreed to become Sarveshi's consort.
Congratulations, Sarveshia and Urvado Gearnourished!

Marriage in The Bridge of Hailing: 1

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Ralo Drinkerhide accepted Saziri as his consort
Congratulations, Ral and Saziria Drinkerhide!

[Timeless Bob]

Manager +3p, Militia Commander +3p, Living members +2p
Rakust, Manager of The Bridge of Sounding
Commander Monomia, Militia Commander of The Bridge of Sounding

[Timeless Bob]

Living members +2p
Thikut of The Bridge of Hailing
Ingishia of The Bridge of Hailing

[pikachu17]

I know how make what's-her-name's son a necromancer. Just get a book containing the secrets of life and death, via adventurer. Un-retire fort, put the book in a library, lock the son in the library until he reads it.

[Lord_lemonpie]

I know how make what's-her-name's son a necromancer. Just get a book containing the secrets of life and death, via adventurer. Un-retire fort, put the book in a library, lock the son in the library until he reads it.

This does risk others becoming necromancers too though

[Timeless Bob]

I know how make what's-her-name's son a necromancer. Just get a book containing the secrets of life and death, via adventurer. Un-retire fort, put the book in a library, lock the son in the library until he reads it.

Interesting idea, thanks for that - there aren't any books about life and death yet.  I started playing the game in Year 2.  There haven't been any necromancer towers popping up in Legends mode that I can see either, so we'll first have to create a necromancer and maybe make an embark just for him.  (Using one of the other civs, perhaps, so we don't get any of our other Clans migrating in.  There's a handy civ just a few islands away that are being decimated by goblins led by a demon, so it would fit that their desperate last members might try something extreme like becoming a necromancer in order to keep the invaders from wiping their civ off the face of the world.  A nice stone tower over some catacombs should do the trick.  Even better if I use Embark Everywhere and place the tower squarely inside the goblin civilization where the Demon's Vault is supposed to be - a last-ditch infiltration team hoping to find the Demon's slab and use it to gain that Demon's powers... hmm  If they're successful and relocate the slab to their library at the top of the tower, then an adventurer can visit it, read the slab and gain the powers becoming a default necromancer.  We retire the adventurer at the tower site and just let it simmer for a few years to see what happens - maybe the tower will get all zombified and the retired adventurer might actually start writing some books, especially since the retired site already has a library...  That could work.

Young Dimoro, (son of Olina the Lucky and Libash the Prophet), has made it to childhood, so I've given him an iron toy axe to play with just to get things started.  After the year 26 update, you'll be able to see that the iron and gypsum mines in The Bridge of Sounding are starting to not only produce lots of gypsum and limonite, but also a lot of chalk.  You know what that means: Steel!  I'll probably hang out at The BoS for a few years and try to buy one of our Gentry a Barony with bribes to the Mountainhome using bags of gypsum and steel goods such as armor or weapons or the like.  I've got the glass works going too, so I'll probably start adding in jeweled windows as part of the bribes as well.  Get The Bridge of Sounding to become a Barony and do the same for a few other Bridges on around the islands and we might start seeing King Zanego appoint Earls, Counts and ect...

[pikachu17]

A demon's slab creates necromancers? Really? I though it just let you exile the demon. The Vault is not always near the goblins spire. I once( in fact, the only time I found a vault) found a vault over four rivers away from the Spire.

[Timeless Bob]

A demon's slab creates necromancers? Really? I though it just let you exile the demon. The Vault is not always near the goblins spire. I once( in fact, the only time I found a vault) found a vault over four rivers away from the Spire.

Hmm...  If a demon's slab doesn't make necromancers, then I'm not sure what will make a necromancer after world creation.  We may just have to set up a "Necromancer's Tower" site with an appropriate sounding name and stock it with were-creatures or vampires.  If we retire Dimor, (because he'll have to have been married and have a kid or two by the time I recruit him to be a companion, if we want him to be named "Dimor"), at the were-creature/vampire site with enough armor and skill not to be killed by those beings, then he should also become turned himself eventually without also dying in the process.  It will be one of his kids growing up and marrying that eventually takes on the "Family Name" of Rosywander, whose descendants may possibly have to deal with good ol' Dimor the Axe as a Quest.

Regardless, this should make for some interesting world history as the RNG gets involved.