Keshanfamthut, Flamehorses, year 54.
No no this can’t be right. I remember reading in the ancient scrolls of wisdom about something; some way to make paper without mechanisms. IF ONLY I COULD REMEMBER! This would be so much easier if I had something to write on. Sigh.
And a grubby dwarf just came and banged on the door of my empty library. Says the gods have re-appointed me as overseer again. Seems they haven't had enough of torturing me yet. I haven’t ventured far from my beloved library these past 2 years; I wonder what the fortress is like…
Eh, this place looks much as I remember it. The main hall is still crap, but we now have a huge furniture stockpile and a crappy temple! That’s something at least. The ancient scrolls have provided for us a path from caravan to happy dwarves; a divine checklist of and flowchart of the gods. Scant progress has been made on this front these past 2 years. This must be the reason why I have been dragged out of my wonderful library. We need to get this place back on track.
Spring 54 “Histories of Greed and Dynamism”
I shall begin with this strange main hall that seems to have a tavern, food stores and random workshops in it. Let us get that organized shall we? But not before our yearly undead siege i guess…
We got the drop on them this year and killed some necromancers. However, the military is cave adapted, which is no good. Add barracks skylights to the list of things this place needs… We killed Minran Ochrepride, the armadillo man necromancer and Sas Parchedbeloved, human necromancer. One of our military recruits got his teeth knocked out, and we don’t seem to have a hospital. ADD IT TO THE LIST.
The siege tag instantly vanished! WE GONNA GET CARAVANS! An elf caravan arrived almost immediately. I ordered their goods seized and then slaughtered the traders. The barracks has been moved to right next to the entry hallway on the top layer, and a skylight bridge installed over it. No more vomiting hammerdwarves. Also it seems like our mason has been tasked to make an endless amount of microcline blocks. I put him to work on doors and tables instead.
AT LAST! The library has a book! One of those dead necromancers had it on them. It’s called Unknown Bereavement. It has been placed in a position of honor in the library.
The Ettin Defiyi Anderidethe has come!
The military has been dispatched! (minus bigmchugelarge)
The ettin took a silver war hammer to the skull. No damage on the military. SUCCESS!
It is now summer.