Summer 140.
Summer came and went. It was very calm, as almost each year. It feels good to know that whatever monstruosities we are to face in pursuit of our mission, summer is usually a time when we can sit back and relax for a while. There is not much to talk about - we are set firmly on the tracks set by the last town council, and all we had to do was to go forward.
There are however a couple things I'd like to note, that may be of importance.
Firstly, we started to carry out the plan regarding our prisonners. Ollin Vaultaxe, commander of the siege strikeforce of Osme, three years ago, was slain. Sas, son of Bolli, carried out the execution. The two elves we caught were released soon after. The goblin officer Tode is still waiting for her fate as I write those lines, and the goblins grunt captured alongside her still have to be released, but this is not an urgent priority.
In other news, Onguet has been with us for two years, and her right to stay with us came to an end. However, she asked us to remain to Watershield as a permanent citizen, so as to start her own medecine school. Seing the value of training more doctors, we accepted heartfully.
Duslud is now her apprentice - some dwarven scholars also decided to follow the same path, forming what is pretty much the first non-military school of the village. We hope such endeavour will bring glory to us and to the kingdom as a whole.
We resumed our production of metal, we now split into two ; silver is made into training weapons and decorations, and serve the young Dengusa well to train his hand at metalcrafting. He learns quick - we hope to produce high quality weaponry soon.
Copper is kept on the side, ready to be used to reinforce our outer walls. Once the walls are finished, we'll consider our mission over... Give it a year or two.
War continues to rages on in the south between the empire of Osme and the kingdom of Egapesor. Our allies seem to have succeded in repelling them once again. We are glad to have such allies - their resistance allows us to reorganize ourselves, and knowing we're not alone in this war give te men hope.
We also decided to suspend, probably indefinitely, the piercing of the aquifer. Even with mechanized labour, this is becoing too hazardous, and we feel we won't get anywhere like that. We pierced the soil and secured some clay - enough to start a new industry. This is now what we hoped for, but it shall suffice - our primary mission remains to protect the kingdom, and we shall leave the exploration of the depths to others.
I believe this is all. Nothing to be noted, really, on the summers trade. We traded cloth to metal, and decided to add a large tribute to the kingdom, to add something material to the war effort. The traders seemed very pleased. Times like this help us a lot, and give us expectations for the future.