Diary of Wertyzerty the Peasant
‘Be merry!’ That’s what I say to myself still, at 46 summers of age. With my extended family (I’ll spare you the 80 family members) I’ll say I am.
I start this diary in 126, the first of Granite. That was when I was appointed ruler of this fortress. I’m not a noble or anything, oh no. I’m a strong working woman jawa.
My first priority is to build a bridge at the entrance. This fortress could use some more security.
Oh God. An aquifer.
I’ll get to piercing that right away.
Hang on a minute. Looking for a minute, it appears we already have a path through the aquifer! The wall is not damp there and i'm on the aquifer level. Let me check.
Of course. A bloody were-squirrel, my first day on the job. And still no bridge.
Someone’s having a laugh here. He was spotted right in front of the door. The open door. I should really tightly close that door to make sure no more slothcats try to escape.
The cat bolted, letting me close the door. We might make it out of this one alive, boys.
I have set the safe room as the only good room with a door, the fishery. Let’s hope everyone makes it before the were-squirrel, cause I am bolting that door shut.
Phew! Apparently, doors can hold back were-squirrels. We made it out of this one alive.
I have just realised that the aquifer is only one layer deep there, but it doesn’t make a difference because we are already a layer through this one. Let’s keep pumping.
Oops. I guess I wasn’t fast enough. The death count will now be 2.
Migrants!!!! Some people to replace all the jawas we’ve lost!
The season is otherwise quite slow, with not much else happening.
Well, that guy died.
Another one. Another poor bastard who’s gonna need stone, and then go mad. Seen it happen three times already.
I am very glad this farmer has proven me wrong. We’ll get a wooden doorknob or something out of it this time.
I was right... Almost as useless as a doorknob. An earring. A bloody earring…
In my rage at the lack of activity in the fortress, I quickly ‘created’ some jobs for everyone. Should keep morale up.
Oh crap. The dwarves sobered up. The biggest hangover I’ve ever seen. Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot. Let’s fix this ASAP.
I also made a barrack because these lazy dwarves are probably gonna get attacked by another were-squirrel, I am future proofing this.
The aquifer is going slowly, just more migrants have arrived, not that that’ll speed anything up…
The population is now 58, I have made a rollcall for convenience.
More people who want stuff we don’t have…
Basically I asked for lots of stone. But wait… They have news of the outside world, which when I tried finding out exactly what they led me into a really confusing menu. I tried.
I’m hoping we breach the aquifer before this guy goes mad.
It seems the nobles have taken control of this fortress, nevermind, we shall prevail.
The military is now in action.
*Violent swearing* Not this idiot again.
The same tactic worked again.
I have just breached the aquifer!!!!!
Exploration exploration.
On second thoughts, that Gundark is scary. I’ll block the passage off.
Not another one. *sigh*
I am linking up the bridge as we speak, however I may need to harvest wood from the cavern to smelt hematite. In other news:
As I begin my last month as ruler, I am glad to say it has gone well-ish. Only a couple of people died. The next priorities are setting up a smithing area and getting a proper military. Finding something other than wood to make coal out of would be useful as well.
It appears I spoke too soon. As a message to all future rulers, dwarves with no armor and no weapons
cannot wrestle a Bonzami to death. We lost half of our squad.
Sorry about that Imic.
Also, a hospital would be nice, too.
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