7th LimestoneOperation 'Shift this bloody stone' has been in operation since I began my year in office, but I haven't mentioned it here diary due to the mediocre progress we are making.
I added two chunky stockpiles for it, and got our crafters to begin making stone 'knick-knacks' to use some of it up. I'm hoping to gift a slew of it to the dwarven caravan, which I am quite confident should arrive in the autumn.
But...still it sits in our corridors, mocking me with its flintiness. So now it's no more Mr Nice Dwarf. I have added a third stockpile, even chunkier than the last two.
I will leave this fortress to the next overseer as clean as I possibly can. This is Doomhollow, not Doomquarry for Armok's sake.
10th LimestoneWow. Speak of the caravan and it shall appear, diary!
(And a liaison, but who cares about him?)
Let the junk clear-out commence!
13th LimestoneEtur Idrathudil, one of our furnace operators, is throwing a tantrum.
I've heard of terrible happenings if a dwarf should do that in a temple and ends up toppling a statue in his or her rage. In dark, smokey taverns, it is said that the God to whom the temple is dedicated can even curse a dwarf who does this. Some say vampire, others werebeast.
By Armok's sturdy calves, it worries me greatly.
The reports are that he is in the Aquamarine Chapel, dedicated to Erib. I will send a squad there immediately.
14th LimestoneWell...Etur is certainly brave. He literally attacked Kel Ingizoddom...duke consort of Taperedtreaty, who had come to perform in the chapel.
Thankfully, they both came out relatively unschathed. And by all reports, Etur has calmed down.
By Armok's tremendous overbite, that was a close shave diary.
18th LimestoneErin, our broker, traded with the caravan.
We bought all their booze, their fruit and veg, their cheese, and all their books and parchments. That set us back about 30,000 dwarfbucks, or, more succinctly, 5 bins worth of goblets, crafts and assorted other fairly useless bits of clutter.
Then, at my insistence, we gave away all the other bins and rocks we'd hauled to the trade depot as an offering to the Mountainhome. Apparently that was 91,143 dwarfbucks worth of useless junk (according to Erin...the price I mean: the opinion as to the worthiness of said items was all mine). Side-note: that offering is less than a 6th of one adamantine boat or earring!
Even though it's useless junk, hopefully it will impress King Urdim Notonkivish. Perhaps he should consider moving out here to Doomhollow? We have adamantine, for Armok's sake.
(OOC: yeah...that offering is over 10 times what we needed to become the capital...I expect the king to turn up within the year...)
19th LimestoneWith all the meat, cheese and veg we've just bought, I ordered 500 lavish meals. This may seem excessive an amount considering all my complaining about clutter, but many dwarves are complaining about a lack of decent meals, and we now have quite a variety of stuff. Hopefully some of them will enjoy prepared ocelot heart.
By Armok's stubby fingers, I will snap these dwarfs out of their funk one way or another!
23rd LimestoneEtur Gegetavuz the outpost liaison, spoke with Zas Febeman the mayor today. Apparently the mountainhome is very impressed with us, and he has been empowered to raise our standing with our civilization, The Greatest Tombs.
I'm not certain where there is to go 'upwards', short of Doomhollow becoming the mountainhome. It may have sounded crazy at the start of the year diary, but I would not be shocked to find the king paying us a visit soon!
We asked the liaison to make sure the next caravan brings plenty more cheese and meat. I will not have dwarfs losing their minds over always eating plump helmet biscuits any more.
11th SandstoneA few days ago, I ordered a green glass pedestal made, and then placed near the Trade Depot.
Today, with much less difficulty than last time, Etostisir Thebel Sodel, the masterful adamantine earring, was placed upon it.
We don't just make examples of dwarven culture here in Doomhollow...we ARE dwarven culture.
13th SandstoneAnd...we're done. 10 immaculate, brilliant, ARMOKING SHARP adamantine shortswords have been created.
Either strand extraction is slow, or those three peasants I dedicated to the task are bloody lazy! Maybe both?
In any event, the Glazes of Worth are about to become that bit more formidable.
22nd SandstoneAnother day, another tantrum from Asen Ralostuk.
At least he isn't in a temple. Thank Armok for small mercies!
On another note, now that the caravan has left, I can see that we now 'only' have 250 green glass goblets. Which is still more than one per dwarf. But marginally more sane.
26th SandstoneOne task I have really gotten my teeth into this year diary is the engraving of all important rooms, and bedrooms.
Some absolutely astounding pieces have been created. Allow me to summarise a quality selection.
By Armok's hairy toes, it takes my breath away what Scourge, Staalo and the other engravers are capable of. Outstanding!
(OOC: don't panic, I ordered another 100 glass goblets to be made...you can carry on RP'ing your mad lust for glassware!
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