Fortress Report
Overseer: Doc
To: My fellow dwarves
Date: 20 Moonstone, 502
IntroductionThe reader of this report is probably wondering why this report even exists. I did, after all, end my last report with the frustrated declaration that I would not ever produce any more reports. However, my mind is clearer now and it seems that my reports haven't been completely useless after all. I'm not sure who it is, but someone has been borrowing them. Hopefully they get some use out of them. I still don't entirely trust all the dwarves here, obviously, but there's nothing in the reports that compromises my personal safety. But I digress, I will address my last reports to the dwarves of this fortress. Anyone who wants to read them, especially future overseers, is free to consult them as they please. Hopefully they will use them to better the fortress.
Fortress Security UpdateRegarding the topic of the vampire, I've decided to put the whole issue on hold. After finally collapsing into a long slumber after months of sleep deprivation, upon awaking I began to seriously reflect on why there have been no more vampire attacks in over a season. It seems clear to me, as of this writing, that the vampire was a visitor who is no longer even here. If I am proven wrong with another attack, I will immediately go back to searching for the vampire, but for now I feel that it is safe to give the bedrooms doors again. This was a very unpopular policy anyway and I'm sure is be happy that it is finally over.
On the topic of fortress security, the "Dark One" personally requested to be allowed to join the militia. I granted this request, as it needed a tenth member anyway. I wasn't sure if the former wood cutter would appreciate being enlisted as a macedwarf, but we needed a sparring partner for the human and I figured that the "Dark One" wasn't in a position to be too picky. A pair of newly-trained war dogs has also recently joined our security force. They are currently standing watch against any threats that hope to sneak into our fortress. Fig. 1 shows the dogs keeping watch near the drawbridge.
Fig. 1
ArtifactLitast the glassmaker recently finished work on an artifact green glass chain. Fig. 2 is a description of this artifact.
Fig. 2
Given the skill she has gained by completing this artifact, she is one of the two glassmakers I am keeping active and she has been given her own private furnace.
Fortress GrowthNow that I am fairly confident that a dwarf can lay his head down to rest without becoming a monster's snack here in Doomhollow, I have planned out an expansion to the bedroom wing, which will connect to an expanded section dedicated to more temples. Fig. 3 shows the plans for this expansion.
Fig. 3
During this month, we also received a message that a new settlement has been established about a day's travel to the south. It is likely that the great care I have taken in making this fortress secure has given the dwarves of this new settlement confidence that we will be able to protect them from any hostile invasions from the goblins in the north. Fig. 4 contains the text of the letter we received informing us of the settlement. Fig. 5 shows where this new settlement is on the map in relation to Doomhollow.
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
I no longer feel it is necessary to provide monthly reports, given how close I am to the end of the year. I shall write one more report at the close of the year and then I shall give up control of the fortress to someone else, as is the custom here.