I'm much better now. The headache that lasted the whole goddamn day was likely cause by me getting carried away and playing Darkest Dungeon up until 1 AM, and since I have free Mondays, I only had eight hours of sleep. Damn, is this what getting old is like?
The latest migration wave was nine dwarves strong including an accomplished lumberjack, an expert engraver, and, of all things, a professional vet. At least we can get ourselves a steel axe if I get it confiscated from the woodcutter. He's a good spearman, so hopefuly he won't be needing that axe.
Oh no, the new tower is already being besieged! By a weremammoth to boot! It seems to be ather small for what it is, but let's not underestimate a literal monster. Tower Defense, time to prove your worth!
Quickly guys, the werebeast is already inside! damn, there will be casualties for sure!
Turned out that those people that the mammoth was running into were the Tower Defense. Shows you how much I know. Obsidian swords proved effective enough, but the killing blow was a stab to the heart with a spear. Nobody was bitten, thanks gods for that, and the battle was quite short.
This is the second level of the culture tower. It is a sculpture garden filled with beautiful silver statues. I don't expect there to be many visitors; dwarves these days care little for art. Sad, but not unexpected.
The third level is a zoo full of empty lead cages and one wooden one with a bear in it. To anyone who decides to take over after me: please fill these cages with all manners of exotic animals, either local fauna or those bought from elves.
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Poor Kadol couldn't finish her artifact due to the lack of cloth and went insane. She will need to be put down, unfortunately.
A hit in the head with a pickaxe ended Kadol's short rampage. A pity that, because she was a good leatherworker. She has been put to rest along with her severed head and feet. If we ever have a zombie apocalypse scenario, we don't have to worry about this one.
Anyway, here is the fourth level of the tower, a small library for the inquisitive. The bookcases were made of pure gold because, honestly, we have an abundance of that.
The caravan from the mountainhome! Let's see if we can get some iron and steel!
Turns out that thanks to my endevour with stained glass we have quite a lot of large gems. The traders will like that, in addition to golden crafts.
I love the one figurine with slugs. I'll have it put in the museum instead.
We desperately need cloth, so I had a lot of it ordered for the next year. Also metals, armor and some other things.
Six thousand Urists of profit was not enough for those greedy bastards. There was no trade with the dwarves this year, and I happened to be very excited for all this metal equipment and cloth. Piss off, Kulet, you're missing out on good stuff.
I have no idea who Edzul is, but he or she wants to become a citizen. Why not? We need more hands to work.
Speaking of work, our hunters are already on the case of bringing us delicious turkey. Anybody's got some cranberry sauce?
For some reason an entire warband of elves have entered the fortress. They are peaceful, but what do they want? Maybe they are mercenaries? We could have an elven squad fighting on our side.
Finding yet another node of gold has inspired a certain carpenter to drop what he's been doing and run to the bowyer's workshop and demand cloth. Oh well, he had a good run.
Meanwhile, a group of eight migrants has arrived, all of them pretty much unskilled chumps, with some basic fighting skills.
All the new arrivals were drafted into a new squad. We are in no way able to equip them though.
The mayor was elected too, and that's a bit of a problem because now we have to find them a decent accomodation and office. Dang.
Some cult seems to have gained quite a lot of popularity around these parts, and they asked if they can use a part of the third tower as their temple. Frankly, I ran out of things to do with that building, so I'll let them have it. They worship Damol, a god of thralldom and misery. How quaint.
Speaking of misery, Udib has gone mad or rather melancholic. How about you don't ask for cloth next time, guys?
I have no idea who either of those people are, but someone thought it would be good if I knew that they are important now.
It's mid-winter, I'm getting ready to bail because the manager, the mayor and my wife are starting to catch up that I wasn't even supposed to take reins here, and that dwarf who had went insane has the audacity to die. On top of that, some spinner started speaking in tongues, running to the craftsdwarf's workshop. He took a pile of wild hog bones and a handful of grey crystals, and started working. I'll take the risk and wait with packing, just to see the results.
Soulsstopped the God of Axes, the door made out of wild boar bones. It seems to have an image of a cute monkey man on it. Someone may find a use for it, so I'm not having it displayed in the museum.
And that's about it. Now, before I go, I'll show some more of the tower. Not gonna say a whole lot, just show.
Here you have it, the tower of culture and history. Not too tall, but the girthiest we've got.
Things to do:
-Cloth plants and wool animals. I've somehow found some pig tails growing about and had them scheduled for planting, but that's not nearly enough. Hope that elves bring something.
-Armor - while the militia is of quite decent size, they are equipped with bone and wood armor. Get iron, steel and bronze from dwarves. Gold crafts are ready to be sold, you can thank me for that.
-Clothes - dwarves are walking in tattered apparel. We have leather, but I've only realized that near the end.
-Zoo - it''s not really important, but it would be nice if the cages in the tower were filled.
It was a lot of fun trying to build a decent tower while simultaneously fixing a fort that was never given the love it deserved. I mean, the weremammoth could have wiped out the fort if I only focused on the tower.
Initially I was thinking about making a temple tower (which I have some experience with), but for some reason I decided against it. I think I would have done that if I was to start all over.
Take this, continue the legacy!
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Topic: Fikuk Urdim, "The Field of Towers" - Appeasing Elves with Artifical Tree Towers (Read 11038 times)