Dwarf Fortress - Abbey of Blossoming - Chapter Twenty-Five
To : Shareholders
From : Amost Craftdied
This report that covers the Summer of 254.
So, the work on the Farmer's Guild is continuing while I have plans to deal with the...kid. Don't ask.
Oh no. Seems Thob erithid, the Armorer, has been possessed. I wonder what damage she will do?
She took over the Metalsmith Forge and started mumbling. I tried to figure out what she needed by listening to her mumbles. She wants everything!
And the humans from Gil Tuco had arrived. Maybe we can sell them some of our booze, pots, and other junk! We also have a ton of Parasaurolophus meat just laying about. We'll sell that to them too!
Also the human lasher, named Kuda Sweltertrusses, was spotted sneaking nearby. Seems she wants Shewercuts. I guess we'll have to...kill her? It IS worth a lot. Still seems weird somebody wants a bracelet so badly. Oh well, I will send out the units to kill her.
She is dead. And all her stuff now belong to us. Looks like she even had a book.
Though, before the troops could show up she chased erith the Bowyer around for some reason. The poor thing is in the hospital. The staff has yet to check on her but it looks like her hands may have been damaged. She isn't even a soldier. Poor thing.
And the humans have wagons! Maybe I can get stuff for the Armorer?
Damn it. The kid is throwing a tantrum but I was able to lock him in the Mayor's office for the time being. I don't need him making a fuss now.
And the Mayor has been re-elected. Again. And, once again, demands avils. Why?!?!?
Anyway, bought some leather, cloth, silk, wool, and what looks like a musical device? Hard to tell. The humans will make a 759 credit profit. Which should please them. And maybe the Armorer won't go crazy.
The Armorer has come to collect stuff from the Trade Depot. A good sign!
And just noticed, in the paperwork, the human bard Mistrum Gravelcleaps is in jail. Oh...he was blamed for NOT making the avils that the Mayor demanded in his second term.
Weird. His file does not show he HAS any skills in Metalsmithing. He is a good Animal Caretaker, Brewer, Fish Cleaner...lots of skills. Nothing to do with metals. Well, at least he was only chained up and not...well, hammered.
Good news! Thob has started working on...whatever it is he is working on.
And the human Ehil Cilbaadoth, also known as the Monster Slayer, has talked to the Mayor. Seems they want musical instruments and cloth earrings. We'll see what we can do about filling their export request next year. Did we even fulfill their expore request this year?!?!
I let the kid out of the office and he was so tired he went stright to his new bedroom. A bland new bedroom. Yes, just a bedroom.
The Farmer Guidhall, for the Ripe Guild, is almost finished and has even been called the Mine Pine. Weird name.
And the Armorer finished....a pewter chain leggings. Worth...oh...7000 credits!
On the 3rd of Malachite imgrants arrived. We went from 120 to 127.
Well, at least some people enjoy the tea. In fact a few people seem to enjoy the tea.
Greenhouse isn't finished yet. They still need to make the green glass blocks. But the mud has been prepared and potatoe seeds planted. It makes good wine.
Mid-Summer and the humans are leaving. At least they traded with us something useful!
Of course, I have made it unlawful to export beds again. We all know how important beds are.
Plan to make the jail area a tad nicer. Don't want people going nuts just because they broke a law.
And the Ripe Guild is satisfied with their new GuildHall. Looks nice don't you think? (1)
I have smoothed out and engraved the walls and floors of the jail area. And placed a food and drink stockpile there. And beds. I really want the prisoners to be taken care of.
Turns out tea or coffee might not be good for everybody. Or they seem to have mixed feelings about it. Still, the new Temples and Guidhalls seem to be making some of the populace happy.
The dying of threads and cloth seems to be slowing down the process of making bags and clothing. So I have ordered the making of a second Dyer's Shop.
Oh no. The body of Ingish Thikutlist has been found in a room with a locked door behind a wall. Who could have done such a thing. I blame the duck.
What THE?!?! Something damaged the watermill! NO! All the machinery just fell apart! What did this? I ordered the citizens to go repair it.
Oh no. A Werelizard....I now know how the watermill was damaged.
So I just told all the citizens to go to a barrow I made in one of the underground chambers. There is tons of food and drink there. The military will be ordered to station itself between the settlement and the watermill. This may give them some time to assemble and prepare for the werelizard.
May the Gods help us. And the Goddesses. And anybody else who wishes to help us.
And while this was going on one of the Dwarfs was able, somehow, to lock the door to the watermill and the werelizard ended up going to the roof and...changing into a human.
Some reason the human can't climb down. But my soldiers can climb up onto the roof. So I ordered them to kill him.
And he is dead.
And the watermill has been repaired. Also I approved the petition of a human soldier. So....yeah, that was kind of easy. I mean, if the weres are going to waste time attacking the mill I'm okay with that. Or drowning in ponds that's okay also.
On the other hand I can't expand on our collection of werebeasts. Hehe...just kidding. I don't plan to make a zoo....unless it brings in the tourists?
Why is there a Parasaurolophus in the hospital? How do wild animals know how to use doors?
And now we have a ghost. Seems Monom is haunting us. A Milker if I remember right? I have ordered a memorial slab to be made at once. This is the person who tried to get the girl's corpse out of the river and drowned in the process. Which is why we don't deal with the river any more.
Autumn has come. And may I request a new assignment? There is too many werebeasts around here. Really, not joking. Pretty please?
Ever Loyal to the major shareholder King erith Gikutzulban,
Amost Craftdied
Ex-Expedition Leader, Militia Commander, Manager, and Baroness of the Abbey of Blossoming!
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1. That image is flipped. The chamber on the right should be on the left. It's the temple. Oh well.