21 Opal
Our officer training is going well, but the marksdwarves have informed me we have no more bolts. I’ve ordered expanded production in hopes we can meet training demands.
Our bone crafter has created several more masterpiece works. Truly the fey mood was a gift from Armok.
24 Opal
So many dwarves have gotten trapped while building the obsidian tower that I wonder if it is worth continuing the construction. We’ve had to rebuild several walls and almost lost one of our craftsdwarfs while trying to rescue her. We’ve had so much trouble I wonder if it is indeed a conspiracy.
3rd Obsidian
A child has been born to our butcher.
6th Obsidian
Our of our leatherworkers has been possessed. Hopefully we will get something even more amazing that our artifact shield out of this spiritual interlude.
11th Obsidian
Our mad leatherworker is demanding leather, and we have none on hand. I’ve had to order some of our warhorses slaughtered. What a waste, but I can’t afford to loose whatever artifact might be created.
18th Obsidian
With two pieces of horse leather, the mysterious work has begun. Chanting in strange tongues can be heard from the leather shop, and we are all avoiding that area until the spirits are placated.
22nd Obsidian
The artifact is completed…It’s a leather veil. Ushrir could have just told us she was lonely and needed a man in her life instead of making us kill a perfectly good war horse. It is worth 3600 coins and is decorated in rings of horse leather.
1st Granite
Another year has come, and our Obsidian tower has reached the sky. Well, at least the main stairway has, we are filling out floors and walls as fast as we can. Our work tools have gone missing and keep being misplaced. I know there is someone trying to hinder us…and the bolts that I’ve ordered are gone as well. There is treachery afoot.
10th Granite
Elves have arrived. If they survive another accident, there will be no doubt their king will send troops. They must not survive.
13th Granite
Seems like the elves have brought us wood…strange for an elf to bring the thing they say we cannot use to create goods to trade them. It’s a shame that most of our goods are bone trinkets. Oh well, we weren’t going to trade with them anyway.
18th Granite
The elves have met their fate. We found their heads scattered amongst the levels of our death trap. We’ve taken their cloth and wood, it will make find charcoal.
An informant has come forward to confirm my suspicions about treachery. I’ve ordered the execution room prepared, even though most of the tower is still under construction. We shall see to it that this traitor gets what they deserve.
19th Granite
A goblin child snatcher. To arms! We will show it the folly of attacking a military outpost alone!
20th Granite
After chasing the goblin for 4 hours, I smashed it’s head in with one powerful blow. I’m also ordering a war dog stationed at every entrance.
8th Slate
Snoopicus has sustained a bad injury to his chest and upper body. He should recover, but for now, he’s ordered to rest.
10th Slate
The traitor will be dealt with today. My informant has finally been willing to speak. The reason our construction is so slow is the spy, Stodir, the wood burner. Thinking back, he did get trapped in the tower three times, and had to be retrieved. Well, he shall get a first rate view of the tower today.
13th Slate
After a failure of the killing mechanism, Stodir’s Execution was a success. I’m leaving his body to rot in the sun.
(In a rather funny physics experiment, his head landed about 15 ticks after the rest of his body. The first time, the bridge trap just threw him around the upper room, the second time he flew off and down 15 stories. It might need tweaking, but the death drop might just be the perfect test of loyalty.)
Also today, Istrian became our first swordmaster.
22nd Slate
Our marksdwarves, except for Beastmaster and Istrian, are done training. I want those two to have use of the archery range for a while longer before they return to their usual duties.
24th Slate
Since we have so many crafters, I’ve decided to mass produce obsidian swords and line our entryway with traps. Goblins will think twice before heading down that corridor.
9th Felsite
The trap is set again. I hope the humans come this year, as they usually have useful goods, as opposed to the elves.
27th Felsite
The Rhesus Maques are breeding in captivity. This adds to our huge amount of animals.
Snoopicus nearly died today, after being neglected by the dwarves I’d assigned to fetch food and water for our brave warrior. When I find out who neglected him, They will be punished.
The good news is that Snoopicus has recovered from his wounds and was able to feed and water himself. However, this is bad news as he knows who was responsible for this oversight. I will see if he wants them executed or not.
Good news is now everyone has military skills. Bad news is, Snoopicus gets to decide if another random dwarf dies.
