29th sandstone
Well, with all that finally over I can go back to my holiday, and this time
I'm not being interrupted!
21st timber
Someone woke me up from my nap to tell me that one Lor Melbildeler has
trained to such absurdly high levels he is now considered a legendary
champion.
In MY day a champion had to go out and behead his own troll, not like
nowadays, oh no...
1st moonstone
I have but three months remaining to accomplish what I have been asked to do.
Eh, I can do it later.
13th moonstone
Another cowardly Kobold was dismembered by our champions, leaving
a rather nasty mess over Nist Akath yard.
21st moonstone
The work on the "hand-guard" part of the window has begun, along with the construction
of the steeple.
I hope I'll be able to roof it with copper or bronze.
(For the record, the tower is 5X7)
25th moonstone
Only 360 animals wandering around now, a decrease of some 200 animals.
Unfortunately, I think the butcheries are a little clogged with decomposing
animal matter
28th moonstone
Apparently all the kobolds who hate their dead-end thieving jobs and
their miserable lives come here to commit suicide.
Another one of the little vermin decided to stroll past a champion today,
and for his pains was flung into a wall.
Then he was throughly mauled by a pet hippo or something.
For creatures so large and squidgy, they're rather vicious.
1st Opal
Only 2 more months of strangely slow time left in which to govern these
soft lowlanders. I shall be glad to be free from rule again.
I received a letter from that babbling lunatic nephew of mine,
Oddom the Odd. It was, of course, all backwards and in some archaic
dialect of Deep Mountain Old Dwarvish. Probably one of his damn voices he
claims to hear. He was asking me for advice, so I told him never
to write to me again unless he's sane.
Damn youths, in MY day insanity was a real problem. Not for the maddwarf, but
for anyone in the near vicinity, especially if the said bonker was a woodcutter.
5th Opal
Work on the first floor of the spire is going well.
I think it will be about four or five levels of diorite wall, followed by
however tall the bronze/copper roof will be.
Even from here, I can see that the roof of the abbey is a hive of activity.
Speaking of the abbey, it is really more of a cathedral or church, as
an abbey is a large dwelling for monks or nuns to live, whereas a cathedral is a
large centre of worship where the administration of a local area's religion
is housed.
This means we need a Bishop of Rakust.
Either that or we make underground cloisters for monks of Rakust.
8th opal
The second floor of the spire is starting construction, along with
the hilt of the "Sword" After this, there is only one levels left,
the last being a single window in red.
9th opal
I just realised I haven't obeyed a single mandate or demand this year.
Jools is predictably fuming, along with the other nobles, as they all
worship a different god. The King is pretty happy though.
12th opal.
A marksdwarf just had a baby. Great. Another dwarf who'll never see the
honest granite of the mountains, nor feel the freezing gales and heavy snow.
Oh well, twelve years and I'll have them as a hauler or something.
21st opal
Just over a month left until I finally get to hand this place over.
Then I can get back to stockpiling tobacco whilst Kaziri is busy.
Mwahahah.
3rd obsidian
Not long left to complete as much of the spire as I can.
Twenty-seven days, I think.
12th obsidian
The dwarves are working slowly to infuriate me, I know it.
I haven't even got any scaffolding up.
At least the window on this level is finished.
15th obsidian
Only a half-month left now. Just over a fortnight, amusingly enough.
20th obsidian
I'm beginning a countdown, that's how happy I am to be free of this leadership.
Next time I get asked I do hope I don't have to keep building something.
I doubt the odds are in my favour.
24th obsidian
the second floor of the spire is finished, and my scaffold is finally going up.
More good news, I'm ready for the cartographers.
25th obsidian
CAN THE LAZY DWARVES OF ABBEYVERSE DO WHAT I WANT IN 5 DAYS?
27th obsidian
YES, THEY CAN!
1st granite
My rule is finally over, and the messengers and cartographers arrive soon.
Wonderful. Time to start mopping again.
Finally finished.
map and save up soon, I hope.
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