Autumn, Winter, The save, and so on.
first up, so you can download while you read:
Download the save!Autumn, In which old trade partners become irate, the caravan goes missing, and a new item of legend is born.
5th of Limestone. The mayor also wants me to get the gauntlets done for Affy's squad, she chose to show this by banning the export of aforementioned items. We're up to our neck in goblin clothes and she's worried about me selling off a dozen gauntlets?
14th Limestone. The Humans have laid siege to our fortress! Did one of the previous leaders anger them? They come from the north, 7 swordsmen, 6 wrestlers, and one mounted spearman. The dwarves were all ordered inside, but the Mayor decided she needed to conduct a meeting on the bridge, presumably with her either her imaginary friend (as no other dwarves were present) or with the rather angry looking humans. Stupid, stupid stupid. To make matters worse, she has her infant with her, we definatly can't allow both to come to harm, Affy and Scruga's squads were both ordered across the bridge post haste to protect the mayor. Affy, despite her full suit of plate mail, beat the other nine dwarves there by a fair stretch, and was quickly surrounded by the 14 humans. Despite being surrounded and totally outnumbered, Affy manages to cleave three heads from their owner's shoulders, which is doubly impressive considering the height difference, before Scruga and the other 8 dwarves arrive to chase off and maim the rest of the humans. Affy, as if she felt the need to prove just how quickly she can sprint with a bruised spleen, chased after and chopped up the horse the leader rode. Only one human escaped. Scruga managed one kill.
[img=http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5493/affykillsasiegexh1.th.jpg]22nd Limestone. What is it with the kids here? Zuglar Edembenem has been acting quite strange lately, locking himself in his room for long periods of time and playing odd melancholy tunes on his piccolo. He emerged today, dressed head to toe in black, having dyed his hair and beard black as well, with the occasional purple or white streak! How strange! He then rushed down to the workshops, claimed one of the craftdwarves as his own, and gathered three siltstone, three monkey bones, pink garnes, turtle shell, dog leather and rope reed cloth.
Also, Affy has fully recovered from her bruised spleen.
2nd Sandstone. Monkey attack! fifteen of the little devils are harassing the workers, Affy and Scruga went to play, bits of monkey are everywhere. Highlight was Affy decapitating a monkey, then kicking its head off a cliff into the river.
13th Sandstone. Mafol Logemmorul, one of the War Dogs that set off with the initial expedition, has died of old age, she is succeeded by around 30 puppies she left behind, many of them delicious.
14th Sandstone, Zuglar has emerged, and with him he has brought Sibnirshaketh, a siltstone crown, I've included a sketch of it...
[img=http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8343/artefactdw3.th.jpg]He has also finally went back to dressing normally and washed that dye of of his beard. I guess his mother was right, it was just a phase.
27th Sandstone. The guard Erith Atrstigaz suffocated in sparring practice today.
29th Timber. Progress on the secret project has been slow of late, I've decided to speed it up a bit by drafting more workers and making a few new stockpiles next to the construction. Why didn't I think of that months ago?
Also, we congratulated Mafol Tiristoltar today on the birth of her baby girl.
End of Autumn.
1st Moonstone, Autumn has come and gone without a sign of the caravan, I wonder what happened to them? The project continues, and is now around half way done, we should be able to finish before the year is out.
13th Moonstone. Evidently, today is give birth to tons of puppies day. Three of the dogs just delivered, I'm not even sure how many puppies. The countess says that she might have to impose a fine for "littering" no one laughed.
14th Moonstone. A vile force of darkness has arrived! From the North East come 8 pikemen 5 bowmen, and 12 wrestlers led bya Elf Mace lord and an Elf Master lasher, From the North West comes 8 pikemen 5 bowmen, and 4 wrestlers led by an Elf Hammer lord, they stream across the bridge from the north and hit the traps.
What a triumph! I feel it necessary to pause here to make a note: HUGE SUCCESS. Truly I find it difficult to commit to word exactly the extent of my satisfaction. Dwarven mechanics, they kill everything because they can.
[img=http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2599/trapaftermathjj5.th.jpg] Affy dashed in to clean up the rest, she managed to chase three down before the rest escaped. I think some type of sprint training is necessary for the rest of the military. If Affy keeps getting miles ahead, she's going to run into a bit more than she can handle one of these days.
21st Moonstone. Former Ruler Keldor Lolormorul has given birth to a boy!
26th Moonstone. The Countess mandates the construction of three platinum items. I'm not sure if she meant it, or if she was just shouting out things in labor pain, because she then gave birth to a baby boy. How many children has the countess had now? Perhaps she should have been named "Fertile Myrtle"
1st Opal, the Project is now around 80% complete! Progress has been great thanks to those new stockpiles, We'll probably finish before the season is out!
12th Opal, We're nearly finished, just a few final touches.
18th Opal, the Mayor has mandated the construction of three idols.
20th Opal, It's finished! The secret project is complete!
Alright, so it isn't every secret, but the wooden bridge has been completely replaced by a sturdy, dwarven siltstone bridge!
[img=http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5820/bridgedonegn7.th.jpg]I've decided that the bridge should be named "The Kel Memorial Bridge" in memory of our first leader.
4th Obsidian. Deduk Rovodtomem, a guard, bled to death in training.
16th Obsidian. The Dungeon master demands a clear glass window in his office. I suppose he, like Fertile Myrtle, didn't get the note that there's NO SAND.
1st Granite. Spring comes, and with it, my term as leader expires. I can't help shake the feeling that I have failed my fellow workers. The quarters stand unimproved and still mostly door-less, and the nobles are as decadent as ever. At least they now have room to dine. Perhaps the next ruler will be able to better serve the common dwarf.
Alright, well, It took me longer than I thought, but it is done.
Notes to future rulers:
Affy isn't currently the leader of his squad, some stupid wrestler hit Elite status before Affy did. I don't know how to work military ranks well, but it seems I can't reassign the elite to be under a non-elite. Anyway, fix this somehow.
We still need doors on the rooms
We need a few more prison cells, also, try to make each cell have a bed, a 1 square booze stockpile, and a 1 square food stockpile. This will keep prisoners from getting horribly depressed, not that it's been a problem yet, but an ounce of prevention....
Road, I have no idea where it used to run, so if you do, you might want to reconstruct it.
Also, find out what happened to the traders, They never showed up, and that worries me.
let me know if the save download is working properly, I think it will.
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