2nd GraniteNow that I have had a chance to fully assess our situation, I have a clearer
idea of what I should attempt to accomplish to advance our situation in The
Eternal Halls.
I feel that I should explain a little of how I came to occupy this post.
I was appointed by the King to be the official leader of the Eternal Halls.
This appointment was given to me by the King for my assertiveness, sense of
duty, and my willingness to sacrafice my own needs for the greater good. Of
course once our populace are diverse enough to reliably choose a suitable leader,
of their own they will be given every opportunity to do so.
Antlia, my dear, and myself decided to come along with our good friend Dadam
to assist with the outpost that he had been discussing with the King. My
abilities are more suited for leading for the short term, but because Dadam has
a clearer view of the future of the fortress, he was chosen to lead our crew for
the first year of our settling.
Antlia and I had truthfully decided to migrate here to elope. He being the
direct relative of the nobility of the mountainhomes, and myself a little more
than a peasant daughter born to a family far removed from nobility, our
interest in each other had been frowned upon from the beginning. I
wasn't a proper wife for this man by their standards. So travelling with him
to establish a new dwarven settlement seemed like the most honorable and reasonable
thing to do in my situation. I hope that my choices turn out well.
Today I politely asked Aqizzar if it was possible to switch rooms with Antlia
so that we could have adjoining rooms. He graciously acquiesed. I will dig
a hallway to connect our rooms and also temporarily set myself an office in
that corridor so I have a proper place from which to run my duties as the
outpost manager of labors.
15th GraniteI have begun better organizing the stockpiles. For now I think creating
separate piles for different goods will be enough. But eventually some proper
stockpile rooms should be dug.
Today news came that the Elven caravan was soon to arrive. I have all of us
hauling the bins of stone crafts that we've made to the depot. Antlia and I
are currently carving new areas to be used as bedrooms for any new citizens
that might arrive.
2nd SlateTrading went well with the Elves. I exchanged some of our crafted stone for
prickle berry seeds, longland grass seeds, fisher berry seeds, blade weed seeds,
and hide root seeds. I also acquired a Gian Jaguar from them, which I am very
excited about. Hopefully we can get a mate for it. I also got some rope reed
ropes, berries, barrels and some booze. They were pleased with the trade, and
I will be pleased to be rid of them until next year.
4th SlateNow that trading is completed I am going to dig out a large area in the sand
to the north. We can start to store our metal ore there, it is relatively close
to where our eventual forges will be.
5th SlateI have found some native copper in my digging today. This will be somewhat
useful for us.
3rd FelsiteI was alerted today that some migrants have begun arriving. I haven't yet readied
thier rooms; they will have to sleep in the dirt until then.
5th Felsite19 of our bretheren have come from the mountainhomes to take up permanent residence.
Their help will certianly ease the pressure on the rest of us. And we are all
glad to see some fresh beards around the cavern.
8th FelsiteReg Edanathel, a newly arrived peasant, has been acting strangely.
9th FelsiteReg has taken a craftdwarf's workshop and began a construction after bringing
a lone chunk of food from our stockpile.
13th FelsiteWe've struck some brown zircon today.
14th FelsiteReg has created Rothurvad, a pine idol. It is fairly worthless, but he has
high skills in woodcrafing. This will be very useful.
I've asked that the rangers and trappers that have arrived to cease their hunting.
A future manager may override this if they so wish, but I am something of a
conservationist.
26th FelsiteI have laid out the digging plan for the new bedrooms. Antlia and I have begun
our work digging.
27th FelsiteI've ordred the moving of the stone out of the food stockpile into the dump
near the masons and craftdwarve's workshop. This will clear up some of the
clutter on the floor. Now that we have more dwarves standing around this is
a task that is easily undertaken. They do have to earn their keep, after all.
11th HematiteHumans have arrived! We are hauling some of our goods to the depot now.
I've given the peasants that arrived with the migrants the privelage of mining
alongside Antlia and I. They will have to work hard to keep up, but I expect
they will learn quickly. We now have five miners total in my crew.
14th HematiteTrading went quite well with our Human neighbors. I traded our stone crafts
for some barrels, drinks, bars of metal, wood, meats and cheeses.
25th HematiteA couple of Kobold thieves have been spotted. This time I nearly had one of our
nearby miners lodge a pick through their tiny skulls, but I refrained. I will
not tolerate their lurking much longer, however.
26th Hematite I talked with the liason today. I requested that they bring wood, drinks, seeds,
dogs, and meats for next year. Musical instruments and weapons were what they
requested of us. We will happily carve some instruments for them. But I don't
feel comfortable handing out instruments of death, even to a friendly neighbor.
You just never know.
20th MalachiteWork continues on the new bedrooms, and they are now nearly finished. I have
begun to worry about our defensive situation here. We have no standing military
but I am not ready to designate any of our precious labor force to sparring.
What's worse is that we can be attacked from all directions due to our location.
Something will eventually need to be done about that, but I can't spread myself
too thinly now.
19th GalenaThe bedrooms are furnished. Everyone happily has a place to sleep now.
25th GalenaRigh Rakustrab my friend and one of the seven original founders has been possessed.
She took control of a clothier's workshop. I will have to keep an eye on her.
26th GalenaWe've struck levin opal today.
4th LimestoneToday one of my crew members showed me some beautiful pink garnet that we've dug out.
We've also hit some morion.
7th LimesoneWe've dug out some Sphalerite. The variety of this mountain is incredible!
9th LimestoneHit yellow spessartine.
14th LimestoneI've noticed that Rith wants some thread. We have none on hand, as our weavers
are very much busy bodies and have seen to it that it is immediately woven into
cloth. I'll try to get some pig tails planted and harvested and processed. I
fear that I have waited too long, though. In my business, I had neglected to
check up on Rith.
The Dwarven Caravan comes today. Time to prepare for trade!
17th LimestoneTrading went well. They were happy to recieve the requested gloves of silk that
I've had our clothiers prepare for them. In return I got us some wood, drinks
armor, a dog, food supplies. I also got some thread, hopefully this is what
Rith requires.
18th LimestoneI talked with the mountainhome liason today. I requested drinks, wood, and
dogs from them. I also ordered the start of the smoothing of founders hall.
19th LimestoneWe've got some puppies running around now. This is good as we can soon begin
chaining them around the perimeter to help with the detection of unwanted
trespassers.
9th SanstoneI've connected our farms to the rest of the fort by way of an underground tunnel.
I've also locked the doors on the surface. We should try to stay within the fort
as much as is possible.
11th SandstoneRith has been stricken with melancholy. I know this is my fault, and I fear that
I will now lose a good, old friend. Perhaps I was not as fit for leading as the
King had assumed. I am going to take a break for a while and rest. The stress
of leadership certainly does wear on one. I understand Dadam's desire to be
done with it for a time.
1st MoonstoneWinter is here. I have been expanding the dwarven apartments with my crew.
The work is hard as the stone is damp and conditions are miserable from the
river above.
2nd MoonstoneA sad day. Farewell Rith, my dear friend. I hope that you rejoin the stone from
which you were carved!
12th MoonstoneAs work continues on the rooms, slowly, we have struck graphite.
16th MoonstoneSigun, one of our craftsdwarves, found a Kobold thief trying to make off with
some of our crafts. The thief ran off in the cowardly fashion of Kobolds.
24th MoonstoneI've dug out all fo the wet rooms. The work was difficult but at least others
won't have to deal with the miserable task of digging there. We have plenty
of spare bedrooms now.
28th MoonstoneI've ordered more wood be harvested for the crafting of beds and chests.
17th OpalI am going to makestockpiles for food and drinks near the dining room. A large
area adjacent to it, to the west. It will replace the food piles above, when
finished.
4th ObsidianZuglar Stullikot, bone carver was possessed. We've had some very moody comrades
lately.
8th ObsidianZuglar started construction. Turtle shell, gneiss blocks, and conger eel
leather is what he required.
11th ObsidianWe've hit some stibnite today.
Zuglar created Sudir Ethad, a turtle shell amulet. I'm not impressed.
13th ObsidianReg Edanathel has given birth to a beautiful baby girl. This is our first Native
Born child. Keshan be praised!
20th ObsidianI have the haulers occupied with outfitting all of our rooms with cabinets
as I write this. It is about time that we begin to properly furnish our
quarters.
26th ObsidianToday I ordered the brewing of 60 drinks. We are not low on booze by any measure
but there's never too much I say.
1st GraniteThis marks the end of my duties as manager. I only have a few comments for the
next managers. We are lacking in the area of security for our fort. I had planned
to address that, but I was too busy with other matters. The garbage dump that
I used for stone is located in the hallway near the masons and craft shops.
I have haulers currently clearing the newest food stockpile that is near the
dining hall, they should not be occupied for too long. I now will resume my
duties as the General Manager of The Eternal Halls, as well as a miner, and leave
the reigns to someone else for a time.
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