lol get back on, i get traders, then as they come in a siege appears, what fun.
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9th Limestone
Coming out from mining the magnetite cluster I got the news that the dwarven caravan has appeared on the road. I ordered the military onto standby and for things to be brought to the depot.
10th Limestone
Damnination! A siege appears to be upon us. Troops numbers are imprecise but we need to hurry the traders in as fast as possible.
12th Limestone
I was chatting with the head trader when Catten walked up to me.
“Got the latest troop numbers.” He said gruffly. I took the scroll from him and opened it, the trader crowded close to read.
Group 1
13 goblins
-Osbu Duzobamxu, macelord, local leader
-7 wrestlers
-5 swordsmen
13 beak dogs
Group 2
1 human
-Catet Mudungmim, spearman
11 goblins
-5 wrestlers
-6 spearmen
12 beak dogs
Group 3
1 human
-Idem Idowarosp, guard
14 goblins
-8 wrestlers
-5 lashers
15 beak dogs
*special note: Idem appears to be missing a leg
Group 4
1 human
-Raji Atthemotnge, guard
14 goblins
-7 wrestlers
-7 hammermen
15 beak dogs
“That’s quite a few goblins.” The trader said gravely, I snorted.
“We’ve faced this many before without to much of an issue. So far we’ve only lost two dwarves and we’ve had many sieges. My question is will we be able to get your traders in and keep the liaison from leaving before they arrive.”
“From what I see they should make it.” Catten said.
“All right then, get ready for the normal procedures.” I resumed chatting with the trader and Catten went off to prepare.
14th Limestone
The echo of cage traps going off drifted down the tunnel.
“Idiots sent an advance party and they got all caught up.” Catten remarked, another dwarf came walking up.
“Imush, Solon just started acting funny. He claimed the craftshop and started to gather things. I rubbed the bridge of my nose.
“Too many things happening at once, keep an eye on him and get him what he wants.” The dwarf walked away.
“Their backing off for now.” A voice called.
“In that case I’ll get some trading done while those goblins meander out there.”
15th Limestone
Well Solon gathered some logs, a gneiss block, and some giant cave spider silk and begun working. At least that’s taken care of. We traded for metals, wood, and food. Now all we have to do is kill these sons of bitches that are waiting outside.
18th Limestone
“They coming in force?” I asked Catten who was waiting by the depot.
“Yep, almost the whole group is in one big mob. Doesn’t look like we’ll beable to capture Osbu unless we can knock him into the trenches.” We waited restlessly as the goblins gathered outside.
“Close everything up!” I shouted suddenly. Dwarves scurried for the levers. A minute later Osbu crossed the bridge, many in front of him yet at least one group still outside, when the gates closed and the bridges went up. I smiled. “How bout we let the melee squads have a go?” I asked, a resounding cheer went up and dwarves scurried to get ready.
20th Limestone
The dwarves positioned themselves at the gate, a marksdwarf squad backing them up.
“Open the gates!” I called and with a screech the gates opened to let us sally forth. With a roar the goblins in the inner courtyard charged at us and we met with a resounding crash. Immediately I see two of our people start acting funny, becoming more fluid in their movements. The military cut a swath through the goblins and their beak dogs, nothing penetrating their strong armor. Even when they ran out of bolts the markdwarves stepped forward and smashed goblins with their crossbows. Soon the fighting stilled, the goblins and their mounts death and no injuries on our side. “Go! Collect the spoils and reset the traps for the next group.” I ordered and cleanup began.
10th Sandstone
“The merchants are wanting to leave.” Catten said walking up to me.
“Damn. Oi stop gathering, we need to finish off the rest of the goblins.” I shouted, everyone came back inside. “Lower the inner bridge.” It went down. We waited a few minutes, then the goblins began crossing it. “Raise it.” I shouted. The bridge went up just as Osbu went into a cage trap. “Charge!” I roared, it was over in a minute. “Lower the bridge!” I shouted again. That one was over in seconds.
“Sir the goblins outside the courtyard have fled.” A dwarf reported.
“All right! Get the outer bridges lowered so the caravan can leave and begin clean up.”
14th Sandstone
“We can’t thank you enough Imush for protecting us.” The lead trader said as wagon rumbled by.
“No need to thank us, mearly doing our duty to fellow dwarves.” The trader eyed the mounts of bodies.
“You have a giant amount of cleanup to do though.” I shrugged.
“Small price to pay for killing goblins, and we still have more to kill in the trenches as well.”
“Anyway, farewell. We will spread stories of your valor to the mountainhome”
“Good bye to you as well.”
20th Sandstone
As soon as the caravan cleared out we let the goblins out of the trenches… into our military. Now cleanup begins in ernest.
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Anyway I think I finally got that local leader, I'll have to check after homework.
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