From the Personal Log of the General
With the immigrants arriving today, our work force is nearly quadroupled. This is good, it means that basic training can begin right away. I am sorting the candidates for training as I write this. I believe that I will keep our resident domestic at her post, sorting out logistics and keeping us fed and stocked with drink, and pull the other five of the first seven on to training. A few of us have a military background and that will help keep discipline. Additionally, I am certainly placing the following candidates in basic immediately.
First is William Dark. He is a very sociable fellow, until you get him talking about battle. Though he has no formal war training, I can tell he has a warrior's spirit and will be very ferocious. He told me he would rather die a bloody mess in pieces on the battlefield than wait for death to find him in bed or doing some measly task in the fortress. I think we have a candidate for a permanent military service.
Next is Shoruke. Though fresh out of the dwarven siege engineering school, he seems very eager to build and practice on a mighty siege engine. He also keeps talking about firing platforms and arcs of coverage, and things I don't fully grasp. I guess siege engineering has come a long way since the old days of placing engines on your walls and firing on goblins until they came within bolt range. Consequently any siege engineer who wants to abandon his post because a goblin is coming will have the choice: face the goblin or face me. I think they'll choose the goblin.
The final candidate I've pulled so far is Thuellai, the fisherdwarf. He has a patience and an analytical mind I have not seen in some time. Most dwarves these days tend to act first and think later, but Thuellai is quite the opposite. He also already is comfortable using a spear to catch fish, now I just need to train him to use it to kill goblins.
There are plenty of candidates to go over. I'm hoping for another seven, giving us fifteen in training and ten to maintain the fortress. Once we get an anvil we can begin the second phase of military training.
OOC: The following are still up for grabs:
Male Animal Caretaker
Male Brewer
Male Engraver
Male Peasant
Male Potash Maker
Male Woodcutter
Female blacksmith (Metalsmith)
Female Engineer (Siege Operater, Mechanic, Pump Operater)
Female Milker
Female Miller
Female Pump Operator
Female Peasant
Female Peasant
Female Woodcrafter
Female Woodworker (Bowyer, woodcutter, carpenter)
Female Woodworker (Bowyer, woodcutter, carpenter)
Consequently, "Female Milker" sounds very inappropriate.
These dwarves will be up for grabs until they are filled, but I won't be updating again tonight probably, so grab one now if you want them included in the storyline. I will try to have named characters drop by in the story as much as possible.
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