Journal of the first spring:
We have made it all the way from the mountain home to our new home. We were chosen to set out on an expedition to find riches and send them back home for their coffers. We were selected as two miners, one of which is me, a woodsdwarf, a carpenter, a mason, and two farmers, one of which is also a brewer.
We have a good supply of food and seeds which will keep us fed through fall. We even have enough booze to get their as well. As for the winter, I don't know what were going to do, we already ohave our farms growing all the food we can, and they said that they would come and check on us at the end of fall, but I don't know what that means.
The expedition leader, our mason, has asked me to give him a general idea for what our fortress should look like. I told him that I wasn't much of an architect, but he insisted. I designed a basic plan with a main hallway that goes straight into the mountain. At the entrance I planned two rooms right next to eachother for rooms, so that travel could be minimized from both the farms, and the workshops to the beds. It's not very secure of a lay-out, but I doubt we will encounter many problems here, the atmosphere is so buoyant and bubbly. The only wildlife I've seen so far have been a few mountain goats.
Me and my mining friend have started digging out the fort already, and most of the basic layer is finished. We have a few workshops built as well, and the carpenter and mason have been busy making beds and doors. Nothing else. I wonder what our leader is thinking, surely we wont eat on beds, and surely we wont put our possessions in doors? I guess all these beds will be handy if we ever have enough dwarves in here to justify making an actual floor for sleeping.
As for my friend, he wasn't very helpful with the mining. He spent most of his time this season hauling goods back and forth, and I was left doing the mining. Generally this would infuriate me, but the practice is good, and I can feel myself getting faster.
As for the riches we've found so far, I am not disappointed. Just looking at the mountain from the outside, you could see gems sticking out of the side of it. Inside, It's even richer. I've encountered atleast 4 nodes of precious jewels. We even have specific areas designated for the placing of everything, so far we only have food and gem stockpiles though.
Here is a general map of what the fortress looks like so far, I'm sad to say I'm going to have to knock down some of the walls I dug out to get more jems, but I know that it is worth it tenfold.
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Topic: Ardesfuth (Succession) (Read 8993 times)