Diary of "Deathy" Alakdastot
1st of Obsidian, Year 20
The Queen has decided to send 14 dwarves out into the wilds to set up a new Fortress against the greenie menace otherwise known as Goblins. The area has been decided and I have been voted as the first Leader of SpearWonders. I have decided to keep this diary of our exploits in the lands although I don't rightly know how often I will have time to write. I have also left a map of the area we are being sent to.
29th of Obsidian, Year 20
Many weeks have passed since leaving the mountain homes on this journey for new lands. From the start of this journey we knew hardships would be ours, little did we expect half our expedition to die leaving us with only seven, 6 men and one lady alive until more dwarves come. his is our first day at a new site for construction.
1st of Granite, Year 21
Our wagon has finally seen its last day as we arrived at a suitable area to begin digging. The land itself seems to be pointing us in the right direction as we have ample supplies of magma cut of from our people by a mear dwarflength. We seem to be doing well and will strike the earth and lay out a basic foothold for our soon to be grandoise fortress.
28th of Granite, Year 21
Construction is going well, rooms are being dug out as we speak and beds are being constructed so we can sleep on something other than sand. Goron50 came and spoke to me earlier today and asked when our stoneworks were going to be completed. Soon enough I replied as I continued work.
1st of Hematite, Year 21
The bedrooms are almost finished. We have decided to plan ahead and build many more rooms than necessary in case of immigration. As it stands we almost have 30 bedrooms as well as a barracks. Construction of the dining hall and trade depot as well as defenses for exposed throughways in the fort will be the next objective for these dwarves.
1st of Galena, Year 21
The Bedrooms are finished as is our makeshift dining room which is quickly being filled with enough tables and thrones to be considered legendary in its own right. The barracks are being improved slightly to allow more room for sparring when the time comes.
1st of Limestone, Year 21
The summer passed by in a flurry of work quickly the changing seasons will be reaching winter. We are expecting a caravan and liason from the mountain homes sometime in the next couple months and are preparing for them with many simple crafts as well as some very delicious food.
12th of Limestone, Year 21
At last the dwarven caravan has arrived preparations are being made and various goods are being brought out for them.
11th of Sandstone, Year 21
After much time I feel that the trades we perused with the dwarven caravan were within our favor. We happily set them on their way with a bit of our food and some special bolts. We should be seeing quite a bit of wood coming from them in the coming years and hopefully we will buy much of it as a growing fort is always in need of wood. As for the liason I have requested lots of food and booze we should see quite a bit with the next caravan. With them they also brought tidings of kobolds roaming the nearby countryside and warned us to safe guard our fortress from thier thieves.
18th of Sandstone, Year 21
We were surpised to hear other dwarven voices in the distance and even more surprised considering that the liason had just left. Migrants have arrived adding much needed extra workforce as well as hope for the next generation that has yet to be concieved in the fortress. In total we recieved 8 new faces this is great as we can now start doing a great many things with them.
9th of Timber, Year 21
The migrants are working quite contentedly and prosperously in thier old and new professions. I have achieved something great today as well, I am a legendary bookkeeper, and have calculated the exact totals of everything we have. Now to keep it curren.
1st of Moonstone, Year 21
Winter has finally arrived, we will soon know if we will get a freeze and if we do we must prepare for the winter incase of any emergencies.
20th of Moonstone, Year 21
Kobolds have found our Fortress at last, fortunately they were found by our woodcutter Robikku, who quickly seized the opportunity and sliced the kobolds in two.
1st of Granite, Year 22
The first of the new year has finally arrived, my time as the overseer is over, and new blood must now take over for the time being. I have left the fortress in good condition with few things to note, first of all the bedrooms have been expanded much farther east the I originally planned but turned out alright. Secondly the large open foyer needs to be walled in on the next area up. I wish the next overseer much booze and delight.
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