10th Galena, 207, Late Summer
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Our 'secret' bunkers are coming along nicely. I see that the workers have their priorities straight, of course; The drink stockpiles are almost full, while the food stockpiles are pretty much still empty. As the barrels come in, I forbid them, ensuring that we'll have drinks. Everybody knows about the project by now, and many are coming down here to take the booze. Fortunately, nobody's questioning the odd location and the bed rooms and dining rooms they need to walk through to get to them... some are also enjoying the dining rooms.
I designate a path for some water so that we can get wells. Only after they're dug, I realize I forgot to force the water through a crack to depressurize it, so I have some walls constructed to make it happen.
I notice a lot more activity around the drink piles than expected. I check to see why and... huh.
Apparently, the workers have discovered a more efficient way of stacking barrels. Now why couldn't they do that upstairs?
Oh, and we finally fulfilled the demand of Sibrek Kuletnitig, the Hammerer. You want a clear glass window in your bedroom? We deliver.
What good is a window if it doesn't look at anything? I did Sibrek a favor and had somebody drop a hoary marmot skull behind the glass, right next to his bed. Watching. Always watching. While you sleep, Sibrek. It will never stop watching you...
Obok črithkodor, one of the masons who originally embarked here with us, had a run-in with some wolves while trying to refresh a cage trap that caught one of them. Fortunately, he escaped unscathed, and they didn't appear interested in him anyway.
I came to my room and found a note on my +Basalt throne+ from Asob.
Hi Zon!The bunkers are coming along really nice, but construction sure is dirtying the place up! Could you please make me 2 tin items to offset the mess that the diggers and haulers are making?Thanks a bunch!Asob ☺I crumple up the note in disgust. Really, Asob, do you think you're a baron or something? I'm starting to think this Mayor business is getting to her head - and she knows it's a bother, otherwise she'd have asked me directly rather than scratch an engraving in my throne to tell me to do it! I grumble and order up some tin flasks at the forge. While I'm at it, I notice a startling lack of picks and order up a pair. These will be needed for the pits beneath the bridges in the entryways to our bunkers.
Sheesh! Even Pesor Siti's representative, Bujit Quispeptamed, is in the spirit of making demands!
Not just any musical instrument...
green glass musical instruments! What a bizarre request, and from a bizarre source. I am later told that they are to be special showpieces for an orchestra ordered for the promotion of human local leader Lelgo Kudpakadi, a human Master Lasher. We'll be sure to forge lots of glass drums. I'd be surprised if they get more than one use from them! I hope he realizes we don't have any decent glass makers around here...
No sooner than the tin flasks are made than does Inod mandate the construction of three picks. Heh... what, did she hear that I was already making two, and decided to one-up me? Sheesh... I add one more pick to the queue to shut her up.
We celebrate the turn of autumn with the execution of the prisoners of the last siege.
This should keep morale up until the inevitable siege...
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16th Limestone, Early Autumn, 207
Right on time... and again, the goblin siege prevents the caravan from The Swift Arches from arriving. I was really hoping for another shipment of giant cave spider silk, but it wasn't meant to be.
Eight hammergobs, thirty wrestlers, one axegob, eight swordgobs, one guard, ten bowgobs, six lashers... sixty-four goblins total. I was hoping the deaths of their leaders would have reduced the size of their attacks! At least they're all coming from the south-east this time.
...Hmm, something doesn't seem right though.
I knew it! At some point, we encountered a new goblin civ - this is the third one yet! I ask around quickly, and many confirm that the Dungeons of Dye had been in contact with us at the beginning of Autumn, but
not the beginning of Summer. So... maybe Dodók Cloisterinches the Geared Guile of Waving was wrong, and that siege last season was actually from the Dungoens of Dyeing? You'd think they could at least wear a flag or something so we can tell them apart.
This is all we got? Oh dear... we had a lot of injuries last season. I didn't realize so much of our military was down! I wonder how we'll fare...
Hold on a second... Is that Udil Nefekdastot standing out near the pond? Why is she disobeying my orders?!
"Udil! Get in here unless you want to get killed!!"
"But I'm attending a meeting!"
"Attending a meeting?! With who, your untimely demise??"
"With Logem! I am a dubious worshipper, but he's explaining some things to me!"
"Oh, well that's just great! Could you kindly ask him to save the revelation until
after the siege?!"
"Sorry, but you know how gods are! He's right here in the water, and I don't know if he'll be there when I get back! Funny thing, he looks exactly like me!"
"No, actually I don't! Get over here now-- and bring your axe!"
"...You're putting me on duty??"
"Do you want to die a hero, or an idiot??"
I recruit and station Udil the untrained carpenter deep within the fortress... and then unrecruit her. Honestly! The stupidity of some dwarves! Talking to her reflection in the water and thinking its her god??
The goblins are getting much, much smarter. The bowgobs take to high ground that doesn't have easy access, but has a great vantage point on the enclosure where the warriors are stationed.
((DFMA)) ((Movie)) I hurry and move the soldiers onto the first drawbridge; we'll have to rely on a slightly different tactic this time!Archibold chases down the remaining goblins from these packs, surely aiming to maintain his lead in highest kill count. Meanwhile, the group of swordgobs and some wrestlers appear to remain indecisive. One of them was shot down by one of the marksdwarves, and the rest decided to huddle together near the gopher they've slain. Maybe they're keeping warm with its corpse. Most likely, they plan on fleeing as well.
((DFMA)) ((Movie)) I decide not to let that happen.'Other Grendus' is lauded for killing seven goblins in this year, bringing is kill count to eleven. He's now tied for third amongst champions. Archibold's kills for the year 207 have risen to a staggering twenty-seven, and his total kill count is sixty-six notable kills and seven rhesus macaques.
It seems that Barduk the marksdwarf is responsible for the early kill of the swordgob party, bringing his total to three.
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