2nd Opal, 77
Berta was interrupted by a kobold thief while hauling water to our wounded. He was from our enemy, Brilayrbis, and will no doubt take back word of our presence, as there were no soldiers around to stop him. Though after the orcs, the kobolds don't seem nearly as frightening.
This does serve as an important reminder though that we need a secure source of water. This pool will not do.
3rd Opal
Now I have also been interrupted by a kobold thief. I managed to kill this one though. Klidigisrunkis was his name.
I've planned two major improvements to the fort. The first is a series of stonefall traps on one of the walkways. Once we have an anvil and enough spears, some will be replaced with spikes. The other is the walling in of a pond in the warmer part of our area. The ponds to the south froze this morning, but this one looks to remain liquid.
I've breached the security of the fort to get this wall build faster. Lets hope we don't get siegers.
On another note, Kol still has ahold of his silver axe, and we just ran out of wood. I even tried to get the workers to dump it off of him, but no luck.
1st Granite, 78
As the year turns, I feel compelled to record our progress so far.
With the completion of the wall around the pond, our injured dwarves should live for now. We do need to get a sustainable source of water. Fred believes there is an underground river to the west.
"I can feel their deaths through the stone." he told me at lunch.
I was confused, as we had been taling about the benefits of leather or cloth undergarments on dwarven women.
He continued,"You probably son't believe me, but at least three Giant Olms, a dozen Olmmen, and sixteen Snakemen have died somewhere in that direction. I think I may be developing some sort of connection to the animal world. Not sure how, but I've killed so many."
I sat there stunned. He might be crazy, but if there is underground water, its worth any risk. And he is right, he has killed a lot of animals.
Fred's kills:
Someone finally dumped the silver axe today! We can kill trees to make our beds, bins, and barrels once again!