Those orcs are quite broad-shouldered, it's okay. Maybe one shaded pixel at the toes. And different jobs might have different hair color, four hair colors, black grey brown and something.
In the outpost of Orbsspun...
Kuula the best miner died of melancholy-thirst.
21 of 73 are very unhappy.
Sopimus Docmil, furnacer, dead from herbalist's pummeling.
Assign first sheriff. Put a justice-rope (maybe our second)
Build floors to give something to do.
Vene the happy blacksmith died of thirst.
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Aita, soap maker, died of weak sheriff's beating.
Kivi Kitchenjoy is sad about being jail-chained.
Hiili furnacer had a baby.
carpenter got a justice-beating and 26 days of chain.
Ovi tanner died of melancholy-thirst.
Buthcer gets beating and 51 days of jail.
Soldier-carpenter dead.
dogs are chewing a cockatrice thief, odd. Did someone topple a cage.
Linna butcher finally lost it. bulldog and turkey protect the hospital. slay her.
nine in bedrest.
shrink gets beating, many bruised bones and guts. we are 68.
build long trap-corridor so could invite a few siegers.
tantrum kills war dog.
A NEW SIEGE ARRIVES! Illithid reinforcements, late summer. Probably total enemy count is 84+42... (28 fps)
make bronze daggers for weapon traps.
armorer went berserk.. mastiff loses lung and leg bone.
Hihna clothier died.
rotten dwarf in well area's dump.
Chained Hiili yells for her baby... sad.
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31 fps (29-30 on fancy quadcore laptop)
8 in bedrest.
fish cleaner dead of melancholy-thirst.
mid-autumn, only 4 in rest.
late autumn, home caravan, poor things. they get a flayer ambush. They defeat it.
SIEGE IS OVER. Guess the flayers got bored! A circle of trolls still waits.
open up the new trap-corridor for the trolls to come. If they will come.
doggies go attack the circle of trolls. open the main stairwell, send the military to trolls, they don't put up much fight.
liaison reaches mayor.
seven burial jobs.
Year 5 winter.
clothier gets a fey mood: a jute sock! 9140 coin. rings of schorl and redroot dye.
41 fps, 3x3 embark, 65 citizens, 25+102 animals, 3 cavern layers (1 and magma sea opened). 2,05 M wealth. 3300 stones.
one trader went berserk and was slain by their guard.
an eternity of hauling. separate the magmaforges access from main stairwell.
Migrants! a few of them. armorer and weaponsmith however.
train loads of war dogs.
a flayer ambush. and a second one.
brave steeler wrestler died.
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no-one is rescuing broken-foot Sali (not unconscious yet; tough, strong mossdorf). give her two more dogs.
two bulldogs and one rabbit have grown too old and have died.
finally execute the annoying area-blasting caged outpost mind.
whoa, have some idlers! Maybe the mighty bag-bin-barrel operation is finally done.
execute a puny flayer: wardog tore flayer wrestler's brain. good doggy!
naked militia captain hunts outdoor alligators.. ask her to stop hunting. third squad, go slay gator. gator flees briefly into a large pool.
two back-broken war dogs have to be put down due to the constant whimpering ("gives into pain" message spamming)
a magma man is pummeling a good metalworker! what! boiling dwarf blood clouds.
Hoardmaster gets hurt too. Lauta, Clerk dead. soldiers arrive. weepy ranger dead. steel spear, lower body off magma man.
Year 6 mid-spring. probably get sylvan traders soon.
TWENTY migrants. two or more are agile. we are 88 strong! (6 in rest and ten kids included)
turkey vs. groundhog fight. turkey ends with torn-open wing and many bruises.
sylvan caravan. and of course a SIEGE.
everybody (except elves) indoors, wall main stairs (didn't manage), let them try through the Trap Corridor.
one steeler died quickly. two jade wrestlers down in main stairs. walling-off way too slow.
some soldiers go up the main stairs and assault the foes. a horse died of our weapontrap.
Rauta moss-axe died. war giant eagle is quite broken.
Teos axer dead. 49 siegers remain. trap corridor chops beakdogs and swamptrolls.
big forest fire too.
The SIEGE is broken! 9+9+7 militia are still drawing breath! 5 puny invaders remain.
Teline the hero has lost toes and left arm. wears a cast on hand. (images)
34-fps-with-bushfire, 3x3 embark, 83 citizens, 43+87 animals, 3 cavern layers (1 and magma sea opened). 2,18 M wealth. 3300 stones.
tell the elf talker that we'll limit the woodcutting. we have magma.
12 in bedrest.
mastiff puppies. two dogs died of infection. Peili happycup starts a party!!
bushfire is 90% over, allow outdoors.
Year 6 summer.
let six grown bulldogs from the breeding cages.
Kaivos woodmil mayor, withdrawal mood: carpentry,
maybe should drop all these hostiles-in-cages to the magma sea.
mayor wants trees, but all stockpiled trees were used by steel-making. chop some. artifact: redcedar bucket, 6000.
have 370 horse meat.. 235 rhubarb sauce.. 235 prickleberry jam.. 150 strawberry jam.. 190 dwarven syrup.
execute a swamp troll.
only 7 in bedrest.
no mid-summer migrants.
late summer, wesman traders. everybody indoors! they made it to the depot. start hauling.
buy metals, ropes, dogds, drinks, barrels, crap weapons, cloth, variety meat, and precious Thread.
Year 6 autumn.
Maybe I'll fade the ground/period symbol a little so it stands out less.