Ardentdikes had turned into a maze of lava, vomit, corpses, clothes, garbage and dorfs after the celebrations of the revival of the fortress and the new years' celebration.
The mayor of the fort was so out of his mind that he just tossed his papers and staff in front of me and gave me command of everything...
I love parties.
Once the distorsion subsided, my first plan was to organize the fort a little bit, we were already highly stocked in materials and food/drink, but the outside world was a complete mess, with lots of things we could use. So on the third day of Granite, with a bright light in the sky (and the subsequent vomiting that took place), the great bridge to the west was opened, and a group of several dwarves was sent to recover things lost in the wilderness.
While this took place, I planned:
the construction of a new monument to conmemorate the salvation,
the restauration of damaged and/or incomplete constructions
the construction of my tomb, following the idea of my homonym, the Baron.
I also decided to suspend the improvement of the building already on top of the magma pipe due to an accident involving magma and babies:
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Praise the messengers! Migrants have arrived!
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The fortress has seen little to no problems so far, the bridge has been kept open through to summer, dwarves continue the scavenge of stuff from outside while they continue the farming/brewing/etc. labours.
At this pace, Ardentdikes should become a stronghold of dwarven power before the end of the year.
Also, an elven caravan appeared, I traded some garbage for wood, booze, ropes and other stuff, I then offered them a ton of high quality rock crafts and a minuscule, insignificant, barely noticeable wooden something and all hell broke loose... No more trading with the elves it seems....
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At least three dwarves have embarked on the difficult task of claiming a workshop and working non-stop. But only one of them did something more useful than a wooden diaper...
Summer is ending without greater news, please stay seated for the incredible ending of this magnificent year in dwarven history.
Stay tuned!