Cog’s Journal, 19th of Galena, 321 Wow, these Kobolds just won’t quit! Another siege arrived today. I’m sending out my response to this irritation in the form of Derm and his squad. The dwarven caravan had better show up this year.
Wait a minute. Apparently we’ve got goblins again this time well. Good grief this is annoying.
Events of the 20th of Galena, 321 Derm quickly surveyed the field. Three squads were very close to the gates and there were several archer squads among them. He signaled his squad. “We’re going, let’s kick these greenskins out!” And with that he led the charge. A squall of crossbow bolts from the goblins surrounded them. And then his axe began to taste blood.
Sturist was glorying in the slaughter this time. Right in with the rest of his squad, tearing the goblins and kobolds to shreds with his adamantine axe. The kobold siege broke almost immediately after they decimated the first squad. But the goblins remained still. Derm shouted the charge at the second squad of archers as the last goblin fell. He heard a retching sound behind him. Lars, the quiet legendary sworddwarf was crawling back towards the fortress with a bolt in his stomach. He started running and watched as Bennet and Thor lead the charge.
Omen was waiting at the gate for a signal to enter the battle when a troll lurched through the gates towards him. There were no other dwarves nearby so he braced himself and stabbed with his spear. One shot went straight into the trolls chest and then the second one slipped up and went straight through the troll’s skull. It collapsed, dead from the blow.
Thor dodged through a wall of bolts just as he had seen Derm do on so many occasions. Then he started ripping into the goblin archers with his hammer. Suddenly a troll was right behind him. He swung hard with his hammer and crushed the troll’s skull with a single blow. Suddenly all went quiet around him. Derm gave the call, “to the hills, there are more up there!” Thor watched as Bennet charged off.
Bennet arrived at the hilltop well ahead of the rest of his squad. As such he was unprepared when a swarm of trolls charged up at him. It was all he could do to dodge out of the way, once twice and then off the edge of the cliff into the moat that protected the fotress. He braced himself for the expected pain and then landed lightly and rolled quickly to prevent injury. He looked up at the battle and sighed. At least he wasn’t heading to the hospital this time. Then he heard a shout of excitement from Derm. “I know what to call it!”
Derm: As his new axe cleaved troll after troll, Derm was constantly thinking about what to call the weapon. What would match his beautiful steel axe? Wait, that was it. He quickly hacked the last troll in half and then shouted, “I dub this adamantine battleaxe Duraduker Adol Rafum. Beardwaves the Complexity of Coincidence!”
“Now then, let’s go kill the rest of these goblins!”
And so the rest of the siege was eliminated without incident.
Cog’s Journal, 22nd of Galena, 321 Other than the unfortunate belly wound to Lars, the siege went perfectly. Lars had the misfortune to be the only member of Derm’s squad who hasn’t been issued an adamantine breastplate yet. Looks like he’ll live though. Here is the kill tally:
Derm, Soulchopper: 14
Sturist, Axedwarf: 11
Thor, Hammerdwarf: 14
Bennet, Hammerdwarf: 6
Lars, Sworddwarf: 12
Rashem, Heron Marked: 12
Omen, Speardwarf: 1 troll
I also heard the news about the new name of Derm’s axe. Duraduker Adol Rafum is an interesting choice but it’s his weapon. Omen killing the troll was a happy accident. I’m sure he’s thrilled to have gotten his first tally from such an unexpected opponent.
On a separate note, I have been informed that trading went well this year. We obtained some booze, surface fruits for brewing along with some metal and other sundries. For the thousandth time I despair and the absence of a proper trade liaison from the human kingdoms.
OOC: Just a couple of pictures this time. Suffice to say that except for the belly wound, the seige went very nicely. And Derm named his new axe!
@Indricotherium: Yeah. Sadly we still haven’t killed the one that’s guarding the best silk. It’s peppered with arrows though.
@breadbocks: To be honest, I used dfhack to drop the liquid level down. A drainage system is on the list but when I realized the design flaws I didn’t want to wait for the drain to be installed before fixing it. I’ll be draining it properly now.
@NoahTophatz: Nifty!
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