Cog’s Journal, 16th of Felsite, 322
The Elven caravan has arrived in spite of this spring siege! While some dwarves have always complained about the Elves, they’ve traded with us honestly and they’ll certainly have some materials to help us boost our booze supplies. The best part is, they haven’t sent a diplomat in years to whine about our abuse of the mushroom forests below. And I’m certainly not planning on telling them!
Cog’s Journal, 22nd of Felsite, 322
Extra berries, more booze and to top it off some new animals including a pair of cougars. The elves were very pleased with our interest in the large number of animals they brought. I didn’t have the heart to tell them they would be heading straight to the butcher’s block. Except for the cougars, maybe we can finally get a breeding pair.
Our stock of drinks is back over 1000 units, but I intend to see it over 2 – 3 thousand by the end of the year.
Cog’s Journal, 2nd of Hematite, 322
Today a Kobold ambush of all things appeared at our gates. A dog chasing a thief stumbled into them and was struck down. Incidently, it was the first thief we’ve seen in several years. Derm and his squad were dispatched and arrived quickly thanks to the new military tower placement. The kobolds were naturally no match for the military.
Cog’s Journal, 5th of Hematite, 322
Derm has been complaining about the lack of combat challenges in the fortress. I’ve informed him that I’ll see what I can do. He always was enthusiastic about exploration. I’ve got some ideas but they’ll have to be very carefully implemented to avoid risk to the fortress at large.
On a related topic we are running low on adamantine and have barely equipped a quarter of the military. Both adamantine spires are in lakes, we’ll have to convert the lakes to obsidian to make it easier for our miners to access and secure the valuable stone. Another part of that project is securing the adamantine floor sections that remain. They will be encased in microcline and eventually used for some purpose.
Cog’s Journal, 7th of Hematite, 322
Work is proceeding well, but I keep getting distracted from designing these pumps by other tasks. It’s a bloody long way down into the third cave level and there isn’t any way to speed the trip up. But we’ll be evaporating that lake in no time at all.
OOC: A slow, quiet couple of months. But preparations to dig deeper are beginning. Don’t worry too much, I’ve been pondering how to accomplish this goal safely for quite a few months now. I’ll be installing a lot of deadfall traps to defend the fortress.
@Thatdude: Thanks kindly! I’ll try to have a nice batch of pictures for the next end of year update.
@Indricotherium: Thanks!
@dermonster: Yeah, I’ve been thinking that. I’ll either boost the goblins another bit, or I’ll try to scrounge up something already in the world.
@Beeskee: Ahhh, that area. Yeah, those gaps were intentional and I did mess up the carving of that structure up at the higher levels. I may go back and fix it in the future. It’s not like that’s a major travel route thank goodness. As for Derm, I’ve been pondering the option of dispatching other dwarves. On the other hand, I’m curious how many he can rack up in a lifetime.
@automaton: Your dwarf’s training is proceeding nicely.
@Paaaad: Thanks very much!
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