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Battlecat · « **Reply #1470 on:** February 27, 2012, 03:20:52 pm »

Cog’s Journal, 19th of Opal, 324

The best ideas for ensuring the king can be contained if he becomes a severe problem is to ensure that creatures from the abyss can be redirected through his chambers. In the interest of doing this safely, I’m installing a couple extra bridges. One to seal the royal chambers and the other to connect his chambers to the non-secure zone. No additional work will be done around the adamantine pipe until this task has been completed.

I figure I’ll put a fake lever in the king’s room and tell him the bridge is for his security if there’s ever a riot. As for the area below, it’s just space for future expansion of his quarters. I hope the presence of a kill switch will calm the members of our fortress.

Cog’s Journal, 22nd of Opal, 324

We’re switching over to flood another batch of obsidian for block production today. We have over 7500 obsidian blocks in our fortress now and the growth shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Certain with the amount of construction still underway we’ll need all the material we can get.

Cog’s Journal, 27th of Opal, 324

Apparently we had an unreported case of possession recently. One of the children of Vucar and Amsel created a bone chestplate that was beautifully decorated. I value it at 63,000 Urists. Lots of excellent pictures on this one.

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Events of the 4th of Obsidian, 324

The menacing shouts of the Ettin could be heard clearly from the military tower.

“Behold, Iam Kifino Rinocerethe Neba Iye! I claim ownership of this fortress by right of combat! Pitiful dwarves, send out your armies, I will smite them all!”

Derm looked at his squad and shrugged. “Rashem, it’s your turn today.” Rashem immediately grabbed his gear and made his way out to the front of the fortress.

Rashem shouted to get the Ettin’s attention, since it was idling out in front of the fortress. “I’m afraid the rest of the military isn’t available. A fresh batch of brew came out of the casks today and I drew the short straw. Hurry up and let’s get this over with so I can go get a drink before it’s gone.”

The Ettin roared with rage and charged at Rashem Heron-marked. Rashem deftly stepped to the side, took one swing with his adamantine sword and neatly cut the Ettin in half at the waist. The Ettin fell to the ground with a surprised look on its face, attempting to swing its fists as Rashem, as if it didn’t comprehend that it was dead.
Rashem shrugged and began the walk back to the fortress. He was hopeful this didn’t count against future opportunities to face a forgotten beast. The threats from these creatures of the surface were pretty much a joke now.

OOC: Things are coming along nicely this year. One more update and then it’s the year end summary.

@dermonster: I’m not entirely sure what his reaction will be. Should be interesting at least!

@Triaxx2: Perhaps. Feeding him to demons if he gets out of hand seems like a decent plan as well.

@Mjattie: It’s not too far along; I’m still sort of waiting on a sketch of what you want it to look like. You can throw it at me via PM if you want it to be a complete secret. Intriguing thought regarding the arrow generator, but I’ve already got plans to stuff the king down in the basement.

@Siraidan9: You haven’t managed to get past dabbling as a brewer or a siege engineer yet. But there is plenty of material for trial and error training!

Siraidan9 · « **Reply #1471 on:** February 28, 2012, 05:04:16 pm »

Right, well, piss flavored booze isn't THAT bad...

Battlecat · « **Reply #1472 on:** February 29, 2012, 04:18:54 pm »

Cog's Journal, 18th of Obsidian, 324

Just to round out the year, it appears we have yet another beast approaching the fortress. Reports are that it is Thiliri, a huge crystal glass quadruped. Apparently it breaths poison which is very unfortunate.

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I think we'll take care of this beast in the New Year. We've got a solid supply of food so we'll just seal up the fortress and decide how to kill it during the party on the 28th. Reports are it dove into the same pond as many other beasts. We really need to set up an archery station to cover that area.

Cog's Journal, 21st of Obsidian, 324

The old jail has been refurbished and the walls ripped out. All the goblins, trolls and other invaders we have in storage in the old fortress will be migrated down there over the next months. It's one of the last legacy projects of the old fortress and it's very nice to finally start cleaning that up.

Cog's Journal, 26th of Obsidian, 324

While it's not the top priority yet, I've given the orders to start building some of the sections of the second floor of the walls. It's nice to be getting some more construction underway. I think I've got a plan for a declaration to make at the New Year's party day after tomorrow. This year is going to be a good year. I don't give a &*#$ about the King.

OOC: Almost there . . .

@Siraidan9: Should be fine! Every dwarf has to start somewhere!

Siraidan9 · « **Reply #1473 on:** February 29, 2012, 08:41:09 pm »

Less beerstained journal of Durhak

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Argonnek · « **Reply #1474 on:** February 29, 2012, 09:52:00 pm »

Argonnek stumbled through the halls and passed out once more. As he faded from consciousness, he smiled at how soft his impromptu bed was.

A few hours later, Argonnek heard some loud noise pounding at the inside of his skull. He looked around, and a dwarf-shaped, dirt-colored blob appeared to be yelling at him. As his vision slowly resolved the blob into an image, he noticed that it was Worm. Looking around, he was surrounded by plants.
Having had quite enough of Worm's brain annihilating shouting, Argonnek stumbled over to a workshop and vomited somewhere inside. "Oh," he muttered, "it's a still." Somewhere deep in his hung over mind, he wondered if his actions would effect the booze supply.

Triaxx2 · « **Reply #1475 on:** March 01, 2012, 10:26:00 am »

Heh... Possibly it might improve the flavor.

Journal of Triaxx:

Yeesh. Another Beastie. One more for the Marksdwarves it seems. If we ever get a break from the beasts, we might want to pump out that bloody lake. Or install a system so we can. We'll trap the beasties in there.

Hey, I wonder, if we pump out the lake and then install an exit for them, if we can route them to become part of the defenses... I'll have to suggest it to Boss Cog. Maybe two raising bridges to close the end of the route, so they don't bust out and make too much of a mess. might make the military boys mad. Good thing my door locks. Heh.

Battlecat · « **Reply #1476 on:** March 06, 2012, 02:24:48 pm »

Event’s of the 28th of Obsidian, 324

Cog entered the great hall to a slightly subdued celebration. News about the King’s impending arrival was certainly damping the celebration. The duke was nowhere to be seen as usual. Cog stepped up on to the dais to give his usual speech.

“My fellow dwarves, this year has been a banner year for Towersoared! We’ve completed several major projects and we are very nearly ready to face anything this world has to throw at us. Royalty is the least danger we have to face, one which we can handle with ease. Our fortress is more than wealthy enough to satisfy the king. If it isn’t, our expansion corridor can be repurposed.”

“But on to more important things. The entrance tower and decoration at our front gate is nearly complete.”

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“The inner gates are taking shape”

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“And nearly our entire military has been equipped with the finest adamantine arms and armor our craftsdwarves can make. By mid-year, we’ll have the entire military equipped. It leaves our fortress more powerful and well defended than we ever imagined when we arrived here so many years ago. And you have yourselves to thank for this. Each and every dwarf in this fortress has made it the finest home anyone could ask.”

“The work over the past year has increased the net worth of Towersoared to over 35 million Urists! We have enough drinks and food to last at least 2 years and enough materials to support this fortress as long as necessary.”

“It is finally time to put our power to the test. 325 is going to be a banner year on two fronts for Towersoared. First, it is going to be the year of the Mason. Every dwarf idling, short on work or otherwise bored will be assigned additional duties doing masonry work to accelerate construction outside. Anyone who wishes to be exempt from this may speak with me later.”

“The second front lies in the depths. Our military has defeated every challenge this world has thrown at them with ease. There may be one last possible challenge according to legend. The adamantine; beautiful and strong has been reputed to hide a gateway to the underworld. If this is true, Derm has insisted that the military be given the chance to face this challenge for good or ill.”

“Once the entire military has been equipped and the final defense systems are in place, I intend to give them the chance. For good or ill, our military will face whatever horrors of legend hide behind the beautiful façade. And we will overcome and conquer it. That’s all for now, let’s get on with the party!”

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324 Winter Architectural Drawings

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OOC: And that’s another year gone. The fortress is very nearly ready to face the horrors from below! It’ll be this year with any luck.

@Siraidan9: Heh, it just gets added to the regular stock. Waste not; want not or more precisely, poor quality beer is better than no beer!

@Argonnek: Lol, that’s fantastic!

@Triaxx2: That is an intriguing idea. Bridges do control those beasts but it’s awfully dangerous. I’ll see about it, but the beasts aren’t a priority for this year. But since I haven’t breached the depths yet, maybe I’ll take a swing at setting up some possible facilities to trap demons just as an experiment. I’m thinking the cave-in cage trap method in the first room to see if I can capture a few for later.

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea you suggested. I might not even have to drain the lake to make it work. Just need an alternate fortress entrance with some capture and control options. I like it, it’s sufficiently dangerous! Not a project for this year, but I’ll add it to the list!

Dermonster · « **Reply #1477 on:** March 06, 2012, 03:10:08 pm »

Make sure to do a test run of me going at it solo.

I wonder if it will be a test at all...

Siraidan9 · « **Reply #1478 on:** March 07, 2012, 08:50:51 pm »

Personally I don't think Derm can defeat hell Solo. Sure I could be wrong, but it's hell. Hell. HELL. HEEEELLLLLLL! HEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLL!

Battlecat · « **Reply #1479 on:** March 08, 2012, 12:57:48 pm »

Events of the 10th of Granite, 325

Adker and Algeroth of the Marksdwarf squad were the first to get a clear line of site on the beast from the new archery station in the first cave level. They unleashed bolt after bolt into the beast, but its glass body was extremely resistant to damage.

But then the beast fell over, it seemed to be severely wounded. Part of the problem was, their accuracy wasn’t as good as Thatdude’s. They emptied their quivers and then went back up to the fortress to reload. The rest of the squad hadn’t arrived yet, but at least they had gotten their shots in.

Events of the 14th of Granite, 325

Adker and Algeroth returned to the second cave level and began unleashing bolts again. Thatdude was already stationed, taking shot after shot at impossible speed. Thatdude emptied her quiver, shrugged and headed back to reload. They emptied their quivers again, but still the beast lived. Bolts just couldn’t seem to penetrate the beast’s thick glass skin sufficiently to kill it. It did appear crippled however, submerged near shore.

And beast breath weapons often didn’t work properly from underwater. It looked like Adamantine weapons would be the order of the day. It was time for the military to draw straws for who would risk their life. Because the beast had nearly 30 bolts sticking out of it and it didn’t seem to be dying at all.

Events of the 21st of Granite, 325

Lars the sworddwarf had drawn the short straw to fight the poison beast in the caves. But he was honestly rather eager. No dwarf had been killed by a poison beast in years and Lars was very confident that he could kill this forgotten beast. The beast didn’t even manage to crawl out of the lake as Lars unleashed hell on it. Before you could blink twice, the beast had been shattered into two pieces and was dead.

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It was no wonder, with these amazing adamantine weapons. He looked at it. A weapon of this caliber deserved a name. This weapon would now be known as Iroloram Dimshastishak or in the common tongue, Northworld the Poetic Typhoon. Very appropriate considering how easily he could swing it!

OOC: It was a shame the marskdwarf squad couldn’t take this one out, but they played a critical part in crippling the monster.

@dermonster: I’ll make sure to preserve a pre-breach saved game for a Derm the Soulchopper though experiment. I might even post that version at a later date for anyone else who wants to take a swing at the underworld.

@Siraidan9: I think it’s even money with him outfitted in adamantine. Either way, it’ll be interesting to find out! The most likely outcome is him being overwhelmed by the sheer number of beasts or exhausted by the amount of time it takes to kill them. But hey, this is dwarf fortress. You never know!

Triaxx2 · « **Reply #1480 on:** March 09, 2012, 02:23:20 pm »

I can just see his name now: Derm the Soulchopper, slayer of the infinite hordes of the unknown depths. He who sees impossible odds as merely a target rich environment.

Yeah, I just figured as long as they kept hiding in the lake, that we'd use it to our advantage.

And you definitely seem to have been right about not changing versions, if for no reasons other than we're at our fifth iteration of the new one.

Hey, while skimming around looking for my tower, I noticed a magma set up on levels 49, and 50, but despite pumps, it doesn't seem to go anywhere. Is it a left over from something? Or part of the defenses? It's down and to the right of my tower. If it's a secret that's fine, I'm just curious.

Battlecat · « **Reply #1481 on:** March 13, 2012, 05:13:02 pm »

OOC: Just a quick reply since it's been a busy RL week. Next update might not be until Friday or Monday.

@Triaxx2: No secret there at all, that magma system was used to obsidianize the lakes around the two adamantine pipes so the wealth of material on the two levels above could be harvested. Granted, at the time I didn't realize how much further down the pipes went so it wasn't really worth the trouble but it was a good project at the time! I do plan on trying a conversion to the new version before wrapping the fortress up, specially if runesmith can raise the dead properly. But there's no rush right now.

Triaxx2 · « **Reply #1482 on:** March 15, 2012, 07:28:43 am »

Ah. That explains it. I'm surprised no one has come up with anything clever to do with it. Guess it's up to me.

Oooh! I bet I can think of something to do with it to add to the defenses. I'll have to carefully examine it...

*Triaxx withdraws from society*

Child of Armok · « **Reply #1483 on:** March 28, 2012, 10:37:09 am »

i just read the entire thread.
phh it is long!
But it is very good.
Could i get a dwarf?
A hammerdwarf, he likes his job but he wants do do some other labors too
like mining.

dragoncurse · « **Reply #1484 on:** April 07, 2012, 11:14:23 pm »

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