Cog's Journal, 14th of Galena 316Feb Logemeshim the Thresher came into my office bearing a bow that would bring an elf to tears. But it is distinctly dwarven and more importantly, distinctly of Towersoared. It bears an image of Derm the Soulchopper striking down a forgotten beast and an image of a second forgotten beast. It is a weapon no dwarf could wield and will instead remain here as a testament to our skill in all things.
Feb then informed me that he was the dwarf who pulled the lever in Old Towersoared. Apparently he received a work order slipped under his door one night. He hadn't given it much thought, and didn't find it that odd. Apparently that's a common occurrence at mountainhome. Regardless, I’ve asked him to be more cautious in the future and I’ve also asked him to craft a few new crossbows.
Cog's Journal, 17th of Galena 316I received word that the human caravan arrived today. I've dispatched Derm's squad to inspect the area for goblin ambushes.
On a separate note, Indri finished his first order of clothing. We had two more cases of frostbite go unreported in the mining guild this year, fortunately not as severe as the last time. Regardless, I had Indri create some simple cloaks and mittens specifically to keep them warm. They are also wearing armor so that covers the feet and body as well.
Another note for this week, Martini, the slightly stoned Bonecarver finally achieved legendary status as a Bone Carver. He came by my office with three interesting ideas for the fortress. “Domain” was an interesting idea involving smoothing the surface but I had to inform Martini the project was mostly redundant due to future construction on the hillside, including his magma waterfall plan.
His other two ideas he calls “Safe House” and “Welcoming Inn” are both excellent ones that I can easily incorporate into the master plan for Towersoared. The safe houses are of particular interest to me since some parts of the fortress; particularly the caves are quite unsafe for citizens still. I'll put them both on the books, but some will be slower to start than others. The obsidian factory is the utterly top priority right now, plus armor production has pretty much exhausted our steel supply.
Events of the 25th of Galena 316Cog was in the dining hall putting the finishing touches on the draft designs for the halls of the dead when he felt a presence behind him. He turned around to see a pale thin dwarf behind him. The unfamiliar dwarf spoke with a deep, emotionless voice, “That will simply not be adequate Architect. Not adequate at all. I will take over design of the graveyard and handling of the dead.” Cog looked at the dwarf uncertainly. “Who exactly are you to make such a demand? What qualifications do you have?”
The mysterious dwarf simply looked confused at this statement. “I am Undertaker, Shepherd of the Dead. What more qualifications would I need? Now, you have a ghost problem. I can solve it without incident and ‘I’ will ensure an appropriate place is created for our dead.”
Cog was taken aback at this statement. This odd dwarf was making him more nervous than most. Syntic would have to watch this one. But graveyards were not his forte, Cog preferred to design for the living. It would be nice to have this job taking off his hands. “Very well, as long as it fits in the fortress.” Cog said. Undertaker looked satisfied and began to walk away, replying in his flat tone once again. “It will be appropriate Architect. It will be.”
Cog's Journal, 28th of Galena 316This Undertaker character still makes me a bit nervous, but I'm pleased to put the task of designing a graveyard in another's hands. I did check over his file and look into his history. He arrived many years ago in the same migration wave as Thor, Bennet, Rifotangrir, Rushmik and many others. He was one of 20 migrants, and he's been working as a hauler ever since. Not sure what prompted this change, but I'll have Syntic keep half an eye on him.
Apparently the human diplomat wants to talk with Zasit our mayor, not the baron surprisingly. The baron was livid, much to my amusement. I also gave Omen the orders to train a few war animals. I've put two tame black bears and a tame cougar in the training room. I wonder what he'll make of it.
OOC: Wall of text update. Nothing much picture worthy has happened recently.
@Urist Imiknorris: Maybe, but he seems pretty harmless.
@Triaxx2: Mostly keeping it away from the sides just for looks. 
@breadbocks: Wait, what? You can set burrows across multiple Z-Levels? “Facepalm!” I'll see what I can do, some of those. I've replied to three in character. Project 4, “Control Room” has some interesting story possibilities so I'll see what I can do. Looks like Martini is going to cross train as a miner and mechanic! You want this place established as only accessible through the third cave level or just accessed through a side tunnel down at that depth? Also, should Martini be taking a break from bone crafting to start this command center project?
@Comp112: Sure, no problem at all. If you're inclined, you could take on digging out the cavern safe houses to start. But you if you have other ideas you're welcome to let me know! Lately I’ve had your dwarf idly smoothing the walls of the cave section he controls, and farming in the caves.
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