Events of the 7th of Timber 317Martini was higher than usual, with all the difficulties going on in the fortress of late. Even digging his command center was more of a burden than it should be. As he swung his pick, suddenly he saw a glimmer of an idea in his mind’s eye. It was glorious and beautiful. The pick dropped out of his hands and he dashed upstairs to the workshops, chasing an idea.
Cog’s Journal, 14th of Timber 317A vile force of darkness has arrived. The military has been dispatched to the front lines and I expect this will go more smoothly than most things this year. We’re a bit exposed with the walls gone, but the trench should keep us reasonable safe for the moment. There are a lot of archers in this siege though, I hope everyone is careful.
Events of the 15th of Timber 317Derm was out at the head of his army, ready to take on the first squad of goblins as they approached. He gestured that his squad would take the first crack at the goblins; then the rest of the military would follow after. And with that, the Soulchopper’s squad, minus one member who was asleep, advanced to meet the archers.
Derm and his squad tore into the crossbow goblins. The carnage was simply indescribable as Derm felled goblin after goblin. Aside from a couple of incidents where some of his squad members were forced to dodge into the trench to avoid arrows, the battle went perfectly. Bow wielding goblins were simply unable to bring their strength to bear. As a result, not a single goblin from the first squad escaped. Rashem, Thor and Bennet had proved themselves well worthy.
Derm looked to the north and south. Northwards, there were a handful of trolls, looking confused as usual. To the southwest there were axe goblins followed closely by a squad of archers. “Archers to the north on the inside of the wall, cover us as we take out the trolls. The rest of you south to take out those other two squads!”
Thor, Hammerdwarf: Thor was frustrated at this fight. Despite his best efforts, he hadn’t managed to get a single kill against the first group of goblins. Derm was just too fast. But then, opportunity struck in the form of Trolls in the north. He charged out ahead and began to take one apart, solo just as Derm had in the past.
He was surprised at how easy it wound up being.
Thatdude, Marksdwarf: Despite her tendency to spend time in the caves, she had been in training when the call to arms was sounded. Despite Derm’s orders, she managed to place herself to get a shot in the head of a couple of axe wielding goblin before going to pepper the approaching Trolls.
Ahra, Speardwarf: Ahra was mostly hanging back during this fight. He started taking shots from the bow. While the rest of the dwarves were dodging easily, he was forced to take several shots to the armor due to his inexperience. But then, one bolt slipped though and cut his chest. A grazing blow, but one that infuriated him. He poised himself and charged at the offending goblin. He stabbed it once in the head with his spear and was infuriated to see it deflected by the mask. He respositioned and stabbed again and was gratified to see the goblin bowman crumple to the ground.
Then suddenly, a goblin swordmaster was in front of him. He dodged once and then took a hit on the gauntlet that was deflected. Then the raging battle around him continued, the other goblins fell. He then extracted himself from battle and headed for the hospital. He wasn’t as quick to heal as these other military dwarves and it would be best to stay out of the way now. One kill was a good start.
Then he looked around and realized that the goblins were retreating. The siege had been broken.
Cog’s Journal, 17th of Timber 317Our military was victorious once again. The goblins couldn’t stomach the power of our military apparently. Here are the kills as I’m entering in the records:
Kills during the Siege of 317:
Derm, Soulchopper: 16
Thor, Hammerdwarf: 1
Rashem, Heron-marked: 2
Bennet, Hammerdwarf: 4
Thatdude, Marksdwarf: 2
Adker, Marksdwarf: 0
Monty, Hammerdwarf: 0
Catten, Boneminer: 2
Lars, Sworddwarf: 0
Rifotangir, Hammerdwarf: 4
Ahra, Speardwarf: 1
Omen, Wrestler: 0, still in prison
Triaxx, Sworddwarf: 0
According to the military, Derm didn’t hog the kills this time. He’s just that much faster to the neck than most of the rest of the military.
Cog’s Journal, 24th of Timber 317Martini has created an exquisite bone amulet. There are no historical images on it but the decorations are truly gorgeous. I value it at 51,600 Urists.
If he wasn’t already legendary, he would be now. The image of herbs is totally unsurprising though, considering Martini's habits.
Cog’s Journal, 26th of Timber 317After careful exploratory mining, the first stone of adamantium has been dug out. Careful exploratory mining will reveal the safe stone to extract. An unsecure mining shaft will be carved to access the next level of the pillar down. Our wealth will grow by leaps and bounds when this begins to be carved. Raw and processed adamantium will be stored across from our glassworks.
I both desire and fear this material. May the gods temper our greed.
OOC: Sorry for not visiting everyone, some of you are so epic it would get very repetitive. Plus my wrist isn't happy today so cutting back on military exploits saves on pain. I tried to focus on dwarves who haven't been front and center during prior sieges. I should point out that just because you got no kills doesn’t mean you didn’t participate. Well except for Omen and Triaxx. Omen is still imprisoned and Triaxx couldn’t seem to find his gear. I think mining as a second job might be causing some confusion because they have to change weapons.
@Omen: Yeah, and missing out on this siege was even worse. By the way, I'm going to assign you a weapon. Your wrestling skill somehow got rusty before you even got put in jail which means you aren't training it for some reason. Must be a bug or something.
@Urist Imiknorris: Perfect, I'll see what I can do.
@Syntic: I haven't determined a way yet. Changing genders in runesmith doesn't remove beards sadly. I don't know of any other dwarf editing utilities. If you come up with any other ideas, let me know.
@Ahra: Nice, btw, your dwarf is fine from the battle. Healed up no problem before even getting to the hospital.
@Indricotherium:That would be a safe bet. That Count is awfully unpredictable.
@Scarban: I've mostly been using it to construct the building that shelters the masons as they build the blocks for our new wall.
@Riversand: Something will be done, somehow.
@breadbocks: Exactly one year after the barony, we got upgraded to count. I expect when the next caravan shows up we'll be straight to dutchy. The only reason we didn't get it sooner was because I kept letting the lisaion leave before the caravan so the baron bug kept happening. Good idea regarding runesmith but sadly it failed to remove Syntic's beard. No risk at all, I clone the save regularly for safety anyhow.
@Triaxx2: Nice one. Shame your space isn't finished or stocked yet.
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