Gar, Kog, Delerker, Norrec, Udil, Sandow, Athor, Nylona, Kogan
18 Days 26th Granite-15th Slate
The only notable occurrence was Ennuexidwitwu, also known as the First Thieving of the Warhold of Icy Winds. In the process of stealing various miscellaneous items, the kobolds badly wounded Norrec, who unwisely charged a prepared position. Though she is well on the way to recovery, she has had to build her own set of crutches to get around on. Though now mobile, she was now weak and pissed off at the world, and could only work on minor projects. Sifting through the rubble of granite revealed nothing, and careful investigation of the supply situation led to nothing. Nylona was no help, claiming that nothing had gone wrong since she started keeping records and that she had to protect them from thieves. She found more solace in burning and shredding the kobold remains that had built up.
Athor went out hunting, and encountered a great big bear near its den. After filling it with bolts, it took a while to drag it back to camp. Hopefully it's one of those tasty bears. His dreams of scale armour were broken by being informed that the forged iron was not for casual use.
Though the experienced hands of Shem were gone, the others continued mining with great gusto and a few more rooms and a short stairway were dug out as well. The northern mined out room was also emptied of supplies and rubble, and filled with various nutrient-rich substances to act as a mushroom substrate. As yet no ore or other formations were encountered, though Gar has been insisting that he could detect something to the east for a while now.
Kogan's disinterest in the workings of the camp led to Nylona essentially being in charge. The crude line of boulders made a fine first line of defense while the main wall was built. Further thought on the construction of such a massive structure would require even more supports than considered, perhaps doubling the amount of materials needed. At the very least it would not fall down, right? He worked in the masonry shop for a while, grumbling about there being no good help these days.
Gar decided to do some stone-crafting in between bouts of mining. Deciding randomly on statuettes, he set his metalworking skills to stoneworking. Good work.
The resident cave farmer Kog informed the others that while cave plants could not absorb life from the sun and were white instead of green, tiny creatures growing in and on them could fix nutrients from the soil for them, allowing them to survive in much the same conditions as regular mushrooms. At least, that was the latest crackpot theory he heard while attending the bar at the Mountainhome.
Udil also did some brewing, turning the tough mushrooms into what could very well be future delicious drinks. The large amount of barrels was place aside to ferment, but the shrinking amount of plump helmets was slightly unnerving. Fortunately the caravan returned with a good supply for the future.
Tor
11 Days 4th-15th Slate
After washing up, immediately butchered the kobold corpse that he was fighting. Adil finished off the crude job he did when she returned. The first struggle was in locating a fishing pole and mining pick, which he found with mild difficulty. He dedicated the rest of his time to mining. Perhaps in future he will fish, too.
Urist, Adil, Litast, Shem, Tholtig
Concluded their 'adventures' in the Warpwood, and brought back a significant amount of vital supplies. A large amount of cave flour for baking into biscuits and cobalt fungus for brewing into another variety of drink was obtained, along with some hides, cloth, rope, metal goods and three treants.
While the two treant torsos were originally quite animated, now they seem to be slow and sluggish. A few shoots have appeared where limbs were severed, but nothing has grown. Tholtig's mostly-intact treant is healing its wounds, but is slowing down as well. They might very well die soon.
-4 Soft Fittings
-4 Beams
+2 crutches
-346 food
-310 drink
-267 Plump helmets
+16 Barrels of Brewing Plump Helmet Wine
+1 Kobold Skull
+3 Kobold Bones
+1 Dissected Kobold
+86 squares dug
+95 Granite Boulders
-26 Granite Boulders
+26 sq wall
+18 Granite Statuettes
-6 Granite Boulders
-43 Granite Boulders
+132 Granite Blocks
-3 Bolts
+1 Bear Corpse
-6 Kobold Rags
-3 Wooden hatchets
+1 Charcoal
+2 Soft Fittings
Nylona
+Record Keeper
Kogan
+Architect
Athor
+Ambusher
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4 (36.4%)
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