Diary of the Count Lav Kekathcatten. Year 132, Obsidian the 1st. Winter.For the long time I have been watching as various overseers tried to rule my fortress. But I'm fed up with their sheer incompetence. They couldn't even produce bugbat leather items when I mandated them a year ago! So it is high time to take matters into my own noble hands.
And the first step is, of course, organization. I need to get myself familiar with my loyal subjects. But there are too many of them, hence some grouping is in order:
Babies and children are of no particular importance. Except my precious ones, of course, but they are entirely different story. The rest can be safely split into three major groups.
First, the former overseers, who have some authority among the populace (nothing compared to mine, of course), and so can be dangerous to my power and prestige. These should be kept in check.
Second, the mysterious dwarfcarnates, who for some unfathomable reason have the freedom to choose their own jobs and ignore my lordly will in this respect. Otherwise, they are of little importance.
Finally, the rest of the useless scumbags.
This is all very rough, of course, but should be enough as the first step.
Update #1. Same day.What. The. Shit.
Not only previous overseers failed to produce anything from bugbat leather, they also managed to draft the only dwarf in the fortress who is reasonably skilled in leatherworking, that is Bim Reguvar! So even if we manage to obtain the precious bugbat leather, the only one who can make something from it is the miner Nish Idenber, who claims to have some skill (apparently, he once fixed a hole in his trowsers). That won't do. I need a skilled leatherworker, this means the Fortress needs one as well. We can get cannon fodder aplenty without sacrificing the most critical link in our production chain.
Update #2. Same day.What. The. Shit. Again.
The one who made me pump water and my wife to cut trees out in the wilderness is going to pay. Dearly.
Update #3. Same day.Finally I managed to craft the list of all the dwarves in the fortress, split according to their natural talents and abilities. Total population of the fortress amounts to:
A. 5 member of the nobility (myself, my wife and three children).
B. Amost Ablelzaneg, who had been extremely helpful in drafting this list (actually he did all the writing and reference checking work, but under my supervision, so that doesn't matter) and who had been promoted to the rank of Count Advisor for his efforts.
C. 14 dwarves and children who had the infinite wisdom of getting on my good side.
D. 76 scumbags of questionable loyalty.
As can be clearly seen, I have already made some changes in the structure of our army. The first and most important act was, of course, to relieve CinnabarMan from the position of militia commander. He will be my Captain of the Guard once the prison is completed. I really need a Hammerer, but until I get one from the Mountainhome, we'll have to deliver Dwarven Justice with a crossbow.
As for the army, I have promoted my wife to the position of militia commander. Too important a position to be delegated to someone I don't trust, and unfortunately I don't have any close friends among the military. I have also promoted two dwarves to colonels (they don't know what the rank means but they were happy to hear they now can boss others around). It is important to have two colonels instead of one - each gets his own squad so they will compete and be jealous to each other's successes, thus ensuring the supremacy of my rule over them. Divide and conquer - what a wise strategy.
Then there's the healthcare. Can I really trust my life and the lives of my friends and relatives to that Agatharchides? He's one of the dwarfcarnates, which means I cannot exert real control over him. Better replace him with Kubuk Sazirritas under the pretext that he's a more skilled diagnostician than Agatharcides. Some soft words about the benefit of the entire fortress and the preciousness of every dwarf's life should be enough to justify the decision.
That's it! Finally, no suspicious persons in the positions of power. What a relief...
Update. Same day.I have formed three squads for now. Two squads are led by colonels, each squad also has two officers - axedwarf and hammerdwarf. Third squad is for rookies and is led by our macedwarf officer who happens to be the best teacher around here. He has been assigned three recruits of varying skill. CinnabarMan hasn't yet been promoted to the Guard as the prison is not ready (in fact I haven't even touched the pause button yet, still planning and organizing things).
This is all for now, further updates will be in subsequent posts.
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