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Voting closed: March 29, 2011, 12:34:03 pm

[malimbar04]

Making a new fort in a default (medium everything) world in .31.21 called The Realms of Legend. I'm looking for people to choose dwarves they like and give them jobs, names, a history, and so forth. I'll then (yearly maybe?) report on how every dwarf is doing.

Any dwarf that doesn't get a person will be delegated to a grunt job: hauler, planter, and woodcutter.  Until I get dwarves claimed, my own dwarf will be doing all essential non-grunt work, and we won't mine anything (oh, the pain).
 
I've made the following changes to the d_init:

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AUTOSAVE: YEARLY
AUTOBACKUP: YES
COFFIN_NO_PETS_DEFAULT:YES
POPULATION_CAP: 20 (unless we get a shortage of dwarves)
VARIED_GROUND_TILES: NO
SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS: YES
NICKNAME_DWARF:REPLACE_ALL]
NICKNAME_ADVENTURE:REPLACE_FIRST
NICKNAME_LEGENDS:CENTRALIZE

I found a little place with a river, flux stone, and no aquifer. It's in The Swamp of Butchers, with a brook called Moltenvises. It's a warm freshwater swamp that's heavily forested with thick vegetation. It has clay, some soil, deep metals, and flux stone. I think we have a winner of a place.

I, as your first leader, name the first 7 The Trade Crowns, and the fort is named Toolchants (ok, they were both random).

None of us start off with any skills, and I have a nearly standard loadout (with 1 battle ax and pick, 2 war dogs and 2 cats, and some extra plump helmets with whatever is left.)

The currently available dwarves (and full descriptions) are:

Deler Tangleworked (female)

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- She is 57 years old (born in 193)
- Her somewhat narrow amethyst eyes are bulging. Her lips are thick. Her hair is straight. Her very long hair is arranged in double braids. Her ears are narrow. Her head is somewhat short. her hair is tan. Her skin is pale brown.
- She is very slow to tire and quite quick to heal.
- She likes sandstone, nickel, milk quartz, green glass, warthog hoof, chicken tooth, teh color fuchsia, bucklers, rings and reachers for their sinister nature. When possible, she prefers to consume sewer brew. She absolutely detests bats.
- She has a great affinity for language and a very good sense of empathy
- but she had a meager ability with social relationships, a poor kinesthetic sense, poor creativity, quite poor focus and a large deficit of willpower.
- She doesn't handle stress well. She is often cheerful. She likes to try new things. She doesn't go out of her way to do more work than necessary. She is occasionally given to procrastination. She clicks her tongue constantly when she's trying to remember something. She keeps her voice very quiet when she's nervous. When she's surprised, she has a very unique laugh. She needs alcohol to get through her working day. She likes working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather.

Malimbar - Claimed by Malimbar04

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He is 58 years old (born in 192)
- His hair is straight. His very long sideburns are braided. His very long mustache is neatly combed. His very long beard is arranged in double braids. His very long hair is arranged in double braids. He is muscular. His amethyst eyes are close-set. His lips are thick. His ears are narrow. His head is somewhat short. His hair is tan. His skin is pale brown.
- He is strong but he is very quick to tire and quite susceptible to disease
- He likes gypsum, nickel, yellow spessartine, bolts, bracelets, rabbits for their ability to burrow and fire men for their licks of fire. When possible, he prefers to consume dwarven beer and longland flour. He absolutely detests lizards.
- He has a way with words and a good kinesthetic sense,
- but he has quite poor focus, a poor memory, a very bad sense of empathy and next to no willpower.
- He is self-conscious, He is very friendly. He is very active. He loves a good thrill. He finds helping others rewarding. He is compassionate. He is very disorganized. He takes time when making decisions. He needs alcohol to get through his working day. He likes Working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather.
- In a relationship with Deduk Earthhail

Deduk Earthhail (female)

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52 years old (born 198)
- She has a once-thin fram, now belarded. Her nose bridge is convex. Her hair is clean-shaven. Her lips are thick. Her nose is narrow. Her ears are somewhat narrow. Her skin is pale brown. Her eyes are amethyst.
- She is almost never sick, but she is very slow to heal
- She likes kaolinite, fine pewter, pinefire opal, unicorn leather, coral, alpaca wool, bolts, crowns, bogeymen for their terror-inspiring antics and rubber trees for their branch shedding. When possible, she prefers to consume grizzly bear, mackerel, dwarven beer and dwarven wheat flour. She absolutely detests flies.
- She has great creativity
- But she has very bad analytical abilities and a poor memory.
- She is slow to anger. She is self-conscious. She occasionally overindulges. She can handle stress. She is put off by authority and tradition. She is incredibly frank and candid in dealings with others. She is disorganized. She doesn't go out of her way to do more work than necessary. She scratches her nose when she's thinking. She needs alcohol to get through her working day. She likes working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather
- In a relatinoship with Malimbar

Astesh - Claimed by Ghills

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 63 years old (born 187)
- She is thin. Her nose is incredibly upturned. Her hair is clean-shaven. Her lips are thick. Her amethyst eyes are slightly protruding. Her ears are somewhat narrow. Her skin is pale brown.
- She is almost never sick and quite durable.
- She likes orthoclase, adamantine, heliodor, bull shark leather, the color beige, leggings, llamas for their wool and bogeymen for their terror-inspiring antics. When possible, she prefers to consume flounder, dwarven cheese adn dwarven ale. She absolutely detests oysters.
- she has good creativity
- but she has a shortage of patience and a poor kinesthetic sense.
- She occasionally overindulges. She can handle stress. She does not have a great aesthetic sensitivity. she is confident. She is organized. She needs alcohol to get through her working day. She likes working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather.
- In a relationship with Ahra

Zefon Roughpartners (female)

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86 years old (born 164)
- She is somewhat scrawny and very thin. Her lips are thick. Her hair is straight. Her very long hair is neatly combed. Her ears are tall. She has very low cheekbones. Her pale brown skin is wrinkled. Her amethyst eyes are slightly protruding. Her hair is tan with flecks of gray.
- She is very agile, but she is flimsy, weak, and quite susceptible to disease
- She likes galena, steel, clear garnet, green glass and giant cave spider silk. When possible, she prefers to consume whitetip reef shark and longlang beer. She absolutely detsts toads.
- She has a way with words, willpower, and good creativity.
- But she has a poor kinesthetic sense, a poor memory and very bad intuition
- She often feels discouraged. She is very comfortable in social situations. She doesn't handle stress well. She enjoys being in crowds. she tends not to openly express emotions. She dislikes intellectual discussions. She is compassionate. She rarely speaks when she's exasperated. When there's a pause in conversation, she often starts talking to herself. She needs alcohol to get through her workign day. She likes working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather.
- Married to Ber Charmcrypt
- Has two sons

Ber Charmcrypt (male)

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86 years old (born 164)
- His very long sideburns are braided. His very long moustache is arranged in double braids. His very long beard is braided. His hair is clean-shaven. He is think. His amethyst eyes are narrow. His slightly hooked nose is narrow. His lips are thick. His pale brown skin is wrinkled. His ears have small lobes.
- He likes anhydrite, lay pewter, rhodolite, cougare leather, cow bone, crescents, bolts, and large gems. When possible, he prefers to consume sole, whip wine and longland flour. He absolutely detests flies.
- He has a natural inclination toward langugage, a very good sense of empathy, and a natural ability with music and a good kinesthetic sense
- but he is a lousy intellect
- He can handle stress. He is constantly active and energetic. He greatly appreciates art and natural beauty. He has a good awareness of his own emotions. He has a strong sense of duty. He needs alcohol to get through his working day. He likes working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather
- He is married to Zefon Roughpartners
- He has two sons

Ahra - claimed by Ahra

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71 years old (born 179)
- His is very muscular. His sideburns are clean-shaven. His medium-length mustache is arranged in double braids. His very long beard is braided. His very long hair is arranged in double braids. His lips are thick. His amethyst eyes are close-set. His small-lobed years are somewhat narrow. His skin is pale brown
- He is very strong, but is susceptible to disease and slow to heal
- He likes chromite, gold, tube agate, knuckle worm leather, gauntlets, bins and rabbits for their ears. When possible, he prefers to consume red dsquirrel, shad, whip wine and horse's milk. He absolutely detests purring maggots.
- He has great creativity and a feel for music
- but he has an iffy memory and a poor kinesthetic sense
- he has a calm demeanor. He occasionally overindulges. He is often cheerful. He is willing to compromise with others. He is very willing to compare himself favorably with others. He stiffens up when he's surprised. He needs alcohol to get through the working day. He likes working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather.
- In a relationship with Astesh 

(migrant wave 1)
Medtob Sabrewalled (male)

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80 years old (born 70)
- His sideburns are clean-shaven. His long moustache is arranged in double braids. His long beard is arranged in double braids. his hair is clean-shaven. His lips are thick. His nose is lightly upturned. His tall ears are narrow. His pale brown skin is slightly wrinkled. His eyes are amethyst. His eyes are slightly close-set.
- His is quick to heal, but he is susceptible to disease and quick to tire
- He likes petrified wood, fine pewter, clearn tourmaline, rutherer leather, cave spider silk, the color taupe gray and cavies for their adorable call. When possible, he prefers to consume prickle berry wine and swee pod seeds. He absolutely detests bats.
- He has an amazing memory, great analytical abilities, a good feel for social relatinoships and good creativity.
- but he has poor focus
- He is slow to anger. He is self-conscious. He tends to avoid crowds. He is assertive. He is often cheerful. he does not have a great aesthetic senstivity. He tends not to openly express emotions. He likes to try new things. He gets distracted during conversations when he's nervous. He cracks his knuckles when he's bored. He needs alcohol to get through is working day.
- He is married to As Veildshoot
- He has 2 sons

Kivish Keyeye (female)

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86 years old (born 165)
- She has very low cheekbones. Her slightly protruding amethyst eyes are close-set. Her lips are thick. Her hair is clean-shaven. Her somewhat tall ears are narrow. her pale brown skin is wrinkled.
- She is mighty, buyt she is slow to heal
- She likes alabaster, rose gold, blue jade, clear glass, llama leather, diamonds, bolts, shields, quivers, gesse for their formation flying and purring maggots for their comforting whirs. When possible, she prefers to consume rhinoceros, mead and quarry bush leaves. She absolutely detests bats.
- She has a good kinesthetic sense and good creativity
- but she has bad intution, poor spatical abilities, a very bad sense of epmathy and very little patience.
She enjoys the company of others. She appreciates art and natural beauty. She tends not to openly express emotions. She is open-minded to new ideas. She does not go out of her way to help others. She doesn't like to compromise with others. She treis to live a well-organized life. She thinks through every alternative and it's consequences before acting. She needs alcohol to get through the working day. She doesn not mind being outdoors at least for a time.
- She has a huge pet duck named Ilral

Onul Pearlwind (female)

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60years old (born 191)
- She is thin and scrawny. Her hair is straight. Her very long hair is arranged in double braids. Her slightly protruding amethyst eyes are incredibly close-set. Her lips are thick. Her nose is upturned. Her somewhat short head is somewhat narrow. Her ears have small lobes. Her hair is tan. Her skin is pale brown.
- She is almost never sick, but she is flimsy and weak
- She likes stoneware, nickel, plum agate, giant lion leather, tables, and chains. When possible, she prefers to consume cave lobster, river spirits, and dwarven sugar. She absolutely detests lizards.
- She has a great sense of empathy
- but she has bad intuition, a meager ability with social relationships, a little difficulty with words, a meager kinesthetic sense and poor creativity
- she has a calm demeanor. She is comfortable with social relationships. She doesn't handle stress well. She prefers to be alone. She is very energetic and active. She loves a good thrill. She greatly appreciates art and natural beauty. she prefers familiar routines. She is put off by authrity and tradition. She lacks confidence. She becomes very rigid when she's angry. She needs alcohol to get through the working day.

Aban Inkwoman (female)

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50 years old (born 200)
- she is wiry. Her hair is clean-shaven. Her lips are thick. She has very low cheakbones. Her slightly large-irised amethyst eyes are slightly close-set. Her skin is pale brown
- She is incredibly tough and strong
- She likes conglomerate, lead, aquamarine, goblin-cap wood, green glass and the color lilac. When possible she prefers to consume fisher berry wine. She absolutely detests lizards
- She has great musical sense and good kinesthetic sense
- but she has poor focus, an iffy memory, a meager ability with social relationships, a very bad sense of empathy and poor spatial senses.
- She occasionally overindulges. She is somewhat reserved. She prefers that others handle the leadership roles. She is relaxed. She is rarely happy or enthusiastic. She dislikes helping others. She is willing to compromise with others. She winks during conversations. She needs alcohol to get through her working day. She does not mind being outdoors, at least for a time.

Rovod grandpaddled (female)

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56 years old (born 195)
- Her ears are splayed out. Her lips are thick. Her nose is slightly hooked. Her hair is straight. Her medium-length hair is braided. Her head is somewhat short. Her nose bridge is slightly convex. Her hair is tan. Her skin is pale brown. Her eyes are amethyst.
- She is very slow to heal
- She likes chert, aluminum, schorl, tiger shark leather, the color heliotrope, amulets, ballista, ducks for their quacks and red squirrels for their tails. When possible, she prefers to consume longland beer. She absolutely detests lizards
- She has great intuition, a very good sense of position of her own body, a great feel for the surrounding space and a sum of patience.
- but she has a poor memory and a poor ability to manage or understand social relationships
- She can handle stress. She has a good awareness of her own emotions. She is guarded in relationships with others. She is occasionally given to procrastination. She often does the first thing that comes to mind. She needs alcohol to get through the working day. She does not mind being outdoors, at least for at time.
- He is married to Etur Salvekisses
- Has 2 sons

Tulon Wardtraded (female)

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73 years old (born 177)
- She has very low cheekbones. Her lips are thick. Her hair is straight. Her very long hair is tied in a pony tail. Her nose is narrow. Her ears are somewhat narrow. Her head is somewhat narrow. Her hair is tan. Her skin is pale brown. Her eyes are amethyst.
- She is weak and very flimsy.
- Tulon Zalisnish likes claystone, bismuth bronze, clear garnet, tunnle tube wood, llama wool, suns, catapult parts and voracious cave crawlers for their scary mouths. When possible, she prefers to consume st rawberry wine. She absolutey detests flies.
- She has a great kinesthetic sense and a good feel for social relationships,
- but she had poor empathy, an iffy sense for music, little willpower, poor spatial senses, little patience and a poor memory
- She is slow to anger. She often feels discouraged. She doesn't often experience strong cravings or urges. She is somewhat reserved. She believes that some deception is necessary in relationships with others. She very rarely does more work than necessary. She tends to interrupt others during conversations when she is trying to remember something. She needs alcohol to get through the working day. 

As Veiledshoot (female)

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58 years old (192)
- Her hair is clean-shaven. Her lips ar ethick. Her ears are extremely narrow. Her nose is narrow. Her skin is pale brown. Her eyes are amethyst.
- She is quick to heal, but she is flimsy
- She likes diorite, bismuth bronze, denditic agate, black bullhead bone, the color yellow-green, bucklers, brfacelets, blue peafowls for their coloration and rope reeds for their precise lines. When possible she prefers to consume sole, prickle berries, and whip wine. She absolutely detests toads.
- She has a very good sense of the position of her own body, a sum of patience and a good intellect.
- but she has a very bad sense of empathy
- She is comfortable in social situations. She enjoys the company of others. She does not have a great aesthetic senseitivity. She is trusting. She has a sense of duty. She always takes a deep breath whenever she is surprised. She needs alcohol to get through her working day.
- She had a pet puppy named Dodok
- She is married to Medtob Sabrewalled
- She had 2 children

Etur Salvekisses (male)

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51 years old (born 199)
- His nose bridge is very convex. His long sideburns are neatly combed. His very long moustache is arranged in double braids. His very long beard is neatly combed. His hair is clean-shaven. His nose is upturned. His lips are thick. His slightly flattened ears are narrow. His skin is pale brown. His eyes are amethyst.
- He is quite durable, but he is clumsy
- He likes limonite, pig iron, tube agate, maple wood, strangler leather, muskox bone, high boots, quivers, cages, scepters, geese for their formation flying, groundhogs for their ability to burrow and sweet pods for theri round shape. when possible, he prefers to consume pileated gibbon, mead and sweat pod seeds. He absoulteyl detests oysters.
- He has an ability to read emotions fairly well and good creativity
- but he has poor focus and an iffy sense for music
- He occasionally overindulges. He is very distant and reserved. He is assertive. He is relaxed. He does not have a great aesthetic sensitivity. He admires tradition. He finds helping others rewarding. He is modest. He is very confident. He is completely disorganized. He strives for excellence. He needs alcohol to get through the working day.
- He has a pet goat kid named Zaneg
- He is married to Rovod Grandpaddled
- He has two sons

(migrant wave 2)
Logem Pattletrample (male)

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78 years old (born 173)
- His meadium length sideburns are braided. His very long moustache is neatly combed. His long beared is neatly combed. His hair is clean-shaven. His lips are thick. His somewhat narrow ears are somewhat splayed out. His skin is pale brown. His eyes are amethyst.
- He is indefatigable, but he is weak and very slow to heal
- He likes limonite, steel, red tourmaline, naked mole dog leather, the color olive, armor stands and cows for their haunting moos. When possible, he prefers to consume whitetip reef shark, steelhead trout, plump helmets and sewer brew. He absolutely detests lizards.
- he has an amazing spatial sense, a deep well of patience, a great sense of empathy and a natural ability with music.
- but he has meager creativity
- He has a clam demeanor. He occasionally overindulges. He can handle stress. He is rarely happy or enthusiastic. he appreciates art and natural beauty. He has a good awareness of his own emotions. He dislikes intellectual discussions. He is candid and sincere in dealings with others. He does not go out of his way to help others. He is occasionally given to procrastination. He needs alcohol to get through his working day.
- He is married to Ineth Twistedstaves
- He has one son and one daughter
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Rovod Grandpaddled (female)

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56 years old (born 195)
- Her ears are splayed out. Her lips are thick. Her nose is slightly hoked. Her hair is straight. Her medium-length hair is braided. her head is somewhat short. Her nose bridge is slightly convex. Her hair is tan. Her skin is pale brown. Her eyes are amethyst.
- She is very slow to heal
- She likes chert, aluminum, schorl, tiger shark leather, the color heliotrope, amulets, ballista arrows, ducks for their quacks and red squirrels for their tails. When possible, she prefers to consume longland beer. She absolutely detests lizards.
- She has great intuition, a very good sense of the position of her own body, a great feel for the surrounding space and a sum of patience.
- but she has a poor memory and a poor ability to manage or understand social relationships.
- She can handle stress. She has a good awareness of her own emotions. She is guarded in relationships with others. She is occasionally given to procrastination. She often does the first hting that comes to mind. She needs alcohol to get through the working day. she does not mind being outdoors, at least for a time.
- She is married to Etur Salvekisses
- She has two sons

Ineth Twistedstaves (female)

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79 years old (born 172)
- Her hais is clean-shaven. Her nose bridge is convex. Her ears are somewhat narrow. Her lips are thick. Her nose is slightly hooked. Her amethyst eyes are slightly rounded. Her pale brown skin is slightly wrinkled. Her ears have small lobes.
- She is indefatigable and rarely sick, but she is flimsy
- she likes kaolinite, lead, wood opal, yak tooth, mittens, anvils and dragonflies for their faceted eyes. when possible, she prefers to consume sun berries, mead and quarry bush l eaves. She absolutely detests purring maggots.
- She has a very good sense of empathy, a very good feel for social relationships, a feel for music and a way with words,
- but she has a questionable spatial sense and poor focus
- She is often sad and dejected. She is self-conscious. She doesn't often experience strong cravings or urges. She does not actively seek friendships and is incredibly distant and reserved. She is rarely happy or enthusiastic. She has a fertile imagination. she appreciates art and natural beauty. She has a profound understanding of her own feelings. She is candid and sincere in dealings with others. She always feels as if she is not in control of her life. She needs alcohol to get through the working day. She does not being outdoors, at least for a time.
- She is married to Logem Paddletrample.
- She has one son and one daughter

[Ahra]

Lokum Souredpaddles (male) name:ahra

[malimbar04]

Lokum Souredpaddles (male) name:ahra

sweet! do you have any job requests for him, to free him from normal grunt labor?

EDIT: people can claim multiple dwarves if they want, I don't really care. When I give general updates I'll post details only on the named dwarves specifically and "grunts" as a whole.

[Ahra]

smith, your choice if its armor weapon or metal.

[malimbar04]

The first year is basically up, which signals the end of the beginning, and the update on what is happening.
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Malimbar (me) has been quite content lately. He has slept in the dirt and grass, being caught in the rain as well. However, he's really admired the fine trade depot he designed and has been satisfied at work. He also been caught up in a romance with Deduk Earthhail. I'm debating maker her a named dwarf.

He is mostly being a carpenter and brewer to ensure a decent stockpile of wine. With this skill he also created a partially walled above-ground farm, irrigated with a standard screw pump made of wood.

He has taken up the position of broker since no one else has yet. Because we have no standard goods to sell, we instead sold some wine. We baught some lead and billon bars due to the complaints of no metal. We also purchased some meat.
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Ahra has been ecstatic lately. during the last year he has become romantically involved with Astesh Glowingrings. He's slept in the grass and complained of the lack of chairs, but his new friends and romance more than made up for this.

He also became named and was assigned to weaponsmithing. He no longer has to worry about hauling crap or cleaning up vomit. Because of the lack of metal, he is mostly making charcoal right now. We have enough wood to last us a while. Then, when next years shipment of weapon-able metal arrives he can start his practice.

Becuase of his need for materials (particularly stone to make his workstations), a grunt was assigned as a miner. After 4 z levels we struck chalk, and thus both of the stations are made from chalk. Malimbar, in his meating with the outpost liason, also ordered some bronze, steel, silver and gold (since Ahra likes gold). He probably should have asked for copper as well, but that slipped his mind.
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Most grunts were assigned to farming and plant gathering, and we gathered a !@#$ ton of plants. the first seven all became pretty decent herbalists, and the remaining grunts are more or less keeping busy between plant gathering and stockpiling (wood mostly). One was assigned as a miner as well, digging deep enough to uncover stone. Chalk is the stone of choice apparently here.

[malimbar04]

Since we have so many grunts and so few named dwarves, I decided to look at what sorts of things they'd like stockpiled.

Apparently they both like rabbits. Ahra likes bunnys for their ears, and Malimbar likes them for their ability to burrow. I'll have to keep an eye out for these when the elves come. I've also started building chessnut rooms for the both of us. I felt guilty making miners out of grunts, so Malimbar has taken that up as well. The grunts might screw it up of course. Since He's a better carpenter than miner though, he's sticking with the wood for now.

With permission, Ahra will become a miner soon. Without any ore to smelt and make into weapons, the only thing he's doing is making charcoal. A lot of charcoal.

[Ghills]

I'll claim a dwarf. Astesh Glowingrings, who ought to spend most of her time working in animal husbandry (butchering, tanning, shearing, leatherworking and clothesmaking). She'll weave wool cloth and do masonry in a pinch, because she'd rather have furniture than not, and she knows she needs to have something to make the clothes with. She'll cook if she can cook with meat, but prefers to avoid plants and plant products. Too flimsy, you know? And it just doesn't feel right to be eating or wearing something that wasn't ever really alive. 

[malimbar04]

The merchants have left in winter of 252, signaling a time for the new update.

Grunts:
A few grunts got married, and we have (counting) 3 babies running around now. Every now and then I send them off to gather wood and berries, so we're doing great for raw food and wood. I took off the miners since that felt like a non-grunt job.

Malimbar:
In the attempt to fill all needed and missing skills, Malimbar is getting a lot of random skills. he's a competent miner, skilled carpenter, competent brewer, and skilled appraiser. He also designs and builds all buildings, mechanisms, and operates the pumps for irregation. Most recently, has has finished the bedrooms for himself and Ahra, made out of solid chestnut wood.He's still romantically involved with the grunt Deduk Earthhail, though the romance has been faultering do to how busy he is. he has admired his fine door, fine bed, and the very good bedroom he slept in.

The recent shipment from the mountainhomes was slightly embarrassing, as there was so little to trade. We ended up selling a steel pick (do we really need that AND a copper pick?), along with some wine, meat, and leather armor. This was traded for some metal bars of bronze and silver (and one of steel, yay).

Ahra:
Ahra has been satisfied at his work recently, which mostly consists of burning wood. However, with the partial success of trading, we now have some weapon-ready materials to work with. The first bronze short sword was made, and silver maces are next. Ahra is still romantically involved with Astesh, and this is looking particularly good considering her new claim to existance (thank you Ghills). His room and the admirably designed trade depot were particularly pleasing to him.


Astesh: Congratulations on the new claim to life. Your relationship to Ahra now might actually mean something, as opposed to the fling you were before (sorry, grunts just aren't important). Astesh, you no longer have to haul or farm, and soon you will get your own chestnut wood room.

Unfortunately she is still working with plant fiber though. This is mostly due to the excess that the grunts are producing, the extreme need of bags, and the extremely limited supply of wool-producing animals. Now that we have a decent amount of bags, she will (as is her right), stop messing with that dirty plant stuff. Because of the excess of ugly animals (per malimbar's opinion), she was able to slaughter and tan a few animals. These were promptly made into leather armor.

BTW, do you want to give her a different name, or just stick with the nickname "Astesh"?

[malimbar04]

The end of 253 rolls around and it's time for another update.

Malimbar: When I freed the previously purchased rabbit to be a pet, Malimbar greedily took it in. Urist the rabbit has thus been faithfully following him ever since. He has otherwise been content, what with his bedroom, dining room, fine container, fine door, and comforting pet. Regardless, he also slept int he dirt, been caught in the rain, and been annoyed by flies. Other than keeping the wine supply stable, he has been building extensions to all the rooms (including containers), and is currently working on a training room (in case anyone eventually decides to go into the military).

Ahra: he's been ecstatic lately. This is in part due to his his great dining room, filled with reindeer tallow biscuts and cave fish stew. He's also admired his great bedroom and a fine furnace, which he has finally been able to use. All metal bars (copper, steel, bronze, and silver) provided in the latest shipment were made into war hammers and short swords. The previous batch was sold for this luxery, and they quality of his swords are starting to go up.

Astesh: She's been ecstatic as well. She has her own equal room, though using a llama wool bag instead of a mediocre wooden chest. Early in the year she abandoned the whole rope-reed weaving job. The stockpile of rope reed fiber has built up and been sold several times without processing. In exchange, she has her first sheep to care for (and sheer), as well as bins full of leather and wool. In her spare time she cooks, but only with meaty ingredients. The 3 named dwarves are now supplied by her cooking delicacies, like cave lobster stew and tallow biscuits, of course cooked in tallow. Because of her love of leggings, and her inabilty to make wool leggings, she's currently focused on the next best thing. Yarn trousers are coming out on a regular basis. No dwarf should have any excuse to be without anything on their lower body.

Grunts: They keep breeding, as the dwarven children count is up to 8. I think some got married too. The next census will update these statistics. They've also let a huge amount of food go to waist (as the blame shouldn't go on Malimbar, even if he isn't keeping up with the brewing). They're currently spending time organizing the excess of wood, since Malimbar keeps complaining when he wants only a specific type of wood.

[Ghills]

Hurray! Astesh is ecstatic. She can keep her name. She hasn't really changed, after all, just gotten a new enthusiasm for life.

I'm sure she's thrilled to have a her own room and a sheep. Now the only thing she's really looking forward to is getting a mate for it, and perhaps a pair of breeding llamas if some can be found.

She might be jealous of the grunts, who seem to have lots of time for their families, but she's mostly very happy to have lots of productive work to do, full of all the things she loves most. Ahra's compliments on her cooking keep bringing thoughts of families to mind, but only when he's around. Otherwise she's simply enjoying life in her new bedroom and being able to store clothes in her llama wool bag.


Thank you for doing this! It's really quite a lot of fun from this end.

[malimbar04]

Hurray! Astesh is ecstatic. She can keep her name. She hasn't really changed, after all, just gotten a new enthusiasm for life.

I'm sure she's thrilled to have a her own room and a sheep. Now the only thing she's really looking forward to is getting a mate for it, and perhaps a pair of breeding llamas if some can be found.

She might be jealous of the grunts, who seem to have lots of time for their families, but she's mostly very happy to have lots of productive work to do, full of all the things she loves most. Ahra's compliments on her cooking keep bringing thoughts of families to mind, but only when he's around. Otherwise she's simply enjoying life in her new bedroom and being able to store clothes in her llama wool bag.


Thank you for doing this! It's really quite a lot of fun from this end.

Tons of fun from my end too. The lack of certain specialties has caused a radical (for me) for design, and it's fun to work around the limitations.

I'm glad btw that we haven't had an ambush. I'm not sure if this is because of the lack of people, wealth, or just luck of the early game. If we do get an ambush, the strategy is basically to hide inside our rooms until they leave (and slaughter the grunts). Hmm... maybe I need rework this strategy to protect the animals...

[RTiger]

Aban Inkwoman. Offer her a spear, crossbow, and train her as a hunter/speardwarf. Name: Barma

[malimbar04]

<snip> Half of what I cut out was wrong, and the other half was made obsolete when the game crashed. I'll just post an update when the next year comes around, but be aware that your dwarves are all awesome.

[malimbar04]

the end of 254 is here! And to top it off, we have a new dwarf to track, Barma, who has taken up our new security detail (etc).
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Overall (grunts and other things irrelevant to individuals): Several dwarven babies, all parented by grunts, were taken away. A few others were born. In the next census (in some later year probably), these will be updated. We also have a very large dog can cat population. They spawned from the first two war dogs, but are all as such untrained. We're leaving them around for security though, as they keep running into goblin thieves. Without a full time miner (and really, Malimbar is too busy to do this as well), the vast majority of our dwarves are exposed.

I did forget to mention that we have a waterfall on the map. We're not using it, but some dwarven grunts have been enjoying the scenery. It's been slow for them. We've stopped making rope reed thread, due to the excess we had before. We actually sold over 2k worth of thread alone - unwoven rope read thread. It clutter, so we stopped growing it.
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Malimbar: Has been esctatic lately. The known contributors to this: satisfaction at work, eating a legendary meal (thanks astesh), acquiring Llama wool trousers (thanks astesh), admiring a few splendid things, and being comforted by his pet Buck rabbit Urist. He's been busy building another home and expanding them all to another floor. The new home is made of alder wood due to the shortage of chestnut. The alcohol is still always lacking, but we built a well for cases when we run too low. Winter doesn't freeze, so it's just sitting on a lake.
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Ahra: has been lazy as the llama's recently. He burns through all the weapon's metal within a month, and then spends the rest of the year putzing around. We have plenty of charcoal, so he doesn't do that either. When the elves came, we bought a rabbit (which he promptly took), a few other butcherable animals, and a red squirrel. since he likes to eat those, and since there is no way to guarantee he actually gets teh meal, the squirrel is sitting in a cage in his bedroom. His new rabbit is named Catten.

At the end of the year, when the caravan brought metal for him to work with, he quickly produced several speers made of copper, bronze, bismuth bronze, and steel. He also made a couple of war hammers of silver. Many of these were sold, a few were kept around for the next caravan after this one left, and the well-crafted steel speer is now being used by our singular militia lady Barma.
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Astesh: She's mostly been keeping busy with cooking and butchering meat. After the caravans she now has 5 llamas, 1 ram, and apparently only 1 alpaca. Alpaca's are more expensive than llamas. There are also a half-dozen rabbits, but those will likely turn into pets and food. Can we turn rabbit fur into yarn? we'll find out.

The clothing business has been lacking in light of the food and leather business, but that is picking up more now. She still hasn't made all of the previous year's wool into trousers and shirts, so that comes first. The butchering business has been quite active due to our new hunter/warrior. We've had a wide variety of meat because of this.
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Barma: The newest dwarf have been extremely active, and has been quite contently recently. she enjoyed a bath, made a satisfying acquisition (or several), has been attacked (thought I'm not sure by what), and has complained about how slowly she's getting her new dining room.

She used a home-made (and crudely made) alder crossbow to hunt. A grunt that happend by a strange mood produces all of her wooden bolts, almost entirely of excellent quality. The bolts are held in a artifact reindeer leather quiver called "Brutalvipers the Blind Seal", which is encircled (and presumably reinforced) with bands of reindeer leather. So far she has killed: 3 capybaras, 4 mountain goats, 1 yak, 2 turkey hens, 2 ducks, and 2 capybaras (SIC). She has also recently started training in a danger room of ashen spear traps.

While she's just started using a speer (made by Ahra), she is very skilled at fighting. How skilled? glad you asked: Dabbling hammerdwarf (from the crossbow), novice speardwarf, master marksdwarf, master archer, legendary shield user, adequate armor user, legendary fighter, dabbling wrestler, and competent dodger. She's the resident bad-ass. Her military is named the Creations of Roughness.
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Note: goblins and kobolds have started becoming a nuisance, and most of our dwarves are still sleeping in the dirt on a regular basis. Since our only "fortification" is Barma, it'll be interesting to see what the next year or two will result in.

[Ahrimahn]

Medtob Sabrewalled is mine his new name is Ahrimahn The Seeker.