2nd Year Spring Report, from the Journal of CarpenterAfter the new year's celebrations, I took a moment to assess the status of our home. As part of that assessment, I looked over the stock lists, job orders and agreements that I made over the course of the year.
It was then that I discovered the terrible mistake I had made last autumn. The trade contracts I signed limits our production to within certain boundaries based on the economies of those in the alliance! What have I done? A quick calculation shows that our community of seventeen is already well ahead of the others in terms of production, so that means shortages on trade goods for sure.
I can only hope that stockpiling the items that are most likely to be limited will prevent any shortcomings in the future.
I'll keep this to myself however. The morale of the common worker must be maintained. What they don't know won't hurt them...hopefully.
11 Granite 302Butcher finally finished processing those rhino carcasses that Hunter brought in late last year. Cook is already making plans of how best to cook the rhino meat. I think a battlefield scene of the last great goblin invasion of the mountainhome is a tad extreme though. At least, I know I would feel weird eating dwarf shaped meat pastries of soldiers and war-boars.
15 Granite 302I don't like the fact that the magma workshops are sitting idle. I've decided to learn how to smelt metal and put Hunter in charge of learning how to make glass.
24 Granite 302More migrants! That brings our number up to 25 now.
We welcome Glassmaker, Ranger, Farmer, Leatherworker, Bowyer, Gem Setter, Hauler and Soldier/Chef. The latter two are sorta odd. When I asked Hauler what's her most notable skill, she told me it was Lying. I asked her what she does for a living, and she replied "oh, I try not to do any work and live off of others." For a lying, lazy dwarf, she's awfully upfront about it. I told her to help out in the kitchen and help carry stuff around, hence the name hauler. She just smiled and said, "if you say so." Darn right I say so!
Soldier/Chef is another odd one. I told him we already had a Soldier but he countered that a well defended outpost needs more than one soldier. Makes sense I suppose. He then told me that he likes to cook and can help out in the kitchen when he's off duty. I guess he can do that. I'll probably ask Soldier, the other one, to see if he also has any other skill he can put to use. After all, we're not going to need to kill people all the time are we?
6 Slate 302I've become aware of a little competition between Hunter and Ranger. It turns out that Ranger is sneakier and a better shot than Hunter. She also knows how to train and care for animals, unlike Hunter. When I told them to go hunt something, they were practically pushing each other out of the way as they ran for the outside.
Hunter got the first shot at a Rhino, but Ranger was the first to kill one.
Their competitive streak is gonna get someone hurt...
...some Rhinos.
Soldier/Chef got a strange look in his eyes as he was putting the final glaze on a rhino egg roast. He quickly ran off, took over a craftsman's workshop and started working with some tunnel tube wood. I've heard about this. Apparently the spark of inspiration can occur in any dwarf to create a legendary artifact. I've never seen it personally before and it's a bit frightening...
20 Slate 302Tired, but pleased, Soldier/Chef showed off his creation. It's a toy boat. I've never seen one before. A boat that is. I thought it was an oddly shaped house until he told me otherwise. I wonder where he got the idea for a boat? Especially one that's armored? He claims that he's gotten new insight into woodcrafting and will be able to make perfect wooden bolts for the army now. Great I say.
A bit later though, I found myself recalling the conversation and thought, "what army?..."
An army of one?
Ranger got an Elephant! As soon as Hunter heard, he threw down his crossbow in disgust and said we can find him down below at the glassworks...
I saw the look of satisfaction fade from Ranger's eyes, and turn to...concern? Perhaps this is going to be a turning point in their...I don't know what to call what they have. Rivalry? Relationship?
28 Slate 302It's been days and nobody thought to bring in the elephant?!?
7 Felsite 302Hauler was assigned food hauling duties when I ordered the elephant carcass to be brought in. It took her 8 days of hauling to bring it into the kitchen. She then promptly fell asleep in the butcher's workshop. I bet she's never had to work that hard before. A sleeping dwarf on the floor of his work area didn't phase Butcher though. He went to work on the elephant even though Hauler was underfoot.
17 Felsite 302An elven caravan has come! I didn't even know they lived nearby, and don't know how they heard about us, but we welcomed them all the same. The trade depot is currently in the food prep area until we clear a lower section, so they saw what Chef was working on. The battle monument built out of rhino meat, turkey eggs, cheese and more cheese really amazed the elves. They say they've never seen the like and wanted to show it to their queen. I saw Cook's eyes plead no, so I offered an absurd price of 17,000 urists in trade. They accepted. I was flabbergasted. It wasn't even Cook's best work! I'd give it two gems out of five at best.
They took all 159 pieces of it in exchange for their entire caravan (except for the elven clothing, which would just look ridiculous on a dwarf). I even took their wooden weapons, useless as they are, to put into more weapon traps that the goblins can dodge. Cook started complaining, but I pointed out that there were 4 units of Golden Salve that he can use in his cooking. That seemed to calm him down a bit. Apparently it's quite expensive and rare.
The rest of the summer passed uneventfully.
Year 2 Spring Report1 out of 1 caravan traded with.
Created wealth 250,030.
This is what happens when all you eat are super-sized meals.
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