Summer Report, from the journal of Carpenter.After the elves left, I looked over our remaining stock of food and realized that we have a huge surplus here. I think I better tell cook to slow things down. If our food is as valuable as the elves think it is, then we might attract the notice of those that would wish to deprive us of our hard earned wealth, like thieves, or worse, nobles.
With that in mind, I need to organize an area where we can treat our wounded in case we come under attack. I've set aside an area below the barracks and the main entrance (once it's completed). I also set aside room for tombs below the hospital...you know, just in case. Some made comments that having the tombs right next to the hospital as somewhat unnerving. I just see it as practical.
5 Hematite 302Ranger bagged a warthog today. I just noticed that Hunter hasn't been hunting. It seems like he's keeping himself busy with anything BUT hunting. I hope everything is okay with him.
6 Malachite 302Miner Avuztathur has asked if he could concentrate on mining a small vein of gems he found in the cavern area. I gave him the go ahead. At least he's no longer obsessing about adamantine.
13 Malachite 302I got a report that the Panda we got in trade from the elves is refusing to eat anything. It's trying to starve itself? That's unacceptable! I ordered Butcher to harvest it immediately. Ranger later told me that Pandas only eat Bamboo and that it had eaten all that was in its pen and it should have been moved to another pen.
I told Ranger to mind her own business and made a note of her attempt to make me look like a fool in front of the others.
20 Malachite 302Cook finally got around to cooking that Elephant meat from a few months ago and produced something gargantuan.
Wow. That could feed a fort for a year...or buy one.
More migrants have arrived. When I told them of our naming policy, one told me he wants to be known as a liar. I told him that was unacceptable and our last liar is now called Hauler. He then said perhaps he can be called Soldier, seeing as how he used to be in the militia back home, and only make lye on the side? I'm fairly sure he was purposely trying to confuse me to make me look bad. I need to keep an eye on this one.
Another dwarf wanted to be called Soaper. I told him we don't have any soap, so I'm not sure how he's going to soap anything (and I don't know why anyone would want to soap stuff in the first place, I mean wash something, sure...but just rub soap on things?). He cleared his throat and said that he meant that he can make soap, and apologized for the confusion.
Another dwarf trying to make me look bad. I smell a conspiracy here.
Feeling irritated, I told him to man the furnaces.
Our numbers are up to 31 now. I dismissed the rest of the migrants, no longer caring what they wanted to call themselves.
11 Galena 302 Tragedy occurred today. Miner Avuztathur fell two floors to his death. Last year, we dug out a section of tunnel so we would know how deep the channel for the ditch from above would go. I guess we all forgot it was there, so when he was digging from above, the floor caved in below him and he fell. The grief in the community was palpable.
It seems that the construction of the tombs was timely, and the Miners Three are now the Miners Two.
25 Galena 302Some human traders have arrived. I was a bit distracted by different matters, so other than a few iron anvils, I don't really recall what they traded us. It seems they heard about our wondrous food from the elves, and wanted to sample some of our wares. A few roasts bought most of what they had.
27 Galena 302Treason!
Gem Cutter was talking about the variety of gems we've discovered in our home over lunch when I remembered that Miner Avuztathur was mining out a small pocket a few months ago. I don't recall ever sending anybody down there to recover them. So, since I had nothing else to do (we have a spare 20 beds in our stockpile now, and no need for any other wooden furniture), I decided to investigate myself.
I walked the walls of the cavern, until I found a small alcove that's been mined out. I saw the red gems scattered all over the floor, either red spinels or red zircons. Then I noticed a small opening to the side of the alcove, not readily visible from anyone just passing by.
I investigated and it led to a long, twisting passage. Several small rooms were carved off from the main route, but it ended in a medium sized room. There was a table and a bed that looked to have been used. There were also some food and wine hidden among the boulders.
It even has a nice little garden in the center there...
Miner Avuztathur has made himself a secret lair! I don't know what he was planning, but I'm certain that whatever it is, it can't be good. Why all the subterfuge from everyone?
Wait, not everyone...just me. He was plotting something against me! I hope he rots in Armok's armpits! How can he violate my trust like this! And after all I've done for the people in this...
Wait. People? Could there have been others involved? If there's one rotten plump helmet in a barrel, then why not two? Or three? Or more?
I need to keep a careful eye out for any suspicious behavior. I'm gonna pretend I haven't discovered this place and keep watch for anyone that spends time down here in the caverns.
I will be watching...
Year 2 End of Summer Report1 human caravan traded with this season.Created Wealth 460,481 
Weapons: 927, Armor: 650. Yeah, this isn't going to go well...
Yikes! I thought I was keeping careful track of my growth! I was trying to end the year under 500,000k to be within 25% of billybobfred, but that stupid 44k roast put me way above my expected goal for summer.
I was attempting a mini-fort containing all the mechanisms of the larger fort and was planning on locking up Miner Avuztathur in there as a hermit-challenge-within-a-regular-game sort of thing. But he died due to a stupid mistake on my part (I had forgotten that I had already dug out the final bottom two layers of the ditch guarding the main fortress).
Carpenter's descent into paranoia is going to be fun.
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