Spring has arrived on the calendar.
I've almost completed artificial pond to patch the volcano wall. It was hard - i had to design several pond zones above each other, because single pond evaporated too fast. Once the door will be linked to lever, we'll pour it out.
Cave fungus is quite nutritional. Yak bull completely ate grass from surface pasture, and began to starve. I moved him to cavern pasture and now he's just hungry a bit.
Also there grazes the hippo. If we have cave crocodiles, why not cave hippos?
Mistem Okollokum, Stomeworker, secretly claimed craftshop. I wander what will he make...
I was working on capturing device at caverns. I still want to capture giant cave spider and use it's webs. So, it's just a narrow passage filled with cage traps, that passage can be blocked with bridge. I think we also should set spike traps there in case of ancient beast arrival...
We moved smelters and forges underground, as the magma level got down and isn't enough to power it. Also it raises the efficiency - stockpiles can be placed near forges leaving pasture space intact.
Mayor still needs some pieces of furniture - like cabinet, chests and so on. I ordered to make 30 silver toys, I hope there will be toy hammers among them and his mandate will be done.
As for our new baron, Shade, first he was quire useful. He was brewing drinks and was brave enough to dig a tunnel near adamantine vein - at least where we think it can be. We gave him all rooms and furniture he needed, though not of superior quality... and now he wants us to make aluminum items. Fuck off, we never had any aluminum here. If we ocassionally find some ore, we could make it... or if next caravan brings us some of it. Till then - fuck off!
So, that what happened this winter. I think I should pass my rulership to someone other.
Pics and save will be soon.