2nd of Felsite, year 16Another dwarf died today. One of our soldiers had been training too hard for too long, and thus died to dehydration.
I don't get it, we have enough booze stored, and there are sources of fresh water outside. Still this soldiers dies to thirst. So, we need more soldiers. We have only a handful left. A full squad of ten, preferably equipped with adamantine, would be a good thing. I must see what I can do.
7th of Felsite, year 16One of our masons went to fey today.
He claimed one of our masonries and begun demanding materials. To satisfy his needs we had to butcher two our animals, though that was a small price from keeping one of our fellow dwarves sane.
12th of Felsite, year 16I was informed that a group of elves is approaching our fortress. It seems that they are here for trading, so I ordered the crafts to be hauled to depot.
16th of Slate, year 16I met the elves today, and they greeted me warmly. Apparently they were happy that we had hold our part of the deal of keeping the cutting of trees in minimum. When I checked the goods they had brought to us I became very angry. The deal was that we try to keep the cutting in minimum and in exchange elves would trade some wood to us. And how many logs they brought? None! Zero! This is unacceptable!
They made us look like fools! So it was only right to punish them for this insolence! And the only way to punish them is to slay them and claim their wares as our own! So, I sent katana II and his squad mate to deal the hippies.
Good thing one of the previous rulers decided to build a wall around the depot, so it was easy to lock the elves inside, giving them no chance to escape the wrath of our soldiers. The five merchant were killed swiftly, katana II doing the most of the killing as he claimed four heads to himself. When they came out from the depot it was covered in blood. Elven blood. It will take ages to clean the depot to it's former state. Well, we have lots of spare workers to do that, so no harm done.
My mother always taught me to look for the positive sides of things. As we claimed the wares our alcohol supplies tripled, and food supplies doubled. We also claimed other useful goods like cages, animals, crafts and so on. And we didn't have to pay for those! And our soldiers even got some practice while slaying the hippies. So in the end this was a good day, even though I'm still annoyed the traitorous behavior the elves showed here.
21st of Felsite, year 16The goblins are getting restless again. Today we found out that four snatchers had tried to enter the fortress, to steal our children. Well, fortunately our traps were efficient enough and none of the goblins managed to reach the bridge. I'm still a bit worried that we are going to deal another ambush, perhaps even a siege, soon.
23rd of Felsite, year 16I knew it! The goblins were scheming to infiltrate our fortress again! And this time they didn't send thieves or snatchers, but a ambush squad instead!
Fortunately our traps caged four of the invading goblins, and I ordered katana II and his squad mate to deal with the lonely attacker...
Unfortunately the goblin squad didn't come alone. There was another squad coming from the north, though luckily there was no archers among the attackers.
Katana II was able to kill the lonely goblin from the first ambush squad, and so I ordered them to return to the walled area. Unfortunately one dwarf decided to venture outside, attracting the attention of the second goblins squad which had been chasing down some animal.
I saw no other option than send katana II and his squad out, though when they reached the traps the goblins had already slain the poor dwarf.
While our heroes were rushing out third goblin squad appeared from east. I saw no other option than to dwar the bridge, though unfortunately I didn't know which lever was connected to it. So, as we had a small panic outside I just ordered both levers to be pulled.
The third squad was slain or captured by the traps. At the same time Pearwork, our second soldier, was able to force the second squad to flee by himself. That's remarkable feat as she possessed no weapon nor any armor. Sadly she was injured during the process, but at least she was still alive and goblins running away in fear.
And what was katana II doing while his comrade was wrestling with goblins? Sleeping! I tell you, this duo is hardcore!
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