Sorry for the Necro-post, but at least it contains the last four months of my turn, right?
1st of Timber, Autumn, Year 8One of the pairs of adamantine high boots is done!
5th of Timber, Autumn, Year 8Both pairs of highboots are done, and I have now claimed the first pair.
8th of Timber, Autumn, Year 8Another forgotten beast was spotted in the caverns today. We deemed the beast Ipan Nethrezkusut. From what the messengers told me, I understand that the beast is a scaly sauropod, with three large eyes, a shell, and a poisonous sting.
Later today Komra engraved a masterpeice about the founding of Uristildom on the walls of a vacant office.
10th of Timber, Autumn, Year 8My private forge has been finished!
I immediatly made a mental note to eventually forge myself a magnificent silver warhammer from the metal smelted from the tetrahedrite.
Squid suddenly wants us to make tin items. Obviously he didn't notice that out fortress has a distinct lack of tin.
13th of Timber, Autumn, Year 8I finally freed up some time in my schedule, and decided to get around to forging that hammer.
17th of Timber, Autumn, Year 8The caravan from the mountainhomes arrived today.
I finished my hammer, and one of the woodcutters claimed it, saying he was a recruit...
21th of Timber, Autumn, Year 8The merchant finally got to the depot today.
I made sure some peasents were hauling crafts to the depot, and I also informed Conan that he needed to go trade.
24th Timber, Autumn, year 8We traded with the caravan today.
We managed to trade a load of stone crafts for all the worthwhile metal they had, all of their booze, and most of their food.
25th Timber, Autumn, Year 8In an attempt to make use of the inane amount of doors in this fortress, I decided to have the masons build a small entry way to the area near the quarters of everyone. I also am adding a gem window to Conan's dining room so he will stop complaining about the quality of the dining room being too low.
Honestly, I can't understand how he only thinks his room is "modest" It looks quite nice to be, every square urist of the place is engraved, plus he's got some dogs in there and some bags.
26th Timber, Autumn, Year 8I made plans to make an area for another farm, closer to the central part of the fortress. The miners immediatly began work on it, which pleased me quite a bit.
On a different note, the area for Conan's window has already been mined out, soon the window will be in place, and hopefully Conan will be pleased.
28th Timber, Autumn, Year 8Upon creation of the Gem Window yesterday, the jewelers informed me that there aren't very many gems in our stockpiles, so I told the miners to mine towards some gems that were visible from the caverns after they finished mining out the farm...
I also told them to mine out more tetrahedrite after that.
3rd Moonstone, Winter, year 8The liason from the Mountain homes finally found an Opening in Squid's schedule, to my understanding, he requested drinks, weapons, silver, cats, and armor. I was quite okay with this, as I have yet to find an object that the fortress has a distinct lack of that we are unable to make.
4th Moonstone, Winter, Year 8Strangely enough, the liason did not ask Squid about becoming a Barony even though I am quite sure we have met and surpassed any made-up prerequisites the Baron may have.
6th Moonstone, Winter, year 8I decided to install another gem window in the vacant office, as it will overlook the caverns and be very useful for surveying happenings in the caverns...
7th Moonstone, Winter, Year 8Nevermind that, apparently the jewelers have refused to build windows over open space for whatever reason.
Also, somehow my right gauntlet is superior quiality, while my left one is only well-crafted.
Sometimes the metalsmiths confuse me.
8th Moonstone, Winter, year 8I recently got updated on the stock by Tobul.
Apprantly we have upwards of 700 biscuits.
9th Moonstone, Winter, Year 8Today I got a message that a rockcrafter had died of thirst.
He accidently blocked off his only exit when building a craftsdwarfshop.
Oops.
12th Moonstone, Winter, Year 8I ordered the miners to start the secondary adamantine tunnel, but I am not going to go much deeper. Personally, I fear the horrors that may lie in the deep. Perhaps if someone else eventually becomes overseer they could mess with it, but I do not wish to.
14th Moonstone, Winter, Year 8I noticed a hole leading into the caverns that beats could possibly get into. I made sure to bring my squad and guard the area while the masons block off the hole.
15th Moonstone, Winter, year 8Conan came into my office and told me that the merchants said they would be leaving soon.
Obviously it wasn't too important as we'd already bought out nearly all of their materials.
16th Moonstone, Winter, Year 8Today I got a report saying that Tobul had crafted a masterful wooden ring in her workshop...
Perhaps she is planning something?
17th Moonstone, Winter, Year 8The new farming area is almost complete...
just a little bit of channeling to go.
19th Moonstone, Winter, Year 8The merchants finally left today. Also, the new farming area has just one ring of channeling left to go...
20th Moonstone, Winter, year 8Conan left this sheet on my desk, saying it was what the liason had requested...
23rd Moonstone, Winter, Year 8The farm is done.]
Dwarves will start pouring water in to make mud soon...
27th Moonstone, Winter, year 8The hole in to the caverns is sealed. Thank goodness.
Crisis averted.
1st Opal, Winter, Year 8A snowstorm kicked up this morning.
What a great omen for the month to come.
5th Opal, Winter, Year 8I ordered the carpenters to make some more buckets so we can get mud on the ground of the farm faster.
Hopefully it will be ready for farming come spring.
16th Opal, 8, WinterThe buckets are all finished, however only one dwarf is filling the farm with water, while 25 claim to have no job...
17th Opal, 8, WinterI have plans to build an entrance into the caverns so we can take care of those beats once and for all.
My plan involves having a tube-shaped rock walkway into a mined-out gatehouse, which will have a lever and a raising bridge to block out any nasty creatures from outside.
I took a peek from the windowed office, and as of writing, two of the beasts are in the water and one is flying, which gives us some time to build the plans without being interrupted, however, I am stationing the military there in case anything goes wrong...
22nd Opal, 8, WinterFortunately, this man of steel is in the second layer of caverns and not the first.
1st Obsidian, 8, WinterThe entrance tube to the cavern gatehouse has been constructed.
Hopefully the gatehouse will be mined out come spring.
2nd Obsidian, 8, WinterAquafier is in the area for the planned gatehouse.
I guess we can't mine in that way...
I quickly make plans for an entirely constructed exit on the other side.
4th Obsidian, 8, WinterThe leak from the failed gatehouse has been fixed. Luckily not much water spilled out, it's still safe for anyone to cross. The walls for the new gatehouse are complete. The roof will be added while the floodgate is being installed.
Hopefully we can be rid of that horrid fly before spring.
5th Obsidian, 8, WinterI noticed one of the masons was too busy making doors to make a floodgate.
I fixed that.
Now I know where all the doors are coming from.
6th Obsidian, 8, WinterThe gatehouse is finished, but the mason is still behind schedule and hasn't made the required floodgate yet.
7th Obsidian, 8, WinterThe floodgate is finished.
Someone needs to come into the entrance and set it up soon...
9th Obsidian, 8, WinterThe floodgate is up, a mechanic just needs to connect it to the lever now...
Naturally, the mechanics are smart, and immediatly set forth of the task.
12th Obsidian, 8, WinterThe mechanics have been implemented into the floodgate, now they just need to be implemented into the lever.
After that, only a wall stands between me and that horrid fly.
13th Obsidian, 8, WinterThe mechanics are set, someone just needs to pull the lever and deconstruct that wall, and we shall be able to finally fight the creatures of the caverns.
I also got a report on where the silver warhammers I made have gone, I have one, Conan has one, one's in a bin in the upper part of the fort, and the other two went to a Milker and Seige Operater who were both a part of the guard.
The lever has been pulled. A mason is already on his way to deconstruct the wall. I have ordered the miltia to stand at the end of the gatehouse while it is deconstructed, lest we get ambushed as the wall comes down.
14th Obsidian, 8, WinterAs I was watching the wall come down, someone notified me someone titled "Nano" had claimed a craftsdwarves workshop. I told them it wasn't the right time. He also told me that one of the terrible beasts was nearby the wall we were deconstructing. Of course, it wasn't the fly, to my surprise. I guess in all my excitement I forgot about the other beasts.
Hm... perhaps that is a good name for them.
Forgotten Beasts.
It has a nice ring to it.
15th Obsidian, 8, WinterIt has taken nearly two days to take out the wall. I don't see why we can't just take it out with our silver hammers, but apparently that will cause the wall to collapse or something.
In my opinion, as long as something has at least one thing supporting it, it won't collapse. But I guess i'm not one to argue with those who studied under high master masons for several years, and in turn, they have no right to argue with me about what material of hammer can crush a skull the fastest.
16th Obsidian, 8, WinterIt's taken two days to take down the wall and counting.
I think I'll have a nice nap.
19th Obsidian, 8, WinterToday someone woke me up to told me that "Nano" had begun working on some strange construction. I returned to the wall, which still hasn't been taken down yet.
20th Obsidian, 8, WitnerI got a notice that a Goblin Snatcher had been spotted. I ignored it, as the pansy snatcher typically run away.
The wall's still not down.
21st Obsidian, 8, WinterAnother snatcher.
I am still intent on being there when the wall is finally taken down.
Another beast to hunt once the wall is down...
Another snatcher was reported later in the day.
I am beginning to get a feeling the immense amount of snatchers and the opening to the caverns may be connected in some way...
22nd Obsidian, 8, WinterMore snatchers, less wall.
A snowstorm kicked up near the end of the day again. Hopefully that will deter the snatchers for a small while...
23rd Obsidian, 8, WinterI figured out why the mason is taking so long.
He's a child.
He knows nothing about masonry.
24th Obsidian, 8, Winter9 days.
It's been 9 days and the wall still isn't down.
Later I got a report that "Nano" had created a wonderful bracelet or something. The dwarf who told me about it said it was encrusted with diorite, decorated with yak leather, and menaced with spikes of milk opal.
It seems like a bit much for a bracelet.
25th Obsidian, 8, WinterTen days that child has been picking at the wall.
Ten days we've been waiting here and watching.
Armok almighty, will it never e-
it's down.
The wall's finally down.
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD MY BROTHERS, TODAY WE SHALL STRIKE DOWN THE BEASTS IN THESE CAVERNS!
26th Obsidian, 8, WinterThe Forgotten beasts are in the water.
None of us know how to swim.
I think there may be a problem here, but we moved downwards into the cavern anyway.
27th Obsidian, 8, WinterStill nothing in sight...
28th Obsidian, 8, WinterWith no forgotten beasts in sight, we decided to go back to the barracks for some combat drills.
1st Granite, 9, SpringAs spring finally comes around, I have decided to quit my job as overseer in order to work with the miltia more, and hunt down the forgotten beasts the in the caverns.
Fortunately, I managed to find time in between drills to pass off my job as overseer to that one fellow "Nano", the one who made the bracelet.
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Here is the saveHopefully you'll be able to get the squad to kill the FBs, Nano.)