Dairy of Inod Komra
15th TimberThe supply caravan form the Mountainhome has arrived! i've instructed Kivish to wait for them at the depot while the rest of us move the goods up.
18th Timberwhen the merchants entered the gatehouse and saw our militia armed and armored with wood, bone and leather, they broke into fits of hysterical laughter... after they all calmed down, one of the merchants exclaimed "by Armok's beard! you can't seriously think that you can adequately defend yourselves with that kind of equipment!"
Kivish answered the still chuckling merchant: "we've got only tetrahedrite here, and not enough wood to spare for charcoal making, so we had to make due"
"WELL! Are you ever in luck my friend, we've got an entire wagon load of weapons and armor. it was originally destined to one of the other fledgling forts, but when we arrived, it was overrun with goblins. i think we can strike a deal here don't you?"
Kivish and the merchant then began negotiating a deal... boring stuff, i'm going back inside.
21st TimberKivish came to me today and proudly stated that he had successfully purchased all of their wood, most of their metal weapons, some armor, two mining picks, a few shields, some booze, cheese, fish and most importantly, an anvil!. and it only cost us our entire stock of finished goods and a couple barrels of eggs!
In other news, Upper Uristildom has been pretty much abandoned. the hospital will stay up there, no use lugging an injured dwarf down 11 levels to get medical attention. The old dining area has been converted into sleeping quarters for the military, and the rest of the area will be marked as a pasture/tree farm.
1st Moonstonethe freezing artic winds have started blowing, today. and with them comes winter.
4th Moonstonewell diary, in the event of a catastrophic failure of our defenses, i can now safely lock myself in my suite with the pull of a lever. i've added a similar setup to Tobul's suite as well. now i just need to stockpile a bit of food and drink and i'll be ready for anything!
13th MoonstoneToday Conan Came to me diary, she was very happy with her shiny new steel battle axe and steel breastplate.
she told me that she had met with the liaison and had requested that the mountainhome send us leather, wood, armor, weapons, metal bars, and a few other things that she thought were useful. Conan muttered something about getting some sort of "allowance" from the merchants and something bout getting more armor and weapons, i guess wielding a steel battleaxe gives you the upper hand while negotiating...
She also said that the liaison had made some requests of us and that she had written then down. i've inserted the list below.
it looks like the Mountainhome is creating an army of marksdwarves, why else would they pay such a premium for quivers, waterskins and plants from one of their non-economic forts.
28th Moonstonethe workshop level is complete! we've grouped workshops based on material usage and have placed the stockpile to match.
we've also finished up the kitchens, which branch off of the food and drink stockpiles.
and to deal with the lack of wood for beds, we've carved out a small dormitory north of the smoothed out dining hall. those who were lucky enough to grab a bed in the hallway have a private bedroom now. the rest will have to share for the time being.
1st OpalZOMBIE ELKS! SLAY THEM! wow diary, either our militia is epic or zombies are really, really weak...
10th Opalthe woodcutters have been bugging me for the past month and a half to go cut down the trees on the hill, i finally cracked today and let them have at it. however a herd of (regular) elk on the tree hill diary, and i'm no elf, but i know that those pesky beasts just love to interrupt woodcutters... i've sent out the militia to clear a path.
well diary, i'd like to say that the dieing screams of elk are echoing through the hills, but they're just to dam fast for our militia... maybe some marksdwarves are in order. wait a minute, one of the recruits has caught up to an elk! he's broken it's leg, the elk is down! Spoony has joined the fray now, and what's he doing? is he BITING THE ELK!? Armok dammit diary, as much as i commend the blood lust of our kind, would it be too much to ask for the soldiers TO USE THEIR FREAKING WEAPONS!
11th Opalsince none of the other soldier's can even come close to catching up to an elk, i've cancelled the hunt. Spoony walked right past where i was standing, steel greaves glittering in the sunlight, and smiled a wicked smile, with fresh elk blood still dripping down his face. Armok help us.
Part 4 And yes, that's a nice picture you've got there Conan.
should be able to get the rest of the year up by tomorrow