Journal of Andy - Miner/Mason
1st Granitewell the boss, Domas, has been working hard for the past year. too hard in fact. she thought that she could run this place single handedly, pulling quadruple duty as expedition leader, manager, broker and bookkeeper in addition to her regular tasks.
Today she realized just how wrong she was, I was in her office this morning while she was outlining some plans for the future gatehouse when suddenly, she swept the papers off the table and screamed "By Armok! I can't take it anymore! The numbers! OH GOD THE NUMBERS!!!" in her rage she glared at me, pointed with a wrinkled finger and stated "YOU! you will run this retched hellhole! Now GET THE HELL OUT OF MY OFFICE!!"
me, in charge of an entire fortress.... Armok damn it.
2nd Granitethe other dwarves have taken to calling me Overseer, i'm not exactly comfortable with the title, but they keep on insisting to use it. not quite sure what to do with this place journal, so it took a walk around to inspect the grounds.
in the gatehouse (if you could call it that) i noticed the trade depot, or lack of one... how Domas managed to trade with the mountainhomes last fall i'll never know, i inspected the bridge and noticed that there were stairs on the outside! every dwarf knows that laden pack animals cannot navigate a staircase! and there seem to be a glaring hole in our defensive perimeter, literally, there are two sections of wall that were never completed, ill have to patch those up. i've also noted the utter lack of defensive measures that have been employed.
when i went back underground i asked Domas about the construction and digging designations near the ponds, she muttered something about a well and that i'd figure it out.
well journal, it looks likes there's plenty to this year. i'll make a list just so i don't forget.
Andy's To Do list- Complete the wall- Build a Trade Depot- Fix the Bridge Access- build a proper gatehouse- traps3rd Granitewell journal, i feel dumb now, i found the trade depot, it's right next to jewelers workshops. i'm still moving it outside though.
our cook came complaining to me about not having any more food to make lavish meals with. i took a look at our food stocks and it was true, among our 230 urists of drink and hundreds of lavish meals, there's not a single scrap of unprocessed food. the 7 plump helmets we have our still sitting in the feilds waiting to get picked. By armok, what was she thinking? cooking up all of our perfectly brewable plants! i shut down the kitchens and have told the cook to never touch another plump helmet or i'd throw him in the volcano!
i've also removed all other standing production orders. screw Domas and her roasts,i'm in charge now and i need the dwarfpower for more important tasks.
14th Granitethe bridge access has been rampified, the outdoor well built, and the wall sealed, time to work on that Depot.
16th Granitejournal, i wish you could see this wonderful chalk depot i just constructed, it glistens beautifully in the sunlight. i know it's a little rough around the edges, i'll build a new one once i get some blocks made.
i've also noticed that our engraver has been more interested in smoothing our dining area than carving out the fortifications to bring additional water to the well. i've decided to take this task upon myself, i mean how hard can punching a small hole through a rock be?
18th Granitewhew, never mind what i said before journal, diggin a small hole through a rock is infinitely harder than clearing the entire wall away, at least there's only one more.
our metalsmith came to me today complaining about how he has been overworked, when i looked into it i realized that Domas, in her infinite wisdom had our only dwarf capable of furnace operation and smithing running six smelters and a forge simultaneously! and all for the production of billion bins! i told him to forget about his previous orders and focus on the production of iron cages and bins.
one of the cats gave birth to kittens this evening, i've had a cage put in between the butcher shops to house them until they're fully grown and ready to butcher.
22nd GraniteJournal, the labor force of this place is an absolute mess! we've got farmers who cut wood, miners who craft stone and carpenters that make clothes!
given Domas's mental state, i've taken it upon myself to reorganize the labor force.
4th SlateThe Hospital is in need of soap, not that it will do any good without a doctor, and we have several smelly alpacas... i think i just killed two bronze colossi with one fluffy wambler !
8th SlateThe old rough Depot has been deconstructed and replaced with an even nicer one crafted from alunite blocks.
20th SlateNothing much is happening journal, we've been working on a line of cage traps to give us at least some basic protection should the bridge fail to close.
25th Slatewhile loading a trap i saw a few figures crest the peak of the mountain, MIGRANTS! the others told me that it was my duty as overseer to meet each of them at the gate to assign them work duties. i fucking hate this job...
the first to come were two crafters, both of whom were ex-military, i've ordered them to drop their chisels and report to the magma forges to get suited up, we can't rely on traps forever.
the next through our gates was a bowyer, also ex-military, i've added her to the newly formed militia squad "The Diamond Bars"
following the bowyer was a diagnostician, our fortress has it's first doctor! i've made him the head of the hospital. the rest of the migrants weren't notable except for a high master brewer and a mason, who was also from the ranks of the mountainhome's army.
i drafted the rest of the useless sods into the mason's guild, i'll need all the helping hands i can get if i'm to complete the gatehouse.
27th Slatewhile still at the gate greeting migrants i was informed that our blacksmith has been struck by Armoks blessing and has received a fey mood!
i was told that she rushed off to one of the magma forges and started collecting supplies for her "Masterpeice" i hope it's a warhammer, i do love a good warhammer.
28th Slatei was told toady that Iton has begun her mysterious construction! i peeked in the forge and saw that all she had grabbed was a single billion bar and a lump of basalt. i really hope something good comes from this. but enough worying about it journal, the others are yelling at me to get back to the bridge to make sure i don't miss a migrant.
1st Felsiteit's a good thing i went back to the bridge, i almost missed our last two migrants, one of whom is skill in the use of both sword and bolt. with the last of them safely inside our walls our population is now 43. following the migrants was a herd of pets and stray pack animals, i've ordered the strays butchered and the pets to be contained in the pasture.
3rd Felsiteupon seeing our poor excuse for a hospital our newly appointed Chief medical Dwarf stated that there was no way he was dragging a wounded dwarf halfway across the room to receive aid, and demanded that we move the beds between the surgery tables and traction benches. he also went further and declared that he refused to walk into the sunlight to retrieve water for the wounded. i've commissioned the construction of an indoor cistern.
4th FelsiteHuzzah! Iton has completed her "Masterpeice" today!
A statue depicting the ascension of our late king to power is a great work of art indeed! i'll have this placed in the dining hall at once! and when valued at 26,400 dwarfbucks, it's the most valuable artifact in the fort! granted it's also the least valuable artifact in the fort, but i like to look on the bright side.
we've also set up a temporary barracks beside the hospital, when the gatehouse is complete it'll be moved there.
7th FelsiteThe final cage trap has been set, now that we have our basic defenses in place i've laid out the plans for the ground level of the gatehouse.
13th Felsiteground level complete. construction on upper level has commenced. the militia keep yelling at me about their uniforms being incomplete, i told them to be patient and the metalsmiths, yes journal we have more than one now, will get them their iron armor and weapons in due time.
17th FelsiteElves! how they found us i'll never know, but i certainly know how to deal with the treehugging bastards.
19th felsiteour cage traps have already proved effective, they've snagged a goblin snatcher who would've otherwise made off with one of the fort's children.
21st Felsiteour ever so wise leader Domas has been shut in her office for the last 3 months. she claims to be updating the stockpile records, and won't even come out to talk to the elves! i've opened up the position of broker to anyone who will take it.
also, we've caught another goblin for the recruits to train on.
Doren Nishmeng, our cook ended up speaking to the merchants. he demanded that all useful items be handed over to us, the wusses didn't even put up a fight. at least their few barrels of alcohol will be a welcomed change from dwarven wine!
22nd Felsitetwo snatchers caught today, if this keeps up we'll run out of cages.
1st Hematitewell journal i've made it through one season as overseer, and i'm beginning to understand why Domas is the way she is right now.
i've half a mind to give up this overseer position now, but the true nature of us dwarves is doing our duty,
even if it makes us miserable,
ESPECIALLY if it makes us miserable.
11th Hematitewhile digging out the new cistern we struck bitimous coal! we now have all the ingredients for steel production in abundance, with the exception of the iron ore! we hit marble and tetrahedrite! there was great excitement over the marble, with two flux stone sources our ability to smelt steel is limited only by our iron reserves.
in other news, one of the Planters has taken to calling himself FarmerBob, and insists that he was the brains behind Domas's plans last year... whatever, if he starts to get uppity, i'll just sick the goblins on him. after i dig out a fight pit of course!
19th HematiteI've just put my pick through a gold vein journal! the others were very excited when i told them about it, now if only we could find some blasted iron!
24th Hematitewith still 47 Urists of water channel to dig out we hit fire clay, at least the last leg will get finished quickly.
the barracks have also been moved to the mostly complete gatehouse, there is a separate barracks in the upper level for the future marksdwarves to train in.
one of the metalcrafters also decided to construct a billion well over the future cistern.
26th HematiteJournal, today a rather rude furnace operator came to me and complained about not having any more iron ore to smelt, i have a feeling i'll be hearing from him for some time if we don't find a vein soon.
and the water channel is complete! fortifications are being built at the intake and all the loose stone is being dumped near the craftsdwarfs workshops.
i've also decided to dig a moat in front of the gatehouse to protect the soon to be drawbridges from trolls. looks like it cuts through the farmer's workshop area. i'm sure the farmers can make do with half as many workshops, i mean it's not like they're using them.
7th malachitei made some revisions to the uniform list to ensure that every dwarf gets the correct piece of equipment and not some generic piece of "metal armor"
14th malachiteMore migrants! urgh, this means i have to do that whole job assignment thing again... i hope the mountainhomes didn't send too many.
a surgeon and legendary seige engineer were amongst the rabble, i've queued up nine balista parts and nine catapult parts at the seige workshop. let's not let this little wonder got to waste!
the Diamond Bars have also received a new recruit, giving us 6 full time military dwarves.
thank Armok, there's only 7 of them, bringing our population to a nice even 50 and upgrading our status from hamelt to Village! i think this calls for a celebratory drink, don't you journal?
the others have unofficially nicknamed me "The butcher" since i send all stray pack animals straight to the butcher's shop. i fucking hate useless strays.
and of course, the one time i ask Domas to do some work and sign a few production orders she gruffly told me to get lost, and that she too busy working on the stockpile records... what a bitch.
18th Malachiteone of our craftsdwafs has given birth to a boy! Huzzah! and such a long beard! this infant will surely be a dwarf of great stature some day.
and on a completely unrelated note, our cage traps are filling up with badgers faster than we can reload them! i've made digging the fight pit a top priority.
well this is rather embarrassing journal, while channeling out one of the prisoner dumping holes i neglected the fact that i was standing on said channel. i'm now trapped in the arena, the other miners have started digging the access hallway out. in the mean time i've started digging out the arena.
25th MalachiteALL PRAISE THE MIGHTY ARMOK! the others shouted in joy down the hole that they had struck magnetite! our prayers for iron have been answered!
and they also informed me that the water channel is finally clear of boulders, i've authorized the opening of the water intake.
4th Galenasoo hungry.... i could eat a live fluffy wamblers right now... i haven't had a drink in weeks, the world is starting to spin...
5th Galenamust. keep. digging. can hear sounds of other picks striking rock... must only be a few Urists away.
I MADE IT! I made it... can't write, too thirsty. getting alcohol.
12th Galenathere is a strong breeze in the fortress today, as the water rushed through the aqueduct, towards the cistern
14th Galenatwo more snatechers caught today, we have no more spare cages.
16th Galenaanother two snatchers today, these goblins are very persistent, i fear we may start seeing larger troop movement soon.
i've clearly marked a "safe" area for everyone to hide in when they attack. although there really isn't such thing as safe in a dwarven fortress. only safer. this area consists of the dormitory, the dining area and the refuse pile. the rock doors won't stand up to the attacks of a raging troll, but it should be able to keep out unassisted goblins just fine.
i've also placed food/ drink stockpiles in the dormitory, last time i checked there wasn't a dwarf who objected to sleeping in the same room as the booze. i also had doorways carved out between the rooms.
19th Galenathe mechanics reloading the cage traps have spotted human merchants! i don't fully trust humans, they are just as tall and just as arrogant as the elves, the only thing keeping me from taking their goods and slaughtering them is the fact that they have no objections about laying waste to a forest.
the others liked the idea of taking turns playing trader, so i've left the spot open, anyways it's more reliable than waiting on Domas the bookworm.
24th GalenaCog Onolzolak tried her hand at trading today, it didn't go well, after several failed attempts, the last of which gave those humans a nice 2600 dwarfbuck profit, they simply said that they'd had enough of our childish games and were leaving. without missing a beat Cog flew into a fit of rage and demanded the goods be handed over, the merchant, surprised by the show of ferocity coming from this stout creature simply stood by and watched as their goods got carted away. that'll teach those filthy surface dwellers what happens when you mess with dwarves!
in the end we seized a few types of seeds for above ground crops, some of their extra armor, which will be melted immediately, a few bins of cloth, a sizable chunk of their food supply, and a few miscellaneous items.
when the merchant finally picked his jaw up off the ground he shouted "
YOU FOOLISH DWARVES! WHEN THE KING HEARS ABOUT THIS TREASON WE SHALL COME BACK IN FORCE! WE SHALL BREAK DOWN YOUR PATHETIC WALLS AND SLAUGHTER EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD!"
well if the human king will send an army if the merchants are allowed to return, we'll just have to make sure they don't. i've mobilized the militia. and told the civilians to hide in the shelter.
26th Galenaa lone Human Hammerman held off the militia long enough for the merchants to escape our territory. after getting his right arm chopped off the human tried to flee, leaving a trail of blood for our brave dwarves to follow. the militia chased the human most of the way up the mountain before catching him and putting him out of his misery with a quick axe blow to the head.
i hope the human king is a little more understanding than that hot-headed merchant.
1st Limestonethe winds of autumn have begun to blow, and i realize that i'm no longer the dwarf i once was. i'm changing journal, and i'm not entirely certain i like the direction it's taking.
2nd Limestonei've told Farmerbob to plow several above ground farm plots. he seemed rather excited about having the chance to grow surface crops, and everyone else was excited at the thought of drinking more than dwarven wine and dwarven ale!
25th LimestoneHuzzah! the arena is complete! i've drawn in a picture so all future overseers can see it's glory.
that square room on the left is the contestant holding cell, with firing slots carved in the side walls of marksdwaf practice. the large circular room is the arena itself. the lever you see in this picture is to seal the arena from the rest of the fortress, should the contestants prove too much for our military.directly above the contestant holding cell is the prisoner insertion room.
as you can see, up to 72 arena contestants can be housed in this room, the lever to the left controls the doors separating the holding cell from the arena.
and journal, don't tell anyone else, but there's still a lot of loose rubble to be cleared, i was just too lazy to draw it in.
26th Limestonenow that the arena is done and everyone has had a well deserved break, i've recommenced construction of the gatehouse roof.
right as i issued the order, our glassmaker got that gleam in her eye and rushed off to claim a glass furnace without so much as a word to anyone. she quickly set up a wall of curtains and began to collect materials.
1st Sandstoneshe's stopped gathering items and started drawing pictures of glass! she's the only glassmaker in the entire fort! nobody else knows a thing about galssmaking! anyways i've told one of the other craftsdwaves to learn quickly. i haven't lost a dwarf under my rule this far, and i'm not about to start.
2nd Sandstonewhile working on the roof i spotted yet another wave of migrants! i slowly made my way down to the bridge and told each of them that they were now part of our glorious military! The Diamond Bars now have a full compliment of 10 dwarves, so i've created a marksdwarf squad, The Earthen Notches to take the rest of the migrants. i've ordered up 4 suits of leather armor and 5 more suits of iron plate armor. we can upgrade to steel later.
after the last migrant was within our walls i did a quick head count, 61 dwarves journal! i'm responsible for the lives of 61 of our kind.
6th SandtoneThank Armok, the other craftsdwarves managed to make enough raw glass to satisfy the secretive dwarf's needs. she's begun working on something but the curtains are pulled too tight for any of us to peek in.
8th Sandstonei've decided to test the militia in our arena, most of the test subjects were stripped of their possessions, but a few of them were left armed. let's see how well they fare.
bah! a few of the badgers escaped the dumping room and are causing general mayhem, i've dispatched the marksdwarves to deal with them.
i can't believe it journal! one of the raw recruits took down one of the badger in a single shot! this dwarf is either a natural marksdwarf or very, very lucky... i hope it's the former. the second badger attacked a group of miners and was quickly torn apart by their picks. the final badger was turned into a pincushion before someone shot it in the head. i've put notes on the doors to the prisoner drop, reminding all dwarves to leave the doors tightly closed to avoid another incident like this.
10th Sandstoneour glassmaker tore trough her curtain wall today and ran around the fortress screaming "I've done it! I've done it!" while holding up a green glass goblet.
well when valued at a paltry 9600 dwarfbucks, it has now taken the position of the fort's least valuable artifact. my favorite part about is the image of the artifact statue. well it may not be very useful, but at least it greatly enhanced our glassmaker's skill. i have a feeling that legends will be told about her for many years.
ARGH! the goblin theifs are too agile for our haluers and are escaping into the fortress! after them! i've ordered the marksdwafs to hold the staircase while the melee squad comes up from behind.
15th SandstoneHUZZAH! Three cheers for the military! they managed to slaughter all but a single goblin, who managed to slip past the marksdwarves. but this victory comes at a price, one of the melee dwarves was stabbed to death by the goblin master thief. i've commissioned a gold sarcophagus to be made so his remains may be put to rest.
28th SandstoneNothing much is happening Journal, everyone seems to be focused on cleaning up the post battle mess.
3rd TimberWith the roof finished and access stairs deconstructed, the gatehouse is almost complete, all that remains to be built are the double drawbridges. made of the finest gold bars of course.
11th TimberThe golden bridges were completed today journal! this means that the gatehouse is now complete! i've also decided that the hollowed out copper vein above the dining area will be the Control Room. all future levers will be built in this room to allow quick access in an emergency.
to keep myself occupied, ant to help protect us from the future goblin (and possibly human) bowmen i've decided to construct fortifications around the outer wall and a platform for the marksdwarves to stand on.
13th TimberTO ARMS! WE ARE BEING INVADED BY... monkeys? the stupid buggers overwhelmed our cage traps and stormed the gatehouse. i think they're after the shiny gold bridges. they were quickly dealt with by the militia. after the butcher's done with their corpses we'll be dining on some delicious rhesus pieces.
16th TimberThe caravan form the mountainhome has arrived! and in a surprising turn of events Domas stepped out of her office today and is helping the farmers!
unfortunately she's more interested with planting seeds than meeting with the merchants so our "everyone is the broker" policy still stands. it looks like Domas requested enough weapons to equip an entire legion of dwarves last year. our Glazer picked up the role this time, and she traded our entire stock of finished goods for some steel armor, weapons, food, seeds, cloth and a few other items.
19th Timberwhile constructing the archer's ledge our glassmaker suddenly saw an ugly green creature pop into view. IT'S AN AMBUSH! EVERYONE INSIDE! MARKSDWARVES TO YOUR POSTS!
suddenly an arrow flew over the wall...
A SECOND AMBUSH HAS BEEN SPOTTED TO THE SOUTH! THEY'VE BROUGHT A BOWMAN!
20th TimberI SAID GET INSIDE YOU FOOLS! oh dear Armok, a handful of plucky civilians have tried to take on the goblins! i'm sending out the militia!
the civilians quickly broke rank and fled, they're trying to get back inside the walls, but the bowman is keeping them at bay. Damit, the sons of bitches just took down one of our doctors!
21st Timberthe militia commander just charged the goblin bowman! the fool! why would he charge ahead without the rest of his squad to back him up!? now he's surrounded by hammergoblins, i don't think he'll last much longer. NOOO!! The rest of The Diamond Bars had just joined the fray when a goblin hammerman put her warhammer through the commander's skull! his wife i going to be pissed.
OH THE HORROR! they've just killed a macedwarf and a swordsdwarf! but the rest of them managed to take down that bowman. after their leader was killed, the rest of the goblins broke rank and fled.
22nd Timberthe remnants of the militia chased the rest of the goblins out of our territory, i've lifted the state of emergency and have commissioned the construction of several more coffins. i'm keeping the militia on high alert, and have them guarding the entrance bridge.
24th TimberToday i went to investigate why we lost three of our bravest dwarves to goblins, thier iron breastplates should have stopped the hammer blows... well they would've if they'd been wearing them!
When i inquired as to why they weren't wearing them, one of them piped up,
"too small boss"
"what are you talking about,
too small?"
"not nuff room for a chain shirt in there"
"urgh, so then why didn't you just take off the shirt and put on the breastplate?"
"couldn't"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T!?!?"
"backpack was in the way"
journal, i would've written down the rest of the conversation but i doubt it would've fit in your remaining pages.
i've modified the uniforms again so that they'll be wearing their breastplates from now on.
also, one of the soldiers threw a hissy fit while i was out there, i took gret care to avoid her swinging spear.
28th Timberwith our militia not preforming as well as expected i've decided to add a line of weapon traps where the bridge meets the outer wall.
1st MoonstoneEvery day pushes me closer to the breaking point, i wonder how much longer i'll last...
2nd MoonstoneDomas appears to be trying to hold a meeting with the unhappy Speardwarf, but she refuses to leave her office to go see her. she won't even acknowledge the trade liaison who's been begging for her audience since he arrived... i can see this won't be going anywhere quickly journal.
construction of the perimeter fortifications has resumed.
6th MoonstoneARMOK DAMN IT!! that blasted recruit has destroyed the outer bridge! i've authorized on e section of the wall to be removed to commence rebuilding efforts. i've ordered the masons to rebuild the bridge out of green glass blocks.
10th Moonstonewith the additional coffins placed in the tomb the bodies of the brave defenders were laid to rest.
Finally! Domas met the the disgruntled soldier and let her yell. the recruit seemed much happier after venting her anger on the "leader". now Domas has finally begun talking to the liaison!
i told Domas to order some Rock Nuts and Cave Wheat seeds, i'm fed up with drinking dwarven wine! i want beer dammit! i also told her to request some more cloth and leather, a few logs of wood, an assortment of metal bars, a few pack animals, and a few other items that we may need next fall.
at the end of the meeting Domas handed me a small list of what the liaison said was trending in the mountianhomes.
they want bracelets and rings? we'll give them bracelets and rings... CRAFTSDWARFS! TO YOUR WORKSHOPS!
14th Moonstonewell journal, i've been keeping a little secret from you, i've been working on a little side project, my own suite. nothing too fancy, just a bedroom with an adjoining private dining area and a tomb. it still needs to be smoothed out, but it'll do for now. and besides, now that i have my own bedroom, having some hot dwarven sex with my fiancee will be a little less awkward. i've told the others to keep away from the room with the silver door or else!
23rd MoonstoneHuzzah! the new bridge and weapon traps are completed! i've move the lever from Domas's office to the new Control Room.
our defenses are now threefold, the line of cage traps to detect ambushes, the line of weapon traps to maim them, and the military to finish them off. it's a foolproof design journal! it simply cannot fail.
1st Opali've ordered roads of kalonite constructed to connect the depot with the gatehouse, sand room and outdoor well. our gatehouse will be paved with the blood of the blood god himself!
12th OpalA Farmer has received Armok's blessing in the form of a fey mood! She rushed off to the leather works and began her frantic search for materials.
13th Opalthe Farmer has started her mysterious construction! as i passed by the shop i saw that she had grabbed a piece of leather, some cloth, a log, some shiny green glass, and a lump of chalk.
we've started a bet pool on what we think she's going to construct... i've heard that she like ballista bolts, so i'm betting that she somehow manages to fashion one of out of leather. the others think i must be as crazy as Domas to even suggest such a thing.
16th Opalthe furnace operators are complaining about not having any more ore to smelt. Armok damn it! must i do everything around here!? i've told them to mark the magnetite vein for digging. they'll get their ore soon enough.
18th OpalThe Farmer has completed her construction! as she held it up triumphantly we could all see that it was a leather low boot!
a great work of art indeed! and it even has the picture of that pesky master thief embroidered into it! and when valued at just over 10,600 dwarfbucks, it slides in as the forts second most valuable artifact!
my only concern is that she only made a single boot! doesn't she know that boots always come in pairs? when i asked her why she didn't make a second boot she merely told me that "she didn't feel like it". figures...
26th OpalBy the gods! Domas is truly a strange woman, today she helped construct a segment of the roadway!
1st Obsidiani can't take much more of this journal, forget what i said earlier about doing our duty, I WANT OUT!
2nd ObsidianOh journal! as a present, for being a mostly benevolent overseer, the other engravers have smoothed out my suite for me!
15th ObsidianThe road of blood is complete! with Domas herself completing the final segment. and someone seems to have drawn a face by the well, with the blood of the goblins.
16th Obsidiansnatchers are becoming a problem again journal, i don't wish to see another ambush this year.
19th Obsidianthe fortifications are mostly complete, we should be protected from all but the most experienced bowmen. the southern side of the perimeter wall is still in need of both walkways and fortifications, though this is merely for the sake of completeness and to let our marksdwarves shoot at enemies in that direction. The north wall may have to be built up an additional level to compensate for the hill, or the hill could be dug back a bit.
20th ObsidianARMOK DAMN IT! they've sent another ambush! everyone inside! no hero's this time! Our weapons traps have proven to be ineffective! the war dogs in the pasture have engaged to goblin axemen! bring out the military!
21st ObsidianThe military had cornered the last of the goblins by the glass bridge when more goblin war cries sounded. A SECOND AMBUSH! QUICKLY CLOSE THE BRIDGE!
NO STOP! LEAVE THE BRIDGE OPEN! THE MILITARY IS FIGHTING ON IT! but it was too late, someone had already pulled the lever. the mechanisms ground together and the golden bridges snapped shut!
YOU FOOLS! YOU STUPID FOOLS! YOU PULLED THE WRONG LEVER! thank armok for the idiocy of the common worker. had the correct lever been pulled half of the militia would have been dropped on the wrong side of the wall. the battle raged for the next few hours with The Diamond Bars decimating all the foes who weren't stupid enough to wander into our cages.
finally there was a lone goblin left, and upon looking at the scene of carnage before him and the 5 iron clad dwarves bearing down on him he decided to flee.
22nd Obsidianwow, those ugly greenskins sure can run fast, the lone gobbo has cleared our territory.
We've won the battle! and without a single casualty! well two dogs were killed, and a bloody dog paw fell down the outdoor well! now we've got dog blood in there and no sane dwarf would ever drink that.
28th Obsidianwe all gathered in the dining are tonight for some new years celebrations. Ale was had, well wine rather... we still have a shortage of non-dwarven wine drinks, but there was merriment abound.. at midnight there was a toast to the overseer, me i guess, to have good health, fortune and lead them for many a year to come... i won't burst their bubble till morning..
1st Granitewell journal, the sun is up, and the dining hall is still full... it's now or never.
ARGH! I QUIT!! i slammed my fist upon the dining hall table, and silence was cast upon the crowded dining hall. i randomly picked one poor shluck out of the crowd and hollered "YOU! YOU'RE THE OVERSEER NOW!" i threw the little badge that said overseer towards him. "AND MAY ARMOK HAVE MERCY ON YOU!"
well i guess this is goobye journal, i'm retiring to the quiet life of a miner, with the odd masonry and mechanic job on the side. if the next overseer needs me i'll be mining out the magetite vein... i think i saw some coal and tetrahedrite in there too.
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