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Link to the save/claim thread.

The first eligible person to post "Claimed" takes the save. The last three players are ineligible, as are any trolls. You get precisely 72 hours to post your save or it opens again! If the fortress dies, you can then reload to try again, but only for your three days! If you take less than three days, you get a special prize.

Reflex succession games are very fast. See? You just joined one!
There is no queue, just be first to claim it when the current player finishes.

Use this thread for discussion on the game, suggestions for the current player, updates for future players, and berating the previous player for dumping all the booze and buying 200 cats. Seriously, don't do that.

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BE SURE to keep the pop cap below 25 for the time being to avoid a population boom.

As far as aesthetics go, it's best if you keep it looking nice. Avoid massive vertical stair shafts, if you like. Avoid massive unsupported square rooms. Tend to extending and utilizing existing areas rather than building new. All that is optional, but requested. Most importantly, label all levers and use labels liberally in general.

Oh, and it's true that someone could make it virtually impossible to continue the game by, for instance, saving moments before the last dwarf dies of head loss. If it's really impossible to recover, the next player can reclaim instead, but only if the fortress has died despite their own best efforts. Of course, troll saves will be ignored.

Finally, I highly endorse this place for hosting your saves: http://dffd.wimbli.com/

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TURN 1
Year 1000:

We've arrived at this place, where the mountains border the Wet Plains, to strike the earth and delve secure lodgings. Somehow, this place feels rather much like the homes of the ancient dwarves. As though all dwarves should live in a mountain cliff-side running straight north to south, with a river valley alongside. As though it is a dwarven instinct, or natural reaction, or reflex, to build great fortresses in such a place. But I digress.

The rest of our party will arrive soon. We must prepare a good, defensible start for this fortress, and also prepare some trade goods before the autumn caravans. We set to work at once.

...

It's been some weeks now. We are hard at work, though since our mason elected to travel with the earlier portion of the party, we are forced to use wood. Wood chairs, wood tables, even wood doors! Still, there is good news. This site is rich in ores, and once we have a metalworking industry operating, we shall no doubt be quite wealthy.

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We've built an office for trade negotiations. At least our wood furniture will give us an edge when negotiating with elves!

...

A few other members of the expedition have finally caught up. One of them has set to work on masonry, and the group included a few militiadwarves- a macedwarf, a swordsdwarf, and, well... he says his main combat ability is biting. I'm a bit worried about him, but perhaps he can distract any goblins that show up.

...

It seems the military will serve its purpose. They've already eliminated a threatening rhesus macaque. I've left them to train for now. Perhaps one day the "Bodices of Blowing" will be a name feared throughout the land.

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The dining hall is coming along nicely. The miners have even managed to put in a decent set of simple engravings on the walls.

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A pair of badgers have been hanging out near the entrance, and it seems that a farmer named Reg Lolordastot has stumbled upon them. I've ordered the squad to head out and see if they can help him. Assuming they can catch up with him.

...

It looks like one of the badgers caught up with him and gave him a swipe across the chest. He says he's fine though, he's still working.

Reg escaped the badgers, but shortly after another pair attacked a woodcutter. I'll have the dwarves pull back from the forest. We are a little short on food, of course, but we will also assemble a farm space near the entrance and guard it from roving badgers.

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Reg was attacked by two more badgers while he worked on the farm plot. Luckily the guards were stationed only meters away. Two more buckets of badger biscuits will soon be made. I suppose that badgers just hate Reg.

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The traders have arrived. I've ordered some food and supplies for the next year. They mention they need splints and ammunition. Apparently there was a big mix-up, someone made some lead bolts and sixty archers broke their arms trying to lift the quivers.

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The broker got in a fight with the lead trader over beard length. Apparently the trader is some kind of pervert who likes short beards on his women. Anyway, the broker refuses to deal with him and claims to be "on break". We'll have someone else do it.

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We've gotten a supply of food and basic materials, and some medical supplies. It should last us through winter.

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The merchants were amazed with our dining room. They say that surely legends will be spoken of it. Obviously there isn't much to talk about back home.

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More migrants, including a mechanic. He says he can set up some stonefall traps to take care of these badgers. I asked him if he could do it with cages. He looked a bit downcast but said he'd give it a shot.

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Kogas has made a masterful stone bracelet. How delightful.

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Interesting. A ice dam has formed in the creek. The northern extent is draining. We may be able to make use of this if we want to tap the creek.

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Spring has arrived! We've been busy, and have a secure home for the time being. There is still much to do, and many possible resources (we have sand, and vast reserves of metal ores. There was even talk by a prospecting party that there is flux for steel nearby). Surely the vast wealth of this region will attract goblin invaders, and worse, migrants. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.

[00112]

When it comes for posting images of the fortress, do you prefer ASCII or graphics?

Edit: If graphics are preferred, is there a preferred graphic pack?

[ansontan2000]

I'll try to claim turn after 00112

[PTTG??]

When it comes for posting images of the fortress, do you prefer ASCII or graphics?

Edit: If graphics are preferred, is there a preferred graphic pack?

Whatever works for you. Nothing is required.

[00112]

Year 1002: From the journal of Id Hamecontest

Spoiler: "Spring" (click to show/hide)

Note: Population is capped at 25 when it needs to be below 25. Oops. D: Updates for the other seasons will be edited within this post and I'll post the save in a separate post that will be followed by a nudge to the next in line.
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Spring 1002, From the journal of Id Hamecontest

Granite 1, Year 1002

I was caught by suprise when the broker came out by the trading depot with her friend. Normally, this would be, well normal. I assumed that we were gathering outside for a bit of chit chat. There was chitting chatting alright, and not the kind I would want to hear. There was a complaint here and there from another dwarf about how he's tired of not having his own room.

The conversation went sour quick. And because of it, I have to go through the torture of politics and leading this fort for a year. Thanks a lot!

Granite 2, Year 1002



One of the miners cringed when I've showed him this draft. "Is there a problem? Isn't it where the possible iron vein lies?" I asked.

The engraver, hearing me, ran by me to take a peek at the draft. "I see the problem. These rooms will be under the mess hall," he said.

What a waste of a slab. I guess I better etch a better plan quick.

Granite 3, Year 1002

Well the good news is I didn't get any complaints.

The bad news is I didn't get any complaints.

There has to be something wrong with this revised design other than leaving the bedrooms out. I hope they still believe me that this was only temporary until I know what exactly is up there. I can't be having bedrooms being made of sand and I know the miners will at least hit some iron ore, libonite, or whatever that is. Deler hadn't let me down yet. She had promised ore and there it was! Gold, sliver, copper, iron- everything that's within this mountain. Her grace delivers.

Slate 1, Year 1002

I do not know who coined this outpost name, but there was no way in Deler and Omer I'm going to stand for this for in the summer's heat.



In case the records get changed in the last minute, I took it among myself to copy this. Getting a straight explanation from the others was met with either "But there's a well outside." or "Theres not enough plants." Yakshit I say! First order of business, get those miners to dig out an underground farm for me to fix this. When I'm done, they can't use that excuse any more!

I just need to think of where I can put it. The Bronze Palm have to give me some more ideas. I keep reminding myself that I have a job to do only to find myself at a loss for thinking up of a new design of the bedrooms while making one for the underground farms.

Slate 27, Year 1002

"HOW HARD FOR YOUR THICK SKINNED EYES TO NOTICE THAT I HAVE LONG HAIR! SEE ME FIRST NEXT TIME! ME ME ME!"

Nomal didn't say those exact words, but I thought his head was going to roll off as he screamed. And to be honest, I can't blame the old dwarf. Deler's and Omer's blessing becomes more apparent as the miners had managed to find a tetrahedrite vein and a cirtrine cluster where I've planed the farms to be dug out. Other than that, I know why the miners devidated from my plan.

Another reason why they did? My incompentence. I have a lot of making up to do for causing the miners to spend a whole week without drink and food. But it isn't my fault that he and that other miner look almost alike and share the same name, Nomal.

Felsite 2 1002

Migrants!  The more hands I can get for smelting operations, the quicker I can stop the military commander giving me that glare everytime I pass by him. There's no question he thinks I'm incompent too.

Speaking of which, I've managed to show the long haired Nomal this revised floor plan for the bedrooms to account for everyone here.



He took the copy I've given him without much of a word.

Felsite 16 1002

Say as you want about elves, but they have some fine drinking taste just as we dwarfs do. It's a shame they can't embrace the finer touch of metals. The broker has some reservations about dealing with them, but if she doesn't get off of that break soon I'll get somebody to trade with them.

Felsite 26 1002

Well that was fast given how the milita commander (I think) volunteered to deal with the elves. The broker was taking a bit too long than I've expected. As I grabbed a food barell, one of the traders glared at me and the other dwarfs entering and exiting the the things up. I can't put my finger on it, but I thought profits makes the trader happy.



Hematite 1, 1002



Mission accomplished...sorta.

Thanks to those elven traders, the fortress now have booze and more plants to make booze from. Moral will surely be boosted for a bit longer if more of it can be made. Of course I will be taking a part in this so this grave mistake can't be repeated. I don't care if those old timers actually place a ban on booze. It was either the booze or pissed off workers. It will take more than having a nice mess hall to attract more workers to do Deler's calling. I at least owe it to the military commander.



Until now, I just noticed that the miners are done with the bedrooms. The beds and doors should be in there as soon as the haulers are done bringing all of this stuff in. Now I know what I can use the other two rooms for. If memory serves me right, there's this huge demand for splints, but the wood burners are going to need every log of wood they can get while out burning the furnace operators. There's the demand for crossbows. I guess the mountain home can be happy from having bone crossbows instead.

I didn't know where I can get the bones from, until-WHAT IN ARMOK'S NAME A GIANT SCORPION IS DOING OUTSIDE?



I think I know where I can get the bones from.

Spoiler: Summer (click to show/hide)

Summer 1002, From the journal of Id Hamecontest

Hematite 3 1002





The long haired Nomal shouldn't have a problem with these mining plans for the month. Because of Urdim's effective furnace operating and the autumn mountain home caravan, I'm going to have to push carving these out earlier than expected. That's not the only thing I have to push forward. It turns out that out of the twenty five dwarves, only three of them are in the military. That has to change.

Hematite 9 1002

Reg came running up from the underground farm and shoved Kogsak out from the workshop he was in. Minutes later, he came back with a log in his hands.


Hematite 16 1002

"I did it! I have made Vumomlocun!"



Vumomlocun, Savantrose, he calls it, turns out to be a wooden crown. I could not tell if Deler or Omer left this message. More than likely, this is a calling or a sign from another god. I know a well crafted statue of iron will worth more than that plain headpiece.

Malchite 2 1002

The shrine is done, but it's not what I've expected. Half of the floor is covered in gold, not the room's walls. Omer should be happy having this room; however Deler wants something greater for her continuous blessings. The miners are almost done with the workshop rooms so  I will have something for them to mine up by then.

Malchite 16 1002



Politics as usual. I can not give a fair estimate on when Deler's shrine room will be completed since the miners will work on Tholtig's shrine first. At least Nomal had forgotten about that underground farm disaster, or I would like to believe that he has. Just to ensure this, I better commission some statues in Tholtig Bastioncradles' name.

Galena 2 1002

How in Deler's name could this happen with out me noticing this?

I just found out about them when a new face asks about a magma forge. Why didn't anyone told me about them? The militia commander's glare at me became a look of disgust while the broker would say something under her breath every time I pass by her. Make no mistake that I have broken some established 'rules' of this fort. From having booze, to putting a stair case in this fortress.

The two was needed, no vital. Booze for moral and the staircase shaft to the underground farm for access to it-and to prevent any more accidents. I hope the constructed shrines and the new variety of crafts isn't going to cause me to weaken my meager authority and trust I have with the broker.

Galena 3 1002

It was decided. The new migrants should stay for a while until I or any of the founders can find a solution to 'restore the fortress' balance'. What was I suppose to do to prevent dwarves from coming in? It isn't possible to keep a mountain filled with Deler's and Omer' blessings of vast wealth and power a secret completely. I was told that Cilob has personally requested the outpost liaison not to send migrants over to Egartunur, but it's apparent that either the liaison had forgotten or ignore the request if that was true.

On the bright side, every one of them are useful in a way! The one asking me about a magma forge was an accomplished armor smith, two of them know how to fight, one is competent in making statues of Tholtig and smoothing stone, another can be take that armorer's place if being a strategist doesn't work out and...

I hope this doesn't strain my relationship with the founders, especially the twin miners. I can't afford them to openly rebel on me now. I should make out more work orders for Cilob to fill out. Despite being the interim overseer, I was constantly reminded that my actions will be judged by her and her hands on approach on managing the fortress. I do not know what will do me in. Is it going to be my horrible underground farm project that trapped two miners, a vet and a rookie, and the legendary wood crafter without booze and food? Or is it my vanity projects? There's nothing vain about making a shrine dedicate to your god? I don't want to anger the ones that give out sweet blessings like sweet pods!

Galena 17 1002

I'm surprised that there's still traders coming by here given how unhappy the elves were. Unlike the elven traders, the humans appreciate metals among with the usage of wood. The broker has no problem or issues with those traders.

Galena 24 1002
The rookie armorer had informed me that he's finished with all of the armor working orders. I would make more work orders for Cilob to fill out if I didn't forget to put in another work order for smelting ore when there was enough charcoal again.

Limestone 1 1002



A month later and Deler's shrine remain bare. And what do I blame for this?

Politics. Bloody badgering politics. To be more specific, complaints. The new migrants are tired of the dormitory, everybody is tired of eating raw food, nobody have the guts to butcher that giant scorpion. For every good thing my leadership brings, there's always twice the trouble behind it. I can't let that waver me down now. Deler shall keep my fire lit and Omer's hand will keep my gems of sanity clear.

I want to believe that the other dwarves are sane too, but I know there's some unhappy ones still with the bedrooms being unfinished still. No matter what, I will finish my duty to the fullest. Even if I have to take drastic policy measures. Another look at the current stocks reminds me of the overpopulation and the solution that I must come up with to meet that population limit or convience the founders that it is in their best interest to let the migrants flow in to bring cheap labor and skills.

Spoiler: Autumn (click to show/hide)

Autumn 1002, From the journal of Id Hamecontest

Limestone 12, 1002-



All of a sudden Zuban stopped hauling furniture and hunched his way toward the workshop area. He picked up two pieces of logs after kicking the stonecrafter out of the crafting workshop. Isn't this the second or third time Kogsak was shoved out because of this sudden inspiration?

Limestone 17, 1002- Gah miasma! I applaud the design and the location of the pantry. More food would have rot if it wasn't for how cleverly it was placed. While carring a rotten fish, I noticed a deer had starved to death inside a cage.

Limestone 24, 1002- Kogsak complained to me that Zuban is taking too long. He had no success in forcing him out, and he was getting fed up. When I went inside, Zuban briefly showed me sketches of stacked cloth, shiny metal bars, and a forest. He then shoved me out before I could ask him about specif details.

Sandstone 2, 1002- I thought Zuban would be finished by now or at least get started working on this project. There's iron bars and stacks of alpaca and rope reed cloth. I guess the iron bar wasn't good enough. I sent in a work order for the furnace operators to smelt gold

There's still miasma all over the kitchen and now prepared food is being ruined by it. I made a note to disregard clearing out the storage shed of excess stone for now until all rotten food are outside.

Sandstone 5, 1002- Five more dwarves came by to our fortress needing food. I still remember the population limit, but I couldn't turn down a dwarf in need. They all reminded me of myself when I first found this place with my camping partner. I doubt this is going to be temporary as two of them offer something this fort needs, military experience. I'll find a use for the other three some how.

Sandstone 14, 1002- Obok Larimfikod approached me and suggest getting silver bars. I didn't have to ask why when I remembered Zuban hadn't started on his project. I worry for the worst if he doesn't at least get started soon and Obok shares the same feeling. Obok didn't say much about Zuban except he's a decent dwarf to be around with.

Timber 8, 1002- I was informed that Zulban didn't move from the workshop after being informed about silver bars being available. Either Zulban wanted a different kind of cloth that this fortress didn't have or he needed more wood that's out. Just in case he changes his mind, I placed another note to place a gold bar near the workshop for him to use.

Timber 9, 1002- After a dwarf placed a gold bar by Zulban, Zulban shouted and screamed. I saw him barging out from the door while speaking gibberish. Obok tried speaking to him, but Zulban was unresponsive. For now, he was left alone with his rambling.

Timber 13, 1002- I assigned Unib Stukonnish as the chief medical dwarf to check up on Zulban. For days Zulban didn't drink, eat, or sleep. An hour later, Unib informs me and Obok that Zulban's madness is terminal. I'll better get the masons to get started on making coffins.

Timber 17, 1002- The sketch for the catacombs are finished. I thought it made sense to place it near Tholtig Bastioncradles' shrine since deaths are a part of a fortress' history.



Timber 19, 1002- The caravan from the mountain homes  have arrived! I get most haulers to stop what they were carrying and get the goods out to the trading depot. The broker wasted no time going out there to wait for the merchants. I can't wait to see the wood logs and charcoal so the forges can burn again and the smelters refining Deler's blessings.

I really hope the liaison didn't forget this agreement. Cliob did tell the liaison that this is a high priority. I even got that part of the agreement right here.





Timber 25, 1002- The bone crossbows didn't worth much as much as I thought, but that wasn't the only bad news. The traders only brought water buffaloes, yaks, and meat that came from yak and mountain goats! I do not want to blame Cilob for this; she clearly had requested wood and charcoal! There's already enough food and booze in the fort-and they only brought two barrels of booze!

Moonstone 1, 1002



Within two weeks, this fort will have enough meat and fat for the cook to be busy all winter. Perhaps I'll have to assign the peasant as a cook to help with the incoming overflow of meat.

The dwarves are still carrying crafts over to the trading depot. The merchants didn't seem to mind the giant scorpion or the cougar guarding the door. 

Spoiler: Winter (click to show/hide)

Winter 1002, From the journal of Id Hamecontest
 
Moonstone 4, 1002- Before I forget and have a repeat of wasting that deer meat, I make a quick note to mark these excess animals for slaughtering.

Moonstone 10 1002- Hopefully this new statue in the barracks will get the milita commander to stop giving me that look. If that doesn't, I should assign more squads so he can stop being worried. If having three more barracks for his new recruits to train in or getting rid of those ramps near the fort entrance doesn't stop it, I don't know what else will other than giving him a training short sword for him to practice with. But I can't. This fort needs all the wood it can get.

Oh and I gave the broker her own bed. Politics? Ehhh, I need her to forget the mistakes I've made this summer.

Moonstone 14 1002- To ensure there won't be a misunderstanding between the lisaison and the merchants, I slip this under one of Cilob's rock slabs among with some other suggestions.



If this doesn't get the message loud and clear, I want to meet this liasison in person. I can not see how he can't see this fort needs wood badly when there's an agreement saying that wood is needed. I'm pretty sure I've taken the one suggesting more yak cows out of there.

Moonstone 19 1002- The pesant is getting used to the leatherworking. Hopefully by the Opal gets here, the leather armor and the barracks for the new squads will be ready.

Moonstone 23 1002-



Zulban Shorastbatok died from thirst today. Other than his acquantance, he won't be missed. His body and death will mark the first dwarven death in Egartunur.

Opal 2 1002- The new barracks are done. There shouldn't be a problem with bone and leather supply as long as the assigned tanners work fast enough for the bonecarvers and that leatherworker to meet with the deadline. While I'm thinking about it, I better start making up names for the new squads. I want them to finish before Spring.

The Escorted Walls, The Hot Citadels, and Crystalline Smiths. All of them sounded great!

Opal 5 1002-

I finally have a use for the excess statues of Cilob. I have to assign two squads instead of three, but at least there's more room and I needed a use for all of those statues of Cilob.

Opal 15 1002

Now I know why Cilob is upset at me, and I feel absolutly stupid for not noticing. I want to ask her why to be sure if she is even upset because of it, but it's better if I avoid any more confrontation before my 'term' ends. I already placed my self on military duty as a recruit so I can give some ideas on how I should be punished if I were to be repremanded. That is if the militia commander doesn't get his hands on me when he notices that I'm in the milita now first.

But come on. Magma waterfalls? That's way too risky for me to take on and the military is far from ready if the miners were to discover one of those deadly caverns. Deler would approve this, but I don't want any more problems comming from this.

Opal 24, 1002-

I let the miners get a break on mining and let them smooth some stone instead. I thought about getting them to smooth one of the shrines below, but I doubt that's a good idea now given their mood.

Obsidian 2 1002-

28 more days until Cilob will be done with her overseeing break.

Obsidian 9 1002-

The miners have finished smoothing out one of the rooms holding a special statue garden. Now they want to mine, but I hadn't come up with a mining plan yet. I don't see anything else this fortress need at the moment. There's always a demand for more ore, but I can't come up with an effective mining plan for them to dig just to do that other than making more rooms.

Obsidian 14 1002-

Dastot Sezukmorul has this sudden inspration that he wanted to work on. The good news is he didn't interrupt Kogsak and stayed put in his workshop after picking up the nearest stone.

Obsidian 20 1002-



"Keshantun"

Well the grate looks nicer in my opinion, but it has the same value of that wooden crown. Does the value 2400 have some special meaning that something want to show to this fortress? Being Dastot's patron, Omer might have to do something with this and the last artifact. But why would she would pick those two to make such mudane items?

Obsidian 28 1002-

The miners are becomming uneasy with not having much mining to do. Why are they bothering me now when my time is almost up. Two more days, please just-



Oh, I forgot Obsidian only have 28 days! I promptly told them to go see Cilob about it and for her to find another dwarf to deal with it if she hadn't finished her break yet.

Granite 1, 1003



See this? Egartunur has booze and lots of it. Along with the seeds to plant for the incomming planting season. There is no bloody hell in  of an excuse to let this booze shortage of last spring happen again. If I have to end up smuggling booze in this fort, I will! There's enough fine food to please almost every dwarf's taste with their quality. Give them more time, and the cooks will be able to start constantly making legendary meals to go with the legendary dining hall.

I thank Deler and Olmer for letting me lead this fort in peace without any conflict other than the dwarven politics. Make no mistake those greenskinners gobs are out there and I think I was informed of a scout finding this place a week ago. There's the extra migrants, but I hope the founders will change their mind about having that population cap. If I have to be punished for this, so be it.

But I'm not sorry for not doing the obvious thing to fix it. I'm no murder.

[PTTG??]

Exellent! I was afraid this place was going to be too bland. I wasn't counting on giant scorpions.

Didn't count on them being so enthusiastic on the meat front. If I'd realized we be so short on wood I'd have told them to bring anything lumbery instead of just the fungiwood.

[00112]

Summer Update- Even if the population limit is set, the fort still received a migrant wave that went over the limit. Do you mind me killing enough dwarfs to reach to 25 again before Spring gets here or can I pin this on somebody else to do the dirty work for me?

[PTTG??]

If it's stable I guess it's OK.

[00112]

I've upload the save and  send a message to ansontan2000 about it. I lowered the population limit to 20 and I still manage to get a wave. Good luck!

[ansontan2000]

Already claimed lol. I called for it seconds after the post.

[ansontan2000]

So, I have arrived at this strange new place. Time to get acquainted with the layout....
Who the fuck designed this shit?
Could someone please give me a tour? I can't find a single thing!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Anderson's diary, page 1.
Granite 1st, 1003.
Upon arriving here, I have found that a large amount of the dwarves don't have bedrooms. Leaving the clusterfuck to deal with later, I quickly designated some spaces for the miners to dig.

[ansontan2000]

Unfortunately, I will be unable to continue. Sorry, I just got a message from my teacher; I have another test to do in 2 days.

[Di]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Yearly report from Oldstyled (what a name)
Date: 1 Granite of 1004
Status: alive.
Population: 33
Hostile presence: badgers, goblins.
Comment: lots of booze, tons of dogs and gigantic temples to the gods, typical dwarven village.

Spring:
The well is one step from the brook, near it is huge farm field and dogs are roaming the prairies on the other side. Brave.
This will be addressed later.
All food and drinks were stored in single stockpile, fixed.
Lots of stone everywhere, horrible. And the only dwarfs told to move stuff around were our manager, farmer, and a couple of others, while the rest of population isn't doing a thing. The labor distribution was revised.
The elves brought lots of wood this year, also a giant leopard to mate one already present was bought, and a black bear.
The depot was moved inside, closer to finished goods stockpile, and one barrack was placed outside instead. Now all soldiers train there. Speaking of which, during revision another three dwarves were enlisted in army.
The creation of stone singularity has begun (aka big cleaning)

Summer:
Separated bones from other refuse stockpiles, as well as splints and chains from other trade goods.
Dog colony outside stands its ground against badgers with varying results.
Some wood bought from hummies.
Also, when stone dumping from lower levels seemed to be complete, I've looked closely and found out that there were still lots of stones hidden. The dwarves weren't placing stuff on stockpile tiles with hidden stones on it.
Squad leaders were appointed as animal trainers.

Autumn:
Another 12 bedrooms were built, so now there's bed for everyone.
Bought some steel armor and a sword from caravan. Also, our great armorers made iron greaves for every soldier.
Next year caravan ought to bring steel, some flux, coal, and some weapons.


Winter:
The fort is nice and shiny now.
Near the end of winter the inner well was build.
Just in time as on 15 of obsidian the goblins made an appearance.
The squad of crossbowers jumped out of warp near the doggy grounds killing one of the animals. Military was ordered to assemble one the other side of the filed but one professional biter disobeyed order and attempted to attack, surprisingly he survived. With bare arms and teeth, he blocked a couple arrows, then got one to the shoulder and decided that his fight was over. He attempted to flee into the fort but the door was locked so he decided to hide behind his comrades at the meeting point.
When goblins approached the main group of dogs, the millitary charged in and slaughtered them without taking any damage. The bitey decided not to risk anymore and didn't join the fun. The irony is, that squad of pikegoblins warped out right behind him. His comrades and remaining dogs rushed to help, but by the time they could land first strike, the goblin was already landing finishing blow. In the ensuing battle, one of captains sacrificed his life to turn greens away. And yet another life was lost when fleeing goblin got lucky while blindly swinging his pick back and piercing the heart of a  hammerdwarf that never had a hammer.
Overall results of the fight:
Two pikegoblins and three shooters are dead, the rest run away. But the victory cost lives of three dwarves, three wardogs already dead and one most likely to die, as well as one pupy and one duck who paid for arrogance of its owner the bitey. With all that, the adult population of Dogville can be considered obliterated and all those orphan puppies need to be brought inside fort or they'll be wiped out by hostile badgers.

By the way, I may have forgotten to unlock the door after battle 

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DUUUUUUUUUUKIEEEEEEE!