Elderstone - 302 Mid Spring by mattmoss

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• Δ 30. Roof
  This is the top of what shall become Elderstone. At the moment, I am carefully defining its shape, digging downward. (Use level-down to see current progress.) A mason sits up here, making blocks that will be used for fortifications (of which you can see three in the corners) and bridges (the first of which is started a few levels down). - mattmoss
• Δ 24. Confused Elven Merchants
  I haven't built a trade depot yet: don't need one yet and am busy working on the main fortress design. So when these elf merchants arrived, they complained about there being no depot. I told them to go away.
  Once they realized I wasn't going to build a depot, they said they were going to leave. Except they didn't... they got confused, and they aren't going anywhere. Sooner or later, they'll go insane, or berserk, or something, then die; then I get all their stuff. (And, perhaps, the wrath of the Elves.)
  This happened once before with dwarf traders. One merchant and his mule couldn't leave the map. The merchant became melancholy while the mule went berserk, killing his owner. Eventually the mule died and I got a free suit of steel plate armor. SCORE! - mattmoss
• Δ 24. Main Entrance
  This will become the main entrance, once completed. A series of floor tiles are being laid out to extend across the bottomless pit. (Woo, bottomless pit!) The little 3-wide indentation into Elderstone will become the main entrance into the fort.
  I am not using "proper" DF bridges here; I could use it as a defensive mechanism, dropping enemies into the pit, but that would waste all their clothes, armor and weapons. I'll build some defenses on both sides of the walkway, though. - mattmoss
• ¶ 24. The Lay of the Land
  Behold the lands surrounding Elderstone. Steep mountains, valleys filled with numerous plants and trees, a chasm both above and under ground, a magma pipe, bottomless pit, the origin of a brook/river, sand, and a fair amount of gems and metals. Behold! - mattmoss
• Δ 23. You've got magma!
  Yay, magma! Aside from magma furnaces and such, I intend to pump some of this stuff, if I can, to the roof of Elderstone and have it pour over the edge (or through a channel down the front, or something). Just because I can. - mattmoss
• Δ 17. Temporary Camp
  As the miners have been extremely busy digging out Elderstone, the other four dwarfs have set up camp here. Chopping trees, fishing, collecting and growing berries, making alcoholic beverages... all the most basic needs and not much else. A few beds serve for sleeping.
  Tons of trees... Also, there is sand here (and far to the SW as well, I believe), so I'll be able to make glass eventually. I think this forested side has an aquifer, but I can ignore that since the mountains won't.
  I'm easily able to keep up with alcohol and food; I've not generated any real wealth yet, so I've received no migrants. Progress is a bit slow... but steady. - mattmoss
• Δ 15. Spider Silk
  Woo, cave spider silk! Sadly, I haven't seen any giant cave spider silk, but this will be nice when I get some more dwarfs to help out. This silk isn't just here, but all over the place around the chasm (both below and above ground). - mattmoss
• Δ 15. The River's Source
  Two levels down from the temporary camp, and just a bit to the NE, is the head of a brook. Should be useful later on to get water into the fortress. - mattmoss

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Map details:

• Fortress Name: Elderstone
• Map Year: 302 Mid Spring
• Author: mattmoss
• Submitted by: mattmoss
• Date Added: 29/10/2009