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4 Technicolor Timber!

Just look at all that beautiful lumber.

Though what else may come when we bust in? As a miner, I must admit I look forward to seeing the cavern. I just don't relish seeing myself and my baby boy being eaten by trogs.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2014-08-21

2 The King and his Quarters

Really, these are rather fine quarters, especially considering that so many of the migrants are still cramming themselves into that tiny old dorm. And he's been understanding of our limitations: Not much to build with besides stone, and so much digging to do. And hey, we built all his furnishings.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2014-08-21

10 Coronation

And so here I am. I was catching my breath after the werebear incident, when a change came over me. My beard grew longer, my voice resounding, something changed, and suddenly every dorf around me stood back. I sat down, and felt an air of authority, and I knew I could no longer merely manage events here. I passed along that responsibility to one Endok Goldbulb, who seemed a tad too enthusiastic for the job. I noticed that he spat as I mentioned the previous manager's name, and some say he's not the most pleasant fellow. I can't see why...
But now I am king. And this little fort is hopelessly inadequate. We have no military, no dining hall, and our bedrooms are hopelessly inadequate. We barely have any coal! I fear for us in the coming days, and I fear for any dorf who denies me my proper accouterments and accommodations!

Submitted by: Tharis - 2014-08-16

8 Cavern 2

This is more promising, though we feel we can never relax until we have enough fighters to take down a forgotten beast. Without even a shield, this cannot be safe.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2014-08-16

6 Workshops and Barracks

And we have a barracks for them to train in.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2014-08-16

4 Dining Hall to First Death

Around this time, it was decided that this fortress needed a proper dining hall. Crossfountains and Tun had some conversations about this, occasionally excited ones. They both seemed to agree that a circular layout was preferable, and couldn't agree much after that. So they started digging out a circular room, when screams were heard above. "It's a werebear!"
A werebear? By my beard! And no armor or weapons! We all ran inside, but sadly Reg, our bookkeeper was a little too slow and the beast tore him apart. I tried to shoot the beast with a bone crossbow, but even then it was too late.
We dug out a simple crypt and put together some coffins and slabs. We appointed a new bookkeeper, Zasit Brassfondled, from among the most recent migrants. Life goes on. The werebear ran after finishing its kill, hasn't been seen since, thankfully. Hopefully we'll be better prepared next time.

Submitted by: Tharis - 2014-08-16

2 The goblins came

First we heard the gutteral growlings and shoutings, and screams of "Siege! Siege!" And we were all ordered inside. Some were not clear on what this term meant, so Tun made a diagram to explain. We all ran and the drawbridge slammed up before anyone got hurt, thankfully.

Tun shoved a crossbow into some random dorfs hands, and she held it like someone who didn't know where to go, he then ordered her to the tower, while we all cowered below.

Note, at this point, we are without armor or weapons.

But then she came down, to report a clear coast. And by my beard, her story was bizarre. The goblins had charged onto our field, running this way and that, and naturally they went after our livestock. We had just dug out a grasscave for the sheep, but it hadn't taken root yet, so all of our precious livestock were outside.

But according to her, shakily, she described out a crossbow wielding gob started ta king pot shots at our horse, and...the horse simply hopped out of the way! I have no way to picture this! Horses do not hop! Shave me and leave me in a hole, they do not hop! It was bizarre.

But the goblins seemed to think so to, for shortly after she said that she saw them scatter like flies from a swatter. And they ran away, and were gone. Nobody was injured.

Very strange indeed...

Submitted by: Tharis - 2014-08-16

4 Oops

So, we finally got a drawbridge so the goblins, should they come, won't just waltz in and slaughter us all. Great!
But you know what these sober* miners did? They duh the dry moat directly into the tunnel that connects to the archery tower! Brilliant! So if a troll falls in, our entire manufacturing center is toast! Fantastic!
At least one of our half-trained masons had the brains to wall it off before something awful happened...
* [Another epithet]

Submitted by: Tharis - 2014-08-15