Cobaltroots - 759 Early Spring by Tharis

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It's a succession fort! Building up, digging down. Details in the POIs.

Point of Interest: Castle, Ground level

This is probably the first castle I've built from a plan, rather than just throwing down some towers and walls. There's more to be done, for sure, and I think the color scheme could be improved (for instance, I've found huuuge quantites of olivine) but it's coming along.

A shame we haven't seen any goblins yet, though you can see the corpse of Bostra the werekoala, and various parts. It has been a very quiet year, militarily speaking.

The hueg growth to the right is eventually going to be a tavern. My vision is for an olivine floor (to mask the vomit) with some standing musical instruments in the rounded off section and some tables and chests. Guest rooms upstairs, with entertainer bedrooms upstairs again. Not sure how I'll roof it over just yet.

The orange "g" is a gila monster, because why not? - Tharis

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Δ 214. Sakzul Dangledbolts
You can't see him because of an accident of timing, but there's a hunter standing here, hunting some yaks.

He's one dodge from a loooooooong way down.

Love the ridiculous z-levels on this site. - Tharis
Δ 180. Central Keep
I don't have precise plans for this big fat tower, just yet. The rooms on the right will eventually go to the tavern keeper and entertainers. - Tharis
Δ 179. Trade Depot
Brand spankin' new. The stockpile ont he right is "finished goods," but somewhere else in this fort is another finished good stockpile. Cut gems on the left, guarded zealously by war dogs. The drawbridge can, of course, seal in this entire section. - Tharis
¶ 178. Castle, Ground level
This is probably the first castle I've built from a plan, rather than just throwing down some towers and walls. There's more to be done, for sure, and I think the color scheme could be improved (for instance, I've found huuuge quantites of olivine) but it's coming along.

A shame we haven't seen any goblins yet, though you can see the corpse of Bostra the werekoala, and various parts. It has been a very quiet year, militarily speaking.

The hueg growth to the right is eventually going to be a tavern. My vision is for an olivine floor (to mask the vomit) with some standing musical instruments in the rounded off section and some tables and chests. Guest rooms upstairs, with entertainer bedrooms upstairs again. Not sure how I'll roof it over just yet.

The orange "g" is a gila monster, because why not? - Tharis
Δ 174. Main floor
The green level goes to the green drawbridge. I like to color-coordinate my levers. The blue lever in the clerk's office goes to the blue bridge, and likewise the grey lever in the manager's office.

The dining hall to the south is a new development. It could use some more furnishing, and I'd eventually like to scaffold and smooth the upper walls, but that's a later project. Mayor's quarters to the right, overlooking the dining hall. The current one likes copper, so I made all his stuff out of copper. Tetrahedrite is cheap. - Tharis
Δ 173. Masonry Hall
I *love* the color-coordinated masonry shops. Brilliant!

Now if only I could find another source of kimberlite... - Tharis
Δ 170. Schist Quarry
I actually ran out of schist. This was surprising, though maybe it shouldn't be. I'd started building a lot of the castle out of schist, and so it just seemed reasonable to keep using it. Of course, as shall be seen, much of the actual fort is being dug out of other stone. - Tharis
Δ 169. Bedrooms and a big dig
My colleague decided to dig a great big ramp to...somewhere? The caverns? I don't know, but it's very spiffy-looking.

So, I figured I'd dig out the bedrooms so they had a view of this architectural wonder. OK, the bedrooms for *special* dwarves get this view. And they get custom furniture of a preferred material. This is labor-intensive, of course, so I've only placed the manger (pyrolusite) commander (orthoclase) and chief medical dwarf (trifle pewter) so far. The rest get the minimalist rooms across the hall. I think some more will have to be furnished if we are to make a bed for every dwarf, but it's close.

The ramps look awkward. That's because I was tired when I dug them and hadn't managed to effectively think in 3D. Still, they are all accessible now. - Tharis
Δ 169. Da Dead
I managed to kill two miners via dehydration by getting the ramps screwed up and not noticing that I'd trapped them in the lower bedroom halls. Le sigh. I've recruited new ones, of course, but the loss is a shame. The little tombs along the big corridor are for pets. It made sense at the time... - Tharis

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Fortress Name: Cobaltroots
Map Year: 759 Early Spring
Author: Tharis
Submitted by: Tharis
Date Added: 01/04/2016