Torchroar - 133 Late Autumn by Tharis

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Been a long time since I did this. Fort founded in 125, so nearly 10 years old. 208 dorfs, nearly 3 million units of wealth, several goblin sieges, a titan and a forgotten beast, caverns breached and everything put together.

I sometimes like updating my forts regularly from the start so you can see the evolution, but this time I waited until the "basic" fort was complete, including library, temples, and tavern. I think this thing could run indefinitely now. I might retire it, or I might dig on for greater things.

Point of Interest: Moon, Star, and Ship

There's a scroll to the SW taht has been burning for several years, after an enormous fire-breathing pangolin rampaged through. That was the main reason why I covered the courtyard with chert and cobalt.

BTW, nearly all of the brown stone is chert. I still have about 900 stones left, even though I've used it for just about everything.

The grizzly bear house was originally the barracks, until I noticed dwarves dodging through the wall and to their deaths.

Also, yes, the water freezes every winter, which is convenient. - Tharis

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Δ 63. Big Tower
Must be quite a view. Definitely could use some windows. - Tharis
Δ 170. Moon
Barracks, archery towers, loads of war dogs. Haven't seen an invasion in a while, which is kind of depressing, especially with the brand new steel weapon traps in the west (from whence the goblins usually come.) The last siege was just about wiped out, so I guess I can't blame them.

The towers got taller for the sake of being tall. The roofs are of slate. I might put some offices in at some point, with windows. - Tharis
¶ 170. Moon, Star, and Ship
There's a scroll to the SW taht has been burning for several years, after an enormous fire-breathing pangolin rampaged through. That was the main reason why I covered the courtyard with chert and cobalt.

BTW, nearly all of the brown stone is chert. I still have about 900 stones left, even though I've used it for just about everything.

The grizzly bear house was originally the barracks, until I noticed dwarves dodging through the wall and to their deaths.

Also, yes, the water freezes every winter, which is convenient. - Tharis
Δ 170. Ship
Several stories of tavern here, supported by a pillar rising up from the riverbed. The green instrument is an artifact pipe organ, while the other two are massive triangles. It's a hopping joint. - Tharis
Δ 170. Star
Temples here, one in each point, and more a story above. Above that is the library. I decided on a star when I noticed that the main fort was a crescent. It made sense, and gave me an excuse to build up and out. - Tharis
Δ 168. Farming
It's all very organized. I still have an affection for doing my magma chutes the old-fashioned way, which means tediously. But it works! - Tharis
Δ 165. Fort Central
I lost three founding dwarves to an amateur mistake that led to a cave-in building that bridge, and this was after losing another one to an alligator attack right at the get-go. You can see their tombs along the path.

The remaining three foudners have survived.

Circular building is bookkeeper's office, with the manager directly above. Bookkeeper has the surface bridge levers, the manager has the underground ones. West is the hospital, south is the crypt (goes down for a bit) east is urban sprawl. And the smoother out bit on the west is the duchess's chamber. Her love for bins is very irksome.

And that big room on the NW is the main dining hall, which still sees some use. - Tharis
Δ 164. Workshops
And stockpiles are a level below. The 3x3 staircase on the east is the miner's access tunnel, and the other three chambers go to the three caverns. Only #3 is open, and has been the sight of an impressive elk bird invasion, hence the trail of blood. The mechanisms are to operate some mills. The first mayor (also a vampire) had a fetish for millstones, so I figured I'd put them to good use. Furniture stockpile in the center. - Tharis
Δ 55. Lesser Tower
Still impressive... - Tharis
Δ 162. Reservoir
I never get these things right on the first try. Passive overflow from the river just wouldn't do.

Second time, with four screw pumps, was the charm. - Tharis
Δ 48. It kinda looks like a UFO
Cool, huh?

Also, consider the size of that waterfall. This site is huge. - Tharis
Δ 154. Star base
This was where the blocks that went into the star were stored while under construction. Lucky, I've never had to raise that bridge. It was a security hole for a long time. - Tharis
Δ 152. Ship anchor
I dug and built this as an imaginary stabilizer for the ship's column, and to facilitate the transportation of granite to the ship itself. - Tharis
Δ 149. Quarry
Granite, I think. I dug a few of these as I ran out of various stones. Pillars give the space a sense of perspective. - Tharis
Δ 136. Riverbed and prison
The jail was kind of an afterthought, I've never used it.

I have had to hack so many bodies out of this waterway when it is frozen. - Tharis
Δ 134. So many fell to their death here.
I accidentally channeled a little pool at the base of the falls while I was digging through the ice to retrieve corpses and other things. Strangely, some of the water down here never freezes, which makes it hard to get to. There is a *lot* of crap piled up in that little spot. - Tharis
Δ 128. Cave 1
Some trogs picked a fight with a human before I got weary of the trouble and sealed it off. May come back sometime for silk. - Tharis
Δ 119. Cave 2
Sealed in because it's not actively in use. That big W over there is one "Snadbo Bewitchedflood the Grieving Drip of Tragedies," a huge hairy earthworm with an enormous shell. It has unkempt black hair and a poisonous stinger. I imagine my militia will make quick work of it, when I decide the time is ripe. For now, it undulates. - Tharis
Δ 9. Ship from Side
That...looks cooler than I expected. Not bad. - Tharis
Δ 114. Cave 3
I was so excited to find magma in a cavern, it saves me the trouble of tapping into the sea to dispose of the garbage. And there's adamantium somewhere around here, if/when I get around to that. - Tharis

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Fortress Name: Torchroar
Map Year: 133 Late Autumn
Author: Tharis
Submitted by: Tharis
Date Added: 18/01/2018