Wetbolt - 197 Late Summer by Caranha

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Another year as Wetbolt slowly descend into chaos. I have extended the defenses to prevent more deaths to elven sieges, and the elves did not show up this year.

The turtle craze continues, and has claimed the life of another 4 dwarves. We eargerly awaited for the Human caravan to bring us some turtles, but the filthy surface dwellers decided to attack us instead - after all we did to them!

(I did however, find a oddly located set of human bones in the farms during the winter - I have no idea how the diplomat/liason could have died THERE, though)

As the population of the fort slowly declines, the youth flourishes. With 107 dwarves and 29 children, almost 1 in 3 dwarves are underage in Wetbolt.

On the positive side, I have moved my DF installation to a slightly fast computer, and my FPS has increased from 15~20 to 30~40. Which means that maybe soon wetbolt may be opening its doors to new immigrants.

Point of Interest: The metallic Hall

( 197 Late Summer → onwards )

I was bored, so I decided to build this. This statue garden features one statue made out of each of the available metals.

Look at the pretty colors! - Caranha

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Submitted by: Caranha - 2008-10-16 - Removed

Submitted by: Markavian - 2008-10-22 to 194 Early Summer

I'm liking the setup you have here. The central shaft looks a bit scary, I wouldn't want to fall down there, but the lower levels are well decorated. The multiple entrances and exits make the whole place much more interesting to navigate.

Try hiding the stones along the river channels.

Submitted by: Caranha - 2008-10-23 to 194 Early Summer

Thanks Markavian!

I have already hidden the stones: the channels will look much cleaner for the next update.

But multiple entrances and exits? What do you mean? The Fort has pretty much only one entrance: the green bridge over the magma.

Submitted by: Markavian - 2008-10-25 to 195 Early Autumn

Not entrances as such, but you've got paths at the top of the map which have been walled off that are only accessible from inside the fort.

Submitted by: Caranha - 2008-10-25 to 195 Early Autumn

Oh yeah, those :-D

I wanted to mine the magnetite that I could see from the hills, so I dug to them from inside the fortress... the walled off parts are places where I got careless with the digging designations X.X

Submitted by: Gaulgath - 2008-10-25 to 195 Early Autumn

Neat waterfall design here!

Submitted by: Caranha - 2008-10-27 to 195 Early Autumn

Thanks! I had to add a few more grates, though, because the 9 golden grates are not able to contain all the flow...

Submitted by: sneakeypete - 2008-10-29 to 196 Late Summer

I'd suggest the baron has an appointment with the magma. ;)

Submitted by: Caranha - 2008-11-03 to 197 Late Summer

The Baron Consort has behaved this year. (he was the one who was ordering adamantine items). The Baroness, on the other hand, has never done anything other than ordering the production of armor stands.

Sure, whatever - you don't mind them being built of rhyolite, do you mam?

Submitted by: Dakira - 2008-11-04 to 197 Late Summer

Big fan of that wall of knowledge.
I'm sure that the prison may be depressing, but the heat probably makes it quite comfortable.

Submitted by: Markavian - 2008-11-05 to 198 Late Summer

For some reason I want to see trees growing in and around the extended green house... request: potted plants and tree planting skills for DF.

Submitted by: Dakira - 2008-11-05 to 198 Late Summer

Request Seconded.

Submitted by: Salmeuk - 2008-11-05 to 198 Late Summer

Love the fortress, specially the treasure room and the wall of history.

Noice work :-D

Submitted by: Caranha - 2008-11-06 to 198 Late Summer

Thanks Salmeuk!

Dakira/Mark - It would be great if I could have trees lining the road to the fortress. Next I'll try an arrangment of walls/statues/channels that block all other Caravan-paths into wetboat.

Submitted by: Dakira - 2008-11-13 to 200 Early Autumn

The statues along the road are a nice addition and it looks like your waterfall over the wall of knowledge has flooded a bit.

I checked the DF suggestions board on the forums and there is already a "planting" suggestion.

Submitted by: Caranha - 2008-11-13 to 200 Early Autumn

Yeah, because of the three water outputs and all the splashing, I get water everywhere whenever I turn the waterfall on.

However, thanks to the many sinkholes, I never get more than 1/7 squares, even if I get a LOT of them.

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Points of Interest

17. Natural walls

( 193 Early Summer to onwards )
Removing the ramps from the inner site of higher grounds, and the outer site of lower grounds makes for great natural walls. - Caranha
Δ 16. Extended Gatehouse

( 197 Late Summer to onwards )
This extension to the gatehouse has been created to help me deal with the elven ambushes.

Fortifications mostly face inwards to reduce the chance of marksmen hitting my military. Some windows are open for picking off stragglers, though.

On the first floor, wardogs are tied at regular intervals to detect the progressing waves of the sieges.

I'm still waiting for the ceiling to be completely constructed, though. - Caranha
16. Gatehouse

( 193 Early Summer to onwards )
While the enemies carefully watch their step as they walk over the bridge over the magma, they do not notice the bunch of archers poised on the second floor, ready to shoot on their unsuspecting backs. - Caranha
16. Siege Weapons!

( 195 Early Autumn to onwards )
Finally ready in 195, unfortunately they were not used in the big elven siege of that year... Next time, next time. - Caranha
16. Training Grounds

( 193 Early Summer to onwards )
Now properly decorated with clear glass statues of the heroes of Wetbolt. To the East the 3 story office of the captain of the guard. To the south the original quarters for the standing military (which need to be expanded). - Caranha
16. Wall of history

( 194 Early Summer to onwards )
This 4 story high wall holds the history of Wetbolts, and is a monument to the survival of its first goblin siege. The whole wall is filled with engravings that narrate the history of the fort.

With the blessing of the dwarven gods, the engravings actually DO have a lot of the fort's history, like the killing of kobolds, goblin snatcher, the Siege, the drowing of the Jeweller during the cistern building, etc - instead of endless repetitions of "urist mc leader became the leader of the settlement".

From the top of the wall, a waterfall completes the scene. - Caranha
15. Entrance Hall

( 195 Early Autumn to onwards )
"In the ground is engraved the detailed image of a dwarf - the symbol of the local government" - Caranha
Δ 15. Extended Food Storage

( 197 Late Summer to onwards )
My kitchens and farmer workshops cannot keep up with my farm output, so I need larger and larger storage areas for my plants.

The side tunnel was dug up when I realized that I couldn't reach the food storage without going through the outdoors farm, and some dwarves were not able to eat becase of that during wartime. - Caranha
15. Farms

( 193 to onwards )
Farming level, including the open-air surface farms. All fields are set to fallow, though, because of a production bottleneck which let me full of plants and without booze. - Caranha
Δ 15. Human Siege leftovers...
I hope for turtles, and they bring me Marksmen and warhorses ... *sigh*

All humans butchered, no dwarves killed (Including the idiotic Gemsetter who decided to complain to the captain of the guard about the lack of jobs during the siege and managed to get in the crossfire between my dwarves and the humans. I seriously have NO idea how he survived that - must lead a charmed life.) - Caranha
15. New Energy Source

( 194 Early Summer to onwards )
I have extended my waterworks in preparation for the waterfall project. I have no idea if this will be enough, though: Trial and error at its best! - Caranha
14. Magma Prison

( 193 Early Summer to onwards )
The top of the Magma Pool is a perfect place for criminal dwarves to ponder about the error in their ways. Specially when they have an upclose view of the death chamber. - Caranha
14. Main Workshop Level

( 193 Early Summer to onwards )
Carpenters, Masons, and Craftdwarf workshop all conveniently located near the Trading depot.

Offices for the nobles that need it are also located here. - Caranha
14. PoW Pit

( 196 Late Summer to onwards )
Carved this area near the prison for enemy scouts who tripped in the cage traps along the river. Here they will be eventually fed to the dogs in the pit, for the amusement of the Guards.

Funnily enough, the Tax Collector seems to enjoy doing the "pit goblin" job quite a lot.

Also, initially I wanted to leave a Berserk Dwarf in the pit, but he eventually starved. Pity. - Caranha
14. The Death Chamber!

( 195 Early Autumn to onwards )
Completed in 195 - it has green glass walls for better view from the outside. The floor is Orthoclase - I wouldn't spend this much gold on prisoners.

One of the levers opens the iron doors, the other releases cages put inside the room. The pump is manually operated by the "executioner" (some dwarf who needs a bit of extra money and have nothing better to do - currently my weaver.

This PoI was made just after the first testing - I was impressed at the speed with which a manual pump would fill this room. - Caranha
¶ 14. The metallic Hall

( 197 Late Summer to onwards )
I was bored, so I decided to build this. This statue garden features one statue made out of each of the available metals.

Look at the pretty colors! - Caranha
13. Nobles Dining quarters and Zoo.

( 193 Early Summer to onwards )
The common dinning room is to the Southwest - it has table sets of stone, metal, wood and glass. - Caranha
13. Shopping Mall

( 196 Late Summer to onwards )
All the shops are owned by the mayor - who bought them just as soon as they were built. Proof of a corrupt government, or only dwarves with the negotiator skill can buy shops?

The mayor never comes around this area, though - shopping seems to work on the honour system. - Caranha
13. Sleeping Quarters

( 193 Early Summer to onwards )
Large, luxurious sleeping quarters for the most affluent members of Wetbolt are build in this level, around the vein of limonite.

Sleeping quarters for the peasantry (and those on the waiting list for the masons) are located on the three levels below. - Caranha
12. Clothing Workshop

( 193 Early Summer to onwards )
Mostly Bag Factory. - Caranha
Δ 12. PoW Pit - 197 Comment
One of the two wardogs here already has 4 goblin names. I need to capture some elves and humans to feed them a more varied diet. - Caranha
12. Treasure Room

( 193 Early Summer to onwards )
Protected by guard dogs, traps and locked iron doors, this room houses the most precious treasures created by the artisans of Wetbolt. - Caranha
9. Magma Workshops

( 193 Early Summer to onwards )
Added a Magma Kiln, and a second Glass furnace, and this area is mostly complete. The open magma pool is used for trash dumping. - Caranha
3. Exploratory Mining

( 196 Late Summer to onwards )
When my baron consort started mandating adamantine items, I tried doing some exploratory mining - just in case.

No adamantine, but a bunch of colored rocks for outside projects. - Caranha
1. Catacombs

( 192 Early Summer to onwards )
In the deepest bowels of the earth, the dwarves bury their dead. Tombs for the Mayor and the captain of the guard. - Caranha

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Fortress Name: Wetbolt
Map Year: 197 Late Summer
Author: Caranha
Submitted by: Caranha
Date Added: 03/11/2008