Somberrag - 14 Mid Spring by Mcshay

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It's been another year, and I forgot about the spring thaw. I had ordered some bones to be transfered from the Boneyard to the Dumping Pier roughly during early spring. While I was busy digging out more stone, the thaw came and 5 dwarves sank to the bottom of the reservoir. Acting quickly, I had a wall removed in a small room on Floor 1 to try to save a few of them. Incredibly, the only survivor was my legendary record keeper, one of my starting seven. Unfortunately, I will have to delay the planned migration to the fortress until the wall can be repaired.

Point of Interest: Urist McDwarf cancels haul bones: AHHH WATER!

The three bodies on this level and the one on the aquifer guard above were the four who drowned while waiting for the wall segment to be removed. The noble to the top left is the book keeper who held his breath long enough to get out alive.

Incidentally, one of the bodies is of our only jeweler, who came in the first immigration wave. The book keeper was one of the origional seven (and the first mayor). - Mcshay

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Incidentally, one of the bodies is of our only jeweler, who came in the first immigration wave. The book keeper was one of the origional seven (and the first mayor).</poi-description>
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Comments

Submitted by: Foa - 2008-11-16 to 11 Early Winter

JESUS CHRIST, WTF ARE YOU THINKING, where are the carp or executionary utilities

Submitted by: Mcshay - 2008-11-17 to 11 Early Winter

Unfortunately this map has no carp, or any fish at all really. However, the ice melt occasionally glitches and creates a few unmoving aquatic gophers. They don't downed for some strange reason (until they become encased in ice that is). One group of gophers survived long enough to give birth in my major river, something that I had yet to witness.

Trap wise, I'm going to do something evil with my trade depot. The lack of lava greatly reduces my options, but something involving caged animals and/or water seems best.

Once the tower is done boredom will likely drive me to engineer something for the nobility.

Submitted by: Dakira - 2008-11-24 to 14 Mid Spring

How did you damn that river? Did it freeze for you or was there another way?

Submitted by: Charrat - 2008-11-27 to 14 Mid Spring

Fantastic!

Submitted by: Mcshay - 2008-12-03 to 14 Mid Spring

Yeah, it freezes. I picked a cold biome, which led to a half-year of ice.

Status update: School work has cut down on my time recently, however, you will be happy to know that those four bodies seen in year 14 caused a massive tantrum spiral. They had a lot of friends apparently. I'd say about 100 out of 214 dwarves have died as of now, and it's still well underway. The children seemed to resist tantruming until most of the adult population was dead, leaving me now with a handful of survivors and 30 very, very angry kids.

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Points of Interest

17. Garbage Dumper

( 11 to onwards )
Due to the underground nature of my Boneyard, this bridge/floor construction is needed to remove excess materials. - Mcshay
Δ 16. Tower: Level 3

( 14 Mid Spring to onwards )
The plans for this floor are vague, but it will probably house more nobles and the final floor of the dining room. - Mcshay
17. Tower: Level 4

( 11 to onwards )
This is the main floor of the tower. Right now it only serves as a narrow entrance to the lower levels. Eventually it will contain the barracks, trading depot, a gatehouse, and various other things. - Mcshay
Δ 15. Hatch Failure
It turns out that freezing and thawing tends to destroy ceiling hatches, as seen here and in the above level. I'll have to drain this out and devise a new water intake that doesn't rely on a hatch. - Mcshay
15. Mining Shaft

( 11 to onwards )
This entrance to the quarry below also serves as very public home for my champion bookkeeper. You know your job is important (but you are not) when you own a large room containing a desk and chair, but must sleep in the barracks. - Mcshay
15. Pump Water Container

( 11 to onwards )
During the first winter of construction, I needed large underground rooms to store water from the aquifer while my masons finished the edges of the dams. These rooms have also had a few uses in recent years, ranging from access into the empty reservoir to becoming the Boneyard - Mcshay
15. The Barracks

( 11 to onwards )
Amazingly, this one room is home to 200+ dwarves. Octuple bunking anyone? - Mcshay
15. The Boneyard

( 11 to onwards )
This room was originally a pumping station like the three others on this layer, now it stores excess bones. When it fills up, sections of the stockpile are transfered to the aquatic garbage pile (up and to the right). - Mcshay
15. The Grave-hallway

( 11 to onwards )
Due to the temporary nature of this "fortress", dead dwarves are simply stuffed into generic coffins in what is no more than a really long hallway. 90% of the coffins are filled. - Mcshay
15. The Meeting Hall

( 11 to onwards )
This was originally a simple dinning room, however, my dwarves learned the joys of partying and usually over-fill the room 24-7. This is one of those rare days when no parties are occurring, exposing the rarely seen floor. Things get... interesting... when my entire agricultural industry decides to take a season off.

This room is probably rated for use by no more than 40 dwarves due to fire code, but usually holds about 180. - Mcshay
15. The Staging Area

( 11 to onwards )
Here's where all of my dwarves have been hiding out during the previous 10 or so years of construction. It's grown to 3x it's origional capacity to house roughly 220 dwarves. - Mcshay
15. The Stockyard

( 11 to onwards )
This room seems to never stop growing. It's main purpose now is to hold the hundreds of tons of armor and goods donated to by fortress by the goblins. - Mcshay
15. Tower: Level 2

( 11 to onwards )
This floor houses the majority of the nobles and the second level of the dining room (note the waterfall hole in the center of the floor). - Mcshay
¶ 14. Urist McDwarf cancels haul bones: AHHH WATER!
The three bodies on this level and the one on the aquifer guard above were the four who drowned while waiting for the wall segment to be removed. The noble to the top left is the book keeper who held his breath long enough to get out alive.

Incidentally, one of the bodies is of our only jeweler, who came in the first immigration wave. The book keeper was one of the origional seven (and the first mayor). - Mcshay
15. Workshop Hallway

( 11 to onwards )
This used to be a medium-sized room until the second round of fortress expansion. All important production occurs here, including the creation of hundreds of Phyllite blocks. - Mcshay
14. Tower: Level 1

( 11 to onwards )
This floor contains the bottom of the new dining room and quite a few "budget" homes, beds will be installed once the staging area is abandoned. - Mcshay
Δ 13. Tower: Level B1

( 14 Mid Spring to onwards )
This floor was the first one created (during the second winter). It will house all industry and most stockpiles. - Mcshay
12. Tower: Level B2

( 11 to onwards )
This will eventually be a new source of stone in addition to a new level of the tower. - Mcshay
11. The Quarry

( 11 to onwards )
This is the first floor of the large stone quarry. The miners have been instructed to harvest Phyllite rocks, ores, and gems. I find it interesting that part of the aquifer can be safely exposed as seen to the upper left of the cursor. - Mcshay

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Fortress Name: Somberrag
Map Year: 14 Mid Spring
Author: Mcshay
Submitted by: Mcshay
Date Added: 23/11/2008