Defini Iwethi "Frost Walls" - 217 Late Summer by azemute

Map Description:

To begin, I apologize for the fact that this fortress is now some 37 z-levels tall. Dorfen engineers favour thinking big [we assure you, it's not compensation for *anything*].

7 and a half years have passed since the last update, and this fortress is now coming into maturity. Many inner workings of it are starting to take shape, as well as some of the more 'questionable' design decisions.

Current highlights:
-Reservoir [as per last update] functions perfectly, liberating hippy traders of their goods on many occasions.
-Internal farms are now at maximum production, and have been cranking out more than sufficient quantities of food and alcohol. Everyone is pleased.
-The main vault, located on z-level 0 is now filled and, in peculiar dorfen fasion, at the most inaccessible part of the fortress.
-The external water jacket is now filled, as you can likely
-Tower Cap farms are now in full production, though were only finished about 8 months preceding this, so most trees are not to a harvestable state yet.

Upcoming:
Let's just say... it involves glass... and large numbers of waterfalls... and a lake...

Current population: 124
Casualties to date: 173 poor souls. May they rest eternally in peace within these fortress walls.

[Yeah... that's a bit embarrassing, I suppose.]

Point of Interest: Purge Gate

( 217 Late Summer → 299 )

Assuming a need ever arises for some fundamental architectural changes, provisions were put in place to clear the entire water jacket and inland lake by flushing the entire system out into the near-by bottomless pit.

To what degree the demons who surely reside there would be angered, we have no idea, but hopefully the tribute of thousands of xX(narrow) giant cave spider silk sockXx that have been flung into the lake will be enough satiate their demands for tribute. - azemute

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7 and a half years have passed since the last update, and this fortress is now coming into maturity. Many inner workings of it are starting to take shape, as well as some of the more 'questionable' design decisions.

Current highlights:
-Reservoir [as per last update] functions perfectly, liberating hippy traders of their goods on many occasions.
-Internal farms are now at maximum production, and have been cranking out more than sufficient quantities of food and alcohol. Everyone is pleased.
-The main vault, located on z-level 0 is now filled and, in peculiar dorfen fasion, at the most inaccessible part of the fortress.
-The external water jacket is now filled, as you can likely 
-Tower Cap farms are now in full production, though were only finished about 8 months preceding this, so most trees are not to a harvestable state yet.

Upcoming: 
Let's just say... it involves glass... and large numbers of waterfalls... and a lake...

Current population: 124
Casualties to date: 173 poor souls. May they rest eternally in peace within these fortress walls.

[Yeah... that's a bit embarrassing, I suppose.]</map-description>
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    <poi-description>Assuming a need ever arises for some fundamental  architectural changes, provisions were put in place to clear the entire water jacket and inland lake by flushing the entire system out into the near-by bottomless pit.

To what degree the demons who surely reside there would be angered, we have no idea, but hopefully the tribute of thousands of xX(narrow) giant cave spider silk sockXx that have been flung into the lake will be enough satiate their demands for tribute.</poi-description>
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Comments

Submitted by: apparentbliss - 2009-07-30 to 210 Early Winter

Beautiful fortress design. I love the symmetry, and the gadgetry involved in the defense system.

One question -- are your living quarters far enough from your manufacturing to avoid noise pollution?

Submitted by: azemute - 2009-08-03 to 210 Early Winter

Thanks!

Actually, being that the living quarters are buffered by storage areas, no one has complained at all... even those right beside the main stairwells.

I'm going to upload a new copy tonight or tomorrow for year 219 or 220 since there have been some major additions.

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Points of Interest

Δ 33. Natural Waterfall

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
Our local brook goes to about here before plummeting some 17 z-levels. Ironically, most of the water has evaporated by the time it hits the ground, and all that remains is a muddy brook.

Oh, and don't mind the vomit. - azemute
Δ 20. Main Dining Hall

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
Dorfen glassblowers are some of the most talented in the realms. Each green glass table is blown from a single piece of glass. No seams, joins or merges here!

After the forges came online, the glassblowers went to town a little bit. It might have had something to do with forgetting and leaving :

Build Green Glass Portal (repeat)
Build Green Glass Table (repeat)
Build Green Glass Chair (repeat)

on for two seasons on all the forges as a trial run. Quotas were met and surpassed, we can assure you. - azemute
Δ 18. Main goods storage

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
On the second floor, most trade items and utility-like nick-nacks are stored. Furniture, blocks, finished goods and bags. - azemute
Δ 17. Farm control room

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
The flood control room for the tree farms is located here.

Armok forbid we ever need to figure out how the hell it all works again. That's an awful lot of levers. - azemute
Δ 17. Tower Cap Farms

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
The main tower cap farms are located on this, and the two levels below and will hopefully provide a sustainable source of trees in the coming years. - azemute
¶ 17. Trade Depot

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
The trade depot is conveniently built directly below the bottom floor hatch for the main reservoir.

Dorfen engineers assure us that the most efficient method of cleaning large surfaces, such as a raised trade depot sitting above collecting grates, is to dump half a dozen z-levels of water on them..err... it. - azemute
Δ 16. City Manger's Office

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
Our poor city manger seems to have a clothes-shopping addiction and she'll head off to the furthest reaches of this region to pick up (narrow) socks, robes and clothes of any sort.

Because, remember kids:
Being a manager is hard, let's go shopping! - azemute
Δ 16. Main Baracks

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
Having finally been moved into a bit more spacious room, the main barracks and armory now dominate this level. New firing ranges have been established in the southern section of the old barracks, while some form of dorfen feng shui is being carried out in the north-western section where the barracks used to be. No one ventures there now. - azemute
Δ 15. Trade depot slus system

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
The slus system allows the purging of whatever water may have accumulated [for whatever reasons] in the main trade corridor and shaft.

This level will hopefully be used to fix the obsidian foundry, or alternatively for storing widgets and elf-bones for later display. - azemute
Δ 14. Smeltwerks and Forges

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
The smeltwerks has been in full use producing green glass everything, melting down the several thousand (narrow) armor pieces laying about the wastes, and equipping our military with only the very best bronze plate.

Until tower-cap production is up to par, steel remains unachievable as wood is by far too valuable a commodity. This should change in the coming years.

Currently, from just melting goblin equipment, we're up to some 280 iron bars. - azemute
Δ 13. Smeltwerks lower reaches

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
On this level, the magma distribution network, metal bar storage, and glass block storage.

Centrally, the underworkings of the obsidian generator lie dormant. Since most of this map is predominantly granite and obsidian, there has been little need to rectify a miscalculation made when designing the system: aka 'not a measured amount of water, and no way to get said water out'.

We assure you that if the need should arise, our team of expertly trained SCUBA-dorfs can solve this problem in a jiffy. - azemute
Δ 10. Unfinished warrens & reserved levels
Levels here have been left clear incase obvious oversights were made. To date, however, everything seems to have been accounted for. - azemute
24. Main Well

( 210 to 300 )
Reservoir Top-side is the home to the main well, allowing access to a clean water supply year-round. The well is constructed from gold block and gcs silk rope. - azemute
Δ 6. Dungeon Master's Quarters

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
Located on this level, are the dungeon master's quarters, main jail, and what is soon to be an animal storage and training facility. While the need hasn't been terribly strong to date, preparation is the key to survival... and the miners were getting lazy. - azemute
Δ 5. Graveyard & Tombs

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
At some point, most assuredly, a noble will demand a tomb; and we're ready to fill the need.

While still partly incomplete, the tombs should be sufficient to house most nobles when their untimely demise seem the most necessary. - azemute
Δ 4. Secondary vaults

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
Presumably these were intended to be secondary vaults.

We just haven't yet found anything worth keeping in them yet... - azemute
Δ 3. Tower support pillars

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
The hollow tower support pillars are the only means of accessing the vault, and are also a method of accessing the lower reaches if the main lake were ever purged. - azemute
16. Temporary constuctions

( 200 to 299 )
While main fortress constructions were underway, the establishment of temporary food storage and production was required. These small rooms housed the materials to fuel the main fortress construction.

Originally there were plans to attach these existing facilities to the main fort, but the magma-jacket design will probably take precedence. - azemute
16. Trade area floor grates

( 200 to 299 )
Grated floors to the central trade area catch anything of value that might have been flushed in defense. - azemute
Δ Disaster Door

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
This door, placed simply for access reasons [and the fact legendary engravers kept getting stuck outside] could lead to horrible ends, if a particularly smart Goblin Master Thief decided to make a casual exit with a priceless artefact...

or if Urist McCleanerDorf decided to retrieve his claimed xXnarrow GCS silk sockXx from the bottom of the lake. - azemute
15. Lower purge corridor and gate

( 200 to 299 )
When closed, this gate contains all the water from the reservoir to assure any and all threats are neutralized. When released, any water in the main shaft is evacuated through the proceeding corridor and back into the existing river. - azemute
Δ Purge Gate

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
Assuming a need ever arises for some fundamental architectural changes, provisions were put in place to clear the entire water jacket and inland lake by flushing the entire system out into the near-by bottomless pit.

To what degree the demons who surely reside there would be angered, we have no idea, but hopefully the tribute of thousands of xX(narrow) giant cave spider silk sockXx that have been flung into the lake will be enough satiate their demands for tribute. - azemute
Δ The Vault

( 217 Late Summer to 299 )
The main vault, located under some 20 z-levels of water, is used for storing the most precious artefacts that the dorfen craftsmen have yet made. Though nothing of particular merit is stored here yet, we assure you that your goods are safe with us. - azemute

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Fortress Name: Defini Iwethi "Frost Walls"
Map Year: 217 Late Summer
Author: azemute
Submitted by: azemute
Date Added: 03/08/2009