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So, after the military unpleasantness, things have gone a bit downhill. A lot of depressions, as the unhappiest dwarves fall of the bottom of the happiness scale.


We're having a lot of tantrums, could spiral if they're not stopped:


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However, it seems that things are looking up on the large scale. According to dwarf therapist, I think average happiness is actually better than at the start of my turn:

I'm not sure how much to actually trust that, but there were definitely fewer blinking down arrows than at the start.

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Well, it looks like we have a bit of a problem. Something, I don't know what, happened in the barracks, perhaps a tantrum, I'm not quite sure, and, well...

I count at least 11 dead, and more wounded. The entire mace squad, all but one of the lashers, some other military dwarves, and a few civvies who were working on construction. Something happened, I have no idea what, maybe a tantrum?

The reports clearly show dwarves hacking eachother to death, though



It seems to have stopped now, though, at least I hope

So, there goes summer. Things seem to go by so slowly. Anyway, I haven't had the chance to write a day by day log, I've been too busy moping around the fort.

So, the first thing that happened, right as summer started, was a goblin seige. I locked the gates, and brought out the military. I set up a few traps at the west gate, but it turns out I didn't really need them. Our military is frighteningly effective. I don't think they took a single casualty. I even saw a marksdwarf out there in the middle of the fight, holding off four or five goblins, in meele, without taking a scratch.

For some reason, a whole bunch of them tried to stand in the same spot. Is it some new defensive formation?

The real danger from the siege was the dwarves freaking out at seeing goblin corpses, and getting upset. We had a few depressions from that, but nobody important that I saw.
On the morale front, I've built a new statue garden, hopefully that'll please the people.

And finally, there was an attack by a rather... interesting werebeast. Killed one kid, then transformed into a human and was beaten to death by a trap full of wooden swords.

3rd Granite:
I’ve started work on happiness improvement. I‘ve designated a new corpse and garbage pile, to hopefully get the corpses out of public view, and serve as a buffer against future deaths. In addition, I’ve begun work on a waterfall system for the dining hall. Unfortunately, the designers of this fortress failed to include space for the necessary plumbing, but I think I’ve set up a path that should work with minimal disruption. And finally, I’ve shut down the Fortress’ minecart system to prevent accidents.


Some idiot made a mole bone amulet. It’s covered in leather spikes, and has a picture of some puzzlebox on it. Great. I don't care.

Elf diplomat showed up. What does he want?

6th Granite:
Some axe lord named his shield. Why is it so important that he dragged me all the way from where I was supervising the digging of new plumbing all the way up to the barracks?

I’ve decided to requisition one of the empty jail cells for an office. It’s close to the work, and tastefully engraved, and I feel it's appropriate.


16 Granite:
I cant take it! Everyone here is crazy! Nothing gets done! So much to do, so little time!

I really need a drink.

24 Granite:
Waterfall running, but I was too late for poor Sazkul. Can I drink yet? Also elves showed up. Didn’t seem to have anything I wanted, so I ignored them.

9th Slate:
More and more, I find myself stumbling obliviously around the fortress. Not enough dwarves happy. Can’t drink yet. Renovating the dining hall with silver furniture.

12th Slate:
I’ve discovered a half-finished magma pump stack, no doubt begun by some previous overseer, then forgotten when his term ended. I shall see if I can finish it. This could be a great benefit to the fortress’ metal industry, especially with the minecarts shut down

19th Slate:
Some fire imps got into the pump diggings. I sent the military to deal with them, but they killed somebody. Not sure who.

Well, my dwarf got depressed. Great. I'm assuming I should redwarf myself. I suppose It's my fault for picking one of the most depressed dwarves in the fort. Editedit: NVM. I could have sworn I got the announcement.

Well, not much happened except for a few depressions. I've decided to just run without a dwarf, as that's easier and I just want to finish. I did engrave the forge quarters, and I'm working on more of the fort, hopefully that'll help