Anethalina
The Oracular Land
Welcome to Anethalina, a dwarven succession game! The long-term goal is to move a world as long as possible, starting in the year 5.
The rules are as follows
* Turns take one year, to the start of the next spring
* At the start of your turn, you must choose a dwarf to set as expedition leader/mayor and to rename. This will be your "avatar" dwarf
* You are the dwarf. If he dies, then your turn ends, and the next player takes over starting at the point of (noticing) your death, his turn extending until the end of the next year (such that everyone will play at least a year, and at most two, even in the case of many deaths). If there are many casualties during a battle, it's ok to continue playing until the dust has settled (but not for too long)
* Upon the end of your turn, you are allowed to ask the next ruler for an administrative position, such as broker or manager.
* You aren't allowed to intentionally kill the fortress unless your avatar actually goes insane
* After the fortress dies, or after 30 years (or more or less, depending on how things go), the fortress is retired and we start a new one.
* You must write an AAR for your term. Screenshots are not obligatory.
* Version 43.05
Lore:
7 Dwarves of a dead world have been transported by the Oracle to a new world, safer and richer than theirs, which they have dubbed... Anethalina. The Oracular Land.
Filled with democratic* passions inspired by dwarfist ideas, the 7 wish to create a safe haven for those that wish to hide and start a new life.
* note: kings are evil. Kill them all. Sic semper tyrannis.
The world:
(http://i.imgur.com/5wtSHF6.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/sT8AbUr.png)
The current embark:
(http://i.imgur.com/dFo1XeY.png)
Do note that "Partially completed" means the save was recovered - if it wasn't and no save replacement was made, it will be marked as skipped.
The turn list:
(Playing - Completed - Partially Completed - Skipped)
1. StelarCF 1 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7149474#msg7149474) 2 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7150089#msg7150089) 3 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7150170#msg7150170)
2. MysticPing 1 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7153557#msg7153557) Sen's diary (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7155056#msg7155056) 2 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=116806) 3 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7161663#msg7161663) Sen's diary #2 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7155056#msg7155056)
3. CaptainArchmage 1 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7161919#msg7161919) 2 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7162487#msg7162487) 3 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7169592#msg7169592) 4 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7170884#msg7170884) 5 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7170951#msg7170951) 6 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7171825#msg7171825)
4. puterking 1 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7174772#msg7174772) C (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7175748#msg7175748) S (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7176767#msg7176767[/url) 2 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7177492#msg7177492) S2 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7177645#msg7177645) Sen (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7178101#msg7178101) C2 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7179272#msg7179272) 3 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7191584#msg7191584) C3 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7191745#msg7191745) S3 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7192062#msg7192062) 4 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7194250#msg7194250) S4 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7194661#msg7194661) C4 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7195595#msg7195595) 5 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7195764#msg7195764) S5 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7195871#msg7195871) 6 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160205.msg7221027#msg7221027)
4.5 CaptainArchmage
5. StelarCF
6. WhirlwindMonk
7. NormalAxis
Players must take over the save within 3 days, and finish their term in at most two weeks. I'm willing to give extensions for good reasons. If you haven't been skipped and you're too busy to play, you can ask to be moved down the list.
Reservation for people who couldn't do their turns at the time:
We have a discord! https://discord.gg/ewV6ZWg
Expedition Journal of President Cefist "Kib" Nokimablel
14 Granite
This is the 5th year of our wandering in the world, and it is nigh time that we have found a place to settle... a river cuts through, and early prospecting suggests the area is rich in metal. We shall call this place... Anonim, Onionbread.
With me are 6 other dwarves.
First there are the miners. In our long trek, they've decided to each try developing a hobby, even if they will probably spend a long time mining out our early outpost.
The first of them is Nil Etducim. He always liked fire opal, and as such took an interest to gem cutting and setting. A noble task, but I doubt it would help our economy much.
There's Adil Katthirstukos. He's taken to bone carving, but I never figured out why. Maybe it's part of his slightly morbid personality. He seems to enjoy things I personally find quite repelling, like bogeymen of all things. In a way, it's oddly charming.
Vabok Enseboltar has learned a tiny bit about siege engineering, what with his liking of ballistas and other weapons of war. Honestly, it's not quite that impressive, but he's a good miner, so I can't complain, and the skill might come in useful.
Then there's Ineth Mozibgeshud, our carpenter and wood cutter, and Asen Zuntirbisol, our mason. Fine fellows, both of them.
My friend Adil Osodolin couldn't go without mentioning. Though by trade she's a farmer and brewer, she's a fine negotiator and a tiny bit of a writer. She's the one to thank for the things we've managed to collect in the last 5 years in preparation for this.
Finally, there's me. Being the most experienced in metalworking and metalcrafting, they thought to elect me for the first term of President of the Fortress of Onionbread. A fair choice, I suppose, considering it'll take a while for us to set up a metal working industry.
15 Granite
My first decision is to build our entrance on the left side of the stream. The hill there is quite steep, and will allow us a decent amount of space to make a safe entrance.
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While the miners are busy digging the entrance, I've told the others to cut trees, pick plants and such, to not waste time.
17 Granite
It has come to my attention that some alligators hve been seen roaming around. Thankfully, they are a fair way away, but that doesn't keep people from being nervous.
19 Granite
The alligators have been getting a bit uncomfortably close. Ineth told me he'd "watch them and be ready if they attack", but it really looks like what he meant was "I'm going to take this axe and smash this gator's face in.It looks like OH GOD ANOTHER ONE IS ATTACKING HIM EVERYONE LET'S HELP INETH.
Wait, it looks like Ineth managed to kill both of the alligators, but it looks like her head is badly injured, and by badly I mean there looks like there's a gaping wound. GOD DAMMIT INETH, PUT THAT AXE AWAY, I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU FIGHT ANYMORE LIKE THAT.
Anyways, it looks like everything is alright for now, though I don't have a good feeling about Ineth's wounds.
1 Slate
Ineth's wound seems to have healed. That's good news. There still seems to be a dent in his head, but it's not that big and I don't think it'll be that big of a deal.
In the meantime I've decided that it would be a good idea to build a small bridge over the stream.
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Another alligator is coming a bit dangerously close to us, but I'm not sur I want to pick more fights.
5 Slate
I'm not taking any more chances. That thing dies. Me, Asen and Osodolin aren't really busy doing anything right now, and I think we should be able to take it down together... I hope.
DRAT! I hit it twice with my axe, but that hardly helps when the darn thing runs across the river. It's all bloody now, ew.. I'm calling off this chase, I don't think the gator will bother us anymore.
12 Slate
The underground room for storing our food and such has been completed, and we've started hauling things over. This excludes the miners, who are still working hard on the next level of the fortress.
17 Slate
The workshop room's been finished, and I've ordered work to start on a second stockpile, this time for wood and stone.
In other news, apparently we've struck tetrahedrite! that's great news. We've also found some gems, particularly milk quartz and tiger iron, but I'm most excited about the tetrahedrite. Just think of the possibilities!
27 Slate
We've finished digging out the second stockpile, and starting digging further down in our main staircase. Incredibly, we've found another ore - hematite. This bodes well for our fortress' prosperity.
7 Felsite
It's taking a long time to haul everything into our new stockpile, but we're starting to get close. The miners have dug out a small place for an meeting and eating hall, into which all our hens and gobblers promptly moved. It would be nice if we had some tables and chairs to put in it, but Ineth is busy helping us carry everything into the stockpile and making some nesting boxes for the turkeys. I've also told them to dig out some of the hematite and tetrahedrite ore.
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EWW! SNAILS! AAAAAAAAAAAAH! I HATE THEM SO MUCH! GAH! GET THEM OFF ME
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27 Felsite
We've finished hauling food and such and have finally started getting our wood inside. Our miners have dug a small moat in our entrance tunnel in anticipation of a drawbridge, but honestly it's getting tiresome to go up and down the temporary ramps they've carved. I hope I'll get used to it.
6 Hematite
Since the miner's jobs have mostly been done, I've told Ineth to stop carrying logs around and get to carpentry. We really need some furniture around here...
9 Hematite
Snails, worms and now beetles? These cats are useless.
In other news, our hens now have their nests built, so with that our food problem should hopefully be solved.
16 Hematite
Since the hauling is starting to get to a close, I've decided it's time to start managing. For that purpose I've managed (heh) to convince the others to build me an office as well. This also means I'll have less time to help with hauling, but I'm sure the others can handle it.
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As my first action as manager, I'll order 15 doors and 15 beds to outfit our quarters and to keep in stockpile for immigrants start coming in.
(http://i.imgur.com/IE5xjlz.png)
Phew, it's getting late so I'll continue tomorrow.
Spring
... MysticPing the brewer.
I have been elected president of Anethalina. Taking a quick look at our stocks I am horrified. We have no drink but a lot of food. Celfist must've been boiling the bloody alcohol!
(http://i.imgur.com/6Phe1V8.png)
I also ordered the drawbridge to be built.
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After looking at the fortress design my god, this is a mess. Stockpiles on a different floor from workshops, workshops randomly placed about a single room. Most of the bedrooms have no doors but the doors are done.
To start the brewing industy I also desided to construct some farms, apparantly previously we had completely relied on people walking out and picking fruits! Thankfully the first stripmined area was entirely made out of sand, and I order a square to be cut out for farming.
(http://i.imgur.com/9UG6XqW.png)
The military situation is even worse. I began constructing a barracks and military dorm to have an active defense. I am also working on equiping and reorganizing the small existing militia. A active military of 4 people was created.
The steel industry is also getting rushed to make them proper equipment.
Another incident happened due to grazing animals walking around the fortress. A stray reindeer bull (tame) starved to death on the kitchen table.
SHIT.
So we had 11 dwarves living here, including me. Now 21 people just showed up. A lot of them had useful skills but the most important thing was the bodies, the military now has a full squad and as soon as they finish getting some basic equipment (still working on the steel equipment)
Their first course of action is to attack and kill the elves.
Before, look at them.
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Senshuken (you who replied earlier) cut the elfs head off in one swing, the other ran away and for some reason I couldnt order to kill. He later died from wounds before leaving the map.
Now the interesting thing is they had a black bear, and I am going to train it to become a war animal. It was inevitable. While this raises my hope for the forts survival it made me realize that the drawbridge is still not made, and I really need to make some traps.
A while after completing the drawbridge we noticed screams coming nearby. Eventually we figured out a poor soul got stuck underneath it in the moat as the drawbridge was built.
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We dug a tunnel to let him out.
I noticed with concern that most of the military are wrestlers. Consider hosting a tournament.
Some exciting visitor just before the end of spring
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(Bonus: this is from StelarCF's incident with an alligator)
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Ill end it here with the end of spring! This might take longer than expected to finish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwcVJMvVWDA
CaptainArchmage's Journal, 6th Granite, 8
OH SHIT Seems like someone already went in *that* room. CLEAN UP DOWN URIST LUTHER KING JR. AVENUE.
In other news, I have ensured the stone horn we used for the colonoscopy has been replaced in the Elderstrumpets storage space.
The following note was found on a table in Elderstrumpets, on 21st Granite 8
Experimental Results on Dwarf Waste Recycling, CaptainArchmage, carried out 20th Granite 8.
When the gasses have been combusted with the aid of an ignition source such as a torch or magma, the dwarf waste apparently serves as a reasonable fertiliser. After five days of growth, plump helmets growing in dwarf waste had a 50% higher apparent yields than those growing in mud or unfertilised soil. This can be achieved by burning wood to ash in the presence of Dwarf MegaShits™, which can be turned into potash in a proper workshop.
Time to set up a flag and a campaign sign, then.
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* MOOBEDIAH JONES * CELFIST 8 *
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* Shit™ We Can Believe In *
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Journal of Moobediah Charlemagne Samuel James Wilberforce Jones, also known as Moobediah Jones, 17th Hematite, Year 8
Today, I had to help CaptainArchmage wheel puterking out of the bathroom. He was not responsive, and there was blood, shit, and pieces of paper everywhere. As Captain of the Guard, I've been writing up reports all day about it and according to the medical experts he will need some time to recover (see attached medical reports). I have also been informed puterking is stepping down. This means we have to fill up an important post. Cefist's wasn't able to take up command. Since "The Incident", CaptainArchmage locked himself in his office doing "research", and it looks like he's left me in charge as Captain of the Guard. It looks like I have work to do.
Confidential Medical Report - RE: Puterking Shitsuation - 17th Hematite, Year 8
Today, puterking suffered a medical emergency and was found in his bathroom, unconscious and covered in shit. There's a difference between being completely covered in shit and dead. It turns out when shit is held inside the colon for a long time, it tends to solidify as the water is removed from the "stool". In puterking's case, this meant a semi-conical plug formed, preventing puterking from forcing out the excrement further by normal means. It seems that after realising the predicament, he attempted to pull out the solidified shit out, protecting his hand using various pieces of paper, and using a reflective surface to calculate his movements. The result was a rectal overpressure event, where all the backed up excrement was evacuated just about everywhere it should not have been, and we believe propelling puterking across the room and causing some stress on the spinal chord. The impact itself resulted in unconsciousness. I believe puterking will need a few weeks or months to recover fully from the experience, and bloody stools can be expected in the coming days due to internal haemorrhaging, but otherwise he should be able to walk properly within the next few days.
Thanks to 9Gag for providing a similar story regarding Confidential Medical Report.
After all the troglodyte incidents, I'm going to build a wall. I'm going to build the biggest wall Onionbread has ever seen, and I'll make the troglodytes pay for it. Plans will come along in the next few days, as always.
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I've also decided to send the military to the south end of the fort since this gypsumhead with the mental aptitude of an XXSerrated Green Glass DiskXX decided to go pick up shit near the trogs, and is in the mood for causing trouble to reinforce his fragile masculinity and impress some unmarried bone doctor. Don't get me wrong, I don't get this "smash the cisgendered dwarf patriarchy" shit and "sexual identification as an -feather wood bucket-" stuff but they do seem to have a point about it being a danger and producing unnecessary medical costs.
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Doctor's Notes: Patient is drunk. This is apparently the natural state of being a dwarf, so I can conclude the test is normal.
[Scribbled underneath by Moobediah Jones] Normal my arse.
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I’ve found this tree was about to give us bayberry flavoured water. For updated plumbing I suggest creating automatic flavouring systems so we can get bayberry flavoured water everywhere but the toilets. You know, that, combined with a slight quantity of yeast to aid fermentation, could replace the whole water supply and relegate water to the toilets.
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In terms of fort economy, we’re on the up as usual but unemployment is on the way up. Particularly the miners.
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I’ve asked the surface organic collection teams to scour more areas for fruit and plants. We’re not wasting this stuff, it’s useful.
Did I mention we ain't got no hospital and we ain't got no bank?
5th Malachite, 8
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If you want to know how the troglodyte incident went, it didn’t happen. I issued a ban on collecting the garbage on that end of the cavern, which will only be lifted after it is safe.
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Or, not. Actually another troglodyte ran into the wax worker, who chased it right into the militia.
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Major kill there.
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I have been busy with my plans for the last day, besides issuing a couple of orders. With the miners unemployed, I have asked for the PRIORITY ONE excavation of the major stairwells.
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In other news, we have a masterwork magma-proof bookcase made from Mica! This will be good for my upcoming project on Phynyswallachija Avenue.
[Scribbled in]
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OH SHIT.
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Well, looks like the caverns are clean of troglodytes. Right? Right? Jesus Christ This Week™. I need to go to bed.
[Scribbled in]
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What is this I don’t even.
Only thing worse would be another giant frog down here.
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HAZMAT CREW TO UPPER CAVERNS. REPEAT. HAZMAT CREW TO UPPER CAVERNS.
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The troll is finally finished off, and I go to get rested.
6th Malachite 8
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At least the cave crocodile is on the other side of the caverns. In other news, puterking shat himself and jumped into the battle, so we have a God-awful mess around the north gate. The militia will return to Pepesgate. Also, to stop some useful sources of wood being destroyed, I have started to make saplings restricted areas for traffic. This fort may be seeing more environmental protection measures soon.