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Oh, I was going to suggest it was 2000 years of Legends that did it, but you figured it out.

Ok, start from Grevenis.. uh.. Woob's next I think!

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Grevenis, I don't wanna be -that- kinda guy, but do you think you could just wrap this up either tonight or early tomorrow? A week is about as long as I wanna see one Overseer hold the fort so we keep things moving.

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27 Timber, 2016 -- AquiziTC, Bookkeeper

I haven't seen Grevenis in over a week. I fear he may be dead.
Armok save us if he is lost.

In the official records of Torchbridge, the bookkeeper and Master Scribe AquiziTC keeps notes.

2 Hematite, 2016

Apparently things are running smoothly since I abdicated, Grevenis is a stout and competent Overseer. The murmurings of the increasing number of woodworkers is a bit disconcerting, but luckily I can, for now, shoo them out of my office and mutter something about the logs.

For now, at least. Torchbridge is growing fast enough that some may look for a mayor. Maybe I can spend more time in the Dining Hall, make some connections, win the post. Maybe, maybe not. Ambition never hurt anyone.

I let Grevenis know I was disappointed about his choice to slaughter the pig. The hope was to milk it, for cheese. Meat and tallow are ... good enough though, I guess. I also let him know that I don't see any trap components in my books, aside from the iron ball made in the first year. Woob is a good enough mechanic that if he's constantly working on traps, he may shut up about the wood. It also gives our metalsmiths something to do.

Alas, I'm not Overseer -- and Grevenis gave me a sharp look at my suggestion. I shall return to my records.

Oh I forgot unit list and z screen. Can you do that Grevenis?

18 Moonstone, 2015 -- AquiziTC Orbchanced, Overseer

The Dwarf Alliance Liaison finally got around to meeting with me, and I made sure to request logs for Woob, as well as coal for steel. I made smaller requests for new seeds, to diversify our farmland, and gypsum, for eventual hospital needs.

He leaves soon after, requesting some strange items for trade. Drinks, for one. Quite odd considering he saw what happened to us just moments before. Before he goes, he tells us that the Nations are deciding what to do about the king. Open war is not an option, but we are known, and our plight is supported. That is all we can ask for.

1 Obsidian, 2015

Another strike of fey. This time it is one of our miners, Grevenis. He claims my old mason's workshop and quickly starts gathering materials. It doesn't seem like he'll be much of a problem. He does seem to like the limonite, though. It seems that another mason, this one legendary, shall appear in Torchbridge.

11 Obsidian, 2015

Grevenis has made an artifact quern, for the cave wheat seeds coming next year, apparently. While not as expensive as the iron ball, the name is certainly special enough. He calls it: Tattooedplayed the Unbridled Pearl. Only Armok knows what that means.




While I was checking in on the artifact's progress, I was surrounded by our small company. Woob stepped forward, shaking his head, "Now listen. I know you're a log hater, and I can tolerate that. Not everyone can handle the life of a carpenter-mechanic." Truly, I had no idea what he was talking about. "But!" he continued, "no booze? Especially not in wooden barrels? Made from logs? Now that's something we just can't tolerate. Quiz, old boy, you gotta go."

I was dumbstruck. For one oversight, one overfocused goal, I was being driven from Torchbridge? "Out into the snowy desert?" I exclaimed, horrified at the dry freeze that awaited me.

"What?! No! You're still good with the records. You just... stay in your office and... well someone else is in charge is all."

Well, I would live, but it was still disheartening to hear my comrades say that my time was up. I managed to at least keep my "expedition leader" title I usurped from Vabôk, and my office and bookkeeper status. But who to place in charge?

"It's finished! The limonite, the blue jade, TATTOOEDPLAYED!" Grevenis finished his artifact, raising the quern high above his head in triumph.

"Grevenis! Our newest legend... our newest Overseer!" I blindsided the poor lad, but it was the first thing that came to mind. Plus it was always good to have a hardworking dwarf of the earth in charge: one of our legendary miners.

So... this is where my journal ends. You move on to Grevenis now, and the tale of Torchbridge goes with you.



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Ok! So... typical kinda boring first year, except for that weaponsmith strange mood. That frazzled me, and I almost lost him. It also broke my flow on fort design and how I wanted to organize ore stockpiles and whatnot, so that's kinda not done.

No major notes. There are two levels on the hardcrafts level, top one is upper floodgate (THE DANGEROUS ONE), bottom one is lower floodgate. Both have notes atop of them. Bridges up top are unlinked, but the levers on the softcrafts level are for them, left for left, right for right.

Hauling and jobs may be a little messy, but you can always change it to suit your will.

Save file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41740546/Torchbridge.zip
Good luck Grevenis! STRIKE THE EARTH!
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