Oh, it is on now...took me a while, and a lot of indecsion, but this is what I'm throwing out.
Eh, to be honest, I can't say I really mine too much. I'm sure I'll think of something better eventually.
Bay2, once a prosperous colony, was founded and lost in the early days of the Age of Colonization.
Until recently, it was considered a lost city; the annual trading convoy could not find the site, and, in fact the landmarks and the bay itself seemed to have vanished.
It wasn't until delirious survivors managed to make their way to Bay3 that the truth could begin to be uncovered.
The survivors account told of riots, and of terrible fire and smoke blanketing everything. Sorting through the tales was difficult, but we managed to discern the location of Bay2; it and the nearby landscape had been buried by massive floods of magma, ash, and water.
A brief history of Bay2;
The Bay2 expedition was more thoroughly planned than the disastrous Bay1 expedition. After much exploration and debate, but the discovery of a viable magma vent was the deciding factor in locating the second major (and first official) colony.
For the nonDwarf members of the commission, please refer to the UristMcUrist reports of the DET II treaties, which give a far greater detail on the incredible industrial, military, and diplomatic applications of magma.
With the benefit of hindsight, it seems obvious that Bay2 would have a challenging time, at best. Funding was much less than orginally promised, and the colonies were often used as an exile for malconents, lumpenproletariet, criminals, and the outright insane.
However, Bay2 managed to surviving, establishing a self-sustaining agricultural industry, and began a famous glassmaking industry. Several pieces are periodically on display at the Urist Memorial Museum.
The troubles seem to have started with the arrival of Baron Urist, who, in a feat of brilliantly awful leadership, managed to alienate what seems have been every single faction in the city. His capricious demands and insane economic strategies lead to riots within weeks.
The commission shall reconvene in one week to continue discussions into the probable causes of downfall of Bay2.
-Records found in the personal effects of Mayor Urist, during the Urist Commission royal inquiry into the events of Bay4, the report of which was found hidden in a cache of proscribed books in Bay5.
The story you have just read is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
