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Nothing interesting is happening! 

Although we did get a goblin child snatcher who didn't even get inside the gates.. Named "Stozu Snangsmabek".

Which translates to "Stozu Thiefcaught"

Hm.

If that legendary weapon is a sword, you know what to do with it. 

Oh geeze.. Man, uh..

Entry 16

Shortly after writing that last entry, Bondun came bursting out of the workshop, grinning and clutching his new creation.
It's a marble idol, all craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is encrusted with Mica and encircled with bands of donkey leather, tigerfish leather and obsidian. It is also adorned with hanging rings of marble and menaces with spikes of Andesite and... Bones from his dead dog.

These artist-types scare me.

It was actually just another skeletal polar bear, but it wasn't Avanilash (the poet bear!) so I decided to describe it differently to show just how much more evil it was.

Entry 14

The wedding party was cut short by the arrival of elves!

We rushed up to meet the threat, fully armed and ready.

Turns out that it was actually a human/elf trade caravan.
We managed to get so much wood and other supplies from them that we'll need to expand the stockpiles.

After bidding the merchants farewell and sealing the gate once more, I stumbled upon a horrible sight. Minkot Keshshakdakost, a craftsdwarf, threw himself into the lava before my very eyes. Seems that he didn't feel that he could go on living after being unable to construct some craft he wanted to do.

A sad event, but nobody really liked him anyway...

In lighter news, Dasleah and Pexxi also got married! They chose to do it quietly, but ol' Dasleah can't hide anything from me! I had no idea he swung his pick that way, but who am I to judge?

Shoudai has been teaching me to draw up his fancy "blueprint" things, which is tedious, but I can see how they help with design.

Perhaps once this moat is complete, I'll dedicate more time to learning this kind of thing. Might be good for a laugh.

With any luck, one of the engravers will do an engraving of him.
I wouldn't put it past them. Shoudai did "The Ears of Cream", an engraving of a tentacle monster... I really don't want to think about it.

Entry 13

Nimbus hasn't been sleeping too well recently. He kept waking up in a cold sweat. I'm worried about him.
This morning, when I awoke, he was nowhere to be found. I eventually came across him working furiously in the carpenter's shop, twisting bands of towercap together in a way that defied my sense of geometry.
As I watched, he declared "There!" And whipped around to show me his creation, a pained expression on his face.
He called it "Orrunnazom Igothsisal (Roardreams the Competitive Gallows)" a towercap chair, and on it was depicted some kind of writhing, skeletal monster.

"What is this, Nimbus?"
"The thing.. From my dreams. It told me to make this.. Told me that when I did, it would leave my mind alone"

He collapsed then, sinking into a much needed sleep. We carried him back to his bed, he's still there now.

After that interesting incident, we finally finished work on the moat. It's just about ready to fill, I'm so proud!
The thing is very deep, and should provide us with the protection and warmth we need to completely thrive here.
I was getting ready for the celebration party when Shoudai and Bondun who had been rigging up the connections for the drawbridge came running over to me, yelling in a panic.

"What? What happened!?"
"Arc.. Outside! Come! Hurry!"

I ran after them, dashing outside and up onto the wall of the partially constructed gatehouse just in time to see a skeletal horror unlike any creature I've seen before finish tearing apart Bondun's poor dog.
As we watched in terror, the creature reared what must qualify for its head and stared directly at me, its eyes burning with a dark blue flame. It screamed, for screaming is the only way to describe that eldritch sound, a scream that chilled us to the bone.
It threw the mangled corpse of the dog away and tore across the ice with blinding speed, heading for the gatehouse and the bridge that we could not yet seal.
I ordered Shoudai and Bondun to get everyone inside immediately, before hefting my pick and running out to meet the creature. There was no time to collect my equipment. I won't let this fortress fall! I won't lose this place! I won't lose these dwarves.. These people that I can finally call friends.

To be continued