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THIS looks good!

I'll take a dwarf if there are any. Name: Mickey. Any male no matter the profession will do.

Also, If we're not all dead soon, could you name two dwarves for me? One male named Mickey and one female named Lainey. If you don't think it's worth it or don't feel like it don't worry about it. Thanks!

Any workers will do BTW.

Who are the remaining twelve?

Also my dwarf would be still following his patrol route out of guilt I think. He's waiting for the moment to die in battle to end the despair he feels.

He's pretty sure that this is all his doing and has nearly wiped out the population with lack of proper planning.

It worked then?

Ok I'm doing so now.. Give me 30 minutes

9th Hematite
In an attempt to right the wrongs I have made and to regain the trust of the people I've drafted myself into the military. I'm not much of a fighter but I'd rather die alongside my comrades should an attack like that ever happen again.. Some think the motion noble. I know that it's only for selfish reasons. I couldn't bear to have more blood on my hands. Once is too much. I noticed only today that one of our greatest has fallen.. Heyguys is dead.
I've also appointed more military in general.. Some of the men are not too happy about being drafted especially after the last incident but it is a necessity until we have more migrants that I can draft.
I've turned the old sleeping area into a hospital zone. Beds are already there and I've installed some traction benches.. This should help with our wounding and dying. The old hospital zone is part of the barracks now.



I've got a basic patrol route but I'm not sure that I have properly activated the dwarves for duty. Tantrums are happening left and right and containing the chaos is all but consuming my time.

17th Hematite
Another warrior has gone beserk and had to be put down. We are in the midst of a full blown tantrum spiral.. I can only hope this ever blows over and I feel sorry for the next in command.
Both squads have been set up to alternate between training and patrolling.. I only need to get them properly equipped and we'll be on our way to having a hardened group of real fighters.
I've rebolstered our passive defenses with more traps and set up more ropes to hold more war dogs and war boars..

4th Galena
Bomrek Amassazir, a member of the sanitation engineers guild, has become possessed and has claimed a craftdwarfs workshop.. In all of his agony and foul mood he's going to make some amazing little trinket to try and attract more to our rotten hole in the ground. They'll think it's all sunshine and rainbows until they get here.
Bomrek finally came out of his workshop to show us his inspired creation.



Hmmm.. I somehow expected more than that.. Oh well. At least the amulet didn't have any images of dwarves burning or my cowering in my room or anything like that.

3rd Limestone.
I noticed something odd today. Sitting outside in a cage where our old trad depot was I noticed something interesting in a cage.



I wonder if this bird was on the elven caravan? Maybe it can be of use to us, though I don't see how at this point.. Tantrums are happening left and right daily.


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Alright guys it's only early autumn in my save now but we're at 49 dwarves and I don't have the energy to keep this up.. I've made the place a mess and maybe somebody knows how to fix it before it's too late. Not all is lost at this point I don't think but I need someone else to pick up where I've left off or let the place die and reclaim..

Here's the save. I'm officially ending my turn early. Even though it's a mess it was a hell of a lot of fun.
http://www.filedropper.com/region1

18th Felsite
A band of kobolds attacked our fortress and many were lost. If I had a proper military at this point we may have faired better. I've not properly organized any sort of militia and the blood of many dwarves is on my hands.




21st Felsite
Just as I thought things could not get worse a band of orcs attacked and our numbers dwindled even further. I feel this is a monumental failure on my part. I have nothing to speak of in the way of military and my only hope is to build walls up to keep them out.. Armok help any dwarves left outside...
A fire begins to spread outside and I can only guess it was an orcish shaman that started the destruction. It doesn't matter now as it seems all is lost. The orcs will soon overrun our base. I grab a nearby stone and get ready for our final stand. I can only think in my final moments how many mistakes I have made over the course of my administration. I was too focused on our economy and not enough on our protection. I knew not what to do in such an emergency and I cower in the corner of my room. "This is it." I think to myself..

1st Hematite
I waited in my room with the useless stone grasped firmly in my hand. The sounds of battle began to soften and then fade slowly. I left my room to see what the situation was only to be greeted by screams of agony and despair. We've lost a great number of brave dwarves. Those that gave their lives are left bloodied and dying on the battlefield, and while the initial attack is over only the worst remains. As I walk out into the open air I am greeted by the acrid smell of burning flesh. I exit the  entrance to our fortress and see all that I have accomplished. The landscape is scarred. The earth trembles in pain and I fall to my knees and begin to weep.
These dwarves were my brothers and sisters. These dwarves were my kin. I can hear the grumblings of discontent among my peers. I have nobody else to blame. Our tiny fortress may survive yet but my soul.. My sanity... It died that day along with a myriad of my comrades.




I believe the Elves that came to trade with us at around the same time as the attacks happened have also been lost. I circled around the entrance to find only a mass of goods and burnt corpses to evidence their presence.

Sweet the latest dwarf therapist got released yesterday! I didn't notice but this makes things much better! Expect updates tonight.