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13th of Limestone, year 16

This is the official diary of Craftedbristles, the new mayor of the Twinklepulley. I was elected to lead this fortress during these difficult times. I officially took the task from Geareddweller, who was acting leader while the captain of the guard was in prison, today.



As my first task I promoted Geareddweller to the position of the captain of the guard. I decided that he deserved the position, as he has done good job at trying to enforce peace in this fortress while the old captain is in prison. He has killed fifteen criminals, several of them being citizens who went to berserk, as well as dealing the beating judgement to others. During all this time he hasn't hesitated, even though his task has been one nobody would want.




Things have been relatively calm lately, though few deaths has occurred. Most of the deaths has been due thirst, caused by either being neglecting of prisoners or by melancholy, which has made dwarves to ignore their basic needs like food and drink. During last few days only one murder has happened, done by diagnoser Bluntedbridged during berserk. I already ordered the guards to take her down, as she has taken residence in the quarters reserved to mayor. She must be dealt before anything else happens and before I can claim the quarters to myself.

27th of Limestone, year 16

Things are clearly calming down after the last berserk dwarf was killed. Unfortunately she was able to murder several children before the guards too her down. There hasn't been much tantrums either, though people are clearly sad due the late events. Well, I hope this progression continues, perhaps we can soon start worrying about rebuilding this place.

Speaking of rebuilding, I took the positions of manager and broker for now. When things have returned to normal I will reassign those duties to someone else, but for now I want to keep tight rein of things here. We have also begun constructing more coffins, and several bodies have already been buried properly. That's the first step of recovering this tragedy.

Lastly, we got some good news today as small group of migrants arrived. I'm a bit surprised that anyone dares to venture here, as I'm sure that the news of what has been going on here has spread to mountain home already. Perhaps these nine dwarves were already on their way here and didn't want to turn around? Who knows, but they are more than welcome to join this fortress and to help us in recovery!



22nd of Sandstone, year 16

We have had only one tantrum since last entry, which was almost a month ago. People are still agitated, but at least life is slowly returning to normal now.

The rebuilding of our society has begun. Bins and coffins are being built, and the new still has been constructed and alcohol is produced as I write this. Food we have more than enough, and I really hope that the caravan from mountain home arrives next month so that we can buy some supplies. We also need send a message to the queen to explain what has happened here. The liaison can act as messenger on this matter.

25th of Sandstone, year 16

The last corpse has been buried, which is a good thing. I have also ordered the preparation of personal tomb to our captain of the guard, who is currently in hospital due some injuries he took to right upper arm. The tomb shall express the gratitude I and several others feel towards him due his acts during the downfall of the fortress. Without him things would probably be much worse.

10th of Timber, year 16

Not much has happened lately worth of reporting. We have been working to secure the basic needs as well as in the tomb for the captain of the guard. I have also ordered the construction of several weapon traps outside, just in case that something decides to try to enter this fortress from above.



16th of Timber, year 16

The caravan is here! They came from north, and have several mules carrying lots of goods!



They also brought us the news of goblin ambush squad east from us. Fortunately those filthy buggers aren't coming to us just yet, instead they are hunting some zombie elephants. Either the elephants kill them or they will head towards us next. Well, let them come, we are ready!



21st of Timber, year 16

We did some wonderful trading today. For few loos crafts we got tons of alcohol and food! I think it's safe to say that our basic supplies are secured!

In other news, the goblin ambush squad is just outside our gates. Three of them were trapped by cage traps and now four of them are sitting out there. They are neither fleeing nor trying to enter. I don't want to send our soldier out there, so we shall see what they will do before anything else.

26th of Timber, year 16

Our mechanic decided to wander outside to reload one of the traps. The poor bastard got killed by goblins. Before dying she was able to alarm us that there was second ambush squad out there, waiting for us to come out.




I gave the order than under no circumstances anybody are allowed to go outside without direct order from me.

9th of Hematite, year 16

We struck to another adamantine vein today! I ordered to halt the mining project there, as we can't be sure if there is connection to the underworld inside that vein. I just don't want to attract any unwanted attention right now.



16th of Hematite, year 16

Our military must be stronger to rebel any sieges, so I ordered the construction of adamantine equipment today. Five full sets in fact, with adamantine battle axes. With such equipment and enough training our military will be unbeatable!

17th of Hematite, year 16

Remember the mason who went fey last month? Well, he came out from the workshop today, carrying statue of our king made from gabbro.



There were other decorations as well, though nothing worth of mentioning. Materials included iron, gems, bone and other things.



I will decide later what to do with the statue. For now it will be stored to the stockpile.

19th of Hematite, year 16

One of our dwarves spotted strange beast inside the first cavern!



They said that it was huge spider with green feathers and bloated body. I ordered our soldiers to station near the entrance to the cavern, just in case if it decides that a dwarf would make an excellent meal.

25th of Hematite, year 16

This is Bluntedbridged, the new mayor of the fortress.

Terrible incident took place here in Twinklepulley during the last few days. The forgotten beast managed to enter our fortress and killed several our brothers and sisters during the mayhem. Among the dead are Kipi II, katana II, the squad member of katana's squad and four other dwarves. Besides the dead one dwarf is injured, the captain of the guard, and several dwarves have shown signs of snapping already.

Fortunately, if one could say so after this tragedy, we managed to kill the beast, though now our fortress is covered in blood, vomit and pieces of corpses. It fell to my hands to see the recovery of this place, task nobody sane dwarf would want.

How all this happened then? Well, apparently the beast was able to pass through the traps we had set out. Katana was recovery some mysterious head injuries while the assault took place, so there was only this Morul, our second soldier, guarding the entrance. She was slain immediately and so the beast entered the fortress.



Next the beast headed in the sleeping quarters, where it killed second dwarf. Katana was still resting and Kipi II was on her way towards the beast, she after all had a bit knowledge how to fight.




Next stop for the beast was our dining hall. In there it killed three other dwarves, one of them being one of the two miners ordered to attack the beast with their axes. After that it headed to office section, where katana II, Kipi II and dozen other dwarves engaged it in hopes to kill it. Unfortunately katana and Kipi died during the battle, leaving only nine unskilled dwarves and the captain of the guard to fight against the creature.




Finally the beast was killed by the overwhelming force, though katana, Kipi and several other dwarves had already wounded it pretty badly. Let me tell you, that beast was tough thing to kill.



I also heard that one of the dead was killed by our captain of the guard due vandalism which was done during tantrum.

2nd of Felsite, year 16

Another dwarf died today. One of our soldiers had been training too hard for too long, and thus died to dehydration.



I don't get it, we have enough booze stored, and there are sources of fresh water outside. Still this soldiers dies to thirst. So, we need more soldiers. We have only a handful left. A full squad of ten, preferably equipped with adamantine, would be a good thing. I must see what I can do.

7th of Felsite, year 16

One of our masons went to fey today.



He claimed one of our masonries and begun demanding materials. To satisfy his needs we had to butcher two our animals, though that was a small price from keeping one of our fellow dwarves sane.

12th of Felsite, year 16

I was informed that a group of elves is approaching our fortress. It seems that they are here for trading, so I ordered the crafts to be hauled to depot.

16th of Slate, year 16

I met the elves today, and they greeted me warmly. Apparently they were happy that we had hold our part of the deal of keeping the cutting of trees in minimum. When I checked the goods they had brought to us I became very angry. The deal was that we try to keep the cutting in minimum and in exchange elves would trade some wood to us. And how many logs they brought? None! Zero! This is unacceptable!



They made us look like fools! So it was only right to punish them for this insolence! And the only way to punish them is to slay them and claim their wares as our own! So, I sent katana II and his squad mate to deal the hippies.



Good thing one of the previous rulers decided to build a wall around the depot, so it was easy to lock the elves inside, giving them no chance to escape the wrath of our soldiers. The five merchant were killed swiftly, katana II doing the most of the killing as he claimed four heads to himself. When they came out from the depot it was covered in blood. Elven blood. It will take ages to clean the depot to it's former state. Well, we have lots of spare workers to do that, so no harm done.



My mother always taught me to look for the positive sides of things. As we claimed the wares our alcohol supplies tripled, and food supplies doubled. We also claimed other useful goods like cages, animals, crafts and so on. And we didn't have to pay for those! And our soldiers even got some practice while slaying the hippies. So in the end this was a good day, even though I'm still annoyed the traitorous behavior the elves showed here.

21st of Felsite, year 16

The goblins are getting restless again. Today we found out that four snatchers had tried to enter the fortress, to steal our children. Well, fortunately our traps were efficient enough and none of the goblins managed to reach the bridge. I'm still a bit worried that we are going to deal another ambush, perhaps even a siege, soon.



23rd of Felsite, year 16

I knew it! The goblins were scheming to infiltrate our fortress again! And this time they didn't send thieves or snatchers, but a ambush squad instead!



Fortunately our traps caged four of the invading goblins, and I ordered katana II and his squad mate to deal with the lonely attacker...



Unfortunately the goblin squad didn't come alone. There was another squad coming from the north, though luckily there was no archers among the attackers.



Katana II was able to kill the lonely goblin from the first ambush squad, and so I ordered them to return to the walled area. Unfortunately one dwarf decided to venture outside, attracting the attention of the second goblins squad which had been chasing down some animal.



I saw no other option than send katana II and his squad out, though when they reached the traps the goblins had already slain the poor dwarf.



While our heroes were rushing out third goblin squad appeared from east. I saw no other option than to dwar the bridge, though unfortunately I didn't know which lever was connected to it. So, as we had a small panic outside I just ordered both levers to be pulled.



The third squad was slain or captured by the traps. At the same time Pearwork, our second soldier, was able to force the second squad to flee by himself. That's remarkable feat as she possessed no weapon nor any armor. Sadly she was injured during the process, but at least she was still alive and goblins running away in fear.

And what was katana II doing while his comrade was wrestling with goblins? Sleeping! I tell you, this duo is hardcore!

The diary of Kipi II

1st of Granite, year 16

New year has arrived, and it was time to elect new overseer for this fortress. As a mayor of this place me, Erush Confinecloisters, I was chosen to the position. It is also a tradition for overseers to select special name for themselves, and thus I decided to take the name Kipi II, inspired by one of the original seven who established this fortress.



Now, truth to be told, I will have a huge task in front of me, as the previous leaders have left the place in disorganized. And we are missing hospital as well! How many lives could have been saved if we had one? I don't want to think about that.

So, during the next year I should be able to get some sense in this fortress.


3rd of Granite, year 16

I promoted Helmtrades, one of our soldiers, to the position of captain of the guard.



I also ordered the construction of jail. Why all this? Because we are missing some law enforcement here, and I will not tolerate any more criminals avoiding the punishment. Futility is already waiting for his punishment long enough, I don't want to give the signal that unacceptable behavior is tolerated here.



4th of Granite, year 16

Apparently our new captain of the guard wasn't interested in waiting for the jails to be ready. Instead she decided to convert the 101 days in prison to beating.



Well, since the type of punishment was beating, I think you can imagine what happened? Yep, that's right, we are missing a broker right now. Rest in peace Futility!



Now, I did a bit of inspection, and it turned out that Helmtrades was assigned to carry iron battle axe. And of course she had to use the blade end of the axe while beating Futility, not her fists nor even the shaft. Ah well, I hope that this incident serves as a good warning to everybody else; if you don't obey the laws you shall feel my wrath!



5th of Granite, year 16

We have new broker now, a lad called Chainedmirror. I don't really know him, but at least his recommendations were excellent, so I saw no reason to not give him the job. I also appointed one of our doctors, lass named Bluntedbridged, or something like that, to the position of chief medical dwarf. Yeah, we don't have proper hospital yet, but that's currently under construction.

Posting that I'm here, will begin my turn later today.

Time for small status update again... 

I have been working with adventure reactions, currently I have all the material gathering reactions ready. This means wood gathering, mineral mining, flux stone mining and coal mining. I have also finished with all the ore smelting reactions. Getting leather and bone was already in the game due butchering being part of the vanilla DF.

Next I will concentrate to crafting reactions. For now I will settle down with reactions to make anvils, weapon productions and armor productions. I could throw in few crafts as well, so that player has something else to sell except weapons and armor. I will also include the possibility to smelt certain items, mostly armor and weapons for now.

I have also tweaked the POPRATION of noble castes, so that those have better chance of appearing. Not a major chance but something I felt necessary if the plans of using CREATURE_CLASS works as intended.

Speaking of CREATURE_CLASS, if all goes well bellow is the list of noble positions it will affected. First is the position and next is the caste required for the position. Note that while using CREATURE_CLASS I don't make a difference about male and female, only few religion positions have requirement of males, and that is controlled by other tag.

• Monarch -> Noble
• General -> Noble
• Lieutenant -> Noble
• Captain -> Noble
• Militia Commander -> Warrior
• Militia Captain -> Warrior
• Captain of the guard -> Warrior
• Mayor -> Noble
• Manager -> Noble
• Broker -> Noble
• Bookkeeper -> Noble
• Duke -> Noble
• Count -> Noble
• Baron -> Noble
• Champion -> Warrior
• Tax Collector -> Noble
• Hammerer -> Warrior
• Grand Master -> Warrior
• Priest -> Holy
• Primate -> Holy
• Archpriest -> Holy

After I have dealt with the nobility positions I will work a bit with the training system. See my previous post for more info about that.

Besides custom workshops the only vanilla workshops available for reactions are kiln, kitchen, smelter, tanner, quern, millstone, still and craftsdwarf workshop.

Thank you very much!

The Dwarven Lamination will be included in the upcoming 0.4.0 version of my mod.

And of course, the proper credits will be given