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My fortress is built in an area called "The Axe of Vomit"

Whatever horrible, horrible event happened to earn it that name, I hope it happened to an elf.

Any time when I have no idlers and nobody is hauling anything. Ahh, efficiency.

Also, killing caravans for next to no reason.

I played for around three hours straight, and then- I swear this is true- the second I went to save the game, my computer crashed.

Dear Rakust,
I get that you don't have an assigned bedroom yet, but there are plenty of free rooms. Plus, Nil has been standing in her doorway in a strange mood for several days, and I doubt she takes kindly to you walking right past her and sleeping in her bed. I'm just sayin', I don't want any harm to come to you, but if she snaps and goes Lorena Bobbit on your ass, I can't promise I won't laugh.

-Your Fearless Leader

Dear Elf Merchants,
You probably should have taken that Elf skelaton you walked past as a warning. It did belong to one of the Elf Merchants who came before you, after all.

Signed,
Your not-too-subtle enemy

Dear Dwarves,
Did any of you kill that third Elf Merchant? I honestly can't find him anywhere. I'd hate to find out he's hiding somewhere, biding his time and preparing a Rambo-style revenge attack. I also want to kill him and take his stuff. He's presumably wearing a red-and-white striped robe.

-Signed, Your Leader

Apparently, the game dosn't save combat reports for long. The 100 page log against the elf is gone. Sorry.

welp, that's over. My dwarves managed to surround him and hold him in place until my Axedwarf leapt in and strangled him to death. Man, I love this game.

Why on earth did mining out a few tiles of frozen river cause an enormous section of it to spontaneously unfreeze right in the middle of winter?

Any good ways to get through an aquifer to mine further down? I'm using a pump stack to try and drain it, but I can't tell if I'm making very little progress, or simply none at all.