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« on: July 03, 2011, 02:50:09 pm »
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Section of the chapter: Cheveux's thoughts #1
I had some free time today, and I was just thinking: some metals seem to be grouped. Ryl and bryl, gryl and duryl, atyl and ethyl. The stronger ones are just purer forms of the lesser materials, ryl's red color comes from hematite mixed into the bryl. Atyl also has traces of iron in it. I believe gryl is green instead of duryl's blue because of malachite, and what seemed to be olivine, which dull its edge. The strange thing is, even when smelted, these colors remain in the ores... Why doesn't duryl turn coppery if malachite is in it? Or ryl gray if there's an iron ore? So much we don't know. Looking at history, I know that the dwarves in fact did not discover these metals, we only gained the knowledge on how to use them from others. But who are these others? I should've asked back in the mountainhomes. Maybe a trader will know.
What if there are purer forms of the metals, beyond what we know right now? Katana has a love of ethyl, he'll probably be interested in finding an even purer version of it. I need to talk to him about this.
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Galena, 1
We need another cat for the upper level food stockpile. Lizards and demon rats everywhere up there. Hopefully stone pots will make it harder for them to get through. Charcoal production is beginning, although we don't actually have any metal. Cheveux was bored, so he decided to smooth the dining room. Conan decided to cut down trees, although I insisted that we had enough. I think we'll make him a training axe and I can have a sparring partner. I just noticed some flaws in our fortification, it will be fixed shortly. I was walking to our dining room when I noticed that we have sard! I love sard! I also noticed Cheveux, who was smoothing down the dining room. He's still terrible at it, at least he didn't engrave the place. Trigg just made a rather nice cave fish stir-fry.
So, charcoal production is going smoothly, although we have nothing to do with it but save it for later.
Limestone, 1
I'm putting Conan and I on duty for a month, so we can get some training done without being interrupted by people saying we need to haul seeds or something. Jaxy built a siege workshop in the corner right now, we'll get him a better place soon. We also need some beds, I'm tired of sleeping in dirt.
Sandstone, 1
Actually, Conan and I will train until the caravan comes. Migrants!
1. An accomplished leatherworker who's also competent with spears. I think we'll let her remain a civilian, I have a bad feeling about the third person in the squad being a speardwarf. Plus, we have no spears. "But katana! I can make a tr-" SHUT UP.
2. A clothier and cook. She'll be weaving. She brought a cannon slug. Too bad it wasn't a tank spider, we need some vermin killers.
3. A dyer who's also skilled with an axe. However, she insisted that she was retired and wanted to only dye. Well, you're milling too, we have no millers.
4. A high master gem cutter- maybe he can cut those sards we found!
5. A furnace operator. Well, somebody seems to know their place.
6. A miller. Too bad, you're now a mechanic.
That brings us to 16 dwarves.