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Rigothkilrud, "Craftbronze" 8th Malachite, 147

The overseer thinks he may have made the tower rooms too big.  The duke's been complaining about lessers having better accommodations and the overseer happens to *like* this duke...so we've been rebuilding the lower housing levels.  Our rooms are still very nice, if a bit smaller, so there's been no major complaints.

The overseer has also just noticed that one of our fellows, Dobar Likotkacoth, had died and that he'd missed the announcement.  Even though he'd been properly honored and buried, the overseer ordered a slab inscribed.  Turns out Dobar bled out in 145; he'd been dead & gone two years before the overseer noticed even though there are only 19 of us.  Yeah.

The overseer's temple at the volcano's summit is slowly progressing.  He's freely admitted that, like the tower, he's making it up as he goes along.  Whatever.  The work is good and he's building decent defensive works as he proceeds so we're not arguing ... much.  He did have to halt work for a season because the work site is too far from our rooms and many of us were sleeping, eating rations and drinking water in the field.  Morale has improved once again and work has just recommenced.

Rigothkilrud, "Craftbronze"  6th Moonstone

Blood and shale!  Kol Kodstakud was found drained o' blood today!  We've had no migrants so no suspects...until we remembered that the humans sent a diplomat this season and he's still hangin' around.  Sure enough, overs'r says he's a vampire. 

In less unpleasant news, we've had several spirits visit and inflame the creativity of our workers; but their works, while lovely, are mostly decorative with no interesting historical tidbits.   

At the moment, I'd say I was a builder.  Just not a very good one.   I turned off invasions in my current fort so that I could concentrate on experimenting on building without the distractions of dealing with ambushes and cleanup.  Though I'm thinking of allowing invasions soon; if only to see if there are problems with the outer works and such.

Rigothkilrud(aka Craftbronze)  23rd Sandstone, 135.

Blood and shale!  We had to halt work on the tower shell for a bit 'cause Shem Uzolotung wasn't paying attention when he received his work order to dismantle the scaffolding he was standin' on.  Yep, he fell 6 levels and broke both arms.  Badly.  After he gets sewn up and his bones set, he'll be in traction for a bit.

We're gonna modify the layout a bit so that the next time one of us gets too sober again and has an accident, he'll have a shorter fall.  Overseer is grousin' 'cause the material for the catchment is coming out of the bricks that were meant for the tower shell.  Says he's on a schedule, he did.  Wonder what he means by that?

Rigothkilrud, 8th Felsite, 131

Alat Eribigam, one of our miners, has gone missing while channeling access to the magma flooded rooms.  Coincidentally, there was a cloud of ash and smoke billowing from his worksite.  While no one saw or heard anything to confirm an accident, we fear the worst.  We shall engrave a memorial slab for him in a few days if he doesn't turn up.  We will need to forge a replacement pick as well. 

It will take some work to find a replacement for him.  We number ninete...eighteen strong, and shouldn't receive migrants unless the mountainhomes get word we've fallen to less then 12 in number.  As it is, everyone already has multiple duties; one of us will need to add another.

Well, despite the setback, the project to recover the part of level two that the overseer carelessly flooded with magma is proceeding well.  We've already carved a few new rooms in the obsidian we've cast.

Rigothkilrud, 16th Obsidian, 127 

Things were going well until Zon Avuzeggut began throwing tantrums...throwing wood...throwing fists...and otherwise being a nuisance.  After yelling at the expedition leader incoherently 4 times, he finally spit out that his masterpiece was defaced. 

Zon, bless his beard, is barely an apprentice.  He's delusional!  Even so, we've improved his mood marginally by letting him yell at the boss and giving him his own room.  He was one of the last using the dormitory anyway.

Our distractions have helped but his mood still sours as time passes.  Hopefully he'll come around before he looses his mind.  Knowing his temper, he'll be one of the 'zerks.