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There are dead Batmen and Troglodytes Everywhere. There must have been some kind of grudge match in the caverns. I can only see one living creature down there: It is a troglodyte with no damage, and no kills. It must have shown up late to the party, I guess.

27th Malchite
The woodcutter has given birth to a boy, and weapons are starting to be made at the forge.

29th Malchite
A bunch of Grey Laguire men came out of nowhere. They all got caught in cage traps. Now what do I do with them? For now, I am linking them to the same emergency lever as the panda and the bear.

14th Galana
Ran out of wood. Sending out woodcutters ASAP.

18th Galana
Wood problem resolved. I have ordered the leveling of the entire forest to prevent future problems, and am constructiong storerooms inside the fort to hold more wood.
The miners have found Sphalerite, so we have zinc metal now.

I have decided that we need a large wood storage area in case the fort needs to be sealed. I will say no more about it till my turn is over.

16th of Granite
"Sir, The elves have arrived"
Only 2 merchants? Simple enough to deal with. I have a moral question about dealing with them: Do I kill them and risk losing dwarves, or pull the lever and have the bridge teach them how to fly? As I contemplate the pros and cons slaughtering the elves, a lone dwarf pipes up "Why don't we trade with them? We have enough stuff to give them our junk".
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Brilliant. I have come up with the idea to trade with them and take their stuff. This unfortunately means that I cannot sell the large spiked wooden balls that I have been making, but whatever.
   They didn't have much, so I took all their food, some rope, and a some caged animals. Specifically, a caged Grizzly and Giant Panda. I will put those 2 in cages by the entrance to be released as a last resort. I have clearly labeled both levers so that there will be no accidents later on.

12th of Slate.
The ranger and the broker both just gave birth to girls. More mouths to feed that do no productive work. I have heard rumors about an infamous day care center in another fort. Perhaps someone will try to recreate it here later?

14th of Slate.
Elves have left. Did a little dance as they left the map. Good riddance.

17th of Slate. A new expedition leader has been elected. Apparently the population does not support cloaked, mysterious leaders.

Felsite the 2nd
Migrants! Good, What do we have here? A ranger, an animal dissector, a siege engineer, a peasant, a fish dissector, and a soap maker. All I need now is a cheesemaker. The peasant has some skills with a war hammer, so I recruit her into the militia.
Spoke too soon. A cheesemaker just showed up. He is mighty and durable, so I will also recruit him into the militia as well.
Nesting area is completed. I am digging some areas for coffins and slabs.

21st Felsite.

Carp.

My militia has wooden training wepapons, and no armour. I also have a novice wrestler. I am saving the game, and am going to try to turtle through this.

Diary of a Mad Minion: Part 1

Today is a terrible day for me. I went to bed last night as a humble minion, and woke up with this crazy hat on. Everyone seems to think that I am the overseer now, despite my best efforts to convince them to chose someone else. They seem quite convinced, so I might as well make the most out of this situation.

Lets start with the stocks:
Not bad, though I do want to start making prepared meals. The amount of booze is a pleasant surprise from what I was expecting (specifically, none).

I think we need a evil horde defensive force to buy time via meat-shields protect the citizens. They will be looked up by all, and have the 2nd best quarters in the fort (after the Nobles, of course). An I will be leading them.

Why are there 3 metalworkers (sort of) in a fort of 22 dwarvers? We only need 1 for now. I am making a militia, and the other will be a miner.

* I have not unpaused it yet, just been looking around and deciding what to do. Tell me if I should make the pictures smaller.

Will there be any problems if I use Phoebus Graphics set on this save/future saves? I usually use vanilla graphics, but I needed an excuse to use better graphics, and delayed switching till now.

Uh OH.
If I were you, I would save the game, and have masons seal the stairways as high as you can, and hope for the best. Maybe even wall off a dwarf into the food stockpiles to stay alive till migrants come again.
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Good Luck

I like how this is going. Go for it.