OOC: Excellent, we do have clay! Diary of a Mad Potter is a go. Don't want to be a founder as I was just another lurker in the original, so I'm leaving it open to get in on pretty much any migrant wave you guys would like. Not picky.
In a journal covered with webbed stains of oil and chips of clay:
Granite, 1050
Just my damned luck that one of the human traders was some kind of expert in identifying carcasses of the cursed horrors and old beasts, somehow. Said he ran something called a 'pawn shop' back in his own village. Well, raised a stink right in the middle of the market when he tried to shout that the roc skulls I was selling were fakes! I'm not sure if anyone believed him - I mean, humans are pretty excitable, but I was getting some funny looks.
Human cocksuckers.
I'm not sure if I can continue on here, though. Apparently that human's highly regarded, or some kind of ogre shit like that. It might be time to move on to the next settlement. I've applied to join an expedition called 'Gloomdiamonds;' not the most promising name, but it seems to have the fewest dwarves that might know or recognize me. And it's nice and far away. I'll be able to sell my fakes easier that way...been working hard on some better weathering techniques. Tried it on some troll leg bones I made earlier, a lot of dwarves seem to like to use them as canes. Even put swords in some of them, everyone loves novelty shit like that, right?
The clay here is pretty poor, though. Most of the good stuff has been collected already. Another reason I applied to Gloomdiamonds is the hope they might have some better stuff there. I did ask a geologist, in passing.
Hopefully they accept my application sometime soon. I need some fresh air - the lads at the tavern keep joking that I must be allergic to myself. It's clay dust, you cretins!