Well, 5's a check. 2's looking a little tenuous as a direct consequence, but we aren't dead yet. One other in particular, though, see below.
SUMMER
"Hmt. Twelve. Another spire sighted! Extent still unknown, uncovering now taking prece[dence...] calling it Qoppa as it is still such a Question [...] underdwarfed since the trading topside has put most hands to hauling [...]" - Personal letter or journal, unknown author.
Slaughterhelm Palimpsests, fragment 15.
"One of the first such clusters, by the canonical ordering, subsumes fragments 10, 13, 15, [...], all evidently written by the same hand within a relatively short span of time. We shall call the anonymous author of these fragments the Early Miner, because the texts almost exclusively describe the fortress' mining operations." - T. Smallsilver,
The Annotated Slaughterhelm Palimpsests"[...]announced his so-called Uniform Vegetation & Minerals Initiative today. Seems to think he can legislate the look of the plants outside [...] very rock beneath our feet! Everything looks the same as always to me, but the Founders all nod along and insist [...] changed during the Year of Gigmaster. Perhaps I am the one mad." - Personal letter, author and provenance unknown, somewhat charred specimen likely never delivered.
Correspondence of the Second Century collection, Great Museum of Grapeblossoms.
"MEMORANDUM, Hematite 18 - citizen Tekkud Whiteclasped now occupying workshop in the deeps, against all-hands trading order. To be watched; if necessary, punished. Ast Trumpetbank, manager." - The Collected Annals of Slaughterhelm, vol. III
"REGISTER OF TRADE, Hematite 19
5000☼ in miscellaneous crafts offered to the Defensive Union.
12250☼ purchased from the Defensive Union:
365☼ in miscellaneous metals;
400☼ in cut gems;
60☼ in crystal glass;
27☼ in minerals;
1830☼ in instruments;
220☼ for a water buffalo;
3780☼ in weaponry;
740☼ in human iron armour;
130☼ in miscellaneous seeds;
490☼ in flour;
800☼ in large gems for retail;
1040☼ in sundry meats;
530☼ in fruit & vegetables;
138☼ in thread;
750☼ in cheeses;
950☼ in books & paper products.
23059☼ traded to the Defensive Union:
2589☼ in miscellaneous clothing;
1190☼ in furniture;
19280☼ in miscellaneous crafts.
Authorized Hematite 19, Ast Trumpetbank, broker." - The Collected Annals of Slaughterhelm, vol. IX
"Mcht. Two. Qoppa successfully punct[ured...] Tau nearing completion. Now a well shaft has been ordered [...] always back and forth. Too many stairs." - Personal letter or journal, unknown author.
Slaughterhelm Palimpsests, fragment 19.
"The transcript relates to the speech of Malachite 8 spoken by Max:
Fellows! The builder Tekkud Whiteclasped haes made a ring clypt Stylessword the Hazy Rooters for some reason! Our wele ainlie grows!" - The Collected Annals of Slaughterhelm, vol. VI
"MEMORANDUM, Malachite 8 - relieved citizen Tekkud Whiteclasped of bedroom privileges due to disobedience. Ast Trumpetbank, manager." - The Collected Annals of Slaughterhelm, vol. VIII
"12th Malachite: Petition for residency of human poet Adi Willfulcrevice hereby GRANTED. ~Max" - The Collected Annals of Slaughterhelm, vol. V
"10 Galena: Heard a giant atta[cked...] in the night. I don't believe a word [...] of course. I never saw any [...] think I would have noticed." - Personal letter or journal, unknown author.
Slaughterhelm Palimpsests, fragment 32.
AUTUMN (½)
"If the individual demons who have now and again made their way into the mortal realm seeking power are a danger, the massed forces of the so-called Demonic race are a terror. Claiming to have arrived here from another world, it is true that they have little directly in common with the less gregarious demons hailing from our terrestrial Hell, though the general concord of their frighteningly varied forms suggests a clear if distant kinship. [...] With their armies shrouded in fire matched only by their burning lust for conquest, they have seared ashen miles across the world for untold generations; it has often been said that, were they not checked in their advance by the equally fearsome voidspawn (for which see chapter V), they would easily have snuffed out all other life centuries ago." -
CHAPTER IV: The Demonic Race; Snosgu, Onuxstud, and Towershopes,
On Evil Races (tr. W. R. Armdog)
"Emergency Order issued 5th Limestone: all able-bodied workers ordered to assist in the construction of a fireblock, effective immediately. The penalty for noncompliance likely to be death by horrific burning. Authorized by Max." - The Collected Annals of Slaughterhelm, vol. VII
"[...]looks like at least one demon has been crushed to death under the burning trees[...]" - Military report, unknown author.
Slaughterhelm Palimpsests, fragment 24.
"The flames had already consumed the bodies of the fallen... all we could do was rush to build our wall, and pray." - Personal letter, author and provenance unknown.
Correspondence of the Second Century collection, Great Museum of Grapeblossoms.
"Emergency Order of 5th Limestone hereby terminated as completed. Authorized by Max, 15th Limestone." - The Collected Annals of Slaughterhelm, vol. VII
"EMERGENCY BULLETIN, 19TH LIMESTONE: OH GOD THE RAIN STOPPED AND EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE AGAIN, EVERYBODY PANIC ~Max" - The Collected Annals of Slaughterhelm, vol. III
"[...]the Voidgod is taking a lot of damage out there[...]just fell into the pond. It doesn't look like he's getting up[...]now the pond is on fire. Situation appears dire. Please advise." - Military report, unknown author.
Slaughterhelm Palimpsests, fragment 56.
"Emergency Order issued 19th Limestone: Slaughterhelm is to be sealed until further notice. The fireblock wall has been breached. Do not attempt to leave the fortress. The penalty for noncompliance is demons. The penalty for compliance may also be demons. Slaughterhelm hereby honours the sacrifice of chief medical official Vucar Cloisteredcage and citizen Datan Razorfaiths, who have inadvertently volunteered to distract the demons while this order is carried out. Authorized by Max." - The Collected Annals of Slaughterhelm, vol. VIII
"[...]The Voidgod is dead. All that remains of Slaughterhelm on the surface is a cat.[...]" - Military report, unknown author.
Slaughterhelm Palimpsests, fragment 14.
Tune in next time for the exciting(?) conclusion of the Year of Max!
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