28th Of Obsidian : I have arrived to this fortress in the hope I can improve it's conditions. There does not seem to be any sort of easy food source, be it wildlife, fish or even trees to further our farming. There seems to be only one option though I hate to state it : Above ground farming. My tongue protests at such a undwarfy prospect. Perhaps we could find an underground lake instead though. We also need to build beds for our poor dwarves, look how that child sleeps on the ground.
Does he look happy to you?
Right, so it begins. We must dig deep if we are to flourish, the caverns are the only way to do this in such a location. We shall give each citizen a bed!
9th Of Granite : We still haven't hit a cavern with the much needed trees or water. We have our drinks and plumps helmets for now. The long term longevity of this fortress hinges on our work here though. I have learned you cannot keep a fort together if everyone is complaining about the lack of beds. Hopefully though either the caverns that are surely somewhere below or a trade caravan we shall have wood for our beds.
10th Of Granite : I have noticed there is not much work to go around here. Many dwarves are standing idle where there could be glorious work being done. The many workshops that are already built shall be put into work. We are making stone blocks to build a floor on the farming level near the surface. When you breech a cavern it is known that spores are released and loam is prime for underground trees to grow. To avoid a tree coming through that level and poking up into the higher ones we must floor off the loam level.
13th Of Granite : Success! We have found a cavern beneath us!
We cannot reach the trees however... We shall have to find another route to them.
16th Of Granite : Some elven traders have arrived. This is a great boon, they should have some wood for our beds. We will begin moving statues to the trade depot.
22nd Of Granite : All the trading is done we have much more wood than we did before. We only needed to trade two expensive statues for all of their wood plus a few barrels and buckets. On another note we are very close to getting a path to these fungal trees in the caverns.
25th Of Granite : A giant cave toad was among the trees, it was quickly slain by a "Mook" named "corset"... A strange profession, I can only guess this is what they call a warrior around here.
27th Of Granite : After some examination of the location of our bedrooms I have decided to place them further from our workshops. I have begun to plan a grand complex for our workers to both dig out and smooth. This should get rid of all complaints of noise and provide each dwarf with a bedroom. Add to that the fact we are building a bunch of beds and this shall be an all around good first step to making sure the dwarves are content in their new life in the fortress.
7th Of Slate : We have run out of drinks. One of the original settlers is not looking good. He keeps asking for water we do not have. I have sent the some of the dwarves deep underground to forage for plants we can brew drinks from. Hopefully we can get that together in time to save him from dying of thirst. This is a bad situation. We may run out of food and drink.
10th Of Slate : A cave crocodile was moving towards the stairs, I could not allow it to enter the fortress and kill anyone. It lays dead now, killed by Onul.
17th Of Slate : Some migrants have arrived. We can only hope these new mouths to feed don't eat too much. We clearly need some kind of food source. I wish there was a river here so we could bring forth many fish to feed the hungry.
20th Of Slate : I've decided to get rid of this "Mook" nonsense in my military unit. Everyone in the military shall be refered to as either a Guard or Ranger (depending on preffered style of attack) They shall train full time to prepare themselves for when battle is needed. The barracks are already built for it, to my surprise.
11th Of Felsite : So far an uneventful month, I changed the production a bit to accomodate the mayor with luxurious furniture. Should be ready this month.
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