1st of Granite, 181Today I decided to run for the annual overseer election which we hold at the start of every year. While the legends of the fortress spoke of the glory that they would lead the fortress to if they were elected, of how they would raze Dimplesteal itself to the ground. I simply offered to smooth this hallway at the heart of the fortress in the interest of aesthetics.
I won by a landslide. I guess the dwarves of Smallhands care more about interior decoration than ridding the world of the goblin menace.
The first order of business was to set the record straight concerning my name. It appears that when I first migrated here several years ago they forgot to ask me my name. Thus, they simply took to calling me 'Urist'.
Much better.
A few moments later, I receive some news that makes me regret accepting this postion.
I immediately order the front gate closed and ready the militia. Smallhands will not fall to the servants of Ikud, especially not on the very first day of my overseership!
Unfortunately the Tall Bar stands empty, and thus we must resort to using the newly refurbished GooHive.
3rd of Granite, 181I had stationed the Swamp Hunters on the battlements in the hopes that they could use the invading goblins as target practice. This proved to be a grave error, as Urist the forlorn ghoul jumps off the battlements into the midst of the goblin horde.
He is able to fight them for a while, but is eventually overwhelmed by the sheer number of invading goblins.
Thus passes one of the few remaining undead citizens of Smallhands. He will surely be given an honoured place in the catacombs of the fortress.
He then immediately returns as a ghost and begins harassing the living.
Oh well, back to the siege.
4th of Granite, 181Another dwarf gets too close to the goblin invaders. It seems that the alarm hasn't yet been sounded. I quickly rectify that, but alas too late for Fikod.
5th of Granite, 181Slowly but surely the goblins head towards their doom.
6th of Granite, 181Id, a legendary axedwarf, decides this is a good time to retrieve provisions from the surface. He ended up running into the attacking goblins inside the GooHive tunnel. I suppose there are worse places to fight. I order in reinforcements, and soon our dwarves are running down the tunnel, slaughtering all goblins that cross their path.
All in all, the invasion force looks far less intimidating than it did a few moments ago.
9th of Granite, 181There were very few wounds. Id did take a fracture to his leg, athough it's nothing we can't fix.
Not wanting to be outdone by his comrades, another dwarf charges up to the surface alone to take on the remaining goblins. Unfortunately he falls afoul of a goblin arrow.
12th of Granite, 181Two other dwarves went missing during the fighting, presumed dead.
20th of Granite, 181To prevent any more loss of dwarven lives, I decide to play it safe and send the remaining swamp hunters to get some extra target practice, this time from a safer set of fortifications. And thus the siege was ended.
28th of Granite, 181Well, that certainly wasn't how I had hoped my first month would turn out, with 5 dwarves dead. The goblins could not have picked their moment to strike better, attacking during the confusion that comes with the dawning of the year. We shall have to be careful in the future. For myself, I shall remain far more vigilant as we clean up the dead goblins littering the entrance.
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That was certainly an interesting and !!fun!! event to happen on
literally the first of Granite.
Thankfully we were able to defeat the goblins, although it is unfortunate that I will have to clean up their corpses by hand.
As for the casualties, most of them were fevered, and I don't think they were particularly skilled. Fikod didn't have many skills either. It's a shame about Urist, but he did go out in a pretty legendary way.
I might be able to try the resurrection chamber for some of them, but I'll probably just end up giving them a proper burial.
Let's hope I can avoid any more accidents for the rest of my turn
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