Year 8Zon "Parzival II" Anuzaban's diary – property of Zon Anuzaban28th Timber, Late Autumn, year 215The clean up continues apace, helped by our swelling numbers. We've managed to clean all the corridors, and re-assigned nobles and admin to help run the place. We've even begun training of a new guard, led by Salmeuk II.
Speaking of Salmeuk II...
They created an incredible figurine of Vadi Blushmouth the goatman carved out of hematite and decorated with white jade, onyxes, hazel wood and yak bone. It's now locked up safe in the vault with our other artifacts.
There's a massive gold lined chamber on the lower floor of the main fort that has me intrigued, however I'm unwilling to make use of it just yet. I'm not sure what my predecessors were planning. There's also what looks like the beginning of a magma forge which I've not yet touched.
22nd Moonstone, Early Winter, year 215Our cistern trap is currently out of operation unfortunately, so I quickly called for the main gate to be raised and the trap corridor to open, with dwarves at the ready to deal with any that made it through. There appeared to be about 10 goblins, including some child snatchers. After our were-beast scourge it was frankly a little pitiful, with four walking straight into our waiting cage traps.
The rest quickly fled like cowards. Hopefully they'll be back with a real challenge next time.
This does give us an opportunity to test out our newly built pit however. (OOC lets see if I can remember how this works)
The goblin Ewe Momoyaba briefly feels relieved at being released from their cage. I imagine they were feeling less relieved as they were led to the pit.
Well crap, turns out I didn't remember how to do this.
I didn't strip the goblin of their armour first, meaning that they survived the fall with only bruises.
There isn't a way out for them, but our pit is now filled with an armed and pissed of goblin. We can deal with it though, as I had the foresight to order the construction of a trash compactor, it's just not the gore explosion I was expecting.
Let's see if I can do a better job with Ewe's comrades...
Tosid damn it I'm really rusty at this. Instructions got a little confused and Nish the dwarven child ended up just dumping the whole cage down into the pit with goblin inside by accident. To be fair Nish is only 2 years old.
The goblin already down there managed to spot it coming and dogged out of the way at the last minute, so now there's two live goblins in our pit.
I took a while ordering certain items un-forbidden and dumped, and I think the dwarves finally understood how to strip our captives.
(OOC I had a moment of panic when the sprite was still an armoured goblin with a crossbow, but luckily his only items are the tears in his eyes)
There's a few thuds echoing up the pit from the remaining successful executions. Ewe and the caged goblin watch in horror as the bodies of their comrades come hurtling down the pit towards them, before splattering over the walls.
Their horror only grows with the whirring of machinery, as the trash compactor closes.