23th of limestone: The elves came in two waves, there was a large group near the obsidian factory as reported, but there was also a smaller group that had already made it to the power platform exit. We expected the first small wave to be caught by the weapon traps, but they avoided them skillfully. The elven traders that have visited over the years must have inspected our defences well. This was disastrous, the military was still far away, and the elves appeared in the middle of a currently busy part of the fortress, where many dwarves were busy hauling stone.
Lokum Graspingtorch, our new and inexperienced mayor was present at the scene, she immediately took charge, and rallied a group of three nearby dwarves, all inexperienced in combat. They fought bravely against the elves: Lokum herself killed three elves, and they managed to hold back the invaders untill the military arrived. I must admit that I had greatly underestimated Lokum, when she was elected a few weeks ago.
While the battle was raging deep in Halltraded, two new human snatchers were caught at the main entrance. this can be no coincidence, I've never heard of humans cooperating with goblins, at least not here, in Halltraded.
Considering the forces suddenly raised against us we have done well, Datan is still on our side, we have only suffered the loss of one citizen, shot by an elven bowman.
Haxxor?
OOC: I don't know, I've never fought elves before, but I don't remember reading that they have trap-avoid. Also, none of the elves have names, they are all just "elf wrestler" or "elf bowman" as you can see in the earlier screenshot. I should note that the human snatchers all seem to have avoided our traps at the entrance. The elves in the new screenshot have all come through the entrance at the right. you can see that they have not triggered the traps.
Edit: problem has been solved savegame deleted
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Topic: Halltraded succession game, (finished). (40d) (Read 190441 times)