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[Christes]

Well just the regular overview status screen showing wealth and food stocks and all that would be good, but I can wait.

Here ya go:

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Also, here is the complete list of the nearby wildlife (notice anything missing):

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It looks like it will be a couple more days still.  If I post 2-3 updates a day, then it will probably be done in 4 days.  Is everyone cool with that?

[Christes]

   The dwarves were running in terror.  A skeletal black bear had made it inside of the fortress!  It was causing total chaos on the top level where dwarves were still at work restructuring the place. 

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   No one had any idea how it got in, though Higar suspected that it was through the untrapped depot gate.  He made a mental note to have it trapped later.  In the meantime he ordered Halltraded's two champion melee dwarves to take down the skeletal bear.  They had totally annihilated the fishy menace, so they should have no probem with the bear.
   But they were not needed.  Before they even picked up their weapons to go, the new hammerer simply waltzed up the the skeletal bear, and with a single whack, blew it into pieces.  For the first and probably only time in his long dwarven life, Higar was glad that his settlement had a hammerer on hand.
   But that bear hadn't been the only undead danger lurking across the landscape. THere were also reports of a pack of undead wolves stalking the landscape. 

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   Higar wondered if the annihilation of the fishy menace had opened up an ecological niche that was being filled by even worse predators.  He ordered the guards to remain vigilant against any more incursions.

[Mashirafen]

A tax collector? That means economy. And that means very bad things. D=

Yeah, I can wait a bit longer, but do try to hurry, I'm getting a little impatient. ;P

[Christes]

It's funny.  Halltraded is becoming more like a traditional dwarven fortress now.

The fishy menace is gone.  The tantrumming is over.  Nobles are here.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

traditional dwarven fortress

Ha. Hahaha.
hahahahahahahahahahah.
Ha.
Maggarg looses a roaring laugh, fell and terrible!

[Christes]

   It was mid-felsite, and Muthkat the armorer was sitting by himself relaxing in his room.  Muthkat had come as part of the latest immigrant wave.  Having just completed his apprenticeship, he had decided to go out into the world and find his destiny.  With this in mind, he left for Halltraded alongside the baroness, sharing her optimism regarding the place.  If it was half as rich as they said, he could easily find a niche making suits of armor for the glorious soldiers there.   Halltraded was not what he was expecting at all, with more occupied coffins than dwarves.  But fortunately for Muthkat, Halltraded had no armorers after the fish massacre of 301 and great riots of 304-305, so he was accepted with open arms.  And thus on this day in mid-felsite 306, with a secure position and a filled belly,  Muthkat was feeling very comfortable with himself.  But suddenly, the armorer saw something.  It was an image in his head of the most glorious high boot imaginable to any dwarf. 

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   Immediately, Muthkat rushed off to the magma forge downstairs and began frantically collecting materials.  The other dwarves paid him little heed, of course, since it was customary for dwarves to periodically engage in such behavior.  Higar, however, saw the potential for a very useful artifact.  He immediately forbade Muthkat from using any metals but steel in the crafting.  Whatever this artifact might be, it would be made out of glorious dwarven steel.  Muthkat, deeply desiring to make this artifact at any cost, readily complied.  After several days of running around he had gathered all the components his vision required:

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He then began work.  After many days of secluded and tireless work, Muthkat emerged from the forge carrying "Smashqueen the lions of rewarding," a high boot of epic potential.

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All the dwarves in Halltraded looked at the boot in awe.  It was truly a masterpiece of dwarven engineering.  Whatever champion wore this boot would be secure in knowing that their foot was free from harm!  More importantly, Halltraded now had a truly legendary armorsmith to serve it.

[Christes]

Looks like you counted the tax collector twice!  That brings the total back to only 23 immigrants.

As for riches, I think she's still in for a surprise!  And not a very pleasant one...

fixed.  I'm not changing the story though.  Just pretend that the undead wildlife got one

As far as riches go, Halltraded has a LOT of Aluminum, Gold, and Billon.  Have the legendary metalcrafter turn those to goblets and ... well you can guess.  Additionally, the architectural wealth has gone up quite a bit in the time Higar has ruled.  A certain forthcoming legendary engraver has much to do with that.

[Keldor]

So does that mean that Kadol is still alive?  I suppose that that's good at least.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

Is Bim the fascist dictator still alive?

[Christes]

   It was the 20th of Granite.  The dwarves were awakened by a completely unexpected sound - the sound of goblin war horns.  The goblins were attacking!  Goblin snatchers had been showing up over the previous years, but no one expected the goblins to actually launch a full-fledged assault against such a small and remote dwarven outpost of 19 dwarves.  Higar ordered the gates closed to give the dwarves time to prepare.  The unwary dwarves moved slowly, but fortunately for them, the Goblins were busy killing skeletal foxes outside the fortress.

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   A call went across Halltraded.  "Raise the gate!" "Raise the gate!" "Raise the gate!"  And so the dwarf Sarvesh pulled the lever to raise the gate outside of the trade depot.  And the dwarves waited for the gate to rise in quiet anticipation.  But nothing happened.  In an oversight of EPIC proportions, the previous overseers had put in a lever to operate the gate, marked it as operating the gate, but had failed to do the necessary mechanical work to set it up.  The Goblins stormed in through the open gate, charging into the public sleeping area that was scheduled for renovation.  Olin Kacothmebil, woodcutter and carpenter, was awakened just in time to defend himself against the onslaught, but it did him no good as he was promptly surrounded and struck down by the twelve goblins.

   Just then the military of Halltraded - all three dwarves - made easy work of all the goblins.  Halltraded was saved once again, but at the cost of one life.  It was yet another death among many in Halltraded, but they could ill afford such losses.

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Meanwhile, the warriors of Halltraded are getting an impressive array of kills:

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(side note: you can see the renovation in progress in the second pic)

Bim is alive.  Check the last pic for his kills.
Kadol is alive as well.

[Christes]

   A new and almost foreign sound resounded through Halltraded on the first of Hematite.  It was the sound of happiness and good spirits.  Between the progress on Higar's rennovation plans and the arrival of new blood, a spirit of cheer had spread throughout the fortress.  Everyone was partying and happy.  Everyone except Higar, of course.  Higar, never having liked crowds, chose to avoid the party.  He was a little annoyed by the loss of productivity, he appreciated that the dwarves here were happy again.  Higar didn't want a repeat of the last years on his hands.  He would intervene if it became too much of a problem.  For now, the dwarves needed to party.

[Christes]

The human caravan slowly made its way through the Rancorous Jungle.  The merchants nervously looked around at the moving shadows surrounding them.  Fortunately for them, the guards accompanying their caravan were very skilled warriors by any standard.  The undead wildlife stalked them but didn't dare approach. 

The human civilization, The Grizzly Empire, was very familiar with Halltraded.  Having heard reports of massive riots and property damage at th e wealthy outpost from previous caravans, the local leader Jolosm Sathkortil had ordered this special expedition.  A human diplomat would accompany the a caravan headed to Halltraded.  The plan was simple - if the dwarves had completely killed each other off, they could simply loot the place.  If they were still alive, they could trade for riches like normal anyway and establish a diplomatic contact.  If was win-win for the humans, who just wanted to profit from dwarven skill.

As they approached the fortress, the humans looked in awe at the engineering feats that the dwarves of Halltraded had accompished.  A tall tower, a dam - the dwarves of Halltraded had proven themselves remarkably adept at conquering their outdoor surroundings for a supposedly subterrainean race.  It soon became clear that the reports of rioting and pandemonium in Halltraded were no longer accurate, as dwarves, having seen the caravan coming, were happily carrying goods out to the depot.

The dwarves were extremely generous with their goods, giving the humans a profit margin equal to the total value of the goods they sold. These dwarves gave away all sorts of golden crafts like they were simply junk.  The dwarves also seemed to have a particular excess of pre-owned dwarven clothes.  The humans, being enterprising merchants, decided to buy much of those as well.  At the end of the day, the human merchants were absolutely delighted to trade at Halltraded and decided that they should bring leven more goods next time.  Before leaving, they informed Higar of their desired good for next year.

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The dwarves of Halltraded politely accepted the requests, not mentioning that the fish and tanned hide requests might be somewhat difficult to fulfill given their surroundings.

[Christes]

   Kadol Clashhammers was mad.  No one seemed to listen to him anymore.  He was the ruler of Halltraded at some point and technically he still held the office of the mayor, but now everyone was following that new dwarf, Higar.  Not that Higar was incompetent or anything.  Kadol simply wanted to be acknowledged.  All he wanted was something made out of zinc especially for him!

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With this in mind, Kadol stormed into Higar's office, demanding zinc items be made for him.  Higar could barely understand him, but made something out about zinc and a mandate.  Higar managed to figure out what Kadol wanted.

"Well ye be the best metalcrafter I 'ave ever seen, Kadol.  Remember that bronze idol you made?  It is truly better than any I've seen in the mountainhomes.  If ye be wantin' a zinc item, why not make it yourself?"

Kadol though for a moment and then rushed off to the magma forge below. Higar was sure he'd be seeing a set of zinc goblets the next morning

[Keldor]

Hehe, no one ever said that metalcrafters were particularily bright!  XD

[Christes]

I've actually finished playing, but I won't upload the save until I'm done with updating.

I have uploaded the map, however.  I put down Points of interest for all the major parts in the new layout, so take a look - especially if you're going to run in the future.

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-4180-halltraded