Events of the 28th of Obsidian, 305
It's been about two days since the migrant party sent me ahead to 'locate our destination', I know in reality they were just bored of my lectures on frostbite and hypothermia. Bah, they're going to wind up dead before they turn the next canyon.
I can see something on the horizon just about now through the haze of blinding snow and sleet, large mountain, just like everything else, but this one, this one I could see what would look like some large battlement, what with it's hexagonal shape and windows with some torch lights glowering on it's side, but in fact it was the base of a large tower, or at least that's what it's supposed to be.
They said the pay would be great for a doctor here, twenty gold a day, great conditions, friendly inhabitants. But with each step I take toward this growing shadow on the horizon it's clear this was not the case. I look upon the tower once more, thinking, Why the hell didn't I bring my lucky drinking barrel?
I foresee this place being drenched in magma somehow. Nevertheless, a doctor has a job to attend to, always, whether it's frostbite or third degree burns. Forget going any closer, I'm setting up camp here.
Events of the 1st of Granite, 306
It was the new year yesterday, wasn't it? It's a tradition back home to drink to the new year, but I had to settle for the last bitter bit of ale in my flask. Flask, huh, all the more reason I should have brought that silver drinking barrel with me. I'm probably about eighth a day's pace from the entrance, assuming that cave over there is the entrance, best start walkin'.
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The first face I see, looming beside the front gate, dumping out bones, is luckily one of a dwarf, whistling a small tune as he throws a few skulls out onto a small pile. Approaching closer, he takes notice of me.
"Oi!" the dwarf bellowed, "Two steps closer an'- beh, it's just another one of you's..."
I approached until I was close enough to barely make out his features, this one seemed as if he had seen battle before, multiple scars on his face. "Hello, is this-?"
"The place most of yeh's out here are suppose' to go, yeah. Just tell me yer name an' I'll tell yeh mine, standard procedure."
"Doctor Enolic Isanathel, former apprentice of the Cheif Medi-"
"Wa- Wa- Wait, hold on there, noone prefixes themself anywhere 'less they're a snooty noble. But, Doctor?" The dwarf took a slack jawed expression, "The ruddy hell in Armok's name is a Doctor?"
"Well yes, and how do you not know who a Doctor is?"
"Don't try and pass that stuff in front of me, hang on 'ere a second." The dwarf walked a few steps into the cave and looked down, the floor of the cave now clearly was a drawbridge, the dwarf angled his head toward an open crack in the bridge floor, "Oi! Spoon!"
The endless void beneath the bridge held no response, "SPOON!" the dwarf bellowed again.
"WHAT ARE YOU RAMBLIN' ABOUT NOW?" A voice returned, "I WAS NAPPIN'!"
"There's some fancy faced lad here who's callin' himself a 'Doctor'! Know what that is?" The gate dwarf shouted
"DOES HE CALL HIMSELF THAT BEFORE, OR AFTER HIS NAME?"
"Before!"
"NOBLE!"
"Great..." The dwarf muttered, "Git the hell in here, yer gettin a bed til we can sort out how we're execut- er, puttin' yeh to use."
The dwarf started his way across the bridge, on my way to follow him, I looked into the crack, I couldn't see anything, just the void below, awful dark, and seemingly endless.
"WHAT'RE YOU LOOKING AT?! I SEE YOU UP THERE!" A dwarvenly voice echoed back
"Sorry! But why are you down there?!" I shouted
"LAST GUY DECIDED TO TOSS ME DOWN HERE," The 'Spoon' dwarf returned, "WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE, TOSS ME DOWN A KNIFE OR SOMTHING, THESE DAMN SWALLOWS KEEP GOING FOR MY EYES"
The gate dwarf turned and shouted, "Hey! You waitin' for the next Orc Seige? Get in here!"
Lovely place, I wholly support my theory of destruction by magma.
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No, I haven't actually done any playing yet, just trying to preface some things. Not to mention it's always hard for me to get used to any fortress I haven't built myself, expect an update sometime in the next 48 hours, unfortunately I have a test to attend to soon
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