It is the 1st of Granite in the year 10. I, BarbieTerrorist Obokesh, Mechanic and leader of the Swine of Machines, will begin chronicalling the tales of the founding of Sodeladil, or Shieldwall in the human tongue. With me i have Caradepato Lenshamézum, Fisherdwarf, Kundvagn Mesirtobul, Fishery worker, Fluffypinkbunny Erushilid and Aspius Tinöthzefon, Miners, Dihm Adzilithis, Mason and Engraver and finally Myuu Nishsobir, woodcutter and carpenter. The snow still lies thick over the landscape, so it is hard to tell with certainty where the river flows. I have given out the orders to strike the earth and to start cutting down trees for wood. Spoiler
1st of Hematite, year 10. Summer has finally come! Caradepato has been catching fish in the river, so our food stocks are swelling. Aspius and Fluffy have done a huge amount of work carving out stockpiles, farms, dining halls, food storage and so forth. The best news is that they have struck magnetite... and chalk... and lignite. This is very good, we now have a source of coke, iron and flux stone, in order to make steel. Once migrants have come to live among us, we will start working on equipping a militia! The River has now been bridged. I are working on setting it up as a drawbridge. The farms should be up and running by the end of summer, as well. I fhave installed the floodgates, and we are ready to irrigate the area. Dihm has promised to start working on setting up a keep and guard tower in order to protect the entrance, and Myuu is felling trees in order to clear out a courtyard. -BarbieTerrorist, Expedition Leader. Dining hall Spoiler Great hall Spoiler First floor of the fortress Spoiler Surface Spoiler
The 14th of Moonstone year 10. Our little outpost has grown in size. two waves of immigrants arrived this year, the first during late summer and the last batch arrived only twenty days ago. We have recieved more skilled laborers, such as the Stoneworkers Axevid Atorush and Fillipa Usholoshan as well as Swisgaar Atîsdëm the Woodcrafter. One of the newcomers, Myrsky Rämamost showed alot of analytical skills, so i put him in charge of bookeeping our production and consumption. The fortress also recieved its first married coupe, the Peasant Bfalcon (whom i put in charge of the farms and still) and the fishery worker Vanir. While i question their decision to bring their young child, Putte, to the fortress, i must admit that his presence cheers up the place considerably. All the news are not good, however. Many of the new Immigrants come from an outpost further upriver. they were forced to flee and abandon it because of confict with subterranean tribes and goblin raids. This has worried me, and i have commissioned the building of a wall around the entrance to our outpost and our animal pens. I have also ordered the building of a trade depot, which proved to be a good choice as a caravan from the mountainhomes arrived recently. Axevid, our broker, managed to trade the rockcrafts of another newcomer, David, for a large supply of ale and leather. We are quickly progressing with the living areas. the grand hall has been expanded, and we have prepared more rooms for any other newcomers. All 19 inhabitants of Sodeladil have been given their own living spaces - admittadly, not the biggest, but they will do. We have installed a still in what will become a kitchen area, as well, and Bfalcon has been producing a good amount of ale for us. I am considering in expanding our farmland in order to start growing other crops as well. BarbieTerrorist, Expeditin leader. Courtyard Spoiler note all of the water buffalo teeth lying around the place - the caravans animals did not get along with mine. Great hall and living areas Spoiler
This is really making me want to play Dwarf Fortress, especially since I've never given it a try before xD
21st of Hemetite, year 11 its been over a year since the founding of Sodeladil. We have grown exponentially in numbers, from our original 7 to 37. I wont count up all of the newcomers, there are far to many for that, but noteworthy ones include Smokey and his wife, Wolf, as well as their son Deathwatch who has proven to be a good playmate to Putte. A Clerk named Gabvid has also arrived, and i put him in charge of taking care of sick or wounded. We have continued working on the housing, and i have ordered to have the walls smoothed. We cannot live in squalor permanently! Our industry is well up and running. The farms produce allot of food and raw materials, such as sweet pods or pig tails. Neamorian the Butcher and Mia the Farmer have taken it on themselves to cook the food into something more filling, and i must say that i appreciate not having to eat raw foods anymore. The mines sink deeper into the ground for each passing day, churning out different iron ores and different jewels. Freya and Wolf, the furnace operators, are working on turning Lignite into coke so that we can start refining the Hematite and Magnetite into Pig-Iron, and then into steel. We have encountered two goblin snatchers this year, as well as a kobold thief, so i feel that it is time to start thinking about forming a millita, and i think that this source of steel with probe useful. Our craftdwarfs also work tirelessly to convert useless rock into priceless works of craftdwarfship to sell to passing caravans. Our customers now include the Elves of Rakashil, but i must admit I hate those stuck-up, inbred, cannibalistic pansies. We offered them great deals, and they kept turning them down. If they continue like this, i don't think we will continue admitting them into the fortress - I have no patience for those who waste our time. Our kin in the mountainhomes, however, always prove to be great customers. I consider preparing a large shipment of gems as a gift to those back home, to show how our settlement is flourishing! Great hall + living quaters Spoiler Forge, smelter and forge stockpiles Spoiler
Man, this really makes me wanna give Dwarf fortress a try again. My friend tried to get me started in it but I didn't have the time for it. Keep the updates coming, this is awesome!
Be sure to let me know when you name someone after me. Just don't make it anyone annoying like a damn baron or governor... what's that? You want a platinum throne embedded with unicorn teeth? Ahahahaha, let me introduce you to the locked closet of starvation and temper tantrum death.
