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1st of Granite

We have gotten the fortress up and functioning, it took a good amount of time. Though the walls keep us safe, I know that there is not a soul among us who still has their eyes held open by the hands of fear each and every night.
While we have locked doors to keep out bad things, I am going to start mass producing traps in an effort to strengthen our defenses. You can never have too many traps!

With our current supply of mechanisms I was able to add several simple yet effective stone fall traps to our entry way. Though I fear that the undead may make it past our first line of defenses, It would be fun to see my masterpieces in action.

12th of Granite

In an attempt to defend the depths by creating a trapped tunnel leading to our stairway, The miners accidentally discovered an underground cavern. Urist knows what lies in those forgotten and forsaken depths. One of the miners broke through to the cavern and almost fell straight down 10 levels.

Though we have broken into the cavern, there is no way to actually get down there as of now, We will build a wall to keep out any flying beasts that may exist in the cavern.

16th of Granite

My tomb has been completed... a dieing dwarfs only wish, is to be buried in a good and dwarfy tomb. And a barrel of dwarven wine of course.

The miners have been gathering tetrahedrite which can be smelted into silver which makes for wonderful warhammers.

18th of Granite

The other starting dwarves are jealous of the tombs that were crafted for Obsidian and myself. The miners have begun digging several more tombs for the whiny bearded bastards. Soon we will embellish them as well.


20th of Granite

I have been ordered to focus on mechanics for the time being, The administrators have realized the need for traps in this fortress of ours. Ulfsark loves traps... and traps love Ulfsark. Nothing like the sound of a good old stone fall trap being triggered and hearing the thump and splat of a goblin skull.


4th of Slate

We have begun crafting some trinkets, odds and ends, that sort of thing to trade if any caravans are brave enough to make their way out here.

9th of Slate

15 immigrants made their way into our humble fortress, one of them is decent with a spear, he has been drafted into our military.

12th of Slate

Further investigation reveals that the cavern we discovered, has a decent amount of gold trapped within its ancient walls.


20th of Slate


The first child has been birthed in this dreary place. This is good news however and has increased the morale of the party. She is a beautiful baby, I suggested the name Kezia to the parents, They accepted it. It is the child of Garbanzo (I named a dwarf after you buddy <3) and Datan. May she grow to see adulthood.



21st of Slate

The dwarves have build a small defensive position that will allow us to defend from the depths a little bit more easily. The hall will be lined with traps, The tunnel has also been widened behind the doors so that we have have our military dwarves rally there. Soon a marksdwarf tunnel will be added with fortifications that allows our men to shoot into the trap lined hallway.



24th of Slate

A hospital area has begun to be dug out. I have a feeling that we will need it pretty soon.

15th of Felsite

A snatcher! We must not let the snatcher take Kezia!

Huzzah! My expertly designed cage trap has captured the goblin right when he entered the fortress. Kezia is safe and now we have a goblin in a cage... What shall we do with said goblin...

17th of Felsite

Our carpenters are creating splints and crutches for the inevitable injuries of our brave military dwarves. Crossbows are being produced as well for when we decide to increase our military.


19th of Felsite

An elven caravan is spotted on the horizon! They are just as surprised to see us as we are to see them.

The elves had nothing good, so we traded some simple stone crafts for some lumber. The caged giant mosquito they had made me nervous, I wanted them to get out of our fortress ASAP.

13th of Hematite

As I was walking to work on one of my traps, Sibrek bumped into me in the hallway knocking me to the ground and sending my mechanisms flying through the air like a cavy pups caught on a drawbridge. He did not even apologize or acknowledge the fact and continued stomping off towards the Bowyers workshop...



18th of Hematite

Turns out Sibrek was on his way to craft something. He made a Blowgun out of maple... Do any dwarves even know how to use a blowgun? How ever it is our first artifact in the fortress, and it does look very stunning.





22nd of Hematite

The decision has been made to explore the caverns. We are taking the proper precautions however to ensure the safety of our fortress. We have begun to cut our precious gems as well. One cannot have too many shiny and nicely cut gems!

6th of Malachite

We have broken into the cavern's ground level. There are not any threats as of yet. Bless the great Urist! Cave spider silk! Loads of it!



One of the miners got a bunch of it tangled in his beard... I suspect that he had been rolling around in it in jubilation.

13th of Malachite

Our military has been exploring the cavern finding a wide variety of gems as well as various rocks and minerals. Silk production has started as well. Soon we will have silk glorious glorious silk!
Silk good enough to run out into a siege to loot!

10th of Galena

Some immigrants have arrived! A talented gem setter and a talented gem cutter have arrived. This will prove helpful. One of them also is skilled in medicine. A bone carver is amongst them as well.

17th of Galena

I knew I smelt humans... A caravan has arrived...

AND AN AMBUSH! They are attacking the human caravan! We must help them... or let them die and take their things...





There are even more of the mountain toothed, troll shaving, loincloth soiling fungus skinned bastards! To arms dwarves!

18th of Galena

The banks of the brook are stained crimson... What would normally be mistaken for the damp morning dew, is just the remains of those who we slew. The goblins were massacred, but the Human caravan was unable to make it to our depot and the caravan took heavy losses as well.



We can only hope that we are not blamed for their losses. With the remaining humans gone, and the wretched greenies dead... Their ill gotten gains are now ours! The entire human caravan belongs to us!

It will take days to store all of the loot!

1st of Limestone

Nobody apparently told r.Evo That the human traders were killed, He was waiting patiently at the depot for days!

15th of Limestone

To protect our valuable furry friends, as well as the livestock, We have begun construction of a walled in pasture with an entrance only reachable by underground tunnel. In the event of a siege where there are things that can break the walls, We can simply remove the slop upwards after our animals escape which will prevent enemies from coming down that way.

16th of Sandstone

More immigrants have arrived, The military has drafted a few more soldiers as well. The first squad is now 10 dwarves strong. The majority of them have already developed some skill, there is only 1 completely raw recruit who will need to be trained a lot.

None of the immigrants are particularly useful unfortunately. However it appears they all still have both their hands so they can haul things, which is always needed.

15th of Timber

A dwarven caravan as well as our outpost liaison have arrived! As I sat wondering if they brought anything good, I see r.Evo scurry his way to the depot knocking over haulers left and right and causing quite a cacophonous commotion.

Our craftsdwarfs have been hard at work churning out lots of stone amulets, jewelry, scepters etc.

As if they have an internal trade clock, the fungal breathed rot colored greenies have returned!

Shouts and clashes of weapons and clangs of armor sunder the ears of those near the barracks as the military adorns its gear and rallies for battle.
One of the caravan guards smashes a goblin skull sending what little brains it has flying through the air, Without admiring the carnage he rushes towards the rest of the slimly bastards only to be pinned to the earth by crudely produced goblin arrows.

Red eyed with rage, the military dwarves charge the goblins their warcrys echo off the moutains loud enough to wake the earth itself.



Kurumi Leads the charge recklessly the others, trailing. The fearless leader Kurumi draws blood from a goblin bowman cutting his hands and arms. With the blunt end of the spear he smashes the goblin in the face liberating several teeth from the gummy prison. The goblin falls to the ground and is impaled by the spear wielding mad dwarf. Spitting on the corpse he moves to engange the next, his eyes crimson with rage.

Asmel cries for help from on up the hill. Further investigation reveals that they are heavily wounded and their blood flows like dwarven wine from several wounds with the left leg being broken as well.
Blood begins to erode the dirt from the mountain side, both dwarf and goblin blood. An axe dwarf gains the upper hand by removing one of his opponents. A severed goblin foot twitches as it is drained of blood.

The last goblin's breath is released as the body relaxes sinking into the dampened earth. Tufts of grass have been torn apart by arrows and the trampling battles can cause.

Though we are victorious many of our men are wounded. Surprisingly Kurumi made it out unscathed. However, his skin and hair are marred by goblin blood. Many of our warriors have broken limbs as well as cuts and bruises. A dedicated medic has been appointed.

16th of Timber

We trade some crafts for some metal weapons, armor, and bars as well as several dogs that we can breed to raise war dogs!

24th of Timber

Another cavern has been discovered within the depths of the earth...

8th of Moonstone

The hospital was up and running just in time. All of the beds have been filled. There are farmers and 3 soldiers in the hospital beds being tended to by our medical dwarf. It would benefit from some soap however.

13th of Opal

Hermod our medic stormed into the meeting hall red faced with veins popping shouting about how the water has all frozen and that he cannot clean his patients or give them water.
We have some frozen water but it is behind a flood gate and we cannot access it from the surface.
Construct of a well has been started that will draw water from the caverns below.

24th of Opal

The well shaft has been dug, However we lack the chain and mechanism to build the actual well. Hopefully that gets taken care of soon enough. Good news though, is that we found a good amount of gold while we were digging the well.

14th of Obsidian

Whilst stuffing my face with plump helmets one of the woodcutters stumbled down the stairs like a goblin with its legs cut off trying to say something...

“am am a a am bush bush!”
“What about plant gathering?” I inquired.
He shook his head furiously.
“greenies!” he shouted
“bushes are green aren't they?”
“Ambuuuuuuuuuush!”

The alarm has been sounded, the military dwarves suit up and charge into the battle.



Two goblin squads are spotted across the river. Several dwarves are out there including one of the longbeards! (founding fathers) by the name of Backho[White].

Backho[White] tries to outrun an arrow but it makes contact with his left leg breaking it.

I watch in horror as the goblins draw closer to my longbeard brother. Unable to run Backho[White] is overwhelmed by the fell beasts. My heart sinks deeper than adamantine when I catch his gaze as he writhes in a pool of his own blood being torn limb from limb by the bastards.



“ I will avenge you!” I shout, I quickly grab the nearest amor and weapons I can find and run into the battle myself.

One of the miners is trapped on the other side of the stream unable to cross the bridge as it is guarded by goblins... He will buy us valuable time at least...

Kurumi and I stand back to back fighting to avenge the fallen longbeard. There are goblins on either side of us. We both fell our goblins at the same time. We turn to see the rest have been slain in a most gruesome matter. The militia commander pants heavily as he just left his martial trance...



Though we are victorious... It is still a sad day and the death of Backho[White] will be mourned for weeks to come. A dwarf has affectionate placed some lama wool trousers in his tomb to commemorate him. May Urist bless his soul.

We will miss you Backho[White].

15th of Obsidian.

Somber. That is the only way to describe the fortress this day. It appears even the brook has kept quiet out of respect for the dead. Even the most loud and obnoxious dwarves, hold their tongues this day, if not for respect, then out of fear that somebody will rip it out.

I have ordered a slab to be made, and eventually engraved, lest we forget...



16th of Obsidian

One of soldiers injured in the last ambush passed away early this morning due to infection. We are producing soap, but none has been completed yet.

17th of Obsidian

Due to a lack of buckets... another wounded dwarf died of thirst... More buckets are being produced... Nobody wishes to end up like Skyhall... even dwarves with the shortest of whiskers know that tale...

The ambush took 3 lives in total... That is 3 too many.

Good news, the chains for the well are almost complete at least.