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Long was my drifting between worlds, searching for a suitable host. It is ironic, in a way, that when I finally found one she was so simple to enter that I was scarcely aware of doing so. Almost without warning, I felt life again, with the first sensation being a bandage wrapped around my -my host's- head. From there, I dimly became aware of the shifting of the wagon and the clink of metal on metal - the door of my cage? I am in a cage? One of the others must have seen me stirring, for he greeted me with a hearty chuckle. "You're finally awake. I was starting to think you'd never wake up." As the hours passed, I came to understand that the local kingdom had decided to expand, and had emptied their dungeons for the task rather than risk more desired citizens. I have no knowledge of this host's crimes, but that is no issue - nobody else seems to want to share anyway, and are strangers to one another. Our party of seven consists of myself, Gnoman  Space General, an iterant  An adept farmer by the name of Pharnakes, who is likely to find this place very frustrating  IPA Regulations, who is trained in all aspects of metalwork to a small extent - also likely to be frustrated for quite some time  His new friend AJ Impy, an acceptable doctor  A trained miner by the name of Maugrim  And finally wargames, once a member of a fortress guard. Fortunately, they sent a spear, breastplate, and helm along. This gives us some valuable defense in this forsaken land.  The head of our escort seemed to be quite disturbed as we traveled across this endless plain of ice. I am told we were supposed to be establishing an outpost on the far side, but something seems to have changed those plans. Midway across the glacier, our guards turned almost as one and galloped away. Fortunately, one of them tossed me the key to our cages before leaving, allowing us to free ourselves. For some reason, all seem to have decided that I am to lead here. I look upon my icy kingdom and despair.  ((First proper update to follow - I wanted to get the thread up)) ------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the latest succession fortress! The Dwarfing list is here, so get on it before the list gets too long! Use this link to sign up for a term as overseer. https://discord.gg/5nYfdTZ <-------------DISCORD LINK Gnoman fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Aug 20, 2020 |
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15 Granite, 550 The first order of business is to secure shelter of some sort. Since there is little to choose from in this place, I order Maugrim and Space General to take our two picks and start digging straight down. This is no substitute for proper walls, but it will at least be better than nothing. Meanwhile, I get started on dismantling the wagon. Soon, the rest will be able to start hauling. 27 Granite  Our initial dig is completed - we're below the surface, if not yet indoors, and we have a more defensible entrance, though that won't keep anybody from just jumping down. After we dig some tempoarary stockpiles, we are going to dig deeper yet. In the meantime, I've decided that there is no way to keep the pack animals that were left behind alive here, so I've assinged Pharnakes to build a butchery and tanning setup. Once they are complete, I will have Wargames standing by just in case. 15 Slate The butchery was completed without incident, and we have struck stone several layers below the earth! Pharnakes has set up a kitchen to make our preserved food more interesting, and I'm going to go a little deeper before setting up a mason's shop. After that, we'll move down here, safe from those annoying owls. 21 Felsite Our labors were interrupted by reports of a cloud of strange dust. It is fairly far from our initial excavation, but we should keep a watch out.  As a precaution, I have ordered everyone to hole up in the food stockpile until it passes. 1 Hematite Summer is now here. The dust cloud passed north of our excavation, but a few dwarves missed it by only inches. We must discourage excessive outdoorsiness. Nothing to look at out here besides ice and owls anyway. Most of our food, save for a few plump helmets kept back for brewing, has been turned into lavish meals. There is little enough comfort here as yet that we must find what we can.  The outpost is not yet particularly interesting. We have begun to process the stone, but what will someday be great underground boulevards are now barely begun.  Nearer to the surface, things are a bit more interesting. A small array of workshops sit around on the surface, if only temporarily. IPA Regulations has taken up bone carving to pass the time, and there are the facilities that Pharnakes used to process our animals. 
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8 Malachite Little has happened until today. We have begun to establish a dining room, and have begun the great excavation to bring all beneath the surface. Pharnakes, unable to farm, has been assigned to smooth and detail the dining hall. Gives him something to do. As the last cask of mushrooms was being carried down, IPA Regulations let out a startled shout - strangers on the horizon! After some initial panic, we realized that these strangers were Dwarves! Not only that, but they were the first wave of settlers to follow the trail we were to blaze. They seemed surprised to come upon us here, but after some debate they conceded to settle. First is idhrendur, famed throughout the land for his magnificent stoneworks. What could possess such a dwarf to come to this land?   Next is neogeo, a truly exceptional burner of wood, and earner of the title Hagsbane for his slaying of a hulking hag nearly fifty years ago.  As we possess neither wood nor hags at this time, I have assigned him to work as a mason. We have much stone to shape. His wife, Zore, appears less useful at first. She has no crafting skills, but is a decent musician and a good dancer. We have need of such cheer in this desolate place.  HardDiskD, while trained as a shearer, is also a talented musician.  We simply must acquire some instruments for these two. 13 Galena I have just been informed that we have no more booze available, and some idiot ate the plump helmets! I have canceled the great excavation for now, as we must find water. 1 Limestone The water shaft has found a great many gems, but no water as yet. With any luck, the caravan will come soon.
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Since we're at the halfway point, we're going to need the next overseer soon. Use this link to sign up for a term as overseer.
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Zore posted:Can we get some insight into our civilization's gods? Curious about who and what we're worshipping. Funny you should ask that, since it was already on my agenda! ((OOC Note: I wanted to check Legends to track down what artifact Idhrendur made (just shows "creator of " " in the profile), and figured it would be neat to probe Legends mode for all the migrants.)) 2 Limestone After spending some time in conversation with the newcomers, I learned some of their stories. Idhrendur is an interesting dwarf, who gained his legendary skill by crafting an artifact that, sadly, he left in his previous homeland.  He has an interesting past, as well.  Neogeo was reluctant to talk about his past, but eventually the story came out.  Zore has lead an uneventful life, and HardDiskD has lead a storied life  She is the author of several works that she will not describe. These are the poem "We See Strangenesses", and the musical compositions "Metal Lovely", "The Thirsts and Tulip", "Greases", and "It Must Have Been Stability" ((Legends mode doesn't have these marked as discovered, so I can't view them)) 4 Limestone Success! We have discovered a great underground cavern, full of water! To commemmorate the occasion, I have ordered the excavation of a great temple to honor our many gods.  Attention will, of course, be given to those worshipped by the dwarves already in this place. These are, at present: "My" own god, Bem the Chartreuse, also worshipped by wargames, IPA Regulations, and Zore  Deler Umberearthen the Amethyst Silver, who is favored by Maugrim, and neogeo  Alron, worshipped by AJ Impy, her lover Space General, neogeo, and HardDiskD  Zalstom Absam, The Medicine of Searching, who's worship by idhrendur, Pharnakes, and neogeo is slightly concerning  Doren Mineddiamond, also a bit concerning and worshipped by neogeo  Kovest, worshipped by neogeo  And, probably most troubling of all, Lenod Uzolalan Thatthil, worshipped by HardDiskD  Full image Link
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10 Limestone An expedition from the mountainhomes has arrived, leading a caravan. 13 Limestone We have come to an agreement on goods from this outpost, to give us some direction in the next year.  14 Limestone We have purchased an immense variety of food and drink from the caravan, along with some bars of metal and a bit of wood. 23 Limestone More migrants have arrived to use up the food and drink that was just purchased. Typical. idhrendur's younger sister, megane, is a talented bard and poet, but we have room for no more of those at this time. She has been assigned to help smooth the new temple  Zore's younger sister, Baiwyd, is effectively worthless, with no skills other than a spattering of poetry picked up from megane in their travels. She will become part of our military, although we do not have any weapons to spare.  Baiwyd's husband, Verbal, is legendary at the art of threshing. This means, of course, that he is absloutely bloody useless. Since we have so many recently purchased mushrooms and fruits, I will have him start brewing up what he can. After that, he can join his wife in the military  Viola The Mad is also trained only in the musical arts. I'm sure I will find a use for her, though I can't yet think of any.  1 Moonstone Winter has come, but I am now more comfortable about our situation. As yet we have no farming, but the good trading has swelled our stockpiles, and the new well will do much to alleviate fears of thirst.
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15 Obsidian An additional cavern layer has been discovered, well above the one we had already found. Our exploration shaft must have missed it completely.  1 Granite, 552 Spring has arrived, and with it my term of rulership. For my successors, I will provide an overview of our settlement.  Here is our main entrance, a deep shaft into the earth and a ramp headed downward. It would be reasonable, even wise, to roof this or place a tower on it. For now, it will do. You can see the detrius from our first depot here, and a few basic workshops - a butchery, a tannery, and a kitchen. The entrance to our exploration shafts is a weakness, and I have ordered it sealed.  Here is the main level of our fortress - here you can see the new depot, and the stockpiles for our meagre workshops. Our still-spartan All-Gods Temple is visible on the right. Our well, to the left, is an ideal place to branch new tunnels off of, and you can see a ramp down to the new bedrooms near the booze stockpile.  One level up are our current workshops and tavern. The open concept gives a good view of the corridors below, and allows our revelers to watch our great works of craftsdwarfship.  Far below, I have begun to make efforts to tap the magma far below. This will be suitable for a few forges, but is too remote for any great use.  This is where the magma work area will be. Tapping the magma will be a bit risky, but I anticipate no casualties.
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Jul 21, 2020 21:45
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I keep fogretting to reply to these posts, but the dwarfing list is a google spreadsheet linked in the OP. Add your name to that.
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Jul 22, 2020 15:36
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That escalated quickly.
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From the journal of Gnoman Tongsrelief, 25 Felsite, 552. I am much disquieted. Despite all the foreboding, my brief reign was uneventful. Yet no sooner had I handed over the reins that we suffered our first disasters. Was this merely fate, or was it my presence, so much stronger this time, that stabilized things. Each day I forget things, forget why I am here. Who is He, and why do I seek Him?
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Jul 22, 2020 22:25
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Gnoman posted:
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The next overseer is listed as "pogothemonkey". If pogothemonkey does not show up by the 21st, we'll pass to Danny Glands.
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Danny Glands posted:I'll need the save file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/tmq097gg45ejr5f/Tomehammers%20S1E3.zip?dl=0 Grunt posted it in the Discord, which I really should link to in the OP. I'll take care of that after work.
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