The fortress of Sedururist (Emeralddaggers)
Vesmosus (The Spry Room), region of Udon Satheth (The Domain of Hurricanes)

The fortress was going well. It had been founded to test the Central Core quickfort patterns. The entire fort was build around a core of 3x3 stairs an attached well room and an eventual pumpstack for a waterfall. Preparations were being made for the 1st year anniversary coming up just after Winter starts. Two waves of migrants had arrived. Most of the fort was dug out, the inner gate was functional, the well pit was dug, full and providing water to the fort high well shaft and well were on all habitated levels. Outer wooden walls had been built, the moat was 90% done and a new set of inner stone walls was going up. Farms and food production looked good, bees were thriving, metal industry was starting to churn out axes and armor for the militia. There had been no invasions. All was well. The dwarves were starting work on the parts for a screw pump tower to have waterfall in the central core. Losses so far were 2 dead from cave ins (their own fault dig down not up you idiots) and 2 dead from dehydration (no idea how that happened there was plenty of water all the time).

The future looked bright when the Hill Titan Lobok Atsnusmslosno Tostraustxu Duspbu arrived. It was a a gigantic eyeless spider with lacy wings a regal bearing, a sleek and smooth white exoskeleton and poisonous bite (and undescribed it shot webs). On its arrival the alarm was raised, animals sent inside and the command to close the surface gate was given. The titan moved swiftly however, and before the Expedition leader Eshtanotung could get to the lever the Hill Titan was at the inner gate wrecking havoc on those fleeing inside and webbing the entire area. Despite it appearing to be too late the command was given to close the inner gate. Death and webs were rampant. And suddenly all the excitement stopped. At first it seemed that the Hill Titan may have been crushed by the closing of the inner gate but analysis shows that Eshtan Romlamzasit our Trader punched The Hill Titan in the cephalothorax with his right hand, tearing the fat and bruising the muscle and bruising the brain which may have been the killing blow. Eshtan Romlamzasit appears to have become a hardened bad ass after the event.

The remaining dwarves cleaned the fort and started going back to business. The caverns were broken into in the search for more metal. They were quickly sealed off. Winter passed. The Mason, Carpenter and Engraver all start churning out masterpieces. A new wave of migrants is announced, and immediately followed by The Mountain Titan Ab Osmatestrazi a gigantic hairy snail. It has thin wings of stretched skin and it moves deliberately. Its ochre hair is unkempt. It had a poisonous bite and flew. The migrants were mercilessly slaughtered by the Mountain Titan before they could reach the gates. The fort is sealed, with the animals outside. The Titan kill a lot of the local wildlife and camps out in the NW corner of the fort. An attempt is made to rescue the animals but all it does is get them killed (5x Ewes, a Ram, 4x Doe rabbits, 3x donkeys, 2 alpacas, a lamb, 2x yak cow, a donkey foal, a turkey gobbler, a llama, a horse, 2x turkey hens, a mule and a buck rabbit, there are more the bodies just haven't been recovered). The militia remained on station and the civilians inside for quite some time. It was clear the Titan was not going to leave so a plan we developed to lure it inside and trap it between the inner gate a another newly built inner gate. Puppies were placed between the two gates to attract the Titan, the War dogs and militia were expected to die. The expedition leader, the bad ass trader and the sheriff would remain in an unsecured area to pull the levers. The plan failed. The Titan refused the bait and the militia was forced to go outside and lure it. Two members died getting back inside. Once inside the civilians manning the levers abandoned them to attack the Titan barehanded just outside the first gate. Seeing they they were holding the militia advanced and attacked. Eventually the Titan was killed after the loss of a number of dwarves. Soon after the attack the child Vutok Rodimdodok, child went berserk and was struck down by the expedition leader. And not long after that as part of the developing tantrum spiral Mistem Onshengeshud Unibtilesh Sazir, Glazer through a tantrum and killed a number of dwarves before he calmed down. He was executed. With the victory over two Titans the fortress prepared for further assaults. Enough iron axes and armor for everyone was ordered. Martial law and universal conscription went into place. Everyone was to recieve axe training. Two militia units were formed: Lobok's Banes and the Osma Axes.