Group: The Absolute Helm
Parent Civ:The Craterous Oar
Region: A temperate conifer forest. Serene and thick with trees and vegetation. Some soil, Shallow and deep metals. flux.

Chronicles

750
Winter
A snow covered land. Nothing but ravens.

751
Spring
Lots of digging done. Animal pen and well reservoir. A 3 story citadel is nearly complete. Woodcutter became trapped on other side of creek with spring thaw had to bridge it. Migrants arrived.

Autumn
Well reservoir is built, overflow 2/3rds done. Citadel mostly done. Wont build outer walls till the minecart route and blocks are ready.

752
Spring
Built outer walls anyway of wood to get rid of the wood. Started block production. Wooden ammo production complains about missing logs, despite full stockpile. Making green glass pedestal and windows. Digging deeper. Waiting on creek to thaw to fill well. An elven caravan has arrived. The only thing of interest is a black bear, and we can't afford it. More migrants, 22 of them, doubling the population.

Summer
Well is filling. 2nd level of outer fort is done. Started a tavern

Unicorn across the river. One unicorn bludgeoned to death by Marksdwarves. The second we beat on for a month before giving up leaving it crippled but we have better things to do.

Autumn
We found the caverns. Level 59. Tavern is open and we accept a monster hunter almost immediately. 10 more migrants. We haven't even stated on rooms for the last batch (12)

A were-coyote. We thought this place was safe. Bad very bad. Never linked the main gate and removed the citadel gate. Will have to go forth and bludgeon it like a unicorn. 4 dead and a baby. We have coffins but no tomb. Need to build one.

Winter
Well is done. Upper level are drying out and growing fungus. improved outer defenses with moat and over hanging fortifications.

753
Spring
Completed second level of fortifications all in stone. Still working on first level. Moat and new gates done. Moving woodworks down below.
Summer
All walls are now stone. Added gate house and more defense.
Autumn
Switched everyone to new custom professions. Clothworks running properly. Built new isolated hospital. Built Mayors suite. Started smelting for zinc and tin. Must trade for copper to make bronze.
Winter
Goblins have arrived. The stop out of range of the fort. 10 bronze axes made. Built a catapult to fire at the goblins. Got it loaded just as spring arrived.

754
Spring
Catapult grossly overshot where the goblins were, but they also left. Discovered a butcher shop way out across the river. no wonder butchering isn't happening in a timely fashion. Started planting sun berries.
Summer
The caverns have been open this whole time to the fort, but nothing came in. Went through all levels and started mining valuables.
Autumn
The goblins are back. We surge forth and defeat the handful.
Winter
We have one goblin trapped under a bridge. Need to build a method to drown him. We found silver!.

755
Spring
Drowning chamber finished. Being overwhelmed by puppies and kittens built 4 more butcheries and assigned butchering to all thralls. Built a complicated water route for Waterwheels and millstones. Clearing out backed up milk taking up buckets. Millstones up and running. Most cats and dogs slaughtered, cleaning up meat. There are half a dozen monster hunters and another half dozen solders now. More unicorns.
Summer
Extended mill axle to kitchens. People aren't working. Wool not loomed, pig tails not loomed, bones to carved.
Autumn
we refuse to become a barony. A FB Budo Agenobol Osush Nocpur a feathered wasp with a sting has come. It is killed by a single thrall before any of the other military can respond. Starting a statue hall with a silver statue of the FB and the dwarf.
Winter
The elves have attacked us. We make short work of them at the entrance. Dug a multilevel pit with narrow walk way and weapon traps for the entrance. Stopped all fishing.

756
Spring
The mill run dries up because the stream freezes in winter. A Roc has come. Inire Miveredisa Ceca Vera, It kills some dogs at the citadel gate and flys off. The citadel gate is improperly linked. It comes back, and declines to go though our traps, instead finds a weakness in the walls and breaks into the mass of solders. It is killed. Another statue is ordered. Summer
The goblins are back. about 95 of them. Once we are ready we open the front gates. Lots of them end up in the drowning chamber. The monster hunters rush out and attack the trolls on the path in. While we deal with the goblins an FB arrives. Lidod Tholshedim an elk with a lidless eye and noxious secretions. We seal the cavern off for now. there are so many in the drowning chamber we close the citadel so we can start flooding. We have killed nearly half. Letting the civilians lose to clean up some. Autumn
The FB was killing random dwarves in the caverns so we went after it and killed it. and soon after another one arrives. FB: Asithi Ilulitheme Lenanuore an feathered serpent with webs. Sealing the caverns again. 10 migrants. Rebuilding the military. Winter
The elves ambushed our military out looking for kobald thief. Humans arrive to lay siege to us before we are all inside. Hopefully they will kill each other. We cant let them into the drowning chamber because its frozen. The humans leave with in a few days, the elves are still out there. We found the second caverns. The elves gave up. We still have one troll from the goblin invasion on top the frozen ice in the drowning chamber.

Another FB. Kiror an eyeless tick with noxious secretions has come. Its killed by the FB Asithii who is still down there. it was killed inside the gate.

757
Spring
22 more migrants. Deepen the drowning chamber and put smasher at the bottom.
Summer
The goblins are back. We shoot them a lot and then leave.
Autumn
Humans come to lay siege to the fort. The elves ambush us as we retreat from the humans. Elves get inside because we were in the process of rebuilding some exterior walls so we could use siege engines. falling back to the inner defenses. We slaughter a lot of elves in the new smasher, but have to defend the halls as its not entirely sealed. The humans and elves fight a battle in the creek. Outer walls sealed again.
Winter
FB Tig has come. A humanoid of galena, it has deadly dust. We never unsealed the caverns from the last one so who cares. Still cleaning up after the last siege.

758
Spring
2 more migrants. We got 11 last season. Back to 77 pop. No attackers. Things are working well. Thinking about attacking someone.
Summer
The human attackers are back. They don't seem much interested in coming inside. We kill some singletons but the mass stays across the creek. FB Mefauogaretho a feathered monitor with webs has come. Hopefully it will web the other one then die from its dust. The humans left. Neither FB has killed the other. An Ettin has come Rogon Innulenge Uthragel. Will give us an opportunity to test new alert schedule. It was killed inside the gate.
Autumn
Created a shortcut from the citadel to the trade depot. Added a new tavern inside the walls. Started making sterling silver furniture because a number of dwarves like it will replace the dining room with it.
Winter
The goblins are back. We aren't done with the internal improvements so need to seal everything up. The elves have arrived also. The goblins are gone but the elves are still around. The last wave of migrants brought a vampire. Sent the entire last wave (5) out to fight the elves. Everyone went except the vampire who just sat in the temple and prayed. Allowed dwarves to emigrate. Lost 27. a few days later most came back.

759
Spring
A werepanda has come. Two killed, none infected.
Summer
Human attackers have come. Must be a hundred of them and half cavalry. other than a few they don't even try to come inside. Our only losses are morons who go outside to get provisions. The humans enter from the north and leave to the west. building an out tower to control the creek crossing.
Autumn
another FB Spos Nuslusmodu Slusalor and eyeless pterosaur with webs. The last two are still down there.
Winter
The goblins are back. Defenses worked well but half the civilians decided to hang out on the walls and got killed when a few goblins climbed them. Putting a ceiling on all the battlements.

760
Spring
The elves have come to attack us. They die horribly in the smasher. One dwarf lost over 20 elves. More migrants to replace our losses. A FB Cishlomoth a blob of salt. One of the old FBs are gone. The freeze and thaw of ice wreck the grates used in the river tower. Almost done with roofing over the battlements. A weregiraffe has come. It flees soon after arrival.
Summer
Roof is done. Started digging downwards again.
Autumn
Our population is back up to 68.
Winter
Attemtped to drop a large section of cavern on one of the FBs. It can fly and enterd the diggings. Lo0st one miner. Increasing cavern security.

761
Spring
Humans attackers have arrived. Elves did too. They fight each otehr as usual and we kill and drive off the remaining. An Ettin Uspuk Nongnobburu Sor Tastro it takes up residence in the tavern and we have to go out and kill it.
Summer
A wereelephant has come. It killsa child but doesnt even get close enoughto shoot.
Autumn
Tried to drop the cealing on the FB. Failed. It came though and killed all but 18. Including all but 2 members of 7 squads. Down to 18.
Winter
Building a new trap for the FB.

762
Spring
work is going very slowly, bad miner.
Summer
FB bypassed the traps killed the lure dog but then went back downstaris. Sealled it between two gates and dug around it.
Autumn
The goblins are back. We dont even have a military. Kept working in bypassing the Fb and burying the dead beneath it. Miner dug instead of smoothing a wall. FB is in the residnece now. Cant unlockthe main gate evn though the goblins are gone. Just a matter of time before the FB gets everyone. One dwarf left. The FB lis locked in the mayors office, breifly. Fort destroyd by Spos Nuslusmodu Slusalor and eyeless pterosaur with webs.