Building a well

In all my years I have never encountered a problem with building a well. This place may just be cursed by the carp. As soon as we smelted our newly found copper to bars Vdil Mothdastmorul took control of the black smith forge and used all of our copper for the well chain to build a goblet. I am happy to see our dwarfs taking an initiative to craft fine things but the need for a well outweighs any trinkets right now. We have lost more to the carp half of the new recruits didn't come back from collecting water how am I suppose to protect the people from the carp when our own military is helpless against this foe. We told everyone it was a kobold ambush some are refusing to go out now. Worst case was the stoneworker that died of thirst from refusing to leave the fortress lower levels. I half considered locking up Vdil Mothdastmorul and smelting his cup back to copper bars to make the chain. But lucky for him the miners hit another vein of copper and I spared his sanity and the goblet and went to work smelting and building the chain for the well.

8th Felsite, 202

THE CARP

Spring has arrived, we built a depot and an Elvin caravan came and went just as fast before we could even start trading. I have been told they have crap to trade anyhow.

We have run into a slight issue with the fish population the CARP! They have killed my recruit Iton Zaludeshtan and the new glass maker along with a peasant, this has dampen the spirits of the others already the cook had a bit of a meltdown but we have managed to calm him down.

Already we have an influx of immigrants coming in this season we are now at 32 strong and don’t have enough beds for everyone. I am concerned that unrest will follow we are having some trouble setting up a well for drinking and I don’t even know what skills each of the newcomers have.

We have hit some copper while expanding the sleeping quarters this should make the well building move faster, people are starting to complain about the water, and why it runs red, I keep telling them it’s the algae but I fear that they soon will make the correlation of the water going red and dwarfs not returning.

16th Opal, 201

Winter has arrived and with it the first migrants. 7 in total, we are far from ready to take in these newcomers but we will make do. It is nice to hear news from the main fortress as the first season we had no others arrive, the caravan passed by without stopping we tried to convince them to stop but without a proper trade depot yet they would not. We have enough provisions to manage till spring and we will have a depot by then.

We have already carved out a new farm location and storage for our food and other supplies. Our miner has been working for days to get the great room dug out and the living quarters started. The carpenter has been very busy with all the wood available making fine beds so we don’t need to sleep on the floor any more.

In our digging we have found some moss opals and a large deposit of marble. Our first level is mainly silt loam and several levels of felsites.

I fear we may be pushing the mason too hard we have him building doors, smoothing walls and floors, building blocks and constructing our outer wall. I hope the newcomers can help relieve some of his duties.

the new life

On the 13th day of Granite 201 we have set forth on a new life commisioned by the dwarfen elders of the mountain homes to build a new outpost Ostzuntir Foldedanvil.

We left with 7 hearty souls out into Snospdamon and pray that we all make the first winter.