I have a plan.
As autumn approaches, so does the inevitably reminder that the river is going to freeze again. With all the cleaning and building going on in the fortress, I don't think now would be the best time to try and build an irrigation system, potentially drowning everyone in the process. We'll build it once the river freezes, to make it safe.
In the meantime, though, we're going to need to rely on those farms we abandoned in the caves below. Extremely dangerous, I know, but we are not without defense!
We have built a series of cage traps in the narrow hallway that leads into our fortress, thus capturing any Troglodytes or Other Monstrosities that happen to wander in. I just hope wood is enough to hold them in. Once we get a few of them, I'll build an arena and get us to train against them.
In better news, we now have a dining hall that contains a working well, several chairs and even tables!
There's still a lot of stone lying around, but any dwarf with spare time usually picks up a rock or two and stashes it outside. Eventually these halls will be clean, but in the meantime we'll have to put up with a bit of a mess.
I happened to notice that Mariko and Roxy's clothes had been removed and thrown in a pile on the floor when the ladies were moved into their graves. Since I now provide occasional access to the caves below, that means we can get some spider silk, and with Ros as our clothier we might be able to get a decent clothing industry going.
And just in case it all goes horribly wrong, I'm also going to build a Hospital for Eric.
And through it all, we keep finding all sorts of precious stones! Bex is having a great time engraving them!
Now, let's take a more personal look at the dwarves. From what I can tell, there's about four different deities being worshipped, although Mariko seemed to be the only worshipping her deity, Atim.
Atim is a deity of The Oceanic Inks (which is the dwarven civilization from which we originally hail). Akim most often takes the form of a mal dwarf and is associated with chaos, war and jewels.
Gatis Bugud Duthal is another deity, worshipped by Bex and the late Roxy.
Gatis the Tummy of Worth is a deity of The Oceanic Inks (again, a deity from our homeland). Gatis most often takes the form of a female dwarf and is associated with hospitality.
Kevin, our miner, is the only one to worship Ustir. This one is pretty weird:
Ustir is a deity of The Oceanic Inks. Ustir most often takes the form of a female naked mole dog and is associated with the stars, the sky, the weather, nature, the sun and healing.
The most worshipped deity is Laltur Ikallimar, also known as Laltur Healedwealth, and his followers are me, Dee, and Ros.
Laltur Healedwealth is a deity of The Oceanic Inks. Laltur most often takes the form of a male dwarf and is associated with trade, wealth and fortresses.
That's good! I'm glad our newest miner worships a god of fortresses! The last deity you can find in this fortress is Thetdel, worshipped by Eric and Emily.
Thetdel is a deity of The Oceanic Inks. Thetdel most often takes on the form of a male dwarf and is associated with family.
How does having these different deities affect the fortress? Occasionally, some dwarves might create goods or decorations associated with these different deities, and so any dwarf that worships them will be made a little happier at seeing them. Keeping the dwarves happy, as I've learned with past fortresses, is very important since downward spirals of madness and depression can be more damaging than a marauding squad of goblins.
No comments:
Post a Comment