Time to die in Dwarf Fortress.

PLEASANT HILLS.

OR PERHAPS A GUMDROP FOREST!

The year, 341. For most of recorded history the dwarven civilization of The Uncertain Swords have waged war against the goblins of The Terrors of Heat, first major conflict occurring in the year 57. Now, nearly 300 years later, the goblins still battle both the dwarves and the elves of the Secretive Beard. The good Queen Stodir Baldedattic decreed by holy rite, that the time had come for the dwarven empire to finally spread forth, no longer will the endless war of the goblins hinder them!

Of course finding volunteers wasn't easy. The dwarves had grown accustomed to their way of life, the mountain range where their entire empire was built in was large enough to last for many more centuries, and the battles against the goblins had become just a way of life. To leave their homes where the tall folk lived? Madness!

Of course that's where Cial stepped in, Cial and their lover BFF, Tim Hortans. Them and five brave others stepped forth to the challenge, and left their homes behind as they started their long trek towards the most suitable location, according to the court architect. The God-Forsaken Wall.

Now, in 342, the dwarves have arrived. The mountain range looms sinister ahead, but the brave settlers do not let rumors and superstition hinder them. It was time to STRIKE THE EARTH!



Here's our brave group so far:




And here's the area around us for the time being, starting with my mining to make an entrance for traders and so on. And the first thing that happens? Mountain goats arrive. At least they're not undead.



Then it starts raining FILTHY GOO! And turns out it's the sort that makes people get a fever, along causing EXTREME PAIN. People keel over unconscious from the horrible horrible pain, so looks like getting underground and to safety is a big priority for right now.

Most of first season is spent doing four things:
- Mining
- Cutting down trees
- Hauling things into the tunnel
- Falling unconscious from HORRIBLE PAIN.



Maaan, evil weather really is evil, huh?

On the bright side, it looks like we're not in the sort of terrifying area that raises thing as undead. This conclusion was drawn from watching great horned owl people fall unconscious midflight and crashing down to their deaths.



First order of business now that we have an entrance tunnel made and finally got our crap indoors: Make a well inside for people to wash up at. Everyone keeps running to the river right now and getting filthy from the goo all over again.

Turns out thought that Luckystar is really hip! We got 4 migrants right at the start of Summer. A furnace operator who's a competent axedorf along novice with shield and armor use, a fisherdorf who's competent with maces and novice with shield and armor, a farmer who's a competent sworddorf along novice with shield and armor and a kid about to grow up to be a peasant. Going to make them a miner when that happens, since we have an extra pick just for the occasion.

On Autumn, more migrants arrive. So far every adult migrant we've had is a competent fighter in some field of combat, must be because of the constant fights our civ has had with the goblins. New migrants are:

- A ranger(comp. marksdorf)
- A carpenter(comp. speardorf)
- A blacksmith(comp. marksdorf)
- A farmer(comp. marksdorf)
- Another kid, age 2.

Maaaan. At least the traders will arrive shortly. Hopefully they'll actually make it inside without falling unconscious all the time, it's raining goo a whoooole lot. The miner is busy making our first workshop areas, brewery and plant processing. After that, butchery and tanning, followed by other fields of work. Carpentry and masonry first, then some metalworking area. Hopefully we'll find coal here, all metal so far has been tetrahedrite(copper and silver) and platinum. Cial could make some bitchin' amulets if we just had some fuel.

Just before Winter rolls over, the traders arrive. Turns out that even with unconscious animals and drivers, wagons move at normal speed. Same can't be said of normal merchants and their trade animals though. Unfortunately, we have not found any coal yet, and there's no one even able to make normal trinkets out of stone, so we're sitting this caravan out. Probably for the best too, we have 16 dorfs now and not a lot of food to go around. This winter we're going to be munching down on a whole lot of plump helmets, it seems. At least we have some animals, I'm ordering all the grown ones to be butchered for some meat. That reminds me, need to hire a cook, so we can eat delicious tallow biscuits. Mmmmm. Tallow.

And before I know it, the first year is over. Things are pretty good so far, no one is dead, no undead in sight(might not even be an undead area) and there's booze and food to go around for now. Here's some pictures and short explanations what they are.





And with that done, it's about time you people start having a say in this thing. What to do? To give you some ideas, my MAGICAL POWERS tell me that there are 4 metals present in this area. Tetrahedrite(copper and silver), garnierite(nickel), gold and platinum. No coal either. That might give the most DF-savvy of you an idea what we're going to face in the future.

Feel free to call a dorf to be named after you, there's plenty to pick from right now. I guess most migrants in the future will be skilled in military skills too. I guess I'll play some more tomorrow no matter what, BUT NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU.