Kale 
So that's incarnations in Spearromanced for:
@MachineLordZero
@checkervest
@demonicdragon
@Dancer
@worthlessbums
@anstia
and @udell_games
@MachineLordZero
@checkervest
@demonicdragon
@Dancer
@worthlessbums
@anstia
and @udell_games
These are all rat remains
I've never embarked with cats, but apparently they are murder machines
Can I get bones out of these?
I'm always screwed for bones in DF
We missed the first caravan - I had a trade depot queued up but they hadn't built it due to a lack of Architecture.
That sucks, but we'll be ok
We've got a giant wolf that's causing a nuisance, so it's time to go get some military exp. https://mastodon.social/media/dxjgSpCh2OUFDZ9Vpro
Militia actually shooting crossbows rather than trying to bash shit with them today https://mastodon.social/media/Pbyk7Y4xmYO5DR5RpOY
The giant wolf runs to the corner of the map but decides to... not escape?
@udell_games in hot pursuit
Wolf is downed by a merchant who ran onto the map for it.
Now, how to ensure it gets butchered?
There are crossbow bolts all over the fucking place because we're getting trolled by a single bird
Migrants are in!
TIme to name some dorfs https://mastodon.social/media/h5JmUfGxmVqiwvfE4fw
Gonna name that one after @B_doggio
Incarnations for
@SilencingTrees
@B_doggio
@katelyn
@[email protected]
@Nicktatorship
... welcome to Spearromanced
Other than having everything aboveground, we're not settling into the point where the dorfs just need to get stuff done and it can sit for a while
Getting tired of these Giant Cardinals, so I'm going to re-enact the Great Emu War with them and my dorfs by forming up a squad, and using DFHack to teleport the birds down
@Supervinh47 would be proud
Went to get cake, unpaused without thinking (before issuing kill orders)
All the birds except one fucked off, so now all the dorfs are standing around this one Giant Cardinal hitting it with the butts of their crossbows
12 dorfs standing around a giant bird smashing it, while it vomits
The combat log for the bird is 42 pages long
Almost all the dorfs have fallen down from exhaustion.
It's hard work
**ALL** the dorfs have passed out
As has the bird
Most are just over-exerted (too tired to do much), but @demonicdragon and @katelyn have actually passed out
They've been fighting this bird for several days now.
This could be bad, actually
It's been about 2 weeks
I'm going to start teleporting squad members out so they can restock with bolts, etc and food
After 4 weeks, I had to release the combat by teleporting to bird away
It'll die eventually
Because they've all been literally looking at a combat target for four weeks, they're all legendary Observers
We've also hit upon the age old problem of no water (frozen river) and slightly injured dorf == dehydration == death
@Nicktatorship may not last the winter
Apparently it's a lot easier to murder badgers than it is to kill a giant cardinal https://mastodon.social/media/TmBRkfmA1v8wRyEeKOk
Alrighty, we're back in action at Spearromanced
(I generally don't assign people's names to babies because... they don't do shit)
Seems like it was just two dorfs & the baby, so @theoutrider and @antstiller got their incarnations
We've got our stockpiles still outside, and there are Keas on the map, soooo
The keas stole a few small things, which sucks.
Now we have a cougar, so we've formed up
All the bolts were shot at it, it didn't go down, so now... we're chasing it
A goblin thief has shown up to try and steal our one child
@[email protected] @checkervest and @udell_games are on the case
We've got human traders in (finally able to offload all these wooden goods!), and some keas floating about annoying us
(For those not aware, our 11 dorfs went up against a single Giant Cardinal and ended up battling it for a month or so, one dying of exhaustion/dehydration as a consequence)
Migrants are slowly trickling in, so if you want a dorf named after you let me know
New incarnations for
@RoseArtemis
@ThomasNoppers
@salnorth
@Fenreliania
@Driadon
@balketh
and @scutterman
@RoseArtemis
@ThomasNoppers
@salnorth
@Fenreliania
@Driadon
@balketh
and @scutterman
Prob. gonna need to overhaul labor preferences, but first...
... lining up these cardinals to shoot them
I'm being very liberal with using the teleport tool to bring down flying enemies, because otherwise the dorfs climb trees which just... ugh
Teleported a cardinal down to the dorfs
Dorfs immediately climb trees
*long sigh*
Massed the dorfs downstairs instead, and teleported the cardinal (only 1 left) into the farming district
Apparently it died, but I can't find its corpse.
Hopefully it's being cutchered
Really on the fence about tracking books.
Like, it's interesting to have books your dorfs write turn up in forts, but they're a very large overhead to try and find and track, etc
So @Nicktatorship's corpse is still not interred, and @[email protected] keeps going into emotional shock walking past it.
Should prob. get onto that
It's really easy to forget your dead dorfs and the fact that *seeing* them fucks up your other dorfs
... and just as we breach the cavern by accident, @RoseArtemis decides to make us an artifact!
Rose is a new migrant, so I've got no idea what she will try to do
She's gone for a craftsdorf's shop, so that's fine.
Was worried she'd want something for clay/sand
Just some badger bones and some stone, so prob. something low value - still, our first artifact for this run of forts, which is great!
Meanwhile, troglodytes are chilling in my stone industry district, so time to squad up https://mastodon.social/media/-XyGax41N3srEzcCiDA
avocado goblin@DarkestKale "Alas poor Urist, I knew him well"
The Old Fenreliania (MOVED)@DarkestKale @scutterman @balketh @Driadon @salnorth @ThomasNoppers @RoseArtemis Fish, eh? At least that should keep me out of trouble!
Hah... hah...
Hah... hah...
Tuula@DarkestKale you're making me want to play Dwarf Fortress too. I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing.
beatrix bitrot@DarkestKale i seem to recall they make good eatin
@bea Last time we decided to flush em out, we ended up standing around punching one to death for over a month
It was not good
@DarkestKale you really need crossbows or something
@bea We've got em!
The fucker dodged all the bolts and then they ran out so closed for melee
@DarkestKale heck! maybe they got more nimble?!?!?!?
Grey@DarkestKale Oh nooooooo!
Pre-emptively pouring out a 40 for the dwarf squad assigned to that.
@hummingrain When are you volunteering for a dorf?
@DarkestKale Sure! I see absolutely no way this can go poorly for my dorf.