EoFF Dwarf Fortress Time!

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Ok, so I didn't have much time today but lets see...(images in spoiler tags once more because BoB will cry otherwise!)

Spring update

Day one:

Firstly: I think the people of Towntwinkles who merely know me by reputation of being one very fair shot need to know more about their new leader.

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As you can see, I am a legendary shot with the crossbow, I'm just not that confident of my skills I keep having nightmares of overwhelming odds of Goblins storming my gatehouse and getting up the stairs and cutting me and my squad down, it's for this reason I will be increasing my squad size to 5 dwarves as soon as possible I will also be considering the expansion of our defences and the building of a sister tower to the one I currently hold. I've dabbled in the skill of wrestling perhaps I will learn some more skills from my friend Shlupquack. I'm also a very smooth talker as we can see, it's no wonder that the next thing I will reveal is the way it is...
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I've the good fortune to be courting the delectably edible Miriel oh how her downy cheeks and ample bosom make me feel so happy I could see a goblin right now and I wouldn't care less. I'm friendly so just don't be expecting Necro's weird trap to be used again. I figure it's time to try and turn this fortress around I don't care much for authority and organisation but well, I am rather fond of living and therefore I feel that my ability to do so will be greatly enhanced if I can improve our defences.

I'm generally quite friendly I'm not a keeper of many secrets so I'm happy to show you all what I think of you:

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As you can see I dislike Celes and Rye, those two blundering fools need to keep clear of me when I am on important business. Celes' lack of modesty about her work perturbs me I feel that it makes her an arrogant sort of dwarf someone I'd like to leave locked out of the gates when the enemy come to call. Rye on the other hand, well does anyone like this dwarf? Psychotic has already chronicled her peculiar smell and aggravating voice but more so than this her constant jittering behaviour is starting to work against her she's always jumping at shadows, the amount of times she's pulled a weapon on another friendly dwarf since her joining the guards I cant begin to count I promised her last time if she done it once more to me I would lock her away.

Now thats about all I have to say for me because the rest of the things I feel you should see not hear. Onwards to the meat of it, I rightfully described BoB's reign as one of a "blithering idiot" and I wasn't wrong. Recently he complained about how the enemy were still gaining entry to the fortress before he knew it and how there was a rising misama all around the fortress from the dead. I have two pict slates which will show just why he was such a blithering idiot in command...

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Will ya look at that, not only did he not lock the damn doors he left them in enemy hands, how can I stop every damn invasion before it gets inside if I can't retake the gates this is a number one priority, until I've gotten the gates back I am going to do nothing else. I only hope that theres not too many of the runts around otherwise we may fall in some trouble, our millitary is small though it is very proffessional.

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This shows why we had miasama everywhere, BoB had forbidden any to leave the fortress not even soldiers were allowed outside and at the same point in time he didn't bother to construct an internal refuse pile to seal away the corpses of the dead enemies around the fort in so when they rotted to bones ofcourse their evil gases leaked everywhere.

So this is my plan for my year so far:

• Increase size and strength of the military and it's equipment as and when possible. Even Shlup will wear armour once I speak to her with all the charm I can muster. That or she'll wear it for fear of a crossbow bolt in her buttocks from four score paces away.
• Improve the defences of the fortress with a new expansion in the form of a defensible corridor linking the trade depot to the rest of the fortress gatehouse, giving the trade depot a new defensive tower and it's own marksdwarf squad.
• Futhermore, to Psychotic's pointing out that the strawberry fields are vunerable to archer fire, the construction of a low wall before the moat perhaps even sealing part of the moat to ensure safe area to gather water and fish.
• Just to be sure the Blithering idiot did not happen to be right about the entry of enemies through our trap depot I will seal that off with a wall to keep out enemies.

All around, if I secure this plan of action and get it all in order we should see Towntwinkles begin to prosper for a while at least though I must admit as soon as I've got this going on the right direction I'm done and going back to my life of being nothing but the best damn dwarven crossbow user in the entire realm.