Bloodline:PuzzledBridges

The Story of PuzzledBridges This is the still in progress bloodline game of the fortress PuzzledBridges

For players who are late: There is a 48hour period to claim your turn, however, if its missed, you are only bumped down one step in the order, not outright skipped, if your done for a weeks time, you are dropped out of waiting for all until you return for at least 24hours

List if nothing goes wrong: TrueWolves - Ian_K - [Tuxd] - BirdoPrey - wildfire1 - Foa

Year 1 - TrueWolves (Drake)

Spring

Well, I may have failed in my soldiering duties... but my mining and other skills have netted me another job! Me and a band of a few others are all to start out an outpost on a river and waterfall. The resources in the area are said to be great, if we can reach them at least... I can't wait to set off myself. Being I am the book keeper of supplies, I am also going to keep a log of are doings here, as well as some drawings in some paints I won in a bet with a drunk elf. Damn elves can't hold there alcohol I say! Sucks to be them. Perhaps if this outpost prospers, I can lead it's military... and be legendary threw out the mountain homes... That would be the day.

Granite 1st - Well, we made it here on the very start of the year... what luck, I told them I only plan to lead the first year before I wish to do simpler things, I can't be known if I'm the one sitting in the desks all the time. We will start digging near the lower river's edge... I just hope those fish... 'carp' Won't be coming out to eat us. I'v heard the stories of those evil fish.

Granite 3rd - We finished digging the entry tunnel, it's quite long. That way we can set up traps if need be. The dirt here is easy to dig threw for are crew as well.

Granite 8th - The farms are up! and so be the Trade Depot, things are going perfectly. File:Granite 8th Farms PuzzledBridges.gif

Granite 12th - We need beds, and stone for a bridge, so the real mining has began.

Granite 24th - Damn those carp!!! They won't let us finish the bridge. There staring even now... it gives me the creeps, almost as bad as that damn sun.

Slate 24th - Nothing is happening much, it's dig this, plant that... The carpenter with us has began to chop down some trees, brave man to leave the fortress like that. The bridge is done, hopefully the carp leave it alone.

Summer

Hematite 1st - Damn those carp! they got the butcher, Looks like we won't be having any fresh meat for a while... Right when we finished digging out the dining hall... He will never see it himself, at least... at least it is summer now.

We struck Bauxite! My mining knowledge knows this rock to be one of the few unmeltable stones out there! We may be able to make some sort of magma forge pumping system now... if we find any magma.

Hematite 26th - Things are Uneventful for the most part, The carp keep making swipes at my friend Tun... He may have to start chopping trees up the hills rather near the damn blue river!

Malachite 16th - RUBIES, we found some while mining out all the stone in the bauxite strip mining, To bad we do not have a jeweler at the moment.

Galena 6th - Things are going nicely... The carp are leaving us alone for now, and we got some stills up to replenish are alcohol... I was fearing we would run out of drink, I don't want to near the river as long as I can help it.

Galena 7th - More bauxite, We should not run out if we keep finding it like this. More of it was found while digging out a large storage area for food.

Autumn

Limestone 1st - Who knew all this work would be so boring? besides losing Mosus a while back... nothing has happened, the fish are watching but the mining is going fine. Soon we will have enough tables and chairs and will be able to eat off the floor, and the rooms are finished and large, just got to get the doors installed and the beds in them.

Limestone 11th - The carp are gathering! what are there plans? I must know!

Limestone 17th - The dwarves under me think they are funny, They got to the traders before me and based on are rough stone bridge, called the place "PuzzledBridges" What kind of name is that?!? it stuck though... so now I am the great leader of puzzledbridges, what a name I think. Anyhow, we were able to trade some of are fine tables and chairs in for blocks of stone and food we don't quite need, but we need more to come... and the best way to do that is to show are fine craftsdwarfship! Got a cat as well, so perhaps it will catch all these damn flies.

Sandstone 20th - Seems the mountainhomes sent us some fresh dwarves, perhaps they brought some damn games... the place is getting boring as hell. I'll put them to work soon enough, Also I got my self a very large room to sleep in now and work away my crafts I do. I may not be a solider yet, but when we have an army, I hope I can lead it... tell then I am starting to smooth the walls and floors to make this place look nice, and the bauxite is nearly mined out.

Winter

Moonstone 1st - Well, Winter is here... still nothing great. I know I could make this faster... perhaps I'm not cut out for this job?

Moonstone 15th - That's it, we need something that everyone will see... so I started a great construction of a tower up to the top of the sky and to as deep as we are daring... when this is done, perhaps this outpost will be known far and wide! We can host are barracks in here as well.

Opal 5th - Bauxite again, so I'm done trying to find the stuff when we find it everywhere, though I still have the stone masons using only small amounts of the stuff.

Obsidian 10th - no... the worst has happened... we have run out of booze! the troubles are getting to much, I personally am done as of today keeping track of events. I will do only my mining, smoothing, and stuff keeping jobs. As for leading the fortress? I only hope they don't elect me again, I'm not doing a thing...

I need my booze... what am I going to do with out my booze? no... I must stay sane, for the others. This outpost may be out of my hands, but I still must do my job. At least I can keep my room. perhaps... perhaps I can build a well in to the river from above, so those evil carp can not get to me... but alas, no rope, perhaps another time... damn... evil... fish. the stills will be running once more, and on the double!

Obsidian 12th - My last note here... unless I have a change in heart, besides the death by carps and the drink shortage, this outpost is doing fine. Perhaps it will last as long as the 200 year old mountainhomes them selves.

Year 2 - [Tuxd]

I was awoken with a start today, namely my face kissing the smooth obsidian floor of my bedchamber. The fuck? A rustle of papers. Papers were never good. It meant someone spent money to put you somewhere.

So it seemed. 'Puzzledbridges' the Commander told me, laughing heartily before suggesting in a rather serious tone that I stock up on cheese and wine before we reached the front gates of our fort. A quick hand while walking through the workshops netted me a couple bags that I stuffed with cheese while I was getting my gear together. Guess I have to play caravan watch for a week or two..

Spring

1st Granite, 202 Last night, those bastards left me while I was sleeping. They took all my wine. All of it. Didn't even leave me with real bolts, just some wooden sticks that I had seen them training with the day before. So, after working my way down the mountain, I slip into a cave by the river. Lo and behold, Puzzledbridges. I'd never even seen the bridge. I got dragged by an Engineer with seemingly nothing better to do up to a Noble in bright purple. "So, this is your work order from the King? TAKE IT!" With seemingly insane laughter, he snagged a crossbow from the corner and bolted from the room, dropping the hat he wore on my head.

What the fuck is this. Seriously. I really don't understand how I got here, or why I'm here. However, things are seemingly going smoothly enough. The other wood workers keep mumbling about fish, and I had the engineer start setting up some cage traps. From the looks of the land, we may have a chance at stumbling onto some magma, and with a healthy supply of Bauxite, woe be the enemy...

4th Granite I'm going to give them a reason for this name. We've started channeling down the slopes, forcing all comers to take the bridge. It seems one of the miners punctured the river some how, which is no matter for the moment. We may have a small moat at the from gates sooner or later, either aesthetics or convienence..

7th Granite Huzzah! Perhaps this could get a little better. We've struck Milk Opal, Sphalerite and Orthoclase down in a shaft that the former ruler had designated.. Speaking of which, he is still hauling stone. I'm here a week, and all he's done is throw his hat at me, laugh, and then mumble about fish. Soon enough I'll go out to check the work on the re-construction of the mountain's face.

14th Granite Today, the turdly Elves will no longer be welcome here. It took them over a week to climb down the topside of the mountain: by the time I leave this place, they'll be lucky to get here in months. The prior ruler left me not quite high and dry, more just dry. No trade crafts, no crafts, not much of anything that I could sell, and here come these 'HOW DARE YOU CUT DOWN THE TREES' assholes with some loot... The channeling down of the slopes is slow, but its working. Floodgates are being constructed, as are the makings of screw pumps. I dare these hippy bastards to step on our lands again. I may have to move the trade depot out doors to make this more feasible, but fret not: all shall be protected. I'm digging a tunnel from the interior of the fort to an outdoor barracks I am building: with any luck it will be done by summer. The second floor will be entirely for archery, with fortifications built in, and overlooking the new trade depot location.

21st Granite The former ruler of this place may be the first to try out our little water trap, but for the least he is now the sole member of our 'army'. I hope he can wrestle. A wave of dwarves came screaming past me with him at the lead earlier, something about a kobold with one of OUR axes.. and there he goes, with one of our axes.. Turns out the former ruler had never removed the wagon. This has been dealt with now. Work resumes on the barracks and channel, and I'm about to start whipping a carpenter if he doesn't start spitting out my screw pumps..

14th Slate The past month has been largely uneventful, aside from me running around screaming frantically for things to get done. Don't these people understand anything about time management? So far the channeling is about half complete. It is turning into a moat, so I'm going to dig in, and build a bridge inside as well, linked to a lever down near the bauxite cavern. The smelter has been erected.. how long will the wood furnace sit?

Hey, read this

So, I had a trojan smack my computer up like a punk bitch last night. BSOD right before the end of spring, so no autosave. I played through most of spring the exact same, mostly the exact same shit happened aside from the numbers changing slightly from the Elf theft. If things look different/better/whatever, its because I've reinstalled and I'm worm free now. Enjoy. (:

15th Slate

The new trade depot has been completed, as well as most of the first floor of the barracks, and the roof. Beds have been moved in, now I'm just waiting on my immigrants. The former ruler has named himself Clerk, which is fine, as he is somewhat more accessible now, and he's given me a pretty good tour of the place. At the very bottom of the mine shaft, platinum was discovered. The wood burner is burning full blast now. Since I saw the carp, dreams have plagued me. A wave of migrants come, which is a good thing. This will give me marksdwarves. The second floor of the barracks will be used as such, the third (if its completed during my time here; I won't be able to take much of this much longer) a bedroom for swordsdwarves, and the fourth their training room. Work has been moving swiftly, so I may be able to finish by the fall, but I doubt such luck will befall me.

6th Felsite

My dream came true. I have migrants.

14th Felsite

Things have been, I say, a success this season. Our stocks are way up (thanks hippies!), we now have 32 people, and a small squad of soon to be marksdwarfs. I have had a seige workshop and a ballista constructed, placed in the barracks, aimed at the trade depot. One luck I happened to notice when we broke rum with it was that if we place a fortification to the north of it, we will have perfect aim at the bridge, once it is the only access. I feel safer already. More rooms are being dug out, the carpenters are being run ragged adding now the third floor to the barracks in under a season.. Hah!

22nd Felsite

HAHAHA! I've cut off anyone not coming across the bridge. Come and try that thieving again, little kobold.

Summer

11th Malachite

Here are how things stand at the moment. The past month has passed with very little activity, aside from building. The guard is supposed to be training upstairs with crossbows, however they feel better groping each other I guess. Whatever. A few aren't getting worse by any means.

20th Malachite

A carpenter withdrew from society, and claimed a Carpenter's Workshop for some secretive reason today. Who knows what she's up to, it's not like she's doing very badly.

22nd Malachite

She gave me a fucking Alder casket. ARE WE HINTING AT SOMETHING?! Either way, its worth some serious money, so either I'll build myself a tomb and stick it in, or I'll sell it. PERHAPS THE HIPPIES COULD CHERISH IT.

Autumn

12th Limestone

Well, work has completed on the third floor of the barracks (floor wise). The roof is starting today. The Carpenters are throwing themselves a party at a table in the dining area.. Well deserved, if you ask me. My plans have mostly been completed for the fortress. Hopefully, by the end of the Winter, I won't have to do this anymore. Perhaps I can con the Mechanic/Siege Engineer into the job... Sheriff sounds like a nice cushy job for someone like me, especially with what I've accomplished.

25th Limestone

I woke up with a carp snapping at my face. Apparently I fell asleep out by the pumps after that wild ass party.. what? Two weeks ago? TRADERS?! BUILD THAT BRIDGE NOOOW!

13th Sandstone

The merchants embarked, only getting to glance upon us as we loaded the depot with what goods we could scrounge. The dolt architects wandered for over a week claiming they had nothing to do. Now I get the dirty stares in the hall. When I get the chance, I'm going to give up this position and take the Sherrif spot. Hopefully after a while I will be able to become a Hammerer and take my revenge on the lazy assholes who caused this.

12th Timber

We've got a healthy stockpile for winter. Floodgates have been installed in the entrance chamber, as well as a ballista/fortification/doors/traps setup. I feel the defenses are adequate at the least with barracks out front and the squad on patrols. A tunnel from the bauxite chamber, down, up and to the barracks has been dug for times of emergency. I'm building supports around the fortifications on the barracks in case we need to flood the area, to prevent any back-flow. The mechanic seems all for it...

24th Timber

The armorer is in a fey mood now. I should say, man, that's what you get for sleeping in a blood splattered barracks!

Winter

16th Moonstone

I copied down what the Hamlet Liason was babbling at me. Maybe the mechanic can make heads or tails of what they need from us by next year..

20th Moonstone

Told you guys to stay away.. not even 10 seconds and already being beaten to a pulp by 3 wrestlers. That's no way to go through life, son.

7th Opal

The armorer has gone fully insane. He's currently throwing the butcher down stairs. The guard has been notified, I hope we can save him...

9th Opal

We weren't fast enough. However, I believe that the butcher and the glassmaker, who escaped with mere scrapes, are friends of the Wrestlers... They made the Armorer pay dearly.

25th Obsidian

HAHAHA! They've sent me a fresh noble to turn this place over to. Must have pissed those hippies off or something, so they went bawling to the King. Either way, more of a reason for me to take the Sheriffs position. Oh look, they just finished my office, too.