Forbidden Land

Diary of Yellow Leaf, second overseer

March, year 1001
I came up with these idiots in hopes of building a mighty city, instead we made this hole in the dirt and full of unskilled rednecks!
There is not a single good crafter among us and I heard rumors when the merchants came last time, that a group of immigrants will come from our lands in the north, and they might show up anytime. Better follow Oaken Mug's example and do the basics. I need some fresh air... PULL THAT STUPID LEVER!

NO! I didn't think they would show up this sooner! I just got the overseer position!
Better put a work order for more beds, doors, chests and carve some extra rooms...

3rd of May 1001
A stubborn guy claimed our carpenter's workshop and demands shells and wood. I told the useless peasants to go check the rivers, maybe they will find mussels or a dead turtle.

6th of May 1001
So the guy found what he was looking for. He made quite an amazing table with some epic timberwolves drawings on It. I think the others might appreciate this if I put It in the dinning room.

8th of May 1001
A noise came from the tunnels deep in the fortress during the morning. I went to check and the river's tide was getting bigger until It flooded the tunnel. Nothing bad happened besides now It's all wet, and the bridge is still intact. I gotta thank our mason and his architecture skills...
I've also started a secret project with our miners and engineers.

17th of May 1001
Today one of our carpenter newbies decided to take a nap on the bridge, just to be swept away when the river overflowed again with some brutality. We never saw him again. Ordered to engrave a memorial slab and then to be putted in our graveyard.
Also, those damn mandrills keep nagging us and our dogs. They stole some stuff laying outside but nothing important...

19th of May 1001
Some guy tried to organize a party in the statue garden when everypony should be working. I locked the guy in there by myself. Let's see if he's the kind of pony who does the whole party alone.

Damn snakeponies (or lamias how the animal trainers told me) jumped out of the river and hurt one of the masons. Had to be one of the most useful ones from all the idiots in this place! He's so injured I doubt he can hold his working tools again...

24th of August 1001
Finally the miners ended the housing for all those immigrants. Just in time, they were getting too tired, and tired dwarfs become angry which isn't good. The secret project keeps running smoothly otherwise.

12th of September 1001
Remember when some crazy guy invaded the carpenter's workshop? Well, this time was a jeweler and a crafts workshop. He took some pieces of glass and tons of gems and made an amulet. Looks cool I guess... telling by the weird appearance!
Picture this: The amulet had spikes everywhere! Made of red spinel, aquamarine, crystal glass and green glass. Looks more like a morning star than an amulet.

24th of September 1001
SECRET PROJECT COMPLETE! If any enemies try to attack our wonderful StoneHammer, we retract the bridge going over some channels we dug and filled with water, and the lever is on the statue garden. This will force the enemy to walk through the southern halls, where we will shoot them with our balistas in the east. If for some reason we need to drain the water away, pulling the other lever in the statue garden will do the job.

26th of September 1001
Unicorn merchants, from the far lands of Canterlot! I gave them some crap laying around, mostly wooden and rock crafts in exchange for food and drinks.

4th of November 1001
Autumn just started and ANOTHER STUPID IMMIGRATION arrived! Why didn't Oaken Mug tell me about this? Everything was going well and clean and... bah, whatever... I guess I should have put this in mind in the first place...

7th of November 1001
The way our brewers have to go back and forth to get a new barrel from the outside is starting to annoy for real! I designed one of the big rooms we've dug as a furniture warehouse, and ordered the immigrants to move all of the It inside.

27th of November 1001
Ordered the miners to dig quickly new rooms to the new immigrants. Taking us a while to get the place furnished but we got It done. I heard some talking among them in the dinning hall and seems the Crystal Mountainhomes and holding well against the griffins. I hope we win this war...
Winter arrived. And seems we have enough wine, whiskey, beer and food to last.

12th of December 1001
For Celestia's sake! Another jeweler had another crazy idea! I hope the dumbass doesn't need crystal glass too!

26th of December 1001
The guy finished his work! An amazing green glass portal! It has rings of plant fiber and spikes of green glass, quartz and limestone. For some reason, there are images of flies on It... I'm not even going to ask.

16th of January 1002
Mid-winter. I gladly announce that the immigrant housing is finally complete. We have been digging in the past days when there was nothing to mention here, and so I built an armory for our future army, near the barracks,where the stockpile for weapons is at south, and the armor in the north.

8th of February 1002
Remember the mason who got attacked by the lamias? The poor guy died of thirst this evening...
He was so depressed that he refused to eat or drink, even if we insisted.

19th of February 1002
The mandrills came back but this time we were prepared. The only death from our side was a crafter who got ripped into pieces, but we got all of them. Can't wait to order a pair of pants of mandrill leather and fur!

1st of March 1002
Spring has arrived! With this, I say goodbye to the position of overseer of HammerStone and I wish good luck to my next sucessor!