Would giving dragons to a caravan result them being freely available as trade goods after that? I seem to remember the game handling them a bit funnily, in the lines of "if the civ possesses even one of x, an infinite amount of x will be available through caravans." IIRC there was a case of caravans arriving with bags of magma after a minecart full of magma was sold to them.



Meanwhile, in Helmsthrone, many little stories unfold at the same time:



Little Endok Lashshifts, one years old, was again playing where he shouldn't and got cornered by a Blind Cave Ogre. I thought he would be finished but to my surprise the ogre went immediately down unconscious, allowing Endok to escape to safety. Combat reports showed Endok punched the monster once HARD right to the nadgers, gelding it and causing it to pass out from pain. How did he even reach that high up? I'll have to keep an eye on that one.



A Hungry Head was staggering around the third cavern with a silver crossbow bolt stuck into its head, probably left there from some confrontation with passing mercenaries. Mason Degël Ringweight happened by and charged the hapless creature outright. In a shocking display of brutality Degël ripped off the bolt from the Hungry Head's head and started stabbing the beast with it until it bled out from its wounds. Yes, it could have caused some danger at some point but that amount of violence was uncalled for... I'll probably have to look into some anger management courses for Degël.



To prevent farm animal-splosions, all adult male animals were ordered to be gelded. Ïteb Earthgrowl, the happiest odd-job man in the fortress, immediately took to the task and led animal after animal to the workshop to have their little snip operation done. Great work, Ïteb, it's always nice to see a professional at work.

Only one thing... Ïteb is blind. How does he do it? You'd think that kind of work would require some kind of hand-eye-coordination to be successful; or does he just grope around until he finds something that's about the right size and shape? I really don't want to know, but at the same time I'm really, really curious.