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Spoiler: Full Battle Report

This is the history of SummerOur basic needs are met. The farm is productive of dimple cup and plum helmet mushrooms. fractionMan farms. tommers brews.Fridgemagnet crafts with stone, for Autumn trading. treefrog and rich! progress Bouldergloves East. stuff_it fells trees and makes storage. I orchestrate from a place of comfort.rich! interrupts my calm with news. Gold! All dwarves have hearts lifted by news. I order celebratory feast.tommers has waited many months to be first chef of Bouldergloves. Her imagination is constrained by available ingredients.Constructing mountainhome is reward in itself. But true meaning is given by attracting others. That meaning now comes with immigrants from the mainland. Four married pairs of fresh hands, plus one child. They are:. Skinny and emerald-eyed, with a feel for music.His wife. Impatient and clumsy, but happy and optimistic.. Stong and muscular with good kinesthetics. Talks to himself when stressed.His wife. She has a clean shaven head and a fertile imagination.. Incredibly tough, with very long braided beard, moustache and sideburns, but otherwise bald. Tone deaf.His wife. Her eyes bulge and she doesn't handle stress well. But she has good memory, kinesthetics and intellect.. Short and flimsy, he has a way with words and a good feel for social relationships.His wife. Fat and tough, she has natural musical ability., their child. He is three years old and very fat. He touches people when he's nervous. We shall name him properly soon.They have walked through the blood. They are covered in it. I designate swamp pond as water source. They should clean themselves. They bring no surprises. Queen Udil still reigns with terror.Arrivals gather in the meeting room for meeting. All are welcomed and the ale flows. I tend my notes and assign labours. Garek will mine. With spare hands for hauling, all miners are forbidden hauling. Sorry bees, no fishing: It encourages surface wandering. We have ore, we have coal and now we have two furnace operators. Bob_the_lost and Citizen66 will soon smelt. el_ahrairah will relieve tommers of farming, so that he may brew and cook freely. JimW is candidate for marksdwarfship, once we have crossbows. rubbershoes will haul. TruXta will haul. Child Athel will annoy.Annoyance. A wolverine pesters JimW as he pastures animals. It does not attack, and JimW does not falter in his labour, but it must not be permitted entrance. I examine the creature from a distance. It is gigantic for its kind, but I feel it can be taken. stuff_it has some martial skill with her axe. I order the attack.Battle is joined on blood hill. stuff_it approaches from the East.The wolverine is agile and strikes first. stuff_it dodges and counterattacks, inflicting a small scratch. The animal bites her foot, but stuff_it soon shakes it loose and commences attack. She ignores her axe and grabs the wolverine by its leg, punching its limbs and body. Its rear paw is shattered. She charges the wolverine and knocks it over, before gripping its neck in a strangle hold.The wolverine is soon dead. First battle honour of Bouldergloves to stuff_it.Three miners make excavation of Bouldergloves East rapid.Fool crispy! I did not designate clearly. Mineshaft was sunk without my consent. We have breached caverns unprepared. Hasty construction orders will wall them off.The surface ponds evaporate in the stifling summer heat. I am glad to be underground. The brook still flows, and we will tap it soon. It is fortunate that does not evaporate.A herd of Anaconda People have been spotted far to the East. A wolverine bothers them. We do not interfere.Bouldergloves West is demolished. There is no sentiment for the home under the blood. Bouldergloves East should be complete by year's end. We endure.